Tales of the Lovecraft 1b

The well armed landing party carefully started to explore the structure. The overhanging wall covered a number of openings that seemed to lead into the depths of the structure...

 

There was movement from one of the openings! A giant creature resembling  a scorpion slowly appeared as the crew backed away!

Attempting to fend off the scorpion the crew backed away from the slow moving arthropod.

The crew hastily clambered up onto the top of  the walls.

The scorpion seemed almost confused as it wandered around...

Backing onto the web, A flash of movement as a giant spider rushes out of the cavern and launches itself at the scorpion!

A frantic melee ensued until the scorpion was finally overcome and dragged into the caverns... (second round of combat spider threw a 5, scorpion a 1!)

Silence fell and the arena was empty again.

The landing party could have gone exploring but... discretion won out...

... Time to continue the voyage...

This was one of those scenarios where things didn't go the way I originally planned. The original idea was to go down a passageway under the structure using the Sorceror's Cave set. Getting the temple base out I noticed the spider's web and thought 'have to use it'. Diced to see if anything came out into the open - it did. Diced again - wasn't the spider. So looked through my box and chose the scorpion. Dice rolls basically resulted in the humans being pushed back rather than killed. Originally intended using swarms of little spiders, saw this one in the box and thought I'd use it instead. Finally, decided no one in their right senses would want to go into the caverns/passages after what had happened so everyone went back to the ship and it 'happily' sailed off into the sunset.

Tales of the Lovecraft 1

We entered another region of dead and dying weed. Recent experience told us that a landmass was often at the centre of such regions...

Hopefully an island could supply us with wood for fuel or fresh water.

But.. it wasn't really an island. A structure made up of cyclopean stone blocks rose from the surface of the sea.

Taking soundings we found we could berth the Lovecraft alongside one section of the structure.

We made sure that a watch was kept on the seaward side.

A landing party was dispatched and clambered to the top of the blocks.

To find that the centre of the structure consisted of a dank sunken square...

There was a sense of death and decay. Unhealthy looking toadstools, etc, and a smell of decay...

In one corner what looked looked like a giant spider web...

 Note: The spider web is real. I am assured the spider wasn't all that poisonous and that the swelling should soon go down. If not, chances are it still won't be fatal.

Newhaven Nightscape

 

The strange monument in the park. Brought back from... somewhere... by the University. It seemed to cast a baleful influence over the entire park..

Darkness falls quickly. Tired. A park bench...

To sleep, perchance to dream... standing by the monument in a washed-out world of unearthly colours... standing next to a strange beast. He could feel the evil, a disinterested kind of evil, a creature that... didn't care. It had it's own reasons and desires.

A creature not of this Earth... in his mind he could see it's homeland, on a far away moon... strangely eager to show him around this strange dreamscape. To see another Earth, to see what lived so close to us. A world of monsters...

Cold fear surrounded his heart as the creature showed him... things. That even his church was desecrated by an unspeakable evil...

Of creatures that preyed on the dead in the graveyard...

Strange gods worshipped by strange acolytes... gods that could be seen, gods whose evil could be felt, tearing away the layers of his mind...

Just as the churches were occupied by evil, the houses of the Dreamscape had inhabitants, voracious creatures eagerly awaiting the opportunity to slip into the real world and feed...

Dawn arrives, and knowledge of that terrifying night floods his brain. A human brain that was never designed for such insight...

Zombie

 The latest from Steven

Here are photos of a zombie I finished painting a short while ago. It is a toy I was given a
couple of Christmases ago by my neighbours. At 110 mm, it is easily the largest figure I have
ever painted. Sounds like it should be easier, but it came with its own set of challenges. He
has come out a bit dark, but certainly looks menacing.

Some work-in-progress photos are below. He had articulated joints to make him poseable, so I glued them into position and filled the gaps with green stuff. I also added a few bits such as part of the t-shirt on one shoulder, and pockets on his jeans, which were inexplicably missing.

I wanted the base to be more urban for a change. Since just plain grey for tarmac would be boring, I added a kerb (modelled after the kerb opposite my house), a newspaper and a crushed coke can. The latter was made from 2/3 of a 15mm Baueda fuel drum cut in half, filed down and the crushed middle modelled from green stuff.

 

CP Models, etc

Often when I 'do' a game/scenario I use it as an excuse to reassess what I've got and what I need. Definite shortage of 20mm 'British' policemen :) so ordered a load from CP Models..

Plus a few civilian types. The pram still needs to be assembled!

Some armed German scientists.

Armed Catholic clergy!

And a couple of divers.

Another thing I tend to do when I go back to something is find and paint ones that got missed last time round. I think this lot are mostly Langley and Elheim.

 Plus I've still got a few more to do...

The Homecoming Day Massacre

Missed Valentine's Day, and of course these events actually took place the day after Homecoming, but...

Police engage the fishmen at the front of the parade as the Naval escort comes up in support.

While at the back the Fishmen decide not to attack the High Priestess and acolytes of the Church of Dagon.

The people at the back are just beginning to realise something is wrong.

The fighting at the front is fierce with casualties on both sides.

The fishmen are starting to feel the pressure.

While panic is setting in at the back of the parade. Some people are fleeing, others still don't know what's happening...

A view down Church Street as the fishmen at the back of the Parade start their charge. Most people in the crowd are simply unaware yet what is about to happen.

As the crowd at the back starttrying to get away the lady with the pram is caught...

Totally unaware of what is happening at the back the police and Naval escort chase of the surviving fishmen and start their pursuit.

The crew of the Lovecraft don't realise what is happening as the crowd starts to mill about in confusion - many still haven't seen the fishmen...

They killed Alice!!!

Lovecraft's crew have realised something is up and start towards the back.

One brave lady fights back and shoots a Fishman before being overcome herself.

The vicar tries to call the police and escort back but isn't having much luck.

The fishmen continue to wreak havoc but they are starting to face resistance. The fishman who killed Alice is itself killed, as is one of the crew of the Lovecraft.

As more of the crew of the Lovecraft start engaging the fishmen they decide they've caused enough damage to the humans and break off the action.

At a loss of 5 of their own they killed over a dozen humans, including 2 policemen and one of the Lovecraft's crew. It had proved a hard day for the town of Newhaven.