Shadow over Innsmouth.....

[The Penguin]

"At length, feeling a fatigue which had nothing of drowsiness in it, I bolted the newly outfitted hall door, turned off the light, and threw myself down on the hard, uneven bed - coat, collar, shoes, and all. In the darkness every faint noise of the night seemed magnified, and a flood of doubly unpleasant thoughts swept over me. I was sorry I had put out the light, yet was too tired to rise and turn it on again. Then, after a long, dreary interval, and prefaced by a fresh creaking of stairs and corridor, there came that soft, damnably unmistakable sound which seemed like a malign fulfillment of all my apprehensions. Without the least shadow of a doubt, the lock of my door was being tried - cautiously, furtively, tentatively - with a key.

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After a time the cautious rattling ceased, and I heard the room to the north entered with a pass key. Then the lock of the connecting door to my room was softly tried. The bolt held, of course, and I heard the floor creak as the prowler left the room. After a moment there came another soft rattling, and I knew that the room to the south of me was being entered. Again a furtive trying of a bolted connecting door, and again a receding creaking. This time the creaking went along the hall and down the stairs, so I knew that the prowler had realised the bolted condition of my doors and was giving up his attempt for a greater or lesser time, as the future would shew."

Ladies and gentlemen! I really enjoy "Shadow over Innsmouth". So, here's a vig depicting one of the scariest moments, IMHO, in Lovecraft's stories..... ) Hope you, Lovecraft fans and those who haven't yet had an opportunity to read him, will like it! )

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"The readiness with which I fell into a plan of action proves that I must have been subconsciously fearing some menace and considering possible avenues of escape for hours. From the first I felt that the unseen fumbler meant a danger not to be met or dealt with, but only to be fled from as precipitately as possible. The one thing to do was to get out of that hotel alive as quickly as I could, and through some channel other than the front stairs and lobby."

Any comments, ladies and gentlemen? )

[Yloquen]

Awesome. Good vig and the choice of head for the Insmouthians is suiting. Lovecraft is one of my most favorite authors. To be honest though my favorite stories are: "The Whisperer in the Dark", "The Color out of Space" and "The Lost City" (not sure about the names since I didn't read them in English). Anyway - good job and I hope this theme catches on

[Guss]

the choice of head for the Insmouthians is suiting.

totally agree!

You did a very nice job turning it to lego^^ do you plan to make some other scene from Lovecraft' s books ?

[ADHO15]

I've never read that book, but the MOC looks really good and fits the story well. Those people outside look very scary.

Hope to see some more displays soon.

[WesternOutlaw]

As an old HP Lovecraft fan, your title immediately captured my interest Penguin. Very nice creation. As I scrolled through your pictures, I was waiting to see the Deep Ones.

Interesting creation indeed. I like!

[Millacol88]

Interesting vignette. I've never read that book, although your MOC did a very good job of portraying a glommy, gritty atmosphere. The quotes you chose also set the tone quite well. Great work.

[Derfel Cadarn]

Thats pretty cool, dont see many lovecraft inspired mocs. I have been debating on wether to build a moc of Haunter Of The Dark with the od church. Good work.

[Zorro]

I love it!

It looks frightening, poor guy inside. Sadly I am not known with the storyfield of this MOC.

[The Penguin]

Awesome. Good vig and the choice of head for the Insmouthians is suiting. Lovecraft is one of my most favorite authors. To be honest though my favorite stories are: "The Whisperer in the Dark", "The Color out of Space" and "The Lost City" (not sure about the names since I didn't read them in English). Anyway - good job and I hope this theme catches on

Great to hear that EB has some Lovecraft fans here. ) Yes, those stories are awesome as well, I think I may try to do something with them, but as you know, Lovecraft doesn't usually give us clear image of the characters, so it'll be much of the author's approach. ) thank you very much! )

totally agree!

You did a very nice job turning it to lego^^ do you plan to make some other scene from Lovecraft' s books ?

Thank you very much! ) Well, I guess so. I have plenty of ideas but still many parallel projects. )

I've never read that book, but the MOC looks really good and fits the story well. Those people outside look very scary.

Hope to see some more displays soon.

Thanks a lot, friend! ) Yes, one wouldn't want to encounter the Deep Ones. )

As an old HP Lovecraft fan, your title immediately captured my interest Penguin. Very nice creation. As I scrolled through your pictures, I was waiting to see the Deep Ones.

Interesting creation indeed. I like!

Thanks a lot, TheBrickster! ) For some reason I thought you might be a Lovecraft fan, judging by your lovely Ghost Town MOCs. )

Interesting vignette. I've never read that book, although your MOC did a very good job of portraying a glommy, gritty atmosphere. The quotes you chose also set the tone quite well. Great work.

Thanks a lot! ) I do recommend you to read the story, it's not very long, but, IMO, one of the best of Lovecraft. )

Thats pretty cool, dont see many lovecraft inspired mocs. I have been debating on wether to build a moc of Haunter Of The Dark with the od church. Good work.

Thanks! ) Sounds pretty interesting. if you ever decide to build ine, I'd love to see it. )

I love it!

It looks frightening, poor guy inside. Sadly I am not known with the storyfield of this MOC.

Thank you! )

Well, in the end he got away from them. ) And paid with his sanity. ///// Still, I recommend you to read Lovecraft (he's free in the Web). He may be a bit insane, but great as an author. )

Good day, gentlemen! )