{"id":11430,"date":"2014-09-13T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T12:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11430"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:28:16","slug":"admirable-cthulhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/admirable-cthulhu\/","title":{"rendered":"Admirable Cthulhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_11431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11431\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Admirable head on\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11431 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three little bots from school are we, filled to the brim with bottish glee.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_11432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11432\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Admirable headless\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11432 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-2.jpg 793w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poor soul. And all his mates can do is look on while he is destroyed in the name of art.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_11433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11433\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Admirable Milliput head\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11433 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some milliput and wooden beads<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_11434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11434\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Admirable greenstuff head\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11434 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slapping on the greenstuff<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_11435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11435\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ac-5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Admirable Cthulhu\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11435 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All painted up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>It&#8217;s another Cthulhu related post! Wooooo! Nothing like being a one trick pony. Fhtagn!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve sort of mentally decided that I&#8217;m only going to blog about projects when they&#8217;re finished, rather than step by step updates, which means less posts but hopefully more useful\/interesting content. This one is about my experiments with hacking up an <a href=\"https:\/\/andrew.byham.co.uk\/the-admirable-crichton.html\" title=\"Admirable Crichton\">Admirable Crichton<\/a> figure by Andrew Byham and adding a new noggin based on the giant rubberyness of Cthulhu. The figures are available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/shop\/AndrewByham\" title=\"Andrew Byham's Etsy shop\">painted and unpainted versions on Etsy<\/a> and I got three unpainted in white resin then immediately set about removing one head and jamming some wire in the neck &#8216;ole. Then, once the glue had dried I piled on the Milliput and put some wooden beads in the place I wanted the beady little Cthulhu eyes to be.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago I picked up some Greenstuff from Games Workshop and I&#8217;ve been meaning to try it out but never got round to it. I finally braved up and opened the pack expecting it to be dried up and unusable but fortunately it was still workable. As I&#8217;d never used it before I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect but actually its nice stuff to use. Its firm enough to hold detail well but soft enough to mould into shape. I set about building the form up aware that it dries in a couple of hours from mixing so I had to work fast(ish). I jammed a load into place and left it overnight. <\/p>\n<p>The next morning I was surprised at the way it was still slightly bendable, I was expecting something like Milliput which dries rock hard but I found the tentacles still flex a little when prodded. A quick look round the net confirmed this is what its supposed to be like which was a relief as I was thinking it hadn&#8217;t set due to its old age. One thing I&#8217;ve left off is that Cthulhu is usually depicted with big wings but I thought I&#8217;d not sculpt them with this chap. I wanted to keep as much of the core figure intact and only work on the head as a new part. <\/p>\n<p>A few more nights of pushing and squidging putty into place gave me something I was quite pleased with for a first effort and was ready for painting but I&#8217;m a lazy painter. I need to improve my technique a lot as it tends to be loads of dry brushing and too many ink washes. I&#8217;m thinking about going back to some of my unpainted GW figures and practicing on some of them to try and improve. I undercoated in black and then built up the colours in layers while trying to avoid drybrushing as much as possible due to everything looking like stone when overdone. He&#8217;s come out well enough but I know I could do better with some more practice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11464\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/admirable-cthulhu-web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/admirable-cthulhu-web.jpg\" alt=\"The admirable Cthulhu\" width=\"900\" height=\"417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11464 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/admirable-cthulhu-web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/admirable-cthulhu-web-300x139.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/417;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The admirable Cthulhu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another Cthulhu related post! Wooooo! Nothing like being a one trick pony. Fhtagn! I&#8217;ve&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313,74],"tags":[314,399],"class_list":["post-11430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cthulhu","category-sculpting","tag-cthulhu","tag-model-making"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Admirable Cthulhu - KirkD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sculpting and painting a Cthulhu figure from Greenstuff and a resin figure. 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