Brock Savage
Cosmic Barbarian
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I could use some help from the Pub's miniature gurus. I am looking for miniatures for Carcosa. The setting is deliberately vague in many places so I am not even 100% sure what I'm looking for but I will know it when I see it; I realize this makes my request a strange one. I already have a lot of the miniatures I need (Lovecraftian monsters, slimes, and dinosaurs) but what I really need are fantasy tribal peoples. The climate was engineered by snake-men so most of the planet is hot and dry or hot and humid; I get a strong loincloth hero and bikini heroine vibe. I feel like the author has also said that a typical resident wears loincloth + boots and maybe a cloak but I can't find the quote.
Here are some message board quotes from the author and a couple dudes who seem to grok the setting.
Here are some message board quotes from the author and a couple dudes who seem to grok the setting.
I imagine Carcosan people to wear similar clothes no matter what race they are, but rather based on the environment. I visualize wilderness types wearing robes and veils like Bedouin. The village types wear loin cloths or nothing at all. Warriors wear leather harnesses, to which they hang weapons and trophies, like on Barsoom.
The Earth’s cultures with the most outward similarities to Carcosa’s cultures are pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and pre-colonial sub-Saharan Africa
The harshness of Carcosa has accelerated mankind's arms and armor technology. They make weapons and armor as good as any in western Europe circa A. D. 1300. You can expect to find smiths in any village of significant size.
My own vision of Carcosian people are common folks with with loincloths (at best), robed sorcerers, slaves with nothing more on then a metal collar, warriors with barsoomian-styled battle-harnesses, warlords with capes and fancy headgear, courtesans with golden/bejeweled bikinis, and black-veiled temple (sacred) prostitutes.
So we have this strange mix of a Stone Age tribal culture with some areas of remarkable advancement (primarily in metallurgy) which are probably preserved from a previous era (Serpent-Men, or perhaps a forgotten Empire of Men), and therefore probably highly ritualized (blacksmiths being something akin to a priest?). It's definitely weird, but definitely cool, too.