The King in Yellow

 This gilded statuette appeared in an auction in Paris, 1924 with unknown provenance. Since then it has passed between collections. The gold leaf is worn and partially corroded in places, indicating a low purity, but the black, clay-like substance beneath defies analyses. Of the owners of the item, many went on to become noted artists. Several have claimed the figure, and the unusual symbol on its mask served as inspiration in their work. A number of owners have also met untimely ends, often a result of self destructive qualities or apparent mental illness, leading to rumours that the object is cursed, however this does not appear to be statistically significant

  

So I got some gold and silver leaf a while back and figured I'd try some of it out, whilst also attempting a larger fimo project than the small things I'd done before. Getting the leaf into the various crevices was ridiculously difficult but fortunately helps make it look old and worn (especially with a black wash). Due to distractions there ended up being a week or so between the most of the leaf and the final touches, so in a couple of places there's a notable colour change between the older and newer gold - some bits even have a sort of mottled bronze effect.

I started with a tin foil core, and used a bit of florists wire to form the structure for the wings, then built up with fimo for the main body and added details for the cowl, tattered robe, tentacles, and coiled yellow sign on the face. Do wish I'd made the hood a lot thinner though, and possibl added more details to the wings.

The project was originally inspired by this (far superior one).

Jade Cthulhu Idol

Back again, various other things to show as soon as I get round to it. Here, however is my first attempt at an actual fimo sculpture, which worked out fairly well in my opinion.

It's a tin foil core, covered in a thin layer if emerald, followed by a thin layer of translucent green - the two layers were probably unnecessary but I didn't know how transparent that would be. Then I added the tentacles and tried to blend them in. The wings I was puzzled by how to do well before I settled on them being pulled in tight, though perhaps I should have added a little more thickness for the wing membranes.

After it was baked I added a black wash which dramatically improved it.

It's far from perfect, and there's a couple of annoying fingerprints on it, but I'm pretty happy with it. Works better as a static prop in my opinion as its so lightweight it instantly wrecks immersion when you pick it up. 

Idol of Dagon

My second Idol, made with more of the leftover air drying clay, it's based off this picture ( http://www.blueworldaquariums.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/deep-sea-hatchetfish-argyropelecus.jpg )  but with teeth added and some other details to make it seem more fearsome and less scared.  The three pronged top bit is a detail nicked from depictions of the Historical Dagon who sometimes seems to have had a fleur de lis esque crown on his head. 

It makes it look a bit like a pineapple.

It was drybrushed in silver, Rub N buffed gold, then washed black (after an original black wash) and given a gloss varnish - though as with the coins I've noticed a couple of tiny spots flaking off. 

Like the others I'm going to produce documents and such and sell it as a collection box

Cthulhu Fhtagn!

Naturally I had to try this as soon as possible.  My first clay statue, basically a blob of air drying clay that  I attacked with a scalpel (though the wings were somewhat sloppily added on to cover up the messy back).  I painted it in various layers of red black and white (though that's not really visible) which had given it a nice mottled effect that instantly disappears on camera. 

Not the best thing ever made but for my first Idol I quite like it :-)