"Any Good Concept Art of Aquatic Humanoids ("Fishmen")???" Topic

I'm looking for inspiration (mainly for faces/heads) and find very little that seems innovative.

Did I say "very little"? I meant nothing, with the exception of this here:

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Has anyone here come across any nice images that could inspire me further?

Many thanks.

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PS. I am on a short deployment in Nevada (levee break), living out of hotels, so all I could bring with me on the trip was my Green Stuff and some easy-to-carry sculpting tools.

Wow, "The Creature (and his wife) Walks Among Us". Have you ever seen the Nekton figures produced by McEwan now Reviresco Miniatures? Check the Gallery section.

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( more reptilian than fishlike- but good art anyway )

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There is the WWF campaign featuring fishmen

flickr.com/photos/wwfbelgium

and of course the Call of Cthulhu Deep Ones or Sahuagin from AD&D

You could browse the D&D miniatures gallery;

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Go to D&D minis and then Miniature Gallery, there are a number to check out.

Then there is always The Creature from the Black Lagoon;

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Tony

In the D&D miniatures sets try the Desert of Desolation set – in particular the Sahuagin (33/60 U) or Sahuagin Baron (34/60R)

or

Night Below set, Kuo – Toa Hunter (54/60C) and Kuo – Toa Whip (55/60U)

or even

UnHallowed set, Marid (21/60U)

Etc.

Tony

And again, I have been checking out images and web pages for Aquaman – there are loads of fishman/fishmen enemies and illustrations, for example;

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Tony

And

aqua.gjovaag.com

Tony

Wait for the pic of the Amazon, you will be amazed!

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I'm a fan of the "Deep One" look for my fishmen, myself.

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-Alex

How about Sea Devils

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If you just want faces and heads why not look at some real fish?

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Mudskipper (if you want to be able to peek out of the water and still stay submerged) picture

angler fish (to scare your children with) picture

seahorse (for the cute factor)
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Or maybe you could "evolve" a bipedal version of the prehistoric Acanthostega picture

I think walking fish actually would be amphibians.

Or you could always evolve a mermaid/merman idea.

One of the most interesting is Hellboy's Abe Sapien

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Sapien

Stronty, the problem with using real fish heads is fih generally don't have a neck, so it can be tricky to woerk out how the back of the head and neck would look. The seahorse pic you posted is an exception. I've seen a 'sharkman' mini where the torso simply continued up and curved forward to the head.

There was a race of fishmen in Burroughs' Carson of Venus books. One of the ERB sites has a damsel in distress cover illustration from, I believe, Pirates of Venus showing a fishman leaping into the water with the maiden/princess he's kidnapping.

Mulligan

I had been thinking about making some fishmen for a Carson of Venus game at one point. I was inspired by the recent surge in releases of figures suitable for medieval and ancient Chinese armies. I think the Medieval Chinese style of armor would look really cool on fish-headed warriors.

The site that posted several illustrations of fishmen from the Carson of Venus series is tarzan.org/amtor.html.

Mulligan

Carson of Venus Fishmen

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Tony

Tau heads look kinda like yer picture ? Just a thought ?

Paul

I don't think they would have mammaries.

I suspect the males would be more colorful and perhaps larger then the females although even that wouldn't necessarily true.

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Now that is a sea-person!

You guys are the absolute greatest!

Thanks so, so much.

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Following one of your tips, I searched "Abe Sapien" and this came up:

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Very, very nice!!!

CC

"I don't think they would have mammaries."

I was just about to point that out myself. I realize that mammals and fish have to have a common ancestor, but I don't think evolution works like that.

Picked up the 40mm/52mm Pirates of the Caribean figure set today for 1.99 UK Pounds at In Store. The set I have is the fish or lobster character set and the lobster man will now be re-based and re-painted as a Lobster Man for my Flash Gordon background.

The rest of the figures could be used as inspiration.

Tony

Target is selling said figure packs for $1.98 USD as of yesterday.

And, plastic pirates, 28mm, at $1 USD per fifty.

Pirates of the caribbean Flying Dutchman crew (fish heads)

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Tony

"I don't think they would have mammaries."

I guess that what I'm planning to make is a few heads of beings that were once human but, due to some catastrophe or whatever, reverted to an aquatic state.

Maybe I should think dolphin-like instead of fish like, right? What do you think?

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Basically, would such humans become "the other white meat" or "the other white fish"? :)

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I was going to suggest Abe Sapien, but… (sigh).

For something more "squiddy", how about the critters from the lake in the Harry Potter GoF film. The Grindylows? Sorry, no pic reference but you can freeze the movie for a peek.

What about the character Nem from Stargate

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An interesting Kappa drawing.

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"GW Fishmen"?

What the . . .?

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C'Tan the C'Tuna is as bad a name as Khorne (Corn)

Saw this and thought of you;

From Horrorclix

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Tony

The link did not work – should be

Deep One

Try this;

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Tony

sorry Cacique Caribe no pictures, but the army showcases
on Colonel Marbles Miniatures Masterworks has a
fishman showcase, lots of fishy figures.

marbles.frothersunite.com

Hope that helps

toll

Thanks!

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I haven't got any concept art but I have a little sculpt that would fit into this thread.

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I've got to the point where I have put it to the side and i'll come back to it, needs a little detail on the reverse IMHO.

(Sorry for the mix match of putties all, still experimenting with them a bit).

Tnx to SimonF who supplied the original concept art.

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That Oannes (Nem) has got to be a fun figure to make:

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I've gotta try something similar.

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Another nice one of Nem (Oannes):

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Vids of Nem (Oannes):

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Check this out!

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myksanders.com/portfolio

And all I did was type "merman".

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