1920 Cthulhu mythos size comparison

 I am a part of "Eldritch" group on facebook where I was asked for size comparison photos of BCB miniatures. I've added some others in the mix and decided I'll make a post out of it. I can also proudly say I am painting something as we speak so next post will be proper post again!

I have decided to show mostly humans, as showing monsters doesn't really make much sense, but I could do that if needed.


I will keep it short, below every picture manufacturers will be listed left to right.

 BCB (Black Cat Bases), Artizan, BCB, EM4, BCB werewolf, Mantic, Artizan, BCB

 BCB, Artizan, BCB, EM4 (smaller)

 BCB, Mantic, Artizan, BCB

 BCB, GW Ungor, Dixon (larger), BCB

 Dixon (smaller), BCB, EM4, BCB

 BCB, Artizan, EM4, BCB

Hope it proves useful,
Mathyoo

Meet a henchman!

Hello,

here is the final EM4 gangster / agent / whoever. For purpose of my SA bestiary page (clickable above this post if you have missed it) I've decided to mark him as henchman. In game of Strange Aeons, he is just what you'd expect him to be - human right hand of the evil-doers. While not as fanatically connected to the cause as cultists, he does know how to use his weapons more efficiently and is thus quite viable lurker. Obviously, I have never used him in the games before, but he really isn't that bad!

I bought this mini because of the characterful pose, primarily to use as an agent, of course. As you can see, he is reloading his revolver (don't see too many of those, do you?). He is dressed in stripped black suit with a matching hat and elegantly wears a carnation and a handkerchief...except for being not being comically fat, he would make a great mafia boss, dressed so elegantly.

I didn't include any scale shots, but he is somewhat short, when put next to other figures.

Very brief post today, but there really isn't much else to say. It is pretty modern to be a tease these times, so you can expect to see some THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT LIVE in next couple of posts (and sorry, still not zombies :( ). Feel free to guess what it might be, but can't offer you any candy - I didn't really give you too much information, hehe.

Thanks for looking,
Mathyoo

Meet Threshold Operatives 4!

Hello,

I've finished remaining three EM4 gangsters/dunwich detectives I had. I have decided to show two as Threshold agents and one as an evil henchman (but, yet again, it could be any way around, obviously). Reason fully lies in filling the spots in the bestiary :P.

Here, I got an agent with double barreled shotgun (had none until now!) and a priest that I have painted as some kind of professor, spelling spells from a book that shan't be written and shan't be read! Oh my...

So, the double-barreled old chap, jolly good fellow is not really like any of my other agents. Compared to daring youngsters, he is old and has probably seen it all. I could see him as someone who enjoys a shot (or three!) of courage and a pipe before he goes on a hunt. Not hunting foxes this time, however!

Second guy looks a bit like Mel Gibson, doesn't he? Anyways, I have decided not to go the "priest way" and I have painted him in sandy colors. Pretty simple paintjob overall but I quite like it. He could be used as a special agent - spiritualist that you can hire. Or an evil High priest, perhaps? There is no way we could tell he doesn't want to bring lurkers out of space to Earth!

Other than that, they're nice addition to my ever growing pile for a game that (I quote) "only needs a handful of models"!

Thanks for looking,
Mathyoo

Meet the Servitor of the Outer Gods!

Hello,

another great EM4 sculpt I've painted is Servitor. A squid-fish-something-else-like alien playing blasphemous music on his pipe, driving people mad all over the place! Now, I am no expert, but I suspect him being Scottish!

I went with rainbow colors on this one,  but they are only notable on the eyes. It is a nice miniature that takes washes and drybrushing well, so that is what I did. I believe it could always be better, but then again it could always be worse.

In Strange Aeons, profile for this lurker was introduced with their latest expansion, Shocking tales of madness and mayhem volume 3. He is quite an expensive little fellow and pretty much useless in direct combat. If he is given enough time to pipe his music, however, he calls in a Godling (the ultimate lurker, ala Cthulhu) and that...that is worth something! He is mostly reserved for special scenarios where Lovecraft himself is in play, but having a miniature gives me no excuse to use it in bigger games.

EM4 sells it in various positions - I only needed one so I went with this one as I liked it the most.

Also, if you look carefully above this post (but below the name tag), there is a page called SA Bestiary. It comes in most handy to people that actually play Strange Aeons, but it is a nice collection of all the lurkers in game and my interpretations. I had some problems with lurkers as Rogue Threshold agent and character, henchmen and such who are nothing but your ordinary humans and one miniature easily fits all the slots (and could still be used as a good guy!). Feel free to go check it out if you think you could find something that interests you but you've missed it in the past.

Thanks yet again for looking,
Mathyoo

Meet the Night-Gaunt!

Hello,

While at the Salute, I made sure I've checked out EM4 stand. I know EM4 since my early days of blogging, as I wanted to order some gangsters for my zombie games from them. I have decided against it, because postage to Slovenia included mandatory tracking, due to previous experiences of lost parcels sent to my country. I never had any problems myself, but anyways, I've decided against ordering because I've only wanted a couple of miniatures. This time, I've ignored the gangsters all together and I've picked up three "agents" (well, armed humans - will show them later once I paint them), this little fellow  and another monster that I will show you next time. I must say I love them all. I am not too fond about their females, but if I would pick again, I'd certainly pick one - got no female agents!

Back to nightgaunt. You got option of one standing normally (the one I picked and I just love it!) and one with raised paw, that looks a bit silly to me. You can get nightgaunts from many other companies, but I've picked this one. One reason is price, but to be completely honest, I really like this sculpt. I like its simplicity, albeit it is somewhat on the small side.

Nightgaunts are the monsters of Lovecrafts childhood nightmares and I must say...those had to be some wicked dreams, because the concept of the monster sends shivers down my body. We are talking about slick and rubbery black (hence the gloss varnish) humanoid figure with barbed tail, claws, horns and no face. NO FACE!

 I would like to have a bit bigger nightgaunt, but their wings tend to take lot of space and I plan to play games with my buildings more and more - plus I was just at EM4's so there was really no reason not to get one.



In future, expect even more "meet the" posts, as I am working my way trough England pile. Out of my head, I have monsters, policemen, civilians, agents and bunch of horrorclix (thanks Bryan) to work on. Once this is done or the starts go wrong again, I will paint some more of my modern zombies, which I got loads of from England (thanks again ;) ),  but got neglected a bit - the reason lies in lack of rules and sheer diversity that eldritch horrors pose compared to hordes of walking dead. They were the start of this blog and they will reappear for sure!


Thanks for looking,
Mathyoo