... A Deep One Hybrid !

Hello dear fellow painters and gamers. I really thank you for your comments and contributions in the previous post, it helped me to find some strength and inspiration, although the result is a bit... unexpected.

At the last rank of the minis on my desk, there was a figure from a boardgame, Mansions of Madness, a cooperation game in the universe of HP Lovecraft. I was looking for something easy to paint, and I think I found a good way.

Let's have a look:

Ok, he looks like a fat, ordinary man, but this dark creature is a Deep One hybrid, the result of the union of a Deep One (an ocean-dwelling creature, half fish and half humanoid, described in HPL's novella "The Shadow over Innsmouth ) and a Human. Look at this fishy face:

This is the game this mini comes from:

In this game, a team of 1 to 5 players have to investigate in a manor, a strange village or a deep jungle to solve a mystery and/or repell horrible creatures from this world before getting insane, and believe me, it is very easy in this game :). The game is app-driven, which means that all players have to cooperate to succeed...

The Deep One hybrid comes from the core set, and is one of the "ordinary" monsters (not the boss of the level).

Profond hybride is the french for Deep One Hybrid

I've glued this mini on a transparent base, so that you can always see the nicely painted board elements.

This guy was painted this afternoon, while my daughter Hatshepjuju put her own brushes on a chaotic creature.

Hum, the picture is chaotic too...

For those of you who look forward to new 1/72 historical minis, do not despair! I carefully read your proposals, and the second winners after the Deep One Hybrid are the Mayas! Work in progress.

Hope you will want to know more about Deep Ones and Lovecraftian adventures :)