Happy belated new year!

Well it's a month into the new year, I hope everyone reading this blog is doing well - I have been extremely busy with all kinds of real-life stuff have sadly not had the time to sculpt anything new let alone post on this blog, but as things settle down I'm getting back into the swing of things.

I have an interesting question though! what kind of Cthulhu Mythos monsters plastic kits would you like to see? and do give this some thought, I know many will probably say Deep Ones/Innsmouthites/Cthulhu Spawn so try and be creative ;) 

Blackball Games release Elder Thing

Theres a few Elder Thing sculpts out there to buy,, but I never felt they were really that good - until now! Blackball Game's have released this beautiful and fantastic depiction of the Elder Thing  sculpted by a very clever chap named Aragorn Marks for $20 here :
 http://blackballgames.bigcartel.com/product/book-of-fragments-elder-thing

Overall, I'd give this thing a 9/10, nearly perfect depiction. The only thing I'm  not really sure about is the weird faces around the body which feel a bit out of place to me. The model is apparently a multi-part kit thugh so if like me - you're a lovecraft fanatic that only cares for big hordes of monsters, then it look's totally possible to have a dozen of these things in a variety of poses. Perfect for recreating the battles between Shoggoths and Elder Things!

A little of everything, and more.

Been a while since I updated this thing!

To quote one of my favourite shows, "Many, many things have happened".

Firstly, I'll be sending off a huge bulk of the finished kits in the next few weeks! I have no idea how long it will take for the caster to mass-produce them for me in plastic, but it feels like a huge step forward and that makes me happy.

Secondly, I'll be releasing pictures of the dreaded Ekimmu master-sculpts in a few weeks as well. The Ekimmu are inspired by Assyrian mythology as the name suggests. They are a gasseous based form of life and vampiric in nature.

Theres also a good chance the packaging will be done as proper boxed sets, but this won't put the price up at all. I intend to keep the prices as low as I possibly can for a variety of reasons - being that my sculpting abilities arent as high as companies like Citadel and Privateer Press - it would not be fair to customers to charge those kind of prices, and secondly I want it to remain affordable. While you will only need about 20-30 models max, an army should not cost you much more than £30-£40.

And finally, the first draft of the rules are nearing completion! the Alpha-rules will be posted here for free. I do hope that this will attract more attention so I can get some constructive critisicm and feedback on the rules so I can make the next version better and more fun. The rules are intended to be fast, fun but balanced - and balance is important for both friendly-games and those with a more tournement mindset.

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And it's kind of unrelated to the blog but it looks like I have a pretty solid chance of getting signed to a small record label for my electro-industrial project Ion Plasma Incineration. If you're interested, you can get my first 2 IPI releases on bandcamp and they are dirt-cheap :


http://ionplasmaincineration.bandcamp.com/album/tdcp


http://ionplasmaincineration.bandcamp.com/album/the-rush-ep

Favour?

I would like to get some coverage on beasts of war and would kindly ask anyone on that site to email them and tell them you want to see coverage on "Primeval Abyssian", please :) It seems they are becoming the "go to" site for wargaming - especially now they have just launched a TV show dedicated to tabletop wargaming!

You can contact BoW here :  http://www.beastsofwar.com/contact-us/

Primeval Abyssian - New sculpts

So, finally I have some new WIP stuff to show you today.

First up is the Luuran Eye Of Judgement, the gaps still need filling (obviously) but it's done enough to show you :

Next up is the Tolathian Thunder-Drummer, which also still needs more work, and maybe a few bits that need resculpting (What do you think?) :

Next we have the Master Of Unlife. These abominations exist in the Necroverse and Lead the legions of Abyssal Drones, biomechanical abominations that seek to wipe out all life :

And finally, we have the Mind-Harvest prototype which looks a bit rought at current and not to mention the "static" pose of the spinal-Chord. That will change once I get resin casts to put into fancy poses, and they'll be a variety of lethal surgical type weaponry on the ends of the spinal-chords :

Well, that's all for today folks - hope you like the sculpts so far!

Primeval Abyssian - misc updates!

No new pictures today sorry, but heres a roundup of various newsbits of what I've been working on.

Tolathians - The Thunder-Drummer kit is being worked on. Thunder-Drummers have litteral drums growing out their backs and their hands are organic drum-sticks - a bash on the drum sends a powerful signal into the skies ending a blitzkrieg of lightning bolts into enemy ranks! Thunder-Drummers will come in packs of 3 Plastic figures and are a heavy-support slot.

Luuran - I'm making the vehicle kit for these guys. It's called "The Eye Of Judgement" and is a pyramid shaped machine with an organic eye growing on top of it. It's shaping up rather nicely, but I don't want to spoil it too much.

Masters Of Unlife - Commander kit done, Infantry kit done. 2 more kits need to be created still.

Mind-Harvest (temp name) - Killer space-brains, the master model is done and done. It has a robotic spinal-chord with surgical weaponry on the end. These creatures live in large Dyson-Spheres and the backround is shaping up to be a mix of classic 1950's b-movie elements and Olaf Stapledon influences.

Tolathians - Outpost Cyclopean (The web series) :
I've heard that Ed will be casting the plastic puppet kit's for these soon, hopefully this month. I still have yet to start on the tiles I intend to use to create the sets with, but should be able to do some basic test-filming once I get the puppets back at least.

A request to readers...

I'd like to ask a request and favour to anyone reading this. If you like Primeval Abyssian and what you've seen of it so far - please do spread the word! If you know anyone who would be interested in this rather niche style, please tell them! if you think there might be people on forums or facebook - please tell them! I would sincerly appreciated anything like this that gets the word out about this game!

I'm sorry theres nothing I can give you back in return if you help spread the word - however I do need the support of fans to make this as big a success as possible. So if you get a spare minute or know someone who might be interested - please spread the word!

Proudly presenting, the Primeval Abyssian Logo!

Thanks to Reuben Liewfor creating this impressive logo, I can now show it off to you all!! hope you are as impressed as I am :

click to make it bigger!

Primeval Abyssian - misc updates!

Got some more updates for you guys who are following the progress of Primeval Abyssian today.

Firstly, they'll be three initial releases instead of the previous two!

Tolathians and Luuran get their first-waves (each having 4 of their 10 miniatures) but we'ere also including the first wave of the Masters Of Unlife too! giving the game a larger starting-base! the plan for 2012 will see the second-waves completing their lines - as well as two more of the factions including the aggressive refoliating plant race the Jequerita and the Time-manipulating Cascadians! Also, if you think 10 unit's per race is too low - then don't worry, they'll plenty more once all of the factions get their core units done!

As a bonus, here's a work in progress shot of the Cascadian master-model :

Primeval Abyssian - The Luuran Kits Masters

The Luuran kit's are coming along nicely - they still need a lot more work though I feel. The Commander and specialised units definitly need to be more unique. There's also a 4th unit I have not started yet which will be a Pyramid style vehicle with an eyeball on the point of it.

 Luuran High-Seclorum

Carrying Staffs Of Illumination, the dreaded High-Seclorum's lead their zealous followers into combat against anyone whom discovers or is against the Luuran's New Dimension Order. With longer trunks to detect psychic emanations and an enlargened eye to see Truth and Lies - the High-Seclorum's are feared Commanders in the Luuran Order.

Luuran Interphasics

The Interphasics form the triads of Shock Infantry in Luuran Armies. Pyramidial weapons and armour adorn the enhanced soldiers - giving them brutal telekinetic phasers and Mind-control Impulses.

Luuran Novus Ordo's

The Prumary infantry of the Luuran. Fast floating combat troops with the ability to effect the minds of those around them, drawing them closer before they unleash the hell from their psychic-eye weapons.

Once these are finished (as well as the 4th unit) I will repost better pictures. Like the Tolathians they will be released in Hard Plastic thank's to Ed Fortae's brand new cutting-edge Spin-casting plastic formula!