#lham dearg

[briefbestiary]

A lone faerie dressed as a soldier, he's been around for a rather long time by now. To face him in combat is to guarantee one's own death without fail.

[kanekocribs]

KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES LXII: HEARTFELT EROTICISM

It’s Halloween. No, it’s the Halloween before Shin Megami Tensei V. That means it’s time to remember Kazuma Kaneko. He was a good artist before he was KILLED. Yes, that’s right. He was MURDERED. If you’ve seen him recently it was just a body double. Once Kaneko became old and worthless, Masayuki Doi touched the barrel of a gun to the back of his head execution style, said, “Move over for a new generation, motherfucker,” and pulled the trigger. Kaneko’s brains splattered all over his PC. Doi fucking blew his brains out. Brains. That’s a Halloween thing. Like zombies. Spooky.

Have fun this holiday season comparing details of the above images!

MOTHMAN: According to Kaneko, not only is Mothman intentionally furry and fuzzy like a moth, he’s influenced by Obake no Q-Taro’s cylindrical Doronpa, an American obake in the manga/anime. It’s mainly in the head. If you don’t know Q-Taro, he’s the inspiration for SMT2′s Ghost Q! Kaneko also described Mothman’s silhouette as heart-shaped, so no wonder he’s so beloved!

KHONSU: Damn, this fun Halloween mummy is doing a “Vogue” (ヴォーギング) move as popularized by Madonna! Kaneko cites the famous ‘Vogue Dance’ as inspiring Khonsu’s fabulous pose here, illustrated by this model working it in approximate fashion. Man, mummies are scary, like Halloween! This crib is a fucking slam dunk!

GIRIMEKHALA: 32-bit-era Giri is influenced by the 1969 Toei animation The Wonderful World of Puss in Boots and its Lucifer’s brief appearance as an elephant. Evil elephant, evil source influence I suppose. Giri builds upon details like Lucifer’s spiky crown and skull pendant! 

LHAM DEARG: This supremely Scottish ghost is based on supremely French actor Christopher Lambert in his iconic role as THE HIGHLANDER (1986)! Lham Dearg has clearly met a grisly end on the battlefield, but Connor MacLeod is eternal except in the cartoon where he dies almost instantly.

ARTEMIS/DIANA: De-nippled for your protection! It's common knowledge that these two are take-offs of the Artemis of Ephesus statues. However, it's no longer believed that those statues' multitudinous prominences are breasts but rather ornaments such as bull testicles or gourds. So honestly, the de-nippled Artemis and Diana are more accurate... if you're thinking bull testicles.

[b-reis]

Even more megaten-styled sprites. This time some of the Kazuma Deluxe illustrations turned demons, plus the Nocturne alpha unused Amaterasu design. Some old sprites were used as a base for a few of these to help me guide myself. Even though Kaneko names Pontianak as such, that’s clearly a Pennangal/Krasue... Weird.

[touchbloodstain]

Celtic demons pronunciation guide

Setanta - Say tan tuh

Cu Chulainn - Coo hull in

Scathach - Skah (like hat) hack

Lham Dearg - Lam (like ham) Jairg (like air)

Pellaidh - This one I'm not entirely sure. Based on the original spelling Peallaidh I think it should be Pally like pal)

Balor (like valor)

Lugh - Loo

Macha - Maha

Leanan Sidhe - Lannin See (sounds like land n' sea but without the d in land)

Brigid - like the name the g is a j sound based on the spelling Brighid

Cu Sith - Coo Shee

All the others are pretty straightforward. These are approximate pronunciations and I only have a semester of Gaelic to back me up but yeah now you have an idea