D&D Collector's Series: Purple Worm

[evilcoatrack]

Hi all.  I finished up a Purple Worm for a local miniatures show last month, and figured I would show it off here.  It's one of the limited edition collector's series models that Wizards licensed out to GaleForce Nine in 2013, and had been sitting on a shelf at my FLGS for over a year before I decided to snatch it up.

 

I avoided using washes for this one for everything but the mouth, and instead just did dark base coast, medium shade drybrushing, and then lighter line highlights over that.  I could have spent more time on the spines along its sides (I could have made the lines finer and done more highlighting over the bone color), but there were so many of them and I was up against a bit of a time constraint. 

 

Hope you guys like it!

 

[Darkmeer]

Very nice!  Much better than the D&D Miniatures one (which is on my shelf of shame waiting on a repaint). 

 

I think the highlighting pattern and the 'horn' segments work really well, almost a cell-shaded look which I like quite a bit.

 

?'s for you:

Is the base a proper size (3" across)?

Why was there a time constraint (using in a game?)?

Is all of the material at the base integral, or were flocking or rocks used to expand it?

[evilcoatrack]

Thanks!

 

The base is proper for a huge creature if I recall - it's currently in a case at my local shop, but I'm pretty sure it is the standard 3" diameter.

 

The time constraint was that I bought it late Wednesday night and had it back to the shop finished for the show by Saturday afternoon (my local store does an "Armies on Parade" miniature show every few months, with categories for fantasy and sci-fi figures).  I think I put about 14 hours into it over two days after I got it glued together and primed. 

 

Everything on the base was straight out of the box - I didn't add any green stuff, rocks, or flocking.  The figure was four parts: The base, the body, the head (upper jaw and 5-6 segments of the body), and the lower jaw.  It's all made out of a very solid resin, which made it nice and heavy.

Edited April 2, 2015 by evilcoatrack

[haldir]

One of these days I'd like to get this one. Nice work. I really like the purples. 

[Glitterwolf]

Super.

[CorallineAlgae]

This is such a great model. Very nice paint job.

 

I've wanted this beast for years and finally ordered one (couldn't pass up the sale). Between the small Bones 1 purple worm, this huge one, and the enormous Goremaw from Bones 3, we can make a thrilling "worm outbreak" themed adventure.

[sirgourls]

Awesome job! I'd love to pick one of these up sometime. You did up yours just marvelously. Looks straight out of the Monster Manual!

[KruleBear]

This is gorgeous....wait a minute: Wed to Sat timeline??? I change my assessment to this being a stupendously awesome paint job! Congrats.

[Darsc Zacal]

Oh sure it's a gorgeous paint job done by a talented forumite, but that was painted back in March 2015.

What have they done lately?

Edited August 24, 2016 by Darsc Zacal

[Chaoswolf]

Fantastic!

[viking_hank]

I don't like it, I love it.

[Matbar]

Ridiculous how awesome this is under that strict level of time constraint!!!

[strawhat]

Something, something, "spice."

 

Something, something, "universe."

 

Great stuff.

[evilcoatrack]

Wow, I hadn't posted anything here for awhile and suddenly return to find this thing bumped from last year!

 

Thanks all for the kind words.  I actually miss this model - I donated it to a charity raffle last month and it went off to a new home.  Hopefully the worm gets to kill an adventurer or three in the near future.

[haldir]

Funny I like this model but with Reaper coming out with their version with Bones 3 I think I'm set for giant worm models. Thou I may have to put a squirrel on top of it (if you've seen my last rcon paint entry you'd understand )