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Okay, time to get my biomechanical ass back in gear and awaken from the slumber between galaxies.

Kudos and many thanks to Kroothawk for keeping the Ouroboros scheme alive around here.

SCUBA diving is a deep passion of mine.
One of the most amazing creatures I ever encountered under water (and only at night !) is the Bobbit Worm.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbit_worm

which is truly like a little Tyranid creature already on our planet.

Together with Simon "Hydra" Schnitzler I cooked up a plan to morph up a Tyranid creature which resembles the theme.
So Simon custom sculpted three variants and I had a couple of them cast.

But enough rambling, here`s the critter...

EDIT

Holy mother of god, you've done it again.

Fantastic work.

Thanks for the flowers.

*Now* they work....

Any more creations in the pipeline?

re-visit moloch perhaps?

Dude, that looks awesome! Awesome sculpt and paintjob. I appreciate the link and info on the Bobbit Worm, too! I was not aware of that nasty little bugger. Though it doesn't seem like it's known for eating small children or anything, it's still pretty nasty.

Beautiful work! I love that paint scheme (and its execution).

I actually stumbled upon your website some years ago, and was awe-struck at your creations. I've had it bookmarked since

It's nice to see you're still at it, and still providing inspiration.

You want more wacky looking undersea creatures to try and make 'Nid models out of? I've got so many I could share with you, one of my favorites being the Stoplight Loosejaw, could easily represent a Mawloch

Very nice work.

Wow

EPIC work

DAMN! I'd love to get my hands on one of those gribbly beasties.

that looks amazing!!

its posts like these that make me inspired to paint when ive been sluggish (no pun intended) about it

Stunning. You've always been my al time favorite Tyranid modeler and this is why.

You say you had them cast, is there any way we mere mortals can get our hands on them? Or do they contain GW bitz (well camoflaged if it does)?

Wow, what a beauty.. It fits right in the Tyranid model line! Nice paint job too

Sound man! real bit of skill there! well done!

Wow! I want one!

That is really awesome and the bobbit worm looks like something from star wars , nice one on the painting.

Custom Models FTW!!
Do you actually play 'nids? If so, what's it count-as?

Although I've never heard of a Bobbit worm, they look pretty scary.

The model is great! Nice to know that you haven't stopped working on your Nids.

I am amazed by both the model and the creature.

Looks awesome.

Very happy to see you on Dakka Moloch, welcome! Wonderful work, which Kroot has indeed been keeping alive!

thats awesome

1. I fething hate the ocean.

2. Cool model. 8)

OK, that thing freaks me out. WAAAY too realistic. If I saw that on the table when playing it would screw up my entire game.

I can't think of anything you could have done better on that. Awesome job!

Wow ! Didn`t expect that many answers. So many thanks for the warm welcome and all the lovely flowers.

@Medium of Death: I am returning to modeling and painting after a long hiatus due to a horrible year and a painful breakup with my wife.
But the good news is that I am enjoying myself tremendously right now. There are a couple more `nids in the pipeline.
And a follow up to my Alien Hunter Warhound,...

http://demonwinner.free.fr/canada/2009/golden_demon_winner.php?categorie=3

...a Reaver Titan with even more bling.

The Moloch scheme is pretty much done for me though...

@Azure: Thanks for the heads-up. I hadn`t known about the Stoplight Loosejaw. Glad that they are so small....

@Moltar: Yeah, same as above. If Bobbits were of man-eating-size...>shudder<

@lessthan1337: Indeed I have played the odd game with my `nids over the years. ;-)
But recently only *very* little which made it even funnier that my tactical insight was quoted in WD last year.
I`d probably use the wyrm as a Ravener.


@All those who expressed interest in a cast: I never intended or considered the wyrm casts for distribution, so only a very small run was done. But if anyone`s seriously interested drop me a line.
No GW parts were used in the sculpt...

That's a beautiful creation, even if it is rather disturbing. Well done! I'll be sure to have a trawl around your website to see more.

If the little wyrmling is disturbing I must have done something right.

My site sadly contains mostly dated stuff and is about to be taken down...

COOL !!

pure win