#shikome

[vcreatures]

The Shikome is the broad stroke term for any number of Kijo, Kijo being the term for female Oni. With garish toothy smiles, long gnarled fingers and often misshapen bodies these yoki are quite the sight to behold. Despite their lack of beauty, by human standards, they have a great passion for cosmetics and are commonly seen donning makeup and wearing elaborate kimonos.

However their fixation with beauty should not be misinterpreted, this Kijo of the underworld are quite dangerous.

A little something to keep the trend of ushering in the Holiday spirit. While not particularly Halloween-y in nature I do think Yokai, or some, are a good blend of folkloric entity and the holiday.

[omnimic]

Fighting Fantasy number 20 sees the return of the writing duo Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, and even though they are working usual medieval fantasy world of Titan, the setting is still a little out of the ordinary as the land of Hachiman is an analogue of feudal Japan. Aside from the system of honour points, the emphasis on Samurai culture, and various creatures inspired by Japanese mythology, however, it's still your basic sword and sorcery (well, katana and sorcery) tale in which you have to gather magical items and defeat the baddie trying to take over the world.

Peter Andrew Jones' cover illustration of the Undead Samurai has a wonderfully surreal flavour, whereas Alan Langford's more realistic interior illustrations bring the land of Hachiman vividly to life.

[ecclesiarchy]

Resurrectionists - Shikome

Finally painted one of my Shikomes, the other one is in progress but I wanted to focus on just one during the finishing stages. Took me forever to just build up the courage to start painting them and getting an idea of how I wanted to do it. Ever since I first saw the models I knew I wanted to do the wings green and blue but never knew how to get it just right. And then after I actually began painting after lots of experimenting and researching birds and feathers it took me two weeks to actually finish it because I was so afraid I would mess it up. But in the end, I do really love how it turned out, not what I envisioned from the beginning but I still love it.

[primaeros]

Trichological wonders: Bayonetta | Kazuma Kaneko's Yomotsu-Shikome

I was merrily doing stuff on the Internet when it hit me like a brick covered in a thick layer of why-did-I-just-think-that.

[nocturneproblems]