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Offline matakishi

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Purple worm
« on: May 08, 2009, 05:44:18 PM »
This is from Otherworld Miniatures, it's over a foot long :)
28mm figure for size comparison.





Review/details here: http://www.matakishi.com/reviews.htm

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2009, 06:39:07 PM »
 :o run you fool! Nice, but I can see mold-lines on its head. Good job, as always.
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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2009, 07:49:42 PM »
Very cool, but what the devil do you intend to use it for?
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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2009, 08:36:45 PM »
:o run you fool! Nice, but I can see mold-lines on its head. Good job, as always.

Me too. I was too impatient to get it painted, as I mentioned in the review the lines are not so noticeable when it isn't being directly lit from above with strong light for the photos.

Very cool, but what the devil do you intend to use it for?

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2009, 11:38:32 PM »
I can compare with that form of impatience, unfortunately ;) .

Offline Doomhippie

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2009, 12:34:07 PM »
Man it's huge! I remember them from good old D&D times, but I've never imagined them to be like the worms from Dune... Even though the description hints at that, I've just checked the entry in my old rulebook.
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Offline Mr Pumblechook

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 10:47:12 PM »
The plastic pre-paint D&D one is quite nice too.

Here's one repainted I used in a Wargods of Aegyptus game recently as a treasure guardian.



Offline Doomhippie

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 11:33:39 AM »
Wow, cool. I've never heard of the pre-painted D&D minis. Have to look them up.

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 02:34:53 PM »
Cool - and quite a miniature - the blind begger figure was one that I had some years ago, I can remember painting him and playing with him!

I've attached a Blog entry link, where I have also re-painted the D&D miniature.

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2009, 05:29:42 PM »
Wow, cool. I've never heard of the pre-painted D&D minis. Have to look them up.

Made by Wizards of the Coast, some of the range is easy to find on ebay.
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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2009, 08:13:50 PM »
Thanks for the info. I'll have a look.

Offline Xyxox

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2009, 01:39:16 AM »
I really love the Otherworlds Minis. I saw a dungeon room on the Hirst Arts forum where the guy used the Demon Idol and basically made a room like the old first edition AD&D Players Handbook cover.

Offline darquebus

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2009, 04:42:07 AM »
 :o wow cool, I always wanted something DUNE like...but why is it called purple worm?
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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2009, 12:07:31 PM »
:o wow cool, I always wanted something DUNE like...but why is it called purple worm?


Otherworlds does mniatures based upon the illustrations in the first edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual (originally published in 1977).

The purple worm is a monster from that book.

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Re: Purple worm
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2009, 01:03:07 PM »
Everytime I see this thread, I hear Prince in the back of my head singing "purple worm, purple worm"...

 

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