Press [Chaosium] RPGs elevated to fine art: sculptor Eric Vanel has cast Gloranthan hero Jar Eel the Razoress in bronze

[Michael O'Brien]

RPGs elevated to fine art: sculptor Eric Vanel has cast Gloranthan hero Jar Eel the Razoress in bronze, in the 'heroic nude' style of classical antiquity.

This magnificent work is for sale. More images of the statue here (possibly considered NSFW)

 

[Michael O'Brien]

RPGs elevated to fine art: sculptor Eric Vanel has cast Gloranthan hero Jar Eel the Razoress in bronze, in the 'heroic nude' style of classical antiquity. Originally created by Greg Stafford for his 1975 White Bear & Red Moon board game, Jar-eel is a major NPC (non-player character) in the RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha tabletop roleplaying game.

Chaosium congratulates Eric on having his work officially selected for the Salon des Artistes Français 2021!

The Salon was established by King Louis XIV in 1667, with the Société des Artistes Français holding annual exhibitions since 1881. This year's exhibition in Paris has been cancelled due to the pandemic, but you can find Jar Eel among many artworks of very talented artists in the virtual exhibition here: Catalogue du Salon - Le Salon des Artistes Français.

 

[Michael Dean1]

Holy crap, that's an amazing accomplishment!

 

[Michael O'Brien]

"GAMING continues to prove its artistic credentials – not that they should be in any doubt at this point – and the latest example of the connection is cast in bronze and featuring in an important French art exhibition."—Game On Aus interview with the sculptor himself, Eric Vanel:
RuneQuest character sculpture features at prestigious Art Exhibition (NSFW) | Game On Australia

 

[Michael O'Brien]

RPGs elevated to fine art! Jar Eel the Razoress is back, this time with a dark red patina.

Sculptor Eric Vanel has once again cast Gloranthan hero Jar Eel the Razoress in bronze, in the 'heroic nude' style of classical antiquity. This magnificent work is for sale (#4 in an edition of 8 bronzes).

More images and details at the link (possibly NSFW):

Jar Eel the Razoress in Bronze: Sculpture by Eric Vanel

RPGs elevated to fine art: sculptor Eric Vanel has cast Gloranthan hero Jar Eel the Razoress in bronze, in the 'heroic nude' style of classical antiquity. This magnificent work is for sale.

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[Michael O'Brien]

NOTE: Spoiler for Horror on the Orient Express / Reign of Terror

More TTRPGs as fine art: "Le Portrait du Louvre"...

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Delphes Desvoivres, creator of the licensed Kickstarter art projects The Sedefkar Simulacrum and The Props of Nyarlathotep, is selling the original and prints of "Le portrait du Louvre". This is her masterly depiction of Le Comte de Fenalique, from our famous Call of Cthulhu campaign Horror on the Orient Express and associated volume Reign of Terror.

Delphes's work is an oil painting on canvas, that was six years in the making. In addition to the original, 25 art prints are available that are hand-signed by Delphes with a certificate of authenticity. The size of the painting and prints is 57x68.5 cm.

For further details check out Delphe's Patreon page, and The Props of Nyarlathotep Facebook page.

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Christian Lehmann writes:

"In 1990, Richard Watts and I fathered the ultimate monster in Chaosium’s Horror on the Orient Express campaign, Le Comte de Fenalique, as he was known to some unfortunates in Paris just before the French Revolution.

Le Comte, aka Fenalik, has an ancient history, steeped in darkness. He has had many guises, and we described him in some of them. At the basest stage of his devolution. At the height of his powers. Le Comte is as powerful as he is malevolent, as unknowable as he is corrupt. The French Royal Court is a perfect place for him to hide in plain sight. Magnificent candlelit ballrooms, delightful golden curtains hiding piss-stains and worse. He is Corruption walking among the living. He is at an unending Feast of his own design.

Delphes’s portrait captures him perfectly: evil, devoid of any empathy, cruel, and immensely powerful. Our beautiful, beautiful son.

'You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you?' asks Ash in Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, 'A perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.' This is what I see when I look upon the Portrait du Louvre."

 

[Michael O'Brien]

Tabletop RPGs elevated to fine art – congratulations to sculptor Eric Vanel! His heroic bronze sculpture Jar-Eel the Razoress, depicting the Gloranthan demi-goddess heroine of the RuneQuest RPG, is being exhibited at the Naia Museum in Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany .

Spoiler: Possibly NSFW