As those of you who know me in real life know, I love history and archaeology as much as I love films and books. That's lead me to wonder, what if the Lovecraftian mythos was real and Cthulhu visited the ancient cultures of the Earth, what sort of artefacts and effigies might we find?
To that end I've thought up a few Cthulhu inspired artefacts for the cultures I've studied.
Artefact #1 - Cypriot Plank Figure
This type of figure dates back as far as the bronze age, around 2100BCE-1900BCE. They are flat (hence the 'plank') stylised anthropoid figures usually made out of terracotta, with incised details sometimes with arms carrying children but equally as often without any sculpted detail on the body section.
Here are some examples of artefacts from various museums:
I've started to make my version out of Super Sculpey. This will actually be the master and the finished version will be more authentic, but more on that later...
This is my work so far:
I still need to add all the incised details, and I'm also debating giving him clawed arms.
To that end I've thought up a few Cthulhu inspired artefacts for the cultures I've studied.
Artefact #1 - Cypriot Plank Figure
This type of figure dates back as far as the bronze age, around 2100BCE-1900BCE. They are flat (hence the 'plank') stylised anthropoid figures usually made out of terracotta, with incised details sometimes with arms carrying children but equally as often without any sculpted detail on the body section.
Here are some examples of artefacts from various museums:
I've started to make my version out of Super Sculpey. This will actually be the master and the finished version will be more authentic, but more on that later...
This is my work so far:
I still need to add all the incised details, and I'm also debating giving him clawed arms.