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"And when the pen priest told them the walls of hell were four thousand miles thick, they began at once to formulate a plan for breaking in." - Steve Aylett, The Crime Studio
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
These Guys are Getting Statted Up and Dropped Into Galbaruc
Well, not on the city itself, but beneath it, sure, and in lonely places in the wilderness, and beneath the sea, and inhabiting strange, unexplored islands. I found these pseudo-Rabelasian monstrosities on the always-excellent Monster Brains yesterday, and they're exactly the sort of bizarre creepy-yet-somewhat- whimsical monsters I want to use in my setting. They look like the guys who were taking a cigarette break when it came time for the Temptation of St. Anthony, or something Sir John Mandeville saw on his travels while tripping on strange drugs with Prester John.
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What's great is how the first guy has an entire jenny-hanover-type mermaid just casually stuck in his belt "for later."
ReplyDeleteI could also see these guys fitting into tekumel pretty well.
Yeah, it's true: Prester John always had the best shit.
ReplyDeleteThose are indeed some inspiring illustrations. I dub the last one the Cauldron Wraith.