The Call of Cthulu

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This is a very special piece I painted for a good friend of mine. Joe is all about everything H.P. Lovecraft. The guy even looks like Lovercraft. He even lives in Providence RI for pete's sake! He is a great friend of us all at the comic book shop and is also a bit of a high roller in the financial world. Joe keeps his eyes on Kickstarter and found this game that was being developed there based on Lovecraft lore and bought in. He went all the way and got this piece which really is the centerpiece for the entire thing. As you can see in the pictures this is not a MINI per se. But it is to scale as mini's do interact with it in game and that is how big Cthulu is. The price was high and my understanding is not many were produced but this thing is MASSIVE. It arrived late last year and I had a clean slate other than personal projects so I dove right in. Every technique I know has been employed on this behemoth. Airbrush fades, dry brushing, shades and washes. I went through a LOT of paint on this and Joe also bought paints I asked him to so I could complete it as you see here. It's also the first time I tried dynamic lighting for the two columns. There is an effect under the hands to show the glow of the magic infused runes on the columns as well as the columns themselves. So here is Cthulu who drives men mad at his very presence and wreaks havok across the globe.

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[Stikpusher]

Great work on that big ugly SOB! I don’t know the first thing about the subject itself, aside from the name, but I’ll bet you made it look as it should.

[keavdog]

That is an impressive piece! There's a move called Underwater that has a cool Cthulu reference

[Floki]

Holly crap...
That is impressive, I would love to see that up close.

[BorgR3mc0]

Another lovely piece! I have read some H.P. Lovecraft stories and you do make Cthulhu look like the monster he is.

[jeaton01]

Scary and outstanding!

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Thank You all for the kindest words. I wanted to make this special for Joe. He's the kind of guy that when you meet him it's like you knew him your entire life.

At nearly 2ft tall, it is the biggest "Mini" I have ever worked on.

[LyleW]

mighty fine. Two feet tall? Amazing.

[Medicman71]

WOW!!! Just wow!!