January BasilCockWatch
3 months ago
Kicking off a new year and a new set of 12 reports (I hope) for sightings "out in the wild" of both basilisks and cockatrices...I leave off pictures on FurAffinity and most other art sites because they have their own search functions and if you're already here, you know how to find stuff for yourself.
For those investors out there, BSX is out there! New Year, new opportunities. I keep telling myself I should buy in just to say I have it.
A 3d print of a cockatrice from NovaMinis that comes with a short video showing a turnaround view:
And a buttload of different builds and models can be viewed here, at Couatl's Hoard. Many models I've found in the past are here, and there might be a few new ones. (If I run across more 3d printable models in the future, I'll probably skip sharing them here unless it seems they're not in this list.)
A somewhat cringy (in my humble opinion) celebration of various identities (at least 14 that I'd heard of and a few more I hadn't) marketed for pride. It's interesting they chose cockatrices, not sure how that worked out. But like the super long video...I just report what's out there. Have a look at their pins, some of which are cute, and consider pledging.
Book for sale from an author named Schmitz which, from the blurb, features a traveling vet and a cockatrice in crisis as well as some other goings-on. Only $2.99 for the eBook! (I wonder, does anyone who does the Thursday prompts sell their stuff like this?)
Youtuber BlueRooster76 who operates Rooster's Leather & Steel checks the forests for the elusive Cockatrice. I'm kind of surprised he found anything...I don't remember the last time I visited a forest.
And a stirring tale of Sir Gwythir Owain vs. the Cockatrice of Brastondell, learning to fight using just his hearing (and some direction from the audience). While the ending wasn't great for the cockatrice, he got even at the end!
A fairly long stream of two guys discussing miniatures and other gaming paraphernalia they've made, while painting a cockatrice figure. I skimmed through parts of it and skimmed through the transcript...maybe not a lot there but people more devoted than I to craftsmanship might enjoy them.
Ever since I stumbled across Dungeon Meshi I figured a day like this would show up. Netflix is making a show about it. The trailer is here, which features a brief look at the basilisk. (Looking seriously cute here!) The English title is Delicious in Dungeon so of course it's just a matter of time before the protagonists feast on the poor thing. It's in episode 2, apparently; ready about it here or here: everything tastes like chicken.
Coincidentally I found this recipe for Quiche Basilisk which, before you get all excited, is probably named after Basel and not our favorite and not at all delicious extended family.
A game where you confront Roko's Basilisk, available on Steam. Ignorance is bliss...or can at least lead you away from the opposite of bliss.
Another track from Basilisk, the album from J. Robbins, was released for promtional purposes. "Last War" is a bit more rockin', and of course rocks are great!
And wrapping up with a poem by Murdo Maclachlan:
The Cockatrice
The venom found in triad cuts
was blue and paled the blood;
a traveller lone beckons doom
if walking paths that wander on
in lands where feathered wings loom.
The statue stands in stone relief
above the plinth in halls of gods,
its twisting tail and toothed beak
telling well the visage shadowed
upon the sky in mountains bleak.
Blinkered hunters taunt the moors,
knocking arrows sharp as spears,
hearing trumpets in parade,
but scales are a tougher steel,
and claws rake as good as any blade.
Archers haste to watch the clouds,
without a dream that death might crawl
among the heather, stalk and slither;
a dragon with blood of basilisk
is the silence that slinks hither.
An avian neck and bat-like wings
rear and spread, strike too quick;
muscles seized with talons' hue;
the Cockatrice erupts like fire,
and rips for blood paled by atter blue.
For those investors out there, BSX is out there! New Year, new opportunities. I keep telling myself I should buy in just to say I have it.
A 3d print of a cockatrice from NovaMinis that comes with a short video showing a turnaround view:
And a buttload of different builds and models can be viewed here, at Couatl's Hoard. Many models I've found in the past are here, and there might be a few new ones. (If I run across more 3d printable models in the future, I'll probably skip sharing them here unless it seems they're not in this list.)
A somewhat cringy (in my humble opinion) celebration of various identities (at least 14 that I'd heard of and a few more I hadn't) marketed for pride. It's interesting they chose cockatrices, not sure how that worked out. But like the super long video...I just report what's out there. Have a look at their pins, some of which are cute, and consider pledging.
Book for sale from an author named Schmitz which, from the blurb, features a traveling vet and a cockatrice in crisis as well as some other goings-on. Only $2.99 for the eBook! (I wonder, does anyone who does the Thursday prompts sell their stuff like this?)
Youtuber BlueRooster76 who operates Rooster's Leather & Steel checks the forests for the elusive Cockatrice. I'm kind of surprised he found anything...I don't remember the last time I visited a forest.
Nice sound effects...not. :>
And a stirring tale of Sir Gwythir Owain vs. the Cockatrice of Brastondell, learning to fight using just his hearing (and some direction from the audience). While the ending wasn't great for the cockatrice, he got even at the end!
A fairly long stream of two guys discussing miniatures and other gaming paraphernalia they've made, while painting a cockatrice figure. I skimmed through parts of it and skimmed through the transcript...maybe not a lot there but people more devoted than I to craftsmanship might enjoy them.
Ever since I stumbled across Dungeon Meshi I figured a day like this would show up. Netflix is making a show about it. The trailer is here, which features a brief look at the basilisk. (Looking seriously cute here!) The English title is Delicious in Dungeon so of course it's just a matter of time before the protagonists feast on the poor thing. It's in episode 2, apparently; ready about it here or here: everything tastes like chicken.
Coincidentally I found this recipe for Quiche Basilisk which, before you get all excited, is probably named after Basel and not our favorite and not at all delicious extended family.
A game where you confront Roko's Basilisk, available on Steam. Ignorance is bliss...or can at least lead you away from the opposite of bliss.
Another track from Basilisk, the album from J. Robbins, was released for promtional purposes. "Last War" is a bit more rockin', and of course rocks are great!
And wrapping up with a poem by Murdo Maclachlan:
The Cockatrice
The venom found in triad cuts
was blue and paled the blood;
a traveller lone beckons doom
if walking paths that wander on
in lands where feathered wings loom.
The statue stands in stone relief
above the plinth in halls of gods,
its twisting tail and toothed beak
telling well the visage shadowed
upon the sky in mountains bleak.
Blinkered hunters taunt the moors,
knocking arrows sharp as spears,
hearing trumpets in parade,
but scales are a tougher steel,
and claws rake as good as any blade.
Archers haste to watch the clouds,
without a dream that death might crawl
among the heather, stalk and slither;
a dragon with blood of basilisk
is the silence that slinks hither.
An avian neck and bat-like wings
rear and spread, strike too quick;
muscles seized with talons' hue;
the Cockatrice erupts like fire,
and rips for blood paled by atter blue.
Love the poem, and a classy poem.
I think Quiche Basilisk would be as big a disappointment as Girl Scout cookies. There's no Girl Scout in those...
I specifically wrote that we are not delicious. Not at all.
The cockatrice riders make me think of Golden Axe.