Scibor Work On Their Own Bust of H. P. Lovecraft
November 28, 2014 by dracs
It seems everyone lately is coming out with busts of the noted horror writer H. P. Lovecraft as Scibor publish a WiP of their own attempt.
For their take on Lovecraft's visage Scibor have been rather creative. The profile itself is all good and shows his features well, but it is the way his suit dissolves into a set of writhing tentacles that is particularly eye catching and will make this bust stand out on the shelves of your collection.
Might you set this bust upon your mantelpiece?
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Lovecraft was great at describing creeping, non-euclidean horror. Unfortunately, he was also a man of his time, and thus a ravingly bigoted racist, and that very much worked its way into his writing, as anyone familiar with his weird tales can attest. I find his work hard to stomach as a result, though I acknowledge the craft that went into creating the Cthulhu mythos. As for the bust, I like the style that has been chosen by Scibor, but I would have the same problem buying it as I have with Lovecraft’s written legacy – memorialising a famous racist just… Read more »