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Title: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: d phipps on 18 March 2013, 12:00:06 AM

My daughter and I started on our Giant Worm model today. Although slightly larger, it is based on some pics that Anpu posted on the Pulp Alley forum – http://pulpalley.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=366

We'll definitely be using this in our Pulp Alley games, and Mila suggested that it will make a great "Lagoon Terror" for our Perilous Island campaign.



First we sculpted the mandibles with sculpey and baked them. Then we drilled, attached some wires, and did a little more shaping…
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/League%20Rosters/New%20Sculpts/100_3894_zps57b1768b.jpg)


Next we formed the body out of aluminum foil, attached it to a big metal base, and stuck in the mandibles. At this point we also weighed out how much sculpey we needed to balance it out properly...
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/League%20Rosters/New%20Sculpts/100_3896_zpsd245bdfb.jpg)


Then we covered the foil with a thin blanket of sculpey and shaped it -- adding a few armored segment-like layers...
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/League%20Rosters/New%20Sculpts/100_3900_zpsd1a1bb52.jpg)



Then it went back in the oven, and after 30 minutes - out pops a GIANT WORM!!! ...
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/League%20Rosters/New%20Sculpts/100_3909_zpsdfd4404f.jpg)


Mila is gone for a week, so I’ll probably just primer it and let her do the painting when she gets back.


We're certainly not "sculptors", but this was a fun and quick project we could do together on a lazy Saturday afternoon.  :D



THANKS!


Dave

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: Joe Fish on 18 March 2013, 12:40:15 AM

Nice job, very inspiring.  Hmm, break out the sculpty, or wimp out and order from Acheson?   Decisions, decisions.

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: Papa Spanky on 18 March 2013, 02:37:56 AM

Very nice! Dont forget the tongue.  ;D

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: zizi666 on 18 March 2013, 06:16:06 AM

How do they always end up making it look so easy  o_o

nevertheless very cool piece !  :-*

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: janner on 18 March 2013, 06:54:07 AM

It's great to share a project with an ankle biter and it's come out looking great  :-*

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: Sterling Moose on 18 March 2013, 10:31:41 AM

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this was a fun and quick project we could do together on a lazy Saturday afternoon

Ha, this would have taken me a month...........and would still have looked like a sausage!  ;D

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: pocoloco on 18 March 2013, 10:54:52 AM

x2 on what zizi and Sterling Moose wrote.

Great work, will be nice to see it painted.

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: General on 10 April 2013, 04:04:51 AM

Fantastic!  I am wondering in my mind how to do the teeth for a giant purple worm. 

Title: Re: Mila and the Giant Worm
Post by: oldskoolrebel on 14 April 2013, 01:44:23 AM

Pretty amazing work here guys! I'm impressed with what you managed to achieve on a 'lazy Saturday afternoon'!
He's pretty big, ain't he? I don't think he'd look out of place on the planet of Dune.

Cheers
Andy