Halloween Monster Thread!!

[David Griffith]

Seeing as how it is Halloween, (and my brothers birthday incidentally - coincidence? I think not.) why don't we have a spooky monster themed thread, fiction or art, everyone welcome.

I'll start the ball rolling with this little illo of a zombie.

Lets see what you got!

Cheers,
--David.

[Eric Lofgren]

Originally posted by David Griffith
Seeing as how it is Halloween, (and my brothers birthday incidentally - coincidence? I think not.) why don't we have a spooky monster themed thread, fiction or art, everyone welcome.

I'll start the ball rolling with this little illo of a zombie.

Lets see what you got!

Cheers,
--David.

Brilliant idea David! I have this little entry I did for Dan Norder. It's basically a breed of ...frog.... familiar....demon....something 'er other....There's a few more like this I might post later in the thread. You've all been warned....Blah hahaha...ahem. Anyone else?

Btw, very nice and creepy work, David. Is that one to be printed?


Eric

[Eric Lofgren]

Okay, how's a bout I actually include the pic. Geez, what a Canucklehead am I :rolleyes:



Originally posted by Eric Lofgren


Brilliant idea David! I have this little entry I did for Dan Norder. It's basically a breed of ...frog.... familiar....demon....something 'er other....There's a few more like this I might post later in the thread. You've all been warned....Blah hahaha...ahem. Anyone else?

Btw, very nice and creepy work, David. Is that one to be printed?


Eric

[David Griffith]

Hi Eric, love the frog familiar, but I was wondering where you got the picture of my brother for reference?;) He looks like a real wiseacre.

That zombie pic of mine was a bit of warhammer fan-art that was published in the Citadel Journal a few months ago.

Cheers,
--David.

[Henderson]

Well, this pic is kind of old, but it fits the occasion. Published in a local arts & entertainment magazine.

What a fun idea for a thread, David!


Craig

[David Griffith]

Ha! I really like that one Craig, he sort of looks like Bruce Campbell.

Good stuff.

[ZeroRaven]

Here's something that I did a while back when I was playing Deadlands. This is a cool thread!

[Kalastos]

To go with the theme, here is a link to a piece I did awhile ago that should fit the bill. Undead L5R shugenja.

D Malachi Penney
Kalastos



http://www.pen-paper.net/modules.php?set_albumName=Malachi&id=Kuni_Yori&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php

[Jeremy McHugh]

I nearly forgot about this oldie. Cool thread idea, David.
unpublished personal work inked with a brush.
Vampire Hunter Meets His Pray...
---Jeremy

[Jeremy McHugh]

Geez, I found this one too!
Enter...The Voodoo Man ( with zombies in tow, naturally). another unpublished personal piece inked with a brush...
---Jeremy

[GenConfusion]

an older image... everyone may have seen it, but it's of Dr. Frankenstein.... (maybe it's appropriate for this thread)

[Christian]

Originally posted by Eric Lofgren
Okay, how's a bout I actually include the pic. Geez, what a Canucklehead am I :rolleyes:





That frog is creepy. It made my kid cry.

That means it must be good. Kind of Cthulu-esque, reminds me of that "Witch House" story where there's a rat with a human face that gnaws through some poor bastard.

[Bracey]

What a great idea!!! Man I love that Teaser pic GenConfusion...LOL!!! Got you nose!

Here's one of mine! Zombie's are often pretty easy to kill, so what if one was smart enough to hire some muscle!

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=265522&Start=1&Artist=Bracey&ByArtist=Yes

[Eric Lofgren]

Originally posted by Christian Walker


That frog is creepy. It made my kid cry.



bad eric...bad eric ....*smacks head with a stick repeatedly*

Uh, sorry, Christian and mini Christian :D How about this one? Another creepy one I did for Dan Norder.

Eric

[chriss2d]

Great looking stuff guys. Eric, that frog-guy is too cool:)

Here's an abomination for you. It's suppose to be a bunch of guys kinda molded together.

Chris

[MetalMan]

I thought I had a pic I did awhile back of a zombie coming out of a lake here at work but apparently I do not. So, I'm going to give you guys (and ladies) a taste of one of the entries from my company's first book, The Book of Curses. SHAMELESS PLUG: Available NOW from http://www.rpgnow.com - buy a copy! ;)


Vermin Kin

Alteration
Level: Sor 3
Components: V, S, M, 300 experience
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: touch
Area: up to three creatures of no more than eight hit dice apiece
Duration: permanent
Saving Throw: none
Spell Resistance: No

Suyaria was a noblewoman when she was abducted by the wizard, Yuldri, who had seduced many women but had been rejected by Suyaria for his loathsome philosophies. Yuldri believed that she would love him and a when, after a year in captivity, she still refused him, he moved her to a cellar she shared with rats for the next ten years. Coming from a noble life, she was unprepared for this lifestyle and nearly lost her mind. She grew to both hate and admire the rats. They had abilities to persevere no matter how disgusting the means. Suyaria would talk to the rats so that she wouldn’t forget her own voice and after years it seemed that they understood her. She had been in the tower six years when one spoke back.

To her amazement, the rat took another shape, vaguely human and drew forth a stick of soot and blackened one wall that fell away to darkness when pressed. Upon entering the darkness, Suyaria, somewhat mad after seven years, walked until the tunnel ended in a wooden door. Remembering childhood tales, she asked a riddle before knocking twice with her fingers crossed and came through to a home of the unseelie. Through the door she found a dusty but elegant room, as if it hadn’t been used in years. Placing what appeared to be a dried spider shell into a cabinet was Ruthford, who appeared to be a middle aged man in a double breasted coat nearly grey from age but once bright red.

He grinned a toothless grin and their talks seemed to take days but Suyaria never mistook that for freedom. However much time passed, she would have to return. Suddenly, Ruthford asked her if she would like to know a secret and a new series of talks began. When the secrets came to an end, he asked her if she would like to know something horrible and she did. Upon returning to her dungeon, she carried a little piece of that place of forgotten earth and stone into Yuldri’s place of brick to find only a moment had passed. She had eaten of their food and breathed their air though she didn’t remember and, though it would fade it would last long enough. When Yuldri next appeared, she grasped the strands of magic and broke his wards, getting close to him with promises of love and leaving a lasting curse. She remained his prisoner, sometimes tortured for the knowledge of how to cure him but she waited. When she walked from the tower, one leg was lame and scars marked her entire body but his tower was home to nothing but rats.

Those who seek the knowledge of making Vermin Kin must seek out the knowledge the way Suyaria did, by speaking with the dark fey even though some have shut themselves off from the mortal world. Only a few among the elder know how to pass this knowledge onto mortal casters. Still, for those willing to take the risk, the knowledge can be gained but the unseelie find such requests unseemly. The applicant must know their customs and be willing to spend a very long time among them to gain their confidence and to not offend their sensibilities.

Casting the spell requires only an hour and culminates with the caster kissing the victim full upon the lips and then spitting on them. The spell may be held ready for up to 12 hours but at the end of that time, if not cast, it is lost along with the experience. The act of kissing and then spitting on the target represents the absolute proximity of the curse and rejection of the victim - soon to be made manifest by the curse.

The victim of the curse literally becomes kin to vermin. Flies and rats flock to the victim, finding comfort in him. The victim also finds that food spoils quickly in his presence (it only lasts 1⁄2 of its normal time and even iron rations spoil within a week). Flies make their home in his hair and skin, laying their eggs on him, becoming a constant nuisance and getting into his nose, mouth and eyes.

The flies constantly infect the victim, weakening his immune system and causing a -4 to any Fortitude saves to resist diseases.
The cloud also attracts attention and makes it difficult to see. Any rolls that depend on visual acuity suffer a -4 penalty including
spot, search, disable device, and any ranged attacks. Additionally, 2d4 rats accompany you at all times, often sleeping with you at night and may be found in pockets or in your backpack. There is a 50% chance every night that the rats will chew up any paper materials they can access or eat any accessible food. If they begin starving, they attack the victim. They also make sneaking difficult and any attempts to move silently suffer a -4 penalty. Finally, the victim becomes dirty at a supernatural rate and trash is physically drawn to the victim. Most social interaction rolls are at a -6 penalty assuming that someone is willing to speak to you. Any creature with a sense of smell can smell you within 20 feet and those with delicate sensibilities may feel nauseosus.

Bathing reduces the penalties but they return quickly. There are no penalties for the first hour after the bath, -2 after the second hour, -4 after the third hour, -6 during the fourth hour. Bathing is a difficult affair, requiring hot water, soaps, disposable cloth, forceful scrubbing and perfumes costing at least 3 gold. Assistance is warranted, which is embarrassing at best, and attendants willing to perform those functions cost three times the normal rate for a bath assistant. Dispelling the curse requires knowledge nearly as difficult to acquire as that from the unseelie. The unseelie know the cure though it is rumored that a few clerics of the rat god Iziquri also know the secret though they are even less likely to share it. Impressing the unseelie is purely a matter of triggering the interest of that individual. Iziquri clerics are far more predictable but have agendas to promote that few civilized folk find agreeable.

Curing the curse requires building a casket out of vello pine, an exotic pine wood found in the Leafhelm Forest, guarded by the ultep, boars with a spiked ridge of bone on their backs. Wood from these trees are known for their smoothness and enough for a casket fetches as much as 4,000 gold on the open market and is a masterwork item when made. The wood is then soaked and treated in a poison made from butchi flowers, which in old elvish means rat’s bane. These small violet flowers can be found in the spring in many forests. Gathering enough to use requires a full day of gathering with a Wilderness Lore DC check of 15 and preparing the poison is an Alchemy check of 21. Sealed inside the casket the victim is lowered into a pit of rats who chew through the box but sicken and die. Once the last rat is dead a small hole is made in the casket and a liberal amount of hot wax poured in as Remove Curse is cast. Enough wax is poured in to produce about 1d4 points of burn damage but as the last of the wax seals after an hour the curse is broken and the wax "seals" in their aura, blocking it from the vermin.

[Matt Drake]

But not a good Dove. A bad Dove.

http://www.drake-studios.com/dove.htm

P.S. This one's mine. I didn't hire it - I drew it.

Matt Drake
www.spectrepress.com

[blobsticks]

Ack! I've got a no go for any of my recent work.... so ive sketched this one out quickly

Chriss2d....... my god that is fantastic!! I love it!!!!

Cheers
Scott.

[blobsticks]

doh!!!

Post it next time Scott..... post it.......

[thele]

Scarriest picture... ever


<img src="http://www.spacedaily.com/images/bush-missile-speech-closeup-afp-bg.jpg">


.. LOL

[Kalastos]

Uh, could we leave politics out of this by any chance?

D Malachi Penney
Kalastos

[Bracey]

This was a fun piece!

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=265206&Start=1&Artist=Bracey&ByArtist=Yes

Eric that dead crow is awesome!

Chriss2d your abomination is NASTY!!! I like it and that sort of Joe Mad style you used!


Lots of cool monsters so far.

[Matt Drake]

Originally posted by Bracey
Chriss2d your abomination is NASTY!!! I like it and that sort of Joe Mad style you used!

See, Chris? I'm not the only one thinks your work looks Joe Mad.

Matt Drake
www.spectrepress.com

[davra]

GenConfusion...great painting!! What did you paint that with? Looks like acrylic to me.
And Chriss2d, love your drawing! Bizarre, but great!

David R

[The Webtroll]

Far be it from me to ignore a halloween thread.... (a little late, but still in the spirit.)

[Bracey]

Hey Webtroll what a great way to avoid drawing feet...LOL! And here's another wittle monster! Hey its just to fun to stop!

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=265524&Start=1&Artist=Bracey&ByArtist=Yes

[chriss2d]

You got me there:) I forgot to mention that this was for an Exalted bestiary book. When I try to draw in an anime style, I go to Mad! for inspiration. As a result, his style really rubs off on me. I just love his work.

I recently heard this piece was going to be cut from the book too. Major bummer. The book ran long and they just happened to pick this one among others to cut.

Thanks for all the positive feedback.

Very cool images by all you guys:)

Chris

[Jon H]

I can't find any monster pictures of mine that I like enough to join this great thread...

Just wanted to say there's some awesome stuff here!

[Matt Drake]

Originally posted by Bracey
Hey Webtroll what a great way to avoid drawing feet...LOL! And here's another wittle monster! Hey its just to fun to stop!


Bracey, I'm getting a busted link there. Might be my firewall. But I know this one works:

http://www.spectrepress.com/bracey/paint6.htm

Matt Drake
www.spectrepress.com

[Henderson]

Originally posted by chriss2d

I recently heard this piece was going to be cut from the book too.


You gotta be kidding me. That blendy-mutant guy was cool! I find it hard to believe that the art included in the book will be better than that.

Really enjoyed seeing everyone's contributions. Let's do it again sometime.


Craig