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Own This Scissorwalker Statue From ‘Clock Tower’ Spiritual Successor ‘NightCry’
While the Clock Tower series has sadly been dormant for years, the spiritual successor to the series was released in 2016 with Nude Maker’s NightCry. Despite mixed reviews upon its initial release, there are still plans for a PlayStation Vita (though given the state of the handheld, it might not come to fruition).
Anyhoo, one of the obvious homages to Clock Tower was NightCry‘s Scissorwalker, which as you’d expect, carries around a giant pair of scissors. Gecco Corp have decided to create a 1/6 scale figure of Scissorwalker, which you can now pre-order over at Mamegyorai.
Set for release between May and June 2019, the highly-detailed figure stands 27cm tall, and stands on a base etched with arcane symbols. A severed head of one of the cultists found in the game is also included. The entire thing is made of polyurethane resin, and will set you back 36,800 yen (roughly $330 USD).
You can check out more images of the statue on the item’s page at Mamegyorai.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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