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A new series of illustrated plates from a recently released book, "Cthulhu Wars" by Osprey Publishing. I worked on these a couple years back but because release of the book was severely delayed for some reason unknown to me I am only able to show post them up here now. Not a fan of Lovecraft's work but I honestly had a lot of fun working on these and learned some things about the Cthulhu Mythos. I hope you guys like them.Pacific Ocean (Jul 9, 1962)
A spawn of Cthulhu emerges from the ocean as the crew of American scientists and navy personnel watches from the deck of USS Iwo Jima. Destroyers unload their payload of shells and torpedoes on it while nuclear weapons are deployed to stop the monstrosity.
You can check the book out here>> ospreypublishing.com/the-cthulβ¦
Copyright of Osprey/Bloomsbury Publishing
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The artwork is super nice but considering that a yacht gave him a messy lobotomy I'd expect a nuclear explosion to obliterate the big guy....Ghostbusters and Star Trek really nullifies Cthulu's fear factor.
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They all seem a bit too easy in the face of imminent death ;]
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This is one of the coolest pieces of art I have seen on this site. Just... awesome.
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When they nuked it, they didnβt missed.Β
It just wasnβt enough.
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Time to try antimatter.
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It looks like they missed it by a few miles.
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(someone call the Russians, their Nukes are HUUUUUUUUUUGE)
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xD Fun fact: Every single nuke in the world combined would be far, far away from being enough to scratch Cthulhu's skin
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Fun fact: in the original story Cthulhu was pwned via steam boat ramming.
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Fun fact: No. It is stated that only an Outer God could truly destroy Cthulhu, as even if humanity did manage to destroy his whohole body, he'd regenerate out of nowhere within a few hours. It is also stated that anyone who looks at Cthulhu will be completely immersed in madness, and their sanity will evaporate completely. And with "anyone" I mean "Any existing being except for other cosmic entities".
Anyways, if you have a link to that "original story" where a steam boat "pwns" a gigantic Old One by ramming him, please give it to me.
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The story's called "Call Of Cthulhu", and is written by H.P. Lovecraft.
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I've read it, Cthulhu is just mencioned and the only thing that "appears" is its cult, statues and stuff
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Okay, all the humans should now be completely blind and are gonna die of radiation poisoning.
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this looks like it could be part of a board game
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Not really, Cthulhu will be nuked.
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First of all, thatΒ΄s not Cthulhu, itΒ΄s one of his star spawn, so yeah, thereΒ΄s a little chance, but still they are fucked up
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Well, maybe the Cthulhu's spaw is mad because the nuke killed it's father.
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Not either. Nug and Yeb have never been in the Earth.
Yea, saw this pic again and was curious if you commented any more bullsheet about a petty nuke being able to kill Cthulhu while it actually wouldn't even scratch his skin
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The nuke is close enough to hit them too, and I doubt a nuke is enough to take out an eldritch god
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Also, the detonation of a nuke so close with every human watching should inflict permanent blindness upon them.
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So yea, Cthulhu can't be killed with a nuke. And even if a couple of nukes could destroy his body completely, he would regenerate from nowere in a few hours.Β villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cthulhβ¦
Have you even read the Mythos?
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No, It isn't. It's body is made of a strange, hard and regenerating material unknown by humans. It's impossible for them to hurt Cthulhu, and if they do, he'll regenerate. Only gods can kill gods, afterall
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He was never hit by a nuke.
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Still, It can't break his skin
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How do you know it can't if he was never hit by one before?
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Actually, the Call of Cthulhu RPG does provide rules for what happens if you nuke Cthulhu. He regenerates 15 minutes later, and is now radioactive.
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Because his skin has been compared with materials nukes can't destroy
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