Gaming & Collectibles – Page 15

Cover Your Lower Appendages in These Werewolf Shoes

If werewolves and shoes are like your proverbial chocolate and peanut butter, check these out. Yes they’re overpriced women’s Keds and yes everything else the vendor sells is unfunny, unoriginal shit, but dang if I wouldn’t mind a pair of these in men’s size 11. I was made aware of these shoes by Werewolf News friend Lilly Aguilar, who really ought to finish the fourth panel of page 10 and then post page 11, because she promised that there was a werewolf character on the way!

For more lycanthropic footwear, check these previous posts:

Angela Quinton Mar. 27th 2010

If You Can See a Fantastic Creature in Your Head, Trust its Creation to Tim Peirson

The werewolf in the background image of this site is actually me, wearing a mask I commissioned from the inimitable Tim Peirson in 2004. A few months ago I sent the mask back to Tim to be “retired” into a display piece– it was too fragile to be worn anymore, and it needed some paint touch-ups and repairs to areas where the latex skin had ripped. Tim offered to put fake eyes in the sockets and I gladly accepted– the price was very reasonable and he had done such an excellent job building “Wolfy” that I was sure whatever work he did now would be well worth it. Suffice it to say, I was not expecting this. Holy shit. He didn’t just restore the piece, he turned it into a thing far finer than the original (amazingly crafted in its own right). The original mask was just that: a mask, with the same rough coverage as a football helmet. Now it’s a head & shoulders bust that looks more detailed and lifelike than ever. Like the title says: if you can see a fantastic creature in your head, trust its creation to Tim Peirson– he’s a spectacular artisan and one of the most generous people I’ve ever met.

Angela Quinton Mar. 25th 2010

“Darkstalkers” by Jacopo Camagni

I always knew there had to be something between these two. Jacopo Camagni‘s illustration of the various tensions between Jon Talbain and B.B Hood was striking enough to include in Udon’s Darkstalkers Tribute book, which I mentioned last year. What impresses me most about this is the balance between Jon’s strength and Hood’s fragility. Jacopo manages to make the oft-overplayed Big Bad Wolf / Little Red dynamic and make it feel sincere.

Angela Quinton Mar. 25th 2010

Jim Bycznski’s Work in Progress: a Life-Sized “Wolfman” Display Figure

In December I got an email and some photos from Jim Bycznski, founder of what might be the coolest program to ever grace the curriculum of a high school. Jim was inspired by the (then) imminent release of The Wolfman and he and his crew began working on a life-sized display figure of the titular beast. This weekend I got a few more photos of their progress– “Legs have been molded and casted, teeth made, and the body will be fabricated soon,” Jim writes. Here are seven shots of the process. Look on this, and wonder why your high school wasn’t this cool.

If I’d had access to a program like this when I was in high school, my career path would have been very different. You can see a gallery of more BHSFX work here– there are some more werewolves, if you look closely! Thanks for sharing, Jim.

Angela Quinton Feb. 20th 2010

Be a Royal Army Werewolf in Battlefield Heroes

If WolfTeam‘s too intense for you, you can still get your first person shooter werewolf action in Battlefield Heroes, which has introduced werewolf and vampire sets with which to trick out your heroes. If you want to rock Grim’s Varg werewolf set you’ll need to have a hero in the Royal Army and 1,800 Battlefunds to spare. Your purchase will gain you these fine items, plus a Wold Howl gesture and a Claw Attack:

Angela Quinton Feb. 19th 2010

From the Makers of “3 Wolf Moon”: “3 Werewolf Moon” & 2 Other Werewolf T-Shirts

If you’re the sort of person who knows why a t-shirt with some airbrushed wolves on it is hilarious, get ready. Just get ready. The Mountain, creators of the 3 Wolf Moon shirt, have added werewolves to their repertoire of epically airbrushed body coverings. For some reason it’s really difficult to find these shirts on their web site, but if you have patience (and Flash) you can browse the catalog (page 174) and find three new entries in their “Skulbone” imprint: 3 Werewolf Moon, Transformation and Werewolf Moon (all pictured below). Only 3 Werewolf Moon is available online, courtesy of Amazon, but the other two are undoubtedly waiting for you at an authorized The Mountain retailer near you. I would wear the Transformation shirt, and I would only be a little ironic about it. I can admit this.

Thanks to Goldenwolf for letting me know about all three shirts and providing the image!

Angela Quinton Feb. 7th 2010

Get a Torrent of the Prototype Werewolf: The Apocalypse Game for the Sega Saturn

Sega Saturno and Hidden Palace have a Christmas present for you: a torrent of the previously unreleased Werewolf: The Apocalypse game for the Sega Saturn. These two great gaming communities raised the funds to legally obtain the rights to distribute this prototype, just so you could have it. Capcom was working on this back in 1996, but for whatever reason, the game didn’t get beyond this prototype. You can torrent the ROM right here, although you’ll need a Saturn emulator to play it. You may also want to check out this GameSetWatch article about the release. Hat tip: ArcLight.

Angela Quinton Dec. 27th 2009

Werewolf Bust by “Being Human” & “Wolfman” Effects Artist Darren Nevin

I just received an email from Darren Nevin. “I recently sculpted & cast a silicone Werewolf display bust”, Darren writes, and he wonders if I might like to share some of the photos with the people who read Werewolf News. Darren, sharing stuff like this is the reason I started Werewolf News in the first place! (more…)

Angela Quinton Nov. 22nd 2009

Kenshiro Suzuki Will School You

If you dug Kenshiro Suzuki’s awesome four-stage werewolf transformation sculpture, I strongly suggest you check out the four making-of videos he’s posted on his YouTube channel. Here’s one of them for your immediate viewing pleasure!

Angela Quinton Nov. 22nd 2009

The Last Werewolves of October

Here’s an assortment of items that have hit my inbox over the course of October, but that I’ve been too busy or distracted to post.

The Yorkshire Post has an interview with Jenny Agutter, who played nurse Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London. She discusses her role in AWIL and talks about how the audience reacted to the initial screening of the film.
The Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Works in Michigan is home to a boulder that bears the footprint of Le Loup Garou, the werewolf of Grosse Pointe. Hooray for urban legends!
Here’s a printable 3D werewolf paper craft, in case you’re locked in a room with a colour printer and 15 minutes to kill. I may have crafted one of these for my office desk.
pjstar.com has an interview with Professor Leslie Sconduto, author of “Metamorphoses of the Werewolf: A Literary Study from Antiquity through the Renaissance”. Choice quote: “There’s a werewolf for everyone. Each to its own. One to suit each taste.”
Champions Online is running a game event called “Blood Moon“, wherein the game’s world is overrun with werewolves, vampires and other monstrous creatures. Players can battle (and become) these monsters, and of course there’s a number of werewolf-related items to be had. There’s a free trial available for anyone who wants to try the game out, but it expires at 10 AM Pacific on November 2nd. That’s in, like, 10 hours. Hurry! HURRY!
The BSC Beat has an interview with Mark Chadbourn, author of the recently-released Hellboy novel Hellboy: The Ice Wolves. You can read a preview of The Ice Wolves at the Dark Horse web site.
Scribblenauts is an interesting game that’s just come out for the Nintendo DS. The idea is to solve puzzles by typing in the name of virtually any object you can think of that might help. That object then appears in the game and does its thing, whether it’s a ball, a chainsaw or a platypus. You can probably guess where I’m going with this… yes, you can summon werewolves. Here’s a Youtube video of two garlic and stake-infused werewolves scaring a vampire to death. I want this game just so I can do that, over and over.
Cinematical explains why it’s worth it to replace your DVD copy of An American Werewolf in London with the recently released Full Moon Edition on Blu-ray. Apparently the new bonus content alone is worth the cost! I wish I had a Blu-ray player.
I also wish I had an Xbox 360. The LIVE Marketplace has got werewolf costumes for your Xbox 360 Avatar.

Many thanks to people who submitted these items!

Angela Quinton Nov. 2nd 2009