Thursday, April 19, 2012

Inspiration: Human Trophy Skulls

Human skull... An inexhaustible natural resource, a macabre brand of the 40k universe and a never decomposing inspiration. When dwelling the Internet for ideas for my next project I bumped into some nasty looking human skulls collected by Asian head hunting tribes.

Here is a small collection of them...






There they lie, disturbingly staring at you with their hollow eyes, their hosts left them long time ago. I couldn't help but wonder how to implement the creepy feeling and the chills you get from them in some of my future projects....

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  1. Wow, these are great.

    Are you familiar with the Empire of Death book? (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Empire-Death-Cultural-Ossuaries/dp/0500251789/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334859651&sr=8-1) That's perfect for inspiration and very 40k.

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    1. No I wasn't so thank you for the hint, Fulgrim! I'm quite sure my nearest libraries won't have it on their selves, but who knows, maybe I'll be surprised...

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    2. No problem. Thanks for the above images, you've helped me out with an idea for something.

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  2. Great inspiration. That Empire of death book looks awesome as well.

    I'd be really tempted to buy one of these trophy skulls if I had a few grand extra and didn't think that it would bring bad Ju Ju into my house :P

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