Eldritch Abomination puppets

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I didn't really know where to put this log. If I'm not sculpting tabletop miniatures or making industrial music I am trying to make film props and monsters. So here is a log to what I hope to end up being some kind of short film eventually. Of course it will star nightmarish alien creatures in an otherworldly plane going about their daily business. Everyday live with Eldritch Abominations i guess.


This creature is the "brains" of the cast. An intelligent and ruthless entity.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aNsuHcmVgq8/VgePFx0CFdI/AAAAAAAAAm8/aUHiLZoggak/s1600/CreatureWIP9.JPG

This one is more insidious and appears randomly to guide the cast.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihbR81fZQvs/VgePCenzVUI/AAAAAAAAAmw/HR8FdQVeoiw/s1600/CreatureWIP7.JPG

There are two of these, they are soldiers of a sort.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FrXxQ5XjCMg/VgePF6MUglI/AAAAAAAAAm4/rqnVAhj2VoA/s1600/CreatureWIP10.JPG

i have another 5 in progress at current, but not in a stage worth showing..

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

they just need their arms now, each will carry a staff in one arm/tendrill :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/creaturewip20.jpg

Also got 5 of these things WIP :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/creaturewip16.jpg
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/creaturewip21.jpg

and some terrain! can't wait to paint this, would of done it today but it's p1ssing it down with rain :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/tileswip1.jpg

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Boy you guys are a tough crowd...

oh well, heres what I am working on at current :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/thelighthousekeeper5.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/thelighthousekeeper6.jpg

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Firstly, the Lighthouse keeper is finished. Here she is :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/the-lighthouse-keeper-complete-07.jpg
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/the-lighthouse-keeper-complete-05.jpg

And some other creatures :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/the-prophet-complete-01.jpg
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/the-shadow-complete-01.jpg

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Also some lighting tests :
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/led-test3.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/led-test4.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/lightingtest2.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/led-test2.jpg

[Morgrim]

I want to say something encouraging but honestly they're creeping me out a bit. Um. You have successfully made them disturbingly slimy?

[Haighus]

I'm with Morgrim. They are well done, but also creepy. Which I guess is a success?

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

eeeeeeexcellent!

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

Fantastically grotesque. Particularly appreciate the pink soldiers - reminds me of the Body Worlds exhibit, specifically the specimens that have been reduced to a boneless, otherwise fleshless circulatory system (definitely check it out if it ever tours near you).

Looking forward to see the "vented" terrain painted - gives me the impression of a quietly moaning landscape.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Some plot details :


The setting is a Shell that exists surrounding our very universe. The Shell is there to protect our universe. The Shell is an almost dark, empty black void - there exists no stars, galaxies, no nebulas - just vast otherworldly emptiness with organic floating islands strewn around, their ventlike forms sometimes harbouring a sleeping intelligence. Occasionally there are ruins from an ancient civilization. Sometimes islands will show strange steps, staircases, monoliths or other weird architecture.

The Shell is inhabited by a variety entities. No creature in this place has a name, only a title. Some of the creatures are physically bonded to the islands and relics, while others are free to float through the void to new pastures.

Of the greatest of the creatures is the Lighthouse Keeper. She overlooks what the denizens of the Shell call the Final Horizon, a place beyond the shell, outside the confines of existence, concept and reality. The Lighthouse keeper is the only one that can see the Final Horizon and with her Eight Eyes she keeps watch for it for all. She floats suspended above a stone platform that leads to a small entrance guarded by two pillars, her Pendulum of Eternity constantly swinging left and right, counting the chimes down to the Next Stage.

There are many mysteries in the void, such as who and what the Ancient Civilization were and the many lost relics that exist abound the void of the shell. The world has given birth to The Archaeologist, a creature who shall uncover the relics and secrets of the Ancient Civilization. With Her, she is accompanied by The Thinker - She is a being of immense intelligence, The Shadow - She is a maligned ancient who sees what others do not along with several Guards, 5 of which are mercenaries who entered The Shell from another dimension long ago with thousands others of their kind and made the Shell their home.

The Archaeologist and her Comrades will uncover otherworldly secrets, meet various characters that live in the Shell and eventually face a threat of immeasurable terror.

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

So, multiple nonhumanoid races laboring in the shadow of other ancient inhuman races - doubling down on the good stuff. Does this setting's cosmology tie into Primeval Abyssian's? The names and concepts vary, but I suppose that doesn't rule out there being some connection between two distinct artificial universes.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

It will be tied in, in some way. Nothings set in stone until something is filmed really.


Some more progress on the lighting tests. I have a large black sheet that I using as a backdrop and will hopefully get a fog machine and some other lighting gear soon to continue the experiments.

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/led-test-4.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/led-test-5.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/led-test-6.jpg

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[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Also got this staircase built by my workbuddy Mick, as you can see it isn’t painted yet – I comissioned it as i wanted the alien altar you can see on top of it to make one of the sets. I think he did a fantastic job constructing it for me, I can't wait to paint it. I am thinking of buying one of those stone-textured spray paints but still giving it some thought. Suggestions welcome.

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/staircasewip.jpg

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

This lovely lady is called The Heart. She will be suspended in a structure (I have barely started that) and represents the beating life of all creatures in the Shell.

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/heart_finished1.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/heart_finished2.jpg

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

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[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Character posters :

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/poster1.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/poster2.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/poster31.jpg

http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/forumfiles/poster4.jpg

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