Tsathoggua

Tsathoggua, the Sleeper of N'kai, is not a creation of H.P. Lovecraft, but rather of Clark Ashton Smith, like any number of the "mythos" creatures that are included in Cthulhu: Death May Die: Fear of the Unknown. After all, there are only so many original eldritch things described in Lovecraft's own writings (he did write a story about Tsathoggua after Smith created it). I'm not familiar with the lore behind this entity, but it looks striking.

One might pause before describing an inconceivably powerful elder power as "chunky," but Tsathoggua could hardly be described as anything else. This titan squats down, compressing his six-limbed bulk in sedate recline. There are eleven eyes across his body, six in relatively the normal position on his face, one on each knee and (primary) elbow, and one large central eye in the center of his chest. He's definitely a strange, watchful creature. Though, he does look like he could use a nap.

The paints are just a lot of browns and drybrushing. I then went with light blue irises on the white eyes to make a pop of color stand out. This figure falls into the "good enough" category, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

(Pulp hero for scale.)

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