On the Trail of Cthulhu
From The Ocean To The Cemetery, Delving We Go
Let us start with the classic Lovecraftian monsters:” The Deep Ones. One contrast paint (grey) and a pinkish colors for the lower belly made thee craturtes a breeze to paint. I am not in love with the shark look, preferring the misshapen fishy look of the deep ones of old, but these sculpts will do OK in the game.
Right on their slimmy heels are the ghouls, which were similarly preshadded and painted with two blended contrast paint, so as to reach the proper mix of fur and skin. As always Army Painter Blue Tone is a good choice to paint protruding veins.
Who doesn’t like a bit of Lovecraft? Looking forward to seeing how this project progresses… like you, I’m constantly disappointed by the eBay ‘dealers’ trying to fleece genuine hobbyists especially with so called ‘rare’ items or ambiguously described miniatures that prey on a lack of due diligence and youngster pester power.
Thank you. I will be posting more later today. I may be a bit idealistic but I would like our hobby to eschew the hyper capitalistic tendencies that plague the rest of the world.If one does not want a hobby item any more, just sell it for what it is worth and make someone else (and your unwanted game ;)) happy. The ‘me first’ mentality of scalpers rubs me the wrong way.