Ossi Hiekkala
@ossihiekkala.bsky.social
Illustrator, Staff Artist at Chaosium Inc. Only art, RPG's, Boardgames, and other positive stuff. No AI.
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Ossi Hiekkala
@ossihiekkala.bsky.social
· May 11
Staff Artist at Chaosium Inc.
My job is to bring worlds to life. I like to illustrate subtle stories of the mundane, not just the stories of the heroes. And the heroes are not perfect either. My view is not focused in the middle of the scene. It’s a little bit off*.
I am where I want to be.
My job is to bring worlds to life. I like to illustrate subtle stories of the mundane, not just the stories of the heroes. And the heroes are not perfect either. My view is not focused in the middle of the scene. It’s a little bit off*.
I am where I want to be.
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
This is brilliant!
Behold! The massive RPG Moral Panic video I've been researching and assembling for years, and why people who call the whole affair the Satanic Panic are wrong.
I'm so damned happy to finally have this beast out of my system.
youtu.be/OpjV-melB-c
I'm so damned happy to finally have this beast out of my system.
youtu.be/OpjV-melB-c
The 3 Waves of the RPG Moral Panic - RPG History
YouTube video by Seth Skorkowsky
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is brilliant!
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November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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In this week’s newsletter, we delve into legendary territory.
The year was 1977…with STORMBRINGER, I completed work on the Elric Saga and received my first World Fantasy Award nomination.
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1977-year-...
The year was 1977…with STORMBRINGER, I completed work on the Elric Saga and received my first World Fantasy Award nomination.
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1977-year-...
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In this week’s newsletter, we delve into legendary territory.
The year was 1977…with STORMBRINGER, I completed work on the Elric Saga and received my first World Fantasy Award nomination.
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1977-year-...
The year was 1977…with STORMBRINGER, I completed work on the Elric Saga and received my first World Fantasy Award nomination.
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1977-year-...
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Yesterday the RPG Realms zone of tabletop.me in Dubai 🇦🇪 was packed with players, all day. And it was exciting to see so many newcomers trying #TTRPGs for the first time!
Plenty of games to choose: we're running #CallOfCthulhu demos, and there's also more CoC & #Pendragon happening too. Plus D&D etc
Plenty of games to choose: we're running #CallOfCthulhu demos, and there's also more CoC & #Pendragon happening too. Plus D&D etc
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Yesterday the RPG Realms zone of tabletop.me in Dubai 🇦🇪 was packed with players, all day. And it was exciting to see so many newcomers trying #TTRPGs for the first time!
Plenty of games to choose: we're running #CallOfCthulhu demos, and there's also more CoC & #Pendragon happening too. Plus D&D etc
Plenty of games to choose: we're running #CallOfCthulhu demos, and there's also more CoC & #Pendragon happening too. Plus D&D etc
One more but without X before it:
It is more important to be reliable than to be great. The reliable ones are the ones the clients come back to.
It is more important to be reliable than to be great. The reliable ones are the ones the clients come back to.
Artist propaganda I’m not falling for (and you shouldn’t either):
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
One more but without X before it:
It is more important to be reliable than to be great. The reliable ones are the ones the clients come back to.
It is more important to be reliable than to be great. The reliable ones are the ones the clients come back to.
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Carol Tierney says let's talk about hólmgang, a very Viking way of settling scores. This is one the most evocative elements you can drop into an Age of Vikings game.
#ageofvikings #rpg #ttrpg
#ageofvikings #rpg #ttrpg
Age of Vikings: Hólmgang!
Let’s talk about hólmgang, a very Viking way of settling scores. This is one the most evocative elements you can drop into an Age of Vikings game.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Carol Tierney says let's talk about hólmgang, a very Viking way of settling scores. This is one the most evocative elements you can drop into an Age of Vikings game.
#ageofvikings #rpg #ttrpg
#ageofvikings #rpg #ttrpg
Have you ever asked yourself, where do the fantacy characters get their clothes? Everybody is dressed like Caultier or whoever designed their custom clothes. You'd think there were more haute couture tailors and dressmakers than food vendors everywhere.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Have you ever asked yourself, where do the fantacy characters get their clothes? Everybody is dressed like Caultier or whoever designed their custom clothes. You'd think there were more haute couture tailors and dressmakers than food vendors everywhere.
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Test print of this year's Dragonmeet booklet. Cover by @marksmylie.bsky.social, interior art by @katrindirim.bsky.social and Agathe Pitié.
#Glorantha
#Glorantha
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Test print of this year's Dragonmeet booklet. Cover by @marksmylie.bsky.social, interior art by @katrindirim.bsky.social and Agathe Pitié.
#Glorantha
#Glorantha
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The famous Basket Building here in Ohio. HQ of the Longaberger Basket Company until it went belly up 10 years ago.
Baskets were huge, especially in the 1960s & 70s. My mother had tons of them. Longaberger sold $1B of them a year at its peak. In the 00s, the bottom dropped out of the biz.
Baskets were huge, especially in the 1960s & 70s. My mother had tons of them. Longaberger sold $1B of them a year at its peak. In the 00s, the bottom dropped out of the biz.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The famous Basket Building here in Ohio. HQ of the Longaberger Basket Company until it went belly up 10 years ago.
Baskets were huge, especially in the 1960s & 70s. My mother had tons of them. Longaberger sold $1B of them a year at its peak. In the 00s, the bottom dropped out of the biz.
Baskets were huge, especially in the 1960s & 70s. My mother had tons of them. Longaberger sold $1B of them a year at its peak. In the 00s, the bottom dropped out of the biz.
I have not remembered to comment about the Chaosium Con EU I took part in last week. Tldr: It was absolutely a blast.
Gdansk in Poland was a great place, the venue was great, and the Chaosium tribe was the greatest. I had great games, was in good panels, but really enjoyed talking with the people.
Gdansk in Poland was a great place, the venue was great, and the Chaosium tribe was the greatest. I had great games, was in good panels, but really enjoyed talking with the people.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I have not remembered to comment about the Chaosium Con EU I took part in last week. Tldr: It was absolutely a blast.
Gdansk in Poland was a great place, the venue was great, and the Chaosium tribe was the greatest. I had great games, was in good panels, but really enjoyed talking with the people.
Gdansk in Poland was a great place, the venue was great, and the Chaosium tribe was the greatest. I had great games, was in good panels, but really enjoyed talking with the people.
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Pendragon gamemasters, gather round! The Companions of Arthur First Anniversary Celebration Bundle of community content ends 7 November. Save 30% on all 8 launch titles. If you already own some of them, you still get the discount on the rest. Adventure awaits!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Companions of Arthur First Birthday Celebration [BUNDLE] - Chaosium | Companions of Arthur | DriveThruRPG
This special bundle contains the following titles:Squires RampantRegular price: $0.99Bundle price: $0.50Format: PDF "Squires Rampant" provides 20 squire personalities with which to vex ...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Pendragon gamemasters, gather round! The Companions of Arthur First Anniversary Celebration Bundle of community content ends 7 November. Save 30% on all 8 launch titles. If you already own some of them, you still get the discount on the rest. Adventure awaits!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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If you're an artist wanting to break through in TTRPG illustrations and feel like you need an Art Directors feedback on your current portfolio. Feel free to reach out, comment or DM me here.
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If you're an artist wanting to break through in TTRPG illustrations and feel like you need an Art Directors feedback on your current portfolio. Feel free to reach out, comment or DM me here.
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜
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brain broken
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
brain broken
Often whatever I do will see the light only after a year or even years, but these pieces I did only few weeks ago, so it is a pleasure to see them released when they're still hot out of an oven.
A new adventure for RuneQuest! The Hunt for the Storm Calf is a stand-alone scenario that contains everything for a riveting adventure in the far east of Dragon Pass!
(And featuring vivid cover art by @ossihiekkala.bsky.social!)
(And featuring vivid cover art by @ossihiekkala.bsky.social!)
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Often whatever I do will see the light only after a year or even years, but these pieces I did only few weeks ago, so it is a pleasure to see them released when they're still hot out of an oven.
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Here's pt 2 to my🧵on Western movie gun modifications. In pt 1, I went over the ways Colt Single Action Armys & Winchester '92s were altered to look like earlier gun models
This🧵will touch on the rise of the gun reproduction market, Spaghetti Westerns & a sampler platter of movie gun modifications
This🧵will touch on the rise of the gun reproduction market, Spaghetti Westerns & a sampler platter of movie gun modifications
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Here's pt 2 to my🧵on Western movie gun modifications. In pt 1, I went over the ways Colt Single Action Armys & Winchester '92s were altered to look like earlier gun models
This🧵will touch on the rise of the gun reproduction market, Spaghetti Westerns & a sampler platter of movie gun modifications
This🧵will touch on the rise of the gun reproduction market, Spaghetti Westerns & a sampler platter of movie gun modifications
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Storyboards for The Wild Bunch (1969) by Tyrus Wong
November 12, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Storyboards for The Wild Bunch (1969) by Tyrus Wong
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Hear the call to arms at Essen!
Pendragon: The Sauvage King is available in pre-release!
Get your copy and take up your sword for Arthur!
Pendragon: The Sauvage King is available in pre-release!
Get your copy and take up your sword for Arthur!
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hear the call to arms at Essen!
Pendragon: The Sauvage King is available in pre-release!
Get your copy and take up your sword for Arthur!
Pendragon: The Sauvage King is available in pre-release!
Get your copy and take up your sword for Arthur!
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Ganked from Mastodon …
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Ganked from Mastodon …
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Miksi kauhupelissä on tärkeää puhua turvallisuudesta, ja miten se tehdään käytännössä? Ovatko X-kortti ja muut työkalut vain turhaa hössötystä vai välttämättömiä välineitä onnistuneen ja kaikille miellyttävän pelikokemuksen luomiseksi?
#podcastclip #xcard #roolipelit #luolamestari #ttrpg
#podcastclip #xcard #roolipelit #luolamestari #ttrpg
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Miksi kauhupelissä on tärkeää puhua turvallisuudesta, ja miten se tehdään käytännössä? Ovatko X-kortti ja muut työkalut vain turhaa hössötystä vai välttämättömiä välineitä onnistuneen ja kaikille miellyttävän pelikokemuksen luomiseksi?
#podcastclip #xcard #roolipelit #luolamestari #ttrpg
#podcastclip #xcard #roolipelit #luolamestari #ttrpg
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Skol!
Did you notice something special on the shelves at Spiel Essen?
The Age of Vikings Gamemaster Screen Pack is available in pre-release at the show! Visit the Chaosium booth to get yours!
Did you notice something special on the shelves at Spiel Essen?
The Age of Vikings Gamemaster Screen Pack is available in pre-release at the show! Visit the Chaosium booth to get yours!
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Skol!
Did you notice something special on the shelves at Spiel Essen?
The Age of Vikings Gamemaster Screen Pack is available in pre-release at the show! Visit the Chaosium booth to get yours!
Did you notice something special on the shelves at Spiel Essen?
The Age of Vikings Gamemaster Screen Pack is available in pre-release at the show! Visit the Chaosium booth to get yours!
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Don't tell me you like 70s music if you can't name this band.
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Don't tell me you like 70s music if you can't name this band.
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Every time a new edition drops, someone always asks, “Why do we need this?”
Well, because publishing is a business, not a museum. Games evolve, people get a paycheck, and the bills get paid. That’s how many in the hobby continue to exist.
Well, because publishing is a business, not a museum. Games evolve, people get a paycheck, and the bills get paid. That’s how many in the hobby continue to exist.
October 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every time a new edition drops, someone always asks, “Why do we need this?”
Well, because publishing is a business, not a museum. Games evolve, people get a paycheck, and the bills get paid. That’s how many in the hobby continue to exist.
Well, because publishing is a business, not a museum. Games evolve, people get a paycheck, and the bills get paid. That’s how many in the hobby continue to exist.
Who’s solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Who’s solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
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And if you think digital art is bad, don't get me started on print! Even when you work using the correct color profiles, color calibrate your screen, provide printers with pantone or other color samples, etc they will still never print exactly as intended. Let go and be free.
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
And if you think digital art is bad, don't get me started on print! Even when you work using the correct color profiles, color calibrate your screen, provide printers with pantone or other color samples, etc they will still never print exactly as intended. Let go and be free.