The Deep One

I’m a sucker for expanding my Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos Bestiary - I already have a few different Deep Ones but really liked this “Swamp Monster”-style one that I believe is a Dungeons & Dragons metal miniature.

I’ve just realised that I meant to give it a glossy greenish coat to finish off the base to represent the swampy areas I imagine it dwells! Bugger! Oh well, it’s finished for now!

250 points! I’ve not done the board for him yet, so I’ll update later! Looking at the boards though, it seems I need to be painting some larger groups of figures! I’ll get on that!

The Night-gaunt

A creature that literally leapt from the nightmares of that genius of horror, HP Lovecraft - the night-gaunt.

This figure is another eBay purchase - I think it’s supposed to be a Starspawn of Cthulhu but I thought I’d give it an oily black finish and use it as a night-gaunt in my Lovecraft-flavoured games.

The finish was ridiculously simple and also really difficult to get a picture of - undercoated black, drybrushed stone grey, Citadel Contrast Black Templar over the top followed by brush-on gloss varnish.

Now up to 230 points! Two more blog posts to come today!

The Mysterious Stranger

Who’s that knocking on the door?

A squid-faced abomination from outer space? 

Wielding a ray gun and wearing a trench coat? Okay, where’s the punchline?!

Bit of a lovely oddball miniature here - it’s from Crooked Dice and I would guess it’s a reference to some TV show from the 70s/80s that eludes me! Great sculpt though, clean with crisp details! I’m really happy with the ray gun and slimy flesh (which has a glossy finish). Who knows where he’ll get used? Post-apocalypse? Some kind of home-brewed Doctor Who-themed game? Your guess is as good as mine!

That takes my total this year to 210...