Custom Coveralls - GWAR Eternal Tour updates!!!

2014 "GWAR Eternal Tour" Updates!!!

These addittions to my coveralls took me 2 days.

As I worked on these, I posted pictures of them onto my random social media sites, and the drawings were all "Liked" by Matt Maguire, A.K.A. Sawborg Destructo!

I used

• My Old Coveralls
• Sharpies

This one is part of my personal collection.

I noticed that this thing was missing Flattus Maximus, so I added him right by Oderus, since the two of them have both passed into the abyss.

 

Pustulus Maximus is my favorite of the new Scumdogs, so I drew him first. I send His Human Slave Brent Purgason this picture, and he liked it a lot. I bothered him so much that he agreed to mail me stuff. I'm a horrid goblin.

   

I drew Blöthar 2nd, because I decided to continue going in the order they arrived. I saw Pustulus play with Oderus the year before, and I went to the 5th GWARBQ where they had the Viking funeral for Oderus and introduced us to Blöthar.  I've sent him a few messages, he has yet to respond. He hates me because I made him pose in a selfie with me, I just know it! (kidding)

 

 

I then hurriedly tried to draw Vulvatron, but messed her up horribly. It was the night before the show and I had only a few images from the internet to go off of, so I intend to try and repair her in the future. I also intend to add more characters like $leazy, Sawborg Destructo, Bonesnapper, Sexecutioner, Slymenstra, World Maggot,Gor-Gor and so on...

 

Custom Coveralls - Awesome bloody coveralls

2001-2014 Coveralls!!!

This lovely shirt was done over the span of 3 days. Back in 2001

I wore this to a number of concerts, and have had Both Dave Brockie and Mike Derks comment on it at live shows while roaming the venue as humans before they gear up and rock!

I used

• White Coveralls
• Alcohol Based Markers
• Paint Markers

This one is in my personal collection.

 

UPDATE:

at the 2014 "GWAR Eternal Tour" in Memory of Dave Brockie

  I got Jizmak to sign these. As you can see, I also added the new Scumdogs, and those can be found in another post.

Custom XL T-shirt - Slymenstra Hymen tribute shirt

HAIL SLYMENSTRA!!!

This lovely shirt was done over the span of 3 days.

This was the first of my "GWAR Themed Shirts" I did for someone Else.

This forced me to make my little #BoxProjector

I used

• 100% cotton Black T-shirt
• Bleach
• Alcohol Based Markers
• Paint Markers
• Puffy Paint
• Scotch Guard
  

This one shipped out to GA

Custom Lg T-shirt. - GWAR Cave Troll

GWAR CAVE TROLL!!!

This lovely shirt was done over the span of 3 days.

This was the first of my "GWAR Themed Shirts" I did for nobody specific.

It depicts a fun hybrid of the original "Cave Troll" idea, and what Bonesnapper came to be.

I used

• 100% cotton Black T-shirt
• Bleach
• Alcohol Based Markers
• Paint Markers
• Puffy Paint
  
• Scotch Guard
  

This one went out to VT!

"The Practical Qabalah" by Charles Fielding : A Review

"I recommend this book, but not as your first Qabalah book"

This book was really good...

I don't know if I would suggest it to someone with absolutely NO knowledge of the qabalah, as it sort of just brushes over the basics fairly quickly and then goes into the more practical uses. Hence the title...

As I started to read this, I felt like I was easily distracted and it really didn't hold my attention until I got a few chapters in. Not that it was written poorly, it just wasn't very exciting to me personally since all of the first few chapters were more of a review for me than anything else. I had a basic knowledge of the Tree of Life, as well as the Hebrew alphabet, 4 worlds, etc. What really got me to want to read this was the application utilized in ceremonial magic. This book gave me a little bit of insight on that.

Some of the covered topics in this book are:

Foundations of Western Occultism: a touching tale of eastern spices in western thought.

The Tree and its forces: The ten sephiroth and what they represent

Paths and Pathworkings: The paths that connect the tree together, as well as some mental imagery that can be used to associate with ease in meditation.

Cosmogony: The story of the beginning of the universe cycle we live in.

Esoteric Anatomy & Physiology: how this all pertains to your physical and emotional body as an individual.

Psychology: Mainly about Jung, but Freud and Adler are in there too. Many myths are dispelled about the popular opinions on Freud being a weird creepy pervert due to modern psychology interpreting "sex" to mean "intercourse" instead of generalized "pleasure". Fascinating section.

Karma & Destiny: It explains the differences and similarities between the two, and how to utilize both to get where you want to be.

Ritual: Basic ritual structure, tools utilized in many common practices, and even a few brief practice rituals to help you coordinate your physical body into the ritual mindset. (Ex. in a low lit room, stand with your back to a chair that is six steps behind you. do a short calming breathing exercise and without looking backward walk backward toward the chair. Hear a voice in your head to tell you to "sit" and then do so. Do the breathing exercise again, and repeat. This will strengthen your senses of what is around you. pretty cool!)

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Qabalah with the intention of utilizing it in ritual and even everyday life practices. Near the end, there are two short stories depicting scenarios of people who did such utilization and the small steps they took to make it work. The setbacks and habits they had to face and ultimately modify to acheive the desired outcome. This book helps to put into perspective the fact that "casting spells" isn't just wishing something would happen and sitting on your butt waiting for it to come to fruition. The steps required to manifest your dreams into reality are easy to follow once you know how.

"The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford" by Lon Milo DuQuette : A Review

To start off, let me begin with how amazingly helpful this book is! I began reading this with minimal knowledge pertaining to the Qabalah. Having only read 2 other books on the subject before this one (an act that tends to qualify most "readers" as experts on ANY subject), I was excited to see how Mr. Duquette's method of explaining things would lend itself to such a dry and often times BORING subject. This book changed my opinion greatly!

For those of you who are not familiar with Lon DuQuette's work, he is an occultist, musician, teacher, and all around funny guy. Without writing up a bio about him, I suggest looking him up, and even saying hello to him online. He's a very intelligent and personable magician whom I admire greatly. His sense of humor turns the often repetitive aspects of occult study into a comedic cartoon of sorts in my mind. I laughed through this entire book, and learned quite a bit while doing so.

Some of the topics touched upon in this book:

The ten Command-Rants: basically a short breakdown of what Qabalah is... simplified to ten basic concepts, while making a parody of the tem commandments.

Sepher Yetzirah, the book of Formation: a retelling of the Qabalistic origin story, complete with diagrams and charts helping the reader visualize the process of the origin of the universe (or rather, this incarnation on the ever running cycle of them).

Hebrew Alphabet: This is a very important aspect to the Qabalah, and this book teaches you fun little tricks to help differentiate between certain characters that seem almost identical to the untrained eye.

Four Qabalistic Worlds & Four Parts of the Soul: learn what "as above, so below" actually means!

Tree of Life: The Glyph that most people think of when you say you're studying the Qabalah, when really it is just one of the many keys to understanding it.

Tarot & Holy Guardian Angel: How does the Tarot play into the Qabalah? well, really the Qabalah is the reason the Tarot works at all, read the book for more on that. Also, the HGA is a topic heavily discussed in most Thelemic circles.

I highly recommend this book to beginners as well as adepts, as it not only explains things in an entertaining way, but it provides little bits of insight I've not seen or heard anywhere else on a vastly covered topic. There's even a section where he explains the difference between "Qabalah", "Cabala" and "Kabbalah" for those who have often wondered.

Follow the link below to purchase your copy of this amazing book, you will NOT be let down!

~Rev. Skw¥rm