Stephen Hickman Cthulhu statue Kickstarter

[The 48th Ronin]

Back in 1997 Bowen Designs produced a Cthulhu statue based on a book cover painting by artist Stephen Hickman.

It has always been highly regarded and if you can find one, they go for crazy amounts of money. Hickman claims that he "was never quite satisfied with the statue" and that it "looked unfinished" to him.

After a Kickstarter campaign for a new version of the statue didn't quite meet its funding goal in March, he relaunched the campaign and it has already reached its revised funding goal and has 10 days to go:

RELAUNCHED! HPL's CTHULHU statue crafted by Stephen Hickman

The new version of the statue looks fantastic - I've already pledged, even though I was lucky enough to score one of the originals back in the day (# 906)

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Neat.

BTW, anyone know of a good compilation book with all the Cthulu stories that is still available? I've read a handful, but there's some I missed.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

BTW, anyone know of a good compilation book with all the Cthulu stories that is still available? I've read a handful, but there's some I missed.

Do you mean all of the Cthulhu Mythos stories just by Lovecraft?

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Yeah I've seen some with all his stories, but not just with the Cthulu stuff.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Well, a few of his stories might mention Cthulhu by name merely in passing, but the only story he wrote where Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance is "The Call of Cthulhu."

Now obviously many other authors have written Cthulhu-centric stories throughout the years. Back in the early-to-mid 1990s Chaosium - which created the Call of Cthulhu RPG - started to publish books which were collections of short stories (both old & out of print as well as contemporary) that were centered around each of the "Great Old Ones." In 1996 they did one for Cthulhu - "The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror"

The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror (Call of Cthulhu Fiction): Burleson, Donald R., Carpenter, Leonard, Comtois, Pierre, Derleth, August William, Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, Foster, Alan Dean, Henderson, C. J., James, M. R., Paulsen, Steven, Smith, David C., Lovecraft, H. P., Lovecraft, H. P., Price, Robert M., Geier, Earl: 9781568820385: Amazon.com: Books

That might scratch your itch.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Thanks! I didn't realize anyone else did stories with that mythos. I think the only ones I read so far were "The Call of Cthulhu" , "At the Mountains of Madness", "The Dunwich Horror".

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Oh yeah - other writers "borrowed" elements from Lovecraft's stories just like Lovecraft "borrowed" elements from other writers.

Lovecraft corresponded and shared story elements with his contemporaries including:

Clark Ashton Smith
Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian)
Robert Bloch (author of Psycho)
Frank Belknap Long
Henry Kuttner
Henry S. Whitehead
Fritz Leiber

They were a group often referred to as the "Lovecraft Circle." And writers have continually contributed stories to the Mythos up until the present day.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Pic of the pre-production sample received from Hong Kong

Less than 24 hours to go, if you're a Cthulhu fan and want in.

 

[PumpkinKing]

Are these limited edition?

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Yes, a limited edition of 400 pieces.

 

[PumpkinKing]

How large are these?

 

[The 48th Ronin]

NOW FUNDED! HPL's Cthulhu , a statuette by Stephen Hickman.

Approximately 9 inches in height.

 

[Ravensquawk]

"Hickman's Model"

(I read HPL and could not resist.)

 

[Moviefreak]

"Hickman's Model"

(I read HPL and could not resist.)

You couldn’t resist and you just pledged? That crowdfunding was from over two years ago, so I hope you didn’t just send him money,

 

[The 48th Ronin]

You couldn’t resist and you just pledged? That crowdfunding was from over two years ago, so I hope you didn’t just send him money,

No, they couldn't resist making a pun - it's a play on the title of the story "Pickman's Model." (which never occurred to me )