All Of Them VVitches: Nolzur's Deathclaw and Crooked Dice Cultist

[Rigel]

A return to the cult of the PIPER IN THE WOODS! 
The cult has developed organically from a simple witch-cult as I add minis to it, and now we have a whole theme of masks, horns, purple, and miasmas. 
As such, the Deathclaw from Nolzur's seemed to fit in, in the same way the froghemoth fits in with the cultists of THE HUNGER IN THE GULF. 

 

First, though, let's meet the cult leader! Definitely similar to the other female cultist from Crooked Dice, but this one has a fancy staff!

 

 

Procession through the dark woods:

 

And awful supplications before this lesser servant of the Horned Lord, the Masked Master!

 

 

He of the scything claws and empurpled hands!

 

He, the famished, rampant beneath the moon!

 

He of the green ichor! 

 

And yet this terror is but a lesser servitor of the Power he adumbrates.  

 

 

Note: I modified the Deathclaw with a demon skull from GW's box of skulls, because the original sculpt, while horned and bone-masked, wasn't quite horned and bone-masked ENOUGH for my tastes.

[Chaoswolf]

Good work all around! 

 

Keep dancing, I'll be right back with the witch hunters.

[Glitterwolf]

Well that's something one wouldn't want to walk into while picking some mushrooms.

 

Great setting, well painted!

 

[Iridil]

Wonderful! Love those tendrils - plant like, a touch fleshy - wonderful!

[Rigel]

Thanks, all! It's such a hideous monster; just triggers the fear response perfectly. 

On 11/11/2022 at 5:59 PM, Chaoswolf said:

Keep dancing, I'll be right back with the witch hunters

Good call! This is a Wrong Thing and needs to get Smote.

 

27 minutes ago, Iridil said:

Wonderful! Love those tendrils - plant like, a touch fleshy - wonderful!

I appreciate it! Reaper's Alien Goo and some Vallejo fluorescents! They get the job done. 
 

On 11/12/2022 at 3:49 AM, Glitterwolf said:

Well that's something one wouldn't want to walk into while picking some mushrooms.

Thank you! If you see it after picking mushrooms, those were the WRONG MUSHROOMS. 

[Grand Slam]

I'm loving the purplish tones on the Deathclaw hands...very cool swap on the head, too. I wouldn't have thought the bright green tendrils would work, but they came out great.

 

I like the cult leader, too. You're right - that IS a fancy staff! I dig the overall color scheme on these guys.

 

Those cury daggers must be like catnip to cultists.

[Rigel]

On 12/19/2022 at 8:06 PM, Grand Slam said:

I'm loving the purplish tones on the Deathclaw hands...very cool swap on the head, too. I wouldn't have thought the bright green tendrils would work, but they came out great.

I like the cult leader, too. You're right - that IS a fancy staff! I dig the overall color scheme on these guys.

Those curvy daggers must be like catnip to cultists.

Thank you! In this setting I want to make it clear that signing on with a Power will transform you physically to become like the patron--this Deathclaw is an advanced case.
Cultists LOVE curved swords and knives, the twistier the better!