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« on: January 09, 2010, 01:15:03 PM »
Eyeman, who volunteered the first Cthulhu concept below, has been working with me over the last while to realize this demon I've had in mind for several months, tentatively called "The Speaker".  This isn't the sort of fellow with whom you're likely to get in a brawl in some back alley speakeasy.  I provided the details and Eyeman provided what we at Iron Tower Studio call "the hard work".  The images are in chronological order of their development.

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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 01:15:16 PM »
~reserved for future goodness~
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2010, 01:19:16 PM »
Very nice work! Love it! Can you tell us more about this creature?

BTW, one of the concepts is repeated.
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 02:02:29 PM »
Looks pretty cool.
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2010, 02:19:45 PM »
Looks great. Though i expected more mouths then eyes when reading its name Smile
I guess the top of it is some kind of mouth, right?

Its cool to see different iterations like that too.
I guess were in some interesting monstrosities in Cyclopean then.
:thumbsup: to Eyeman. Welcome abroad. Tongue

As for Cthulu,  it would be interesting to see one with his face made out of tentacles - including eyes, as opposed to usual depiction of his head where tentacles are around his mouth.
It would look freaky.
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2010, 03:27:39 PM »
Very, very nice work. Reminds me of Giger's style a bit.

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Very nice work! Love it! Can you tell us more about this creature?

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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2010, 05:11:54 PM »
Does this mean the game is no longer strictly "Lovecraft purist"?
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2010, 05:51:01 PM »
Hmm, I think I like 7a best, the final is a little too much like an onion.
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2010, 06:15:46 PM »
Cool stuff.  Grin
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2010, 09:10:18 PM »
Quote from: ILikeToWatch on January 09, 2010, 05:11:54 PM
Does this mean the game is no longer strictly "Lovecraft purist"?
I think I can say it never was, although I'm not sure what you mean exactly.  Lovecraft's stuff needs some bending to make it into a fun RPG.

@Wrath:  my original concept was onion-shaped and I constantly said More onion, more onion! at every iteration, so I take all the blame for that.

There's not too much to say about him.  He's about four feet tall.  He is summoned during an intermediate rite by a certain organization in which you may become a member.  He is invisible to the summoners, who only hear him speaking, but if the player is corrupted, this is one of those times he would prefer not to be.
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2010, 12:48:13 AM »
Quote from: Scott on January 09, 2010, 09:10:18 PM
Quote from: ILikeToWatch on January 09, 2010, 05:11:54 PM
Does this mean the game is no longer strictly "Lovecraft purist"?
I think I can say it never was

Scott: "Pure Lovecraft..."
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2010, 03:29:52 AM »
Quoting out of context FTW! Saying that the original Lovecraft's works are the main source of the inspiration is not the same as saying one will stick to them as closely as possible.
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2010, 04:13:06 AM »
Quote from: Jim_Cojones on January 10, 2010, 03:29:52 AM
Quoting out of context FTW! Saying that the original Lovecraft's works are the main source of the inspiration is not the same as saying one will stick to them as closely as possible.

Of course I'm busting his balls; but my point (if you can call it that) is that it seems a little hypocritical to dismiss others' contributions to the Mythos as inferior, and then going ahead and creating your own original cosmic horror.

For the record, I think it's good he's not limiting his creativity for simply not being a lovable, pale, lanky, racist (who happened to create unimaginable dread).

Also, in the spirit of the internet: plane tickets, bitch.
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2010, 06:21:54 AM »
Too much onion! Eyeman's original (7a) was best.
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« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2010, 06:28:02 AM »
Yeah, i gotta say i liked that one the most too, seemed most alien.

The eyes on the final build make it too human, sort off. They still look too familiar.
I think it would look better if eyes were more like on 7a - blobs of organic matter style.
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« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2010, 01:42:00 PM »
I quite like it. What racial caricature is it based on?
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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2010, 02:34:42 PM »
If you can't tell, I guess it needs more work, but we were going for "Troll".
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« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2010, 09:09:23 PM »
Quote from: ILikeToWatch on January 10, 2010, 04:13:06 AM
Quote from: Jim_Cojones on January 10, 2010, 03:29:52 AM
Quoting out of context FTW! Saying that the original Lovecraft's works are the main source of the inspiration is not the same as saying one will stick to them as closely as possible.

Of course I'm busting his balls; but my point (if you can call it that) is that it seems a little hypocritical to dismiss others' contributions to the Mythos as inferior, and then going ahead and creating your own original cosmic horror.
How exactly is what Scott is showing inconsistent with Lovecraft? And I believe all Scott said was that he was going to use Lovecraft and his contemporaries as guidance, but not the later stuff.
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2010, 05:54:15 PM »
I've had the misfortune to hear about a modern author's GOO that looks like an onion (Oorn), and Clark Ashton Smith had a demon flower (Vulth-something?) that bears a certain resemblance.
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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2010, 10:09:47 AM »
Ahhh good, this thread has settled down and I can safely weigh in.

Firstly I have petitioned Scott many times to change Cyclopean to a Clark Ashton Smith game. He persists with Lovecraft for some reason or other.

Secondly, I LOVE the onion. Seriously, I love it. Creepy, bizarre and just what we need.
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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2010, 12:35:05 PM »
Hm, I don't know, I just don't find food very scary.
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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2010, 12:38:48 PM »
Unless you choke with it.
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« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2010, 12:42:21 PM »
Don't talk with your mouth full.
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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2010, 12:47:27 PM »
Onions make you cry by just looking at them. If there was any food which was considered badass, it has to be an onion.
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« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2010, 01:35:46 PM »
Fried devil rings are delicious.
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