The $25 Tervigon Project: Part 1

 Old School here and I am embarking on a project that may either be genius or may be so stupid that I may get carted away and locked up for crimes against modeling! I have challenged myself to build a Tervigon on a budget of $25 max with the exception of any bits I have laying around. So far I have invested $3.99 on a foam egg and $15.98 on packages of Milliput Grey/Yellow. Now, to achieve this on a budget as well as to seperate the creature's appearance from the Carnifex, Tyrant ect, I am going for a disgusting wormy look. Let's take a look at what I am talking about.

So, I am basically, looking for a cross between this hideous worm monster from Hive Fleet Moloch and ...

 ... The brainbug in starship troopers, though mostly in the sense that it is smoother than the Moloch worm above. Now, I know that the codex pic involves a very large gaunt-esque beast, but I really want to go for something that 1) is BIG enough to birth a small army of guants and 2) is just plain gross!

So, looking at the photo below, you can see that it looks like a potato. The front is pointing to the right here and the idea is that it will have a mouth similar to the Moloch worm and the indents you see on the side will recive further sculpting to appear to be ... well ... nasty birth canals, complete with flaps of skin, emerging gaunts and some wet slime.

Below is a view from the top. This is where I intend to place the carapace plates - four of them getting smaller as they move down the body with chimneys in the middle at least. spouting from the sides will be three sets of limbs moving down made from various Nid bits from the box.

Now, along the bottom, I will likley add a row of nasty little centipede type crawly legs (like the small digits on the trygon's chest, just to give it increase motion and some extra nastyness.

The main component to fill the body is the foam egg, which I crushed and cut into the basic shape I wanted the Tervi to take on.

And the whole egg was coated by hand with a thin layer of milliput. As I covered it, I made sure to massage it into the rough structure of the egg, ensuring it will stick when the project dries. I then followed that with a trip to the sink. With my rubber gloves on (to eliminate finger prints), I went to the sink and ran some water over it to hand-smooth all the fingerprints out and to shape out any shape imperfections I had problems with during the milliput coating process. Once I was satisfied, I rinsed the model off and placed it gently on a paper plate coated with vaseline (to prevent sticking).

I know it looks like a turd right now (a nasty, yellow, hang-over turd), but hey, I'm going to see it through and I think I can pull out a pretty nasty looking worm from hell! Let me know what you think so far. Crazy? Dumb? Maybe even genius?