Sliver Chocobo Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I think the alps are a stygian nightmare given form, not sure if there is another instance of this. Acualy, I've read about vampires ages ago and it had a creature very similar to the alps in them, there were squat creatures that tricked people into home where it would jump onto the're chest and steal there breath It also has many weakness that are norm with vampires, can't enter person house without permission and direct sun hurts. Insidious maddness = something lovecraft Lelu and Lilitu = incubus and succubus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Lelu is actually one of my favorites! It's a slight name change from Lilu, who is one of the original mentions of anything related to an Incubus. Lilu was Gilgamesh's father, who would come into womens rooms at night and seduce them. Lilitu was actually then derived from that as the female version who of course seduces men. so I guess you could say incubus and succubus were inspired by Lilu and Lilitu...not the other way around Edited February 24, 2011 by EricJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Agree with above, that surely Lelu and Lilitu are the Incubus and succubus from mesopotamian writings. edit: as Eric has just confirmed doh!! Also discovered that Lilith is known as the "First Mother" in Wiccan lore. Nephilim seem to be connected strongly with Fallen Angels, which would make their appearance make sense. Can't find any references to Nekima though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Wendigo is obviously from myths similar to yeti etc, though whilst looking through lovecrafts gods the god Ithaqua ia also known as wendigo! But on further reading could Ithaqua be an inspiration for December? "Ithaqua figures prominently in Brian Lumley's Lovecraft-based Titus Crow series, ruling the ice-world of Borea. In Lumley's works, Ithaqua periodically treads the winds of space between Earth and Borea, bringing helpless victims back to Borea to worship him among its snowy wastes. He frequently attempts to reproduce with humanoid females, hoping to create offspring which can surpass his own limitations, imposed by the Elder Gods, and so help free the rest of the Great Old Ones." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder_God Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Nephilim are not really fallen angels. Nephilim are the results of the mating between angels (who did not necessarily fall) and female humans. They're one of the reasons for the Flood. They're mentioned in Genesis, unlike Lilith and all that that are highly apocryphal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I agree, i never said the Nephilim were the fallen angels just associated strongly with them! Thinking this whole Cthulu thing through, could the gods of that mythos be the inspiration for the 'gods' in Malifaux ie. December, The Grave Spirit etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Bad Juju is voodoo swamp thing, the Silurid are the Wyrd twist on lizardmen (catfish men for the win!) Absolution: My Silurid make Cthulu idols... I need to finish sculpting one, and paint the other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Wendigo is obviously from myths similar to yeti etc Simply put no, in fact it's sort Of cule to what the cult of December is based on, Wendigos http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo?wasRedirected=true I agree, i never said the Nephilim were the fallen angels just associated strongly with them!. It's sort of close, when you think about it. Before the caticylism that destoryed Malifuax they were sort anglic, then they were twisted by a dark power that used to destroy the tyrant lords, I won't be surprised if one of the tyrants is called Draco Magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMac Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 lol, I expect no one will ever figure out how Colette got her name, that's one of the more obscure! How about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Alleycat Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 ok the question about the octopus immediately make me think of one of the more famous early japanese paintings of the fishermans wife. But i really dont think that was what you were talking about lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eturns Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 How about this? anyone else think she looks like nicole kidman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 There are versions of the Lilith myth where after Adam, Lilith gets thrown out of Eden she becomes a consort to God and again gets banished for not being subservient. She vows to create a garden to compare with Gods, and it's this garden where demons come from as a parody of humanity. So I don't think the Nephilim of Malifaux are really fallen angels but it's very possible that Earth is Gods garden and Malifaux is Liliths and all the Neverborn are her children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMac Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) anyone else think she looks like nicole kidman? Maybe; the younger, pre-Botox version of her. I had it bad for Kidman as a teenager. Then she went insane and married Tom Cruise. The pic makes me think of a young version of Ann Margret. Edited February 25, 2011 by CMac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironburn Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Rasputina is also a band. A three piece that use cellos. They're also quite in tune with the Victorian era...so to speak. Give them a listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 One which i suspect is quite obvious is the Freikorps (though saying this, the twisted minds of the designers could get inspiration from anywhere lol!) As on Wikipedia: Freikorps (English: Free Corps) are German volunteer military or paramilitary units. The term was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of the 18th century onwards. Between World War I and World War II the term was also used for the paramilitary organizations that arose during the period of the Weimar Germany. Freikorps units fought both for and against the German state. Pretty much sums up the idea behind the Malifaux Freikorps. Though i also seem to get influences from Dune in there too, I guess the suits they wear remind me a bit of those desert suits the Fremen wear!! Could be totally off track though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Buckdog is painting his Freikorps in the original Freikorp uniform colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Buckdog is painting his Freikorps in the original Freikorp uniform colours. What colour is that as the page I looked at had no pics or descriptions of the uniforms..... I was going to paint mine in black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 What colour is that as the page I looked at had no pics or descriptions of the uniforms..... I was going to paint mine in black. I believe they were royal blue, grey/white and red.. but I don't have the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Ok, sounds a nice colour scheme........ but I'm going to stick with black! I like the sinister look you can achieve with these models, no matter how you paint them (although pink maybe a little less sinister!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Dog Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Buckdog is very slowly painting his Freikorps in the original Freikorp uniform colours. Corrected that for you ! I did a bit of research on the original Freikorp before I started painting; there are a number of units / regiments to choose from, which is quite useful if you are struggling for inspiration on how to paint yours. My Freikorp are based on Von Schill himself : http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=Ferdinand+Von+Schill&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&safe=strict So, blue jackets, grey trousers, black helmets and red, gold or white trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katcher Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Well, for the freikorps.. http://storedaily.com/pictures/manuals/german-freikorps.jpg But more apropriate would be this : But I try to keep my trappers in oak leaf spring camo : But there´s still a lot of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntroll Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Lady J: http://www.comics.org/series/5477/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 For Nicodem I presume his name came from the term Nicodemite which refers to a secret/timid adherent. Of course fitting in perfectly with his whole Undertaker who dabbles in Necromancy type character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Also does Ramos come from Ramo which is the name for a warrior leader of some tribes of the solomon islands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Also does Ramos come from Ramo which is the name for a warrior leader of some tribes of the solomon islands? Look at the name of the guy who sculpted Ramos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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