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Post by Malcadon on May 20, 2012 20:41:33 GMT -6
...a world that is as savage and queer as that french animated movie La Planète Sauvage (aka Fantastic Planet):  (what happy little trees ;D)  (picture these guys in a hue, and you got it)  (some alien ruins)  (if only more dungeon-crawls are as awesome this!) What got me interested in Carcosa in the first place was how different and unique it was from a lot of the fantasy worlds out there. On top of that, it was - at the time - ambiguous enough for the readers to shape the world as they see fit (although, I do like the canonical content that crops-up in the Q&As as well as the new art). And in my eyes, I see that world and it's people just as weird and savage as the booklet expressed. Oh, I also enjoy the hell out of that movie! ;D So what shapes your vision of Carcosa? |
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Post by Morandir on May 20, 2012 21:31:18 GMT -6
The Den and Taarna stories from the movie Heavy Metal immediately come to mind for me. This guy makes a great Sorcerer, IMO: ![]() russmooney.com/resume/images/heavymetal_1.gif [/img] To some extent I think of TES III: Morrowind as well; the sheer alien-ness of Vvardenfell, with armor made from giant bugs and towers grown from enormous fungi (not to mention the Telvanni cephalopod helm, which makes you look a bit like Cthulhu) seems to fit perfectly. Here's some examples of helms:  Oh, and Fire and Ice of course. |
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Post by smokestackjones on May 20, 2012 22:49:20 GMT -6
My view of Carcosa is kinda lighter and more gonzo (easy on the Chthulhu-ish things, heavy on the more wahoo/bigfoot-type stuff) than the norm, so my idea is more a blend of:
He-Man/Thundarr
Gamma World
El Topo
Jack Kirby comics
BRIAN BLESSED!
or
WILLIAM SHATNER! characters (aka World of Ham)
Fear and Loathing in Carcosa
Army of Darkness
Tim Burton archetecture/Terry Gilliam contraptions (preferably steam or clockwork-powered)
Smokey and The Bandit/Dukes of Hazzard
Big Trouble in Little China
Spaghetti Westerns
...all mixed up and placed Beyond Thunderdome
-SJ
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Post by burningtorso on May 21, 2012 1:21:07 GMT -6
I was just checking and my dedicated "Carcosa Inspiration Folder" of art is at just under 500 megabytes now. It's nuts, but I keep various folders for inspiration for animals, monsters, alien environments, fungi, etc... I just reference them when I need inspiration for an adventure scenario. Deviantart is absolutely perfect for finding inspiration for Carcosa. Malcadon, that is definitely the kind of art that I use for inspiring my vision of Carcosa. Though that second pic does not suprise me that it's from Portland Mercury. They have some crazy art on their newspapers. Just a few I had bookmarked from over there: Frozen wasteland - revisedby *merl1ncz -This picture makes me want to run a game in the Frozen Wastes of Carcosa. This is how I picture it now too.  Lil Hasturby ~HasturtheUnspeakable  Spawn of Shub Niggurath 001by ~JohnMBlaz -he may even be a member here... ![]() fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/072/2/d/spawn_of_shub_niggurath_001_by_johnmblaz-d4spemy.jpg[/IMG] Carcosa faux-pen-and-inkby ~yang  Then there is the art for Crusssdaddy's blog "The Doomed World CARCOSA" thedoomedworldcarcosa.wordpress.com/category/carcosa/ I love that edit! |
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Post by strangebrew on May 21, 2012 17:32:51 GMT -6
...a world that is as savage and queer as that french animated movie La Planète Sauvage (aka Fantastic Planet) Great movie! Well, interesting movie is maybe a better way to put it. I also associate its images with Carcosa a bit. In my mind the perfect background music for a Carcosa game (if any) would be similar to the soundtrack for this film. Spacey, swirling weird psychedelic jazz-rock. Perhaps like Atom Heart Mother or bits off the More soundtrack by Pink Floyd. |
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Post by crusssdaddy on May 21, 2012 19:28:37 GMT -6
I just read the new translation of unabridged 'Roadside Picnic' which most people (including me) know better as the Russian film Stalker and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games. Very good book and very inspirational for CARCOSA.
The Zone and the weird sh!t you find in it are my new analogs for Great Race technology. Seemingly innocuous items with inexplicable functions, gravitic anomalies, routine impossibilities, and the ever-present threat of utter annihilation when you mess with this stuff... or maybe you get granted godlike powers.
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Post by burningtorso on May 22, 2012 1:01:57 GMT -6
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Post by Malcadon on May 22, 2012 12:31:56 GMT -6
They kinda remind me of Lustmord - basically, they make music that express the sort of eerie desolation you'll get when seeing images of Prypiat (that ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant) - but a little more upbeat.  |
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Post by verhaden on May 22, 2012 14:07:05 GMT -6
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Post by Malcadon on May 22, 2012 22:29:18 GMT -6
If I ever get around to running Carcosa, I'd run it like Adventure Time. That show is awesome! D&D is a major influence to that show, and it shows. Hell, it has a strong Gamma World and Kamandi feel about it, with all the modern ruins, wreckage and references. |
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Post by kesher on May 23, 2012 8:28:29 GMT -6
Also from AT, the Lich would make a perfect Carcosan mummy... |
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Post by crusssdaddy on May 23, 2012 10:18:56 GMT -6
For a quick blast of CARCOSA inspiration I sometimes turn to Birdy Nam Nam, which is also a favorite of my kids: vimeo.com/5003279 |
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Post by Malcadon on May 23, 2012 17:37:48 GMT -6
Exalt, if you are a Marceline-Princess Bubblegum shipper! ;D _________ By the way, I found some creatures that are inspirational to the weird life on Carcosa! They are called " Ugly Stickers" and " Rubber Uglies."      They are not freakishly awesome?  For a quick blast of CARCOSA inspiration I sometimes turn to Birdy Nam Nam, which is also a favorite of my kids: vimeo.com/5003279The first thing I thought was: "D@mnit! I only asked for 'one lump,' not an 'armageddon's worth!'" |
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Post by burningtorso on May 23, 2012 20:51:05 GMT -6
Doh! Why didn't I think of this before! The cover of Blue Oyster Cult's Cultosaurus Erectus! The landscape and mutant dinosaur just scream Carcosa.  I really need to see more episodes of Adventure Time. Most the episodes I have seen have been really good. Though the last one I saw seemed boring, though that might have just been my mindset at the time... How long those "Ugly Stickers" been around? They seem so familiar in a "days of long ago" sense. |
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Post by Malcadon on May 23, 2012 21:53:02 GMT -6
Doh! Why didn't I think of this before! The cover of Blue Oyster Cult's Cultosaurus Erectus! The landscape and mutant dinosaur just scream Carcosa. Yeah, Richard Clifton-Dey dose some great book covers. I really need to see more episodes of Adventure Time. Most the episodes I have seen have been really good. Though the last one I saw seemed boring, though that might have just been my mindset at the time... Yeah, it can get hit-or-miss. How long those "Ugly Stickers" been around? They seem so familiar in a "days of long ago" sense. The links note 1965. No surprising, as they have that "Rat Fink"/"Kustom Kulture" vibe going on. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2012 22:06:27 GMT -6
The links note 1965. No surprising, as they have that "Rat Fink"/"Kustom Kulture" vibe going on. I got in trouble for having those when I was in school. I still think they're cool. |
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Post by needles on May 25, 2012 19:34:15 GMT -6
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Post by burningtorso on May 25, 2012 19:53:32 GMT -6
Some great pics in there and good sized too! I had not seen some of that micronauts art. As an action figure customizer, I was on a micronauts kick a while back, so I can definitely appreciate those.
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Post by Morandir on May 25, 2012 22:31:20 GMT -6
Those German magazine covers are pure awesome!!
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Post by Malcadon on May 26, 2012 0:58:51 GMT -6
Yeah, the Monster Brains blog in a great place to find inspiring images for... anything really! That blog is so d**n awesome!
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Post by burningtorso on Jun 1, 2012 2:39:53 GMT -6
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Post by owlorbs on Jun 1, 2012 8:50:04 GMT -6
Thanks for these! Fantastic. |
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Post by eaterofkittens on Jun 27, 2013 0:56:00 GMT -6
Juffa-Wup from Star Command. It was a Fungus God who the Myconids referred to as The Hot Light In The Dark. It was also the progenitor of a race that passes its memories into each successive generation. And the thallids from MTG, a variety of shapes, all crawling, walking, or thrashing fungus animals.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2013 10:03:47 GMT -6
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Post by kent on Jun 27, 2013 11:30:35 GMT -6
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Post by eaterofkittens on Jun 27, 2013 22:04:19 GMT -6
The toxic jungle from Nausiaa: Valley of the wind.
The animated film Lightyears has humans of alien hue fighting a robot army sent from the future by a giant evil brain. They receive some aid from the mutants who populate the wastes. One mutant has two faces voiced by pen and teller.
An underappreciated film
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Post by Malcadon on Jun 30, 2013 20:24:58 GMT -6
The toxic jungle from Nausiaa: Valley of the wind. The animated film Lightyears has humans of alien hue fighting a robot army sent from the future by a giant evil brain. They receive some aid from the mutants who populate the wastes. One mutant has two faces voiced by pen and teller. An underappreciated film I really like both. With Gandahar (aka Light Years), the mutants inspire my Gamma World - which also effects the way I play other games like it, like Metamorphosis Alpha Mutant Future, and even Carcosa. To be a humanoid mutant in my games, one has to look really freakish. Unless you roll that one mutation (on my personal mutation lists) that makes them look a normal human, you would be able to freely pick really minor mutations with superficial effects (odd-colored skin, ass for a forehead, etc.) that effects your character, if it seems right at the time. Oh here are some images form Gandahar, including some concept pics. Enjoy! |
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Post by eaterofkittens on Jul 1, 2013 3:26:02 GMT -6
The Dark Crystal had lots of freaky creatures. I can imagine those whirly weeds and scurrying insectoid mice in the swamps along the river Hali.
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Post by eaterofkittens on Jul 30, 2013 2:35:19 GMT -6
 I have drawn some Carcosa inspired drawings. In the first a non-mammalian arboreal creature stalks a large fluffy moth.  In this one, a being has become infected by a wormlike spawn named Mlorgesh Thregg who slithers through black mud and creates slaves be depositing worms into a host. The Worm Speaker may then walk among others of its kind and Mlorgesh may know them better. |
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Post by eaterofkittens on Jul 30, 2013 2:47:49 GMT -6
This person is prostrate before a green slime that has taken a shine to him. Notice his mutated pineal gland extended and ready to receive the blessing. Attachments:
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