Cthulhu Idol Build

[xXArcherXx]

Man, I just saw this thread and WOW!!! As i was reading i was worried that you had made your casting run already and would be sold out, but I may be in luck...

I did have some food for thought for you though... Have you thought about going bigger with it as a product? I'm thinking you could throw this up on kickstarter and get the funding you need to go into full production. Go to some Gaming Conventions like GenCon and Comic Conventions and be able to sell the product at a booth. Kickstarter could get you the funding you need to work with a company to produce smaller versions, some that may be cast in mixed glass, mixed resin, or mixed poly (like dice) even bronze casts... I'm not saying this little guy will make you a millionaire, but thanks to companies like Fantasy Flight Games releasing games like Arkham Horror, Mansion of Madness, Cthulhu Dice, and Call of Cthulhu deck building game, and Cthulhu becoming popular on T-Shirts these days, Lovecraft is reaching a wider audience and your work will be in high demand...

You've got a great thing going, and I'm probably not the only one here that would back your kickstarter if you started one... You could put up a limited numbered and signed casting run just for the kickstarters as well as lithographs of your concept art... I think you could really pull it off and you are close enough to completion now that this would be the perfect time to kickstart it.

 

[hydin]

See, I think a deep royal blue would look pretty cool for the felt color.

Paint came out awesome on that one btw.

Chris

 

[Tetrarch42]

Very cool, a day one buy from me for sure. I like the idea of green felt.

 

[vitobojo]

See, I think a deep royal blue would look pretty cool for the felt color.

Paint came out awesome on that one btw.

Chris

I have to agree here, upon hearing the suggestion of a deep blue, that it would set off the display nicely without being overly distracting. Plus, blue gives a touch of extra class. And that sculpt looks great. Thanks for all the recent updates.

 

[Mike J.]

You're not taking this to NecronomiCon, are you?

 

[nick daring]

That would've been pretty cool but I'm afraid not. Maybe next year though. My kind of convention!

 

[berger]

so..... when you plan on finishing/selling this thing? ive been waiting MONTHS! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

 

[nick daring]

I've finally set up a block of time to get this project finished up. Big updates soon!

 

[Mike J.]

Yaaay!

 

[heiro5]

Whoa! Exciting!

 

[berger]

hooray!

 

[Mike J.]

BTW, happy belated birthday, HPL.

 

[Mully]

Love it!

 

[red4]

I just found this thread, and dreaded that I was late by a year. But it turns out I've got time! This is probably my favorite build thread so far.

 

[Koipond]

I saw these pictures of resin made to look like jade and immediately thought of this thread.

 

[TheShinyOne]

Wow, that would look perfect!

 

[nick daring]

Yeah, I looked into that a while back. You can get some really nice results but it can also be pretty random too and result i n some funky castings.

Since this was my first resin project I thought I'd try to keep the techniques simple. Maybe down the road though.

 

[Leigh]

You really are a talented guy Nick! All that amazing & detailed research, the drawing, box art, sculpting & mould making...Superb!!
I'm looking forward to your experiments with mixing colours in with the resin, I reckon you could have some real fun with that :thumbsup

 

[Mike J.]

Here's one of HPL's own sketches of the Cthulhu Idol.

 

[OzDean]

Will you be offering the "Horror in Clay" sculpt as well? They both look awesome!