Classic Monsters: The Were-Wolf (02139, Jean-paul Duchamps; 77009, Werewolf, Nolzur's Werewolf)

[Rigel]

"Even the man who says his prayers / Before going to bed at night /
May turn to WOLF when the wolfsbane blooms / and the moon is high and bright." --Apocryphal rhyme



DOCTOR. A very pestilent disease, my lord,
They call lycanthropia... 
In those that are possess'd with 't there o'erflows
Such melancholy humour they imagine
Themselves to be transformed into wolves;
Steal forth to church-yards in the dead of night,
And dig dead bodies up: as two nights since
One met the duke 'bout midnight in a lane
Behind Saint Mark's church, with the leg of a man
Upon his shoulder; and he howl'd fearfully;
Said he was a wolf, only the difference
Was, a wolf's skin was hairy on the outside,
His on the inside...
 --The Duchess of Malfi



Body horror, puberty, loss of control, loved ones acting out of character, cannibalism, madness, things more savage and bloodthirsty than we thought man or beast could be--it's a rich vein of horror. The further back you go, the more blurred the distinction between vampire and werewolf and witch becomes, but as a general rule what we now consider to be vampires are specifically betrayers of hospitality and home; like de Rais and Bathory, they commit their crimes behind closed doors. Werewolves, on the other hand, are given to savagery outdoors, in the lanes, under the moonlight, in the moors and lonesome places.

It is appropriate then, that Julie Guthrie's werewolf 02139, is named DuChamps--of the fields. Here he is, in form much more wolf than man.



These two pictures are behind the Spoilers tab because, while Julie did not necessarily have to sculpt Jean-Paul's werescrote and transmogrified lycanthrodong, she did that. She did that for us, because she's a PROFESSIONAL and doesn't take shortcuts. I don't think it rises to indecency, but better safe. Will delete and link if the need arises.

Spoiler

Next up. the truly monstrous Werewolf, 77009. Those familiar with the role-playing game "Werewolf!" from White Wolf will recognize this as a Crinos form. Enormous, savage, horrific. This is about a 50/50 mix of Man and Wolf, but with the features dialed up to 11. I had fun painting hair on the smoother human limbs.



And lastly, a Nolzur's werewolf I had on the Shelf of Shame. This one is mostly human but with a wolf's head and claws. 


A note on the full moon: it's just a Nolzur's disc base painted white and poked with paintbrush ends of varying sizes during the drying phase to simulate craters. I may have to do some more of this with discs of different sizes and colors for Spacefuture shots, because multiple moons convey Other Worlds the way zeppelins convey Alternate Histories.

[Glitterwolf]

BONUS POINTS for painting Wolves!!

 

I really like these Werewolves!

[Adrift]

Every nurse who's worked a night shift in ICU settings knows well the effects of a full moon on people.

[Inarah]

Nice collection and I enjoyed ready your story.  The moon is great. It fit in so well in the background I wasn't even noticing it until you pointed it out. 

 

 

[Generic Fighter]

16 hours ago, Adrift said:

Every nurse who's worked a night shift in ICU settings knows well the effects of a full moon on people.

My Mom worked 3rd shift for most of her nursing career, often in the ER, so she dreded Full Moon nights, especially on Friday the 13th or Halloween!

 

GF

[Rigel]

Thanks, everyone! 

On 10/19/2019 at 3:03 PM, Glitterwolf said:

BONUS POINTS for painting Wolves!!

I really like these Werewolves!

 I know my audience sometimes! And you know from wolves, so this is high praise. 

 

On 10/19/2019 at 11:12 PM, Inarah said:

Nice collection and I enjoyed ready your story.  The moon is great. It fit in so well in the background I wasn't even noticing it until you pointed it out. 

Thanks! It's a subtle touch, but it wouldn't be right to have a werewolf shoot without a full moon. And the story isn't mine, but from the playwright Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi." The excerpt is based on a contemporary account of a murder trial (there are several well-documented werewolf trials, particularly from late renaissance and Bourbon-era France)
 

On 10/19/2019 at 3:48 PM, Adrift said:

Every nurse who's worked a night shift in ICU settings knows well the effects of a full moon on people.

 

18 hours ago, Generic Fighter said:

My Mom worked 3rd shift for most of her nursing career, often in the ER, so she dreded Full Moon nights, especially on Friday the 13th or Halloween!

It is true. Teachers see it as well. There are a couple of historical accounts of medical lycanthropy in which the patients would have episodes on full moon nights despite being kept in windowless rooms.

[Glitterwolf]