tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post8833544491665171281..comments2024-03-28T07:11:58.084-07:00Comments on Oldenhammer in Toronto: Citadel Gothic Horror Miniaturesmatthewjksullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-90282044853631777352016-04-19T01:06:11.311-07:002016-04-19T01:06:11.311-07:00I redid the miniatures to make them more Victorian...I redid the miniatures to make them more Victorian and used them for the more conventional horror game, Chill.<br /><br />And I used those floorplans :) <br /><br />You can see some of my miniatures here, as they have been resurrected for a skirmish game I'm enjoying at the moment called Battlesworn:<br /><br />http://hordesofthethings.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/envoys-of-save.htmlKaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-74689618962093476022014-12-07T18:12:11.974-08:002014-12-07T18:12:11.974-08:00Achtung Miniatures has a great, and very creative ...Achtung Miniatures has a great, and very creative take on the Hound of Tindalos: they are certainly coming through the angles! Check out the pictures here:<br />http://tinyurl.com/kuxchbcmatthewjksullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-17527868936773284602014-12-05T09:38:19.572-08:002014-12-05T09:38:19.572-08:00I am wondering, how could you make a Hound of Tind...I am wondering, how could you make a Hound of Tindalos miniature coming through the angles of time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-46788420259394907172014-11-26T19:03:25.389-08:002014-11-26T19:03:25.389-08:00I tend to agree with you, Matthew, at least up to ...I tend to agree with you, Matthew, at least up to a point. Reaper has a series of large (very large) Cthuloid monsters, including Great Cthulhu himself. I have trouble imagining any game of CoC that wouldn't be ruined by the appearance of this doll sized miniature, no matter how nice the paint job. All of this is to say, I think the best CoC games rarely place the characters in true combat with monsters, represented by miniatures or not. You should be running from them, not attacking them like a band of orcs. And, unfortunately, many CoC adventures forget this, and almost all CoC boardgames do too.<br /><br />But all that being said, there are plenty of encounters in Cthulhu that don't involve trans-dimensional monsters (cultists, cops, zombies, zombie cops, etc.). And that's where miniatures really shine, think.matthewjksullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-44456768998480410882014-11-26T05:51:40.726-08:002014-11-26T05:51:40.726-08:00Speaking as a GM and not a miniature painter, I do...Speaking as a GM and not a miniature painter, I don't think you could use miniatures in tabletop CoC without doing violence to the mood. Nothing would cut a Great Old One down to size like plunking down a 1:10,000-scale mini of it and having it galumph around a hex grid. It works for goofy games like Mansions of Madness where getting chased around by byakhees like Keystone Cops is good for a laugh, but when you're making an honest try to reproduce the tone of Lovecraft's work there's real power to obfuscating certain things behind abstract language that is calculated to sound inadequate to the task.<br /><br />There's a reason he wrote "The Thing cannot be described"!Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703561248939486456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-7154235891697822572014-11-23T13:47:35.058-08:002014-11-23T13:47:35.058-08:00The leather work looks great and the floor tiles a...The leather work looks great and the floor tiles are unlike anything I've seen before, I like the exaggerated gothic comic vibe I get from them. Thanks for sharing them24_Cigaretteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235772450092467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-33412782929785320192014-11-23T08:37:48.525-08:002014-11-23T08:37:48.525-08:00Lovely stuff which I have been collecting and pain...Lovely stuff which I have been collecting and painting up myself, last two I own are now back on the painting table on the back of this post. ThanksAnt Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500211640652651861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-64605803518207823182014-11-22T18:14:32.857-08:002014-11-22T18:14:32.857-08:00Nathan - thanks for the kind words. Next post comi...Nathan - thanks for the kind words. Next post coming soon. <br />Halls of Horror is almost always hideously overpriced on eBay. Try looking on Abebooks.com - That's where I got mine and it was a fraction of the cost, something like $25. Good luck!matthewjksullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874877056919928739.post-70050797642081511082014-11-22T16:58:58.192-08:002014-11-22T16:58:58.192-08:00Nice work - looking forward to the next post. The ...Nice work - looking forward to the next post. The Halls of Horror floor plans are on my list if things to purchase but they are very difficult to come by on eBay (well at a decent price they are...)Firthy 74https://www.blogger.com/profile/17104155948966037030noreply@blogger.com