Friday, November 9, 2012

The Project Hellworm is Complete! Time For Paint!


Old School here to say - It is Done! Yes, I have finished the Hellworm and it actually just got primed before I sat down to post this. I figured it wouldn't be right to not post the completed model pre-paint, so here she is!

Overall, she got little maggots in her wounds, some extra divots in the barrels and rotor group and some base work done.


I am so happy to see that a month of on and off work (about 20 hours) finally paid off and this thing is a legit model now. The addition of the spiked rotor spindles was one of the last touches, but after that I went around the rotor areas with the dremel and cleaned up some parts and dirtied some others.


I messed around with a reverse side of the rotors with several spindle ideas, but decided to not add them. Nothing looked right and in the end it isn't going to matter.


Thankfully, I found that driftwood I showed you in the other posts. I actually screwed it into the bottom of the base and it serves as a perfect counter to the weight of the Hellworm.


With the primer already drying, you can expect to see this bad mamma painted pretty soon and I am losing my mind waiting for the day when I can put it on the table. I cannot wait to see the faces of my opponents as I whip my worm out ;)


In the end, while we messed around with wings and all kinds of options, I am glad I went with the rotors. They look great and they really helped me boost my confidence working with plastic card and PVC components. It also allowed me to pull out some power tools, which always makes me feel extra manly.


I tried a number of concepts with the base from zombies to worms to tons of nurglings (yes I think I quite literally have tons) and nothing seemed to be as effective as a simple base with some little extas like skulls and a nurgling.


Once I get to painting the base, I will be whipping out my water effects and some of my fancy reed basing material and such and it should be sufficient to work with the model without taking the attention away from the worm.


With all of that said and done, I am going to settle down to a hearty meal of Peanut Butter Cup cerial and a beer, just like mom used to make.

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped give opinions and ideas along the way. I also want to thank all the people who offered up encouragement. You all motivated the hell out of me and helped me drive this model to the end in just under a month. This is your project too. So, let's hear what you think of my newest child, the Hellworm!

13 comments:

  1. Wow! That is gonna be so much fun to paint. The big ones always are though. Really nice job, well thought out and well executed. Very inspiring.

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  2. I've been following this from the beginning of the project and have to say that it looks brilliant, really great job!

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  3. Man that is pure class well done may I ask what it's been used as ?

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  4. ^ Looks awesome. I am always envious of nurgles conversion factors, much harder for us of the blood god.

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    1. Zab, Rob, Frank and Tyler,

      Thank you very much! This will be painted very soon!

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  5. Again, that's some truly masterful work, Old School! You DFG guys have some of the best conversion you can find online.

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    1. Thank you man, seriously! Hopefully, the spawn I have brewing will look as good!

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  6. Great job. The basing really completes the model. I am excited to see it painted. I find it really hard to paint some of my conversions and sculpts sometimes because I don't want to make any mistakes after that initial investment of time. Good luck!

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  7. I was also wondering if you could add my blog, http://rustandthecity.blogspot.ca/, to your blog rolls. I've had DFG on mine for a while and enjoy your content. Thanks!

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    1. No problem Cameron. I thought I had you up there. I will update it.

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  8. Good stuff, man! Really dig how it looks on the base, and I'm looking forward to seeing it painted up.

    Keep up the fantastic work!

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  9. fantastic work! It is a great balance between disgusting rot and mechanical feasibility. The driftwood base also is a nice touch. Looking forward to the finished piece.

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  10. I have got to get up to jacksonville and see this thing in person

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