On the Trail of Cthulhu
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About the Project
When it originally came out on Kickstarter, I paid little to no attention to 'Cthulhu Death May Die' from CMON (which I still pronounce 'seemon' despite attempts of the company to have their name pronounced otherwise). I suppose I was, at the time, not ready for a boardgame delve in the Lovecraftian world, or maybe was I all 'kickstarted out'. Whichever it is, I missed the game release and do not even remember reading any review about it, until the Spring of 2020. Thanks to Alex from BoardgameCo (check out his excellent channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKEGjiSoFnemBsCLKrdeJA) I started paying attention to a game he professes as being one of his very favorites and what a game it appeared to be. Besides having been a huge fan of the Call of Cthulhu RPG, which I ran for a regular group in France for over 10 years, I have always been a fan of the Cthulhu mythos and all its pop culture adjacent creations. Taking a close look at the magnificent miniatures produced by CMON for their game, along with what appeared to be familiar yet engaging play mechanics, I started hunting for the game on Ebay and soon found all but the R'lyeh supplement (actually, I did find it but at a price that was abusive even for Ebay scalpers). This series of article recounts my path through painting and playing what I hope will be one of my favorite games.
Related Game: Cthulhu: Death May Die
Related Company: CMON
Related Genre: Horror
This Project is Completed
Cthulhu Death May Die - The Last Investigators...
The last of the investigators were a blast to paint, in reference to the excellent art book released by CMON, and, once again, GW contrast paints came to the rescue, followed by dry brush for highlights and a few highlighting detail with my favorite zero brush. The weapons were painted black and highlighted with leadbelcher. Eyes were created with a very tiny marker, which saved me a lot of time, given my inability to ever paint them properly.
High Society, Tina and Josephine
Ernest and Walter on the Hunt
Maki and Roxie bring the heavy artillery. I first tried to paint Roxie's plaid coat but failed miserably, hence its single color finish.
Olivia and Fleur bring a French flair to the scene
Margie and Meryl, a new flavor of M&M, the Mythos Buster!
Marcelo and Al, accountant and 'The Boss'Cultists and Monsters Oh My!
Closing the parade of Cthulhu Death May Die Season 1 are a series of very interesting cultists and the last two Great Old Ones
Lord Nameless and Lord Faceless, two joly fellas
Cultmaster X, because a letter for a name is kewl...
Yog Sothoth. This was a really fun and bizarre miniature to paint as it has no real from or back and mandated that I play with mixes and gradients of contrast paint to escape a monotonous blob of a body. I touched up the many eyes with gloss varnish.
Wilbur Whateley. Another fun blending effort with GW contrast paints.
Additional deep ones, introducing...
Dagon! I decided to keep a semi gloss finish as it is supposed to be a water creature.
