Up from the depths....
Hello!
I am very excited to announce that I am finally ready to take pre-orders for the new batch of Cthulhu statues. The Red Cthulhu statue got a lot of great feedback, and I very much like the way that sort of coloration and treatment brings out all the detail. So, a little more in line with Lovecraft's story, I've gone with green. Here's my faithful stunt Cthulhu demonstrating the new scheme (it took over a week of multiple repaints to settle on one I liked):
a few detail photos:
When I typically paint miniatures and models, the idea is to make the paint job as matte/flat as possible, but I simply could not resist using a good deal of gloss to accentuate the wet look, it was too appropriate to pass up! If you look closely at the base, I have even used some tinted clear resin. As with the first batch, roman numerals depicting the statue number (it's a series of 30) will be painted on one of the base skulls.
Here's the next batch, waiting for clean up and painting:
The last batch was 2/3 sold in pre-order before the first statue was even shipped out, so keep that in mind if you're considering one. To keep me sane and to get them out earlier, I will be painting them in batches of ten. This will allow me to ship out pieces earlier (they'll be shipped first come first serve). This paint scheme is considerably more involved, so I'm thinking smaller batches will help me see the light at the end of the tunnel. As with the first batch, the statues will come with a custom cut pentagonal felt pad on the base and some sort of certificate/mini art print (design TBA). Oh, for those new to this statue, it's painted resin, roughly 8-1/4" high. If you wander back to the beginning of this blog ('07), you can watch the design, sculpting, mold making and casting process.
Though I am learning to never say never, I do not expect to release another batch of these sculptures. I'm eager to apply what I have learned here on new designs and move forward.
SORRY- THIS EDITION OF THE CTHULHU STATUES IS SOLD OUT!!
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Some of you may recall that I asked people who own the Cthulhu statues to send me photos of them in interesting locations, be it where it will be displayed, or elsewhere. I've gotten some neat shots:
Skipton Castle in the UK:
With Venger Satanis of the Cult of Cthulhu:
Th extensive collection of Joe Broers, Mythos sculptor extraordinaire:
Jonas Frickmann's collection, note some similar characters as in the above photo:
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OK, that's it for now! One last bit... many thanks to everyone who came out to see me at the reading/signing last weekend, it was great to see some familiar faces there to show support.
~Paul
I am very excited to announce that I am finally ready to take pre-orders for the new batch of Cthulhu statues. The Red Cthulhu statue got a lot of great feedback, and I very much like the way that sort of coloration and treatment brings out all the detail. So, a little more in line with Lovecraft's story, I've gone with green. Here's my faithful stunt Cthulhu demonstrating the new scheme (it took over a week of multiple repaints to settle on one I liked):
a few detail photos:
Here's the next batch, waiting for clean up and painting:
Though I am learning to never say never, I do not expect to release another batch of these sculptures. I'm eager to apply what I have learned here on new designs and move forward.
SORRY- THIS EDITION OF THE CTHULHU STATUES IS SOLD OUT!!
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Some of you may recall that I asked people who own the Cthulhu statues to send me photos of them in interesting locations, be it where it will be displayed, or elsewhere. I've gotten some neat shots:
Skipton Castle in the UK:
With Venger Satanis of the Cult of Cthulhu:
Th extensive collection of Joe Broers, Mythos sculptor extraordinaire:
Jonas Frickmann's collection, note some similar characters as in the above photo:
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OK, that's it for now! One last bit... many thanks to everyone who came out to see me at the reading/signing last weekend, it was great to see some familiar faces there to show support.
~Paul
Oh now there is a purple one! I knew I should have held out a bit longer.
Good luck with this batch, boss.
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This post is fantastic. Wow…thank´s.
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Pretty sweet sculpting skills.. I have a digital sculpture of Cthulhu from the story. Sculpting and painting all of those would make me crazy, ah, madness. I can't wait to see the next sculptures.
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Awesome post! I love stuff like this.
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