Greetings and welcome all you newly indoctrinated Wormhole gamers!

In this section I'll post images my builds, tips and or ideas on (hopefully) making the most out of your Wormhole builds.

I've got something in the works for Squadron Mods (ie. Ace Pilots).
I've got some alternate Edging techniques to help make your ships visually 'POP' on the space (battle) field.
Also some easy ways to increase the visual look of complexity of the already fantastic looking ships. (ie. Particle Bow & Covettes).

(Nothing terribly profound just some alternatives I've found I liked and you might too.)

And please share your own ideas and techniques as I, like you, love learning new ideas and approaches.

So be sure to stop back and see what's new.

'Let the War Begin!'

~Floyd

Here are a few images of some of the various assets from Wormhole I've built.

The Hammer Head Battle Cruiser has a build time listed because during Beta we were trying to get a feel for the amount of time it would take to create all the various items. So this was my 1st build of what was to be the final Hammer Head design. Keep in mind I am a bit slow and meticulous on my assembly. I can do them in around 45-50 minutes now.

Some things you might notice about the ship builds is that I used Matte Board instead of foam core for the bases. It was a matter of personal preference I like its rigidity and lower height of the basing over foamcore. It also allowed me to edge(with Colored Sharpies ) all my bases with the Faction color and I think it conveys that "in Virtual Space" theme. And it really makes the ships POP on the black space field mat.

Incidentally the price of Matte board is comparable to the current black foam core prices in the US. You can pick matte board up at your local craft stores (Pat Catans, Michaels and Hobby Lobby in my area. Or anywhere they sell picture framing materials.

I'm a fan of those Matteboard bases you've worked up. If I ever get around to building anymore ships, I may just pinch that idea!

I like it. That mat board base is sharp. What did you edge with?

I certainly like the mat board idea for the bases. I was thinking along the same lines for when I start my builds. I look forward to seeing your additional tips and ideas.

-Audrey

I really like the look of Floyds basing (and his builds are amazing of course). The reason I stuck with foamcore in the official promos was the general availability and cost of that medium vs matteboard. Another issue that came up was "graspability", for me at least I found it much easier to grab the foamcore bases for movement. I think the weight of the two materials is roughly the same though.

Except that here in the UK Mattboard is cheaper than foamboard. I still don't understand why it is so expensive here.

Heck 5mm PVC board is cheaper than foamboard here.

So I will be basing mine on Mattboard as well.

The builds are great!

Looks awesome! I use a type of matte board for almost everything. Right now it's the floors and ceilings of the Celestus ship. It just feels better than foam core. Stays flatter and is heavier. Can't wait to start building the ships and TOS!

Fantastic builds and pics Fl0ydski.


Would you use Mount Board (matte board) for the Command tray's basing too?



Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

Thanks Ab.

For the size of the command trays I liked the thickness of the Foam core better. Though I see no reason why Matte (or Mount) Board wouldn't work just fine. Watch for minor warping on the large coverage areas (unless you are using spray mount or printing to sheets of sticker paper).

I've recently tried out the Avery Inkjet sticker sheets. This works nicely for all the ship bases.

~Floyd

I use these as well, they work very well, and do not get stuck in my HP 2600n

The Particle Bow is a powerful and deadly foe amongst the predators swimming in the inky black void of space.
And being the simplest to build, I thought this would be a nice place to start 'modding' a little depth into the
basic single 2d plane.

Particle Bow variations.
- additional depth added
- rear (Vertical) Tail fin added

What the ideas illustrated below do is add a degree of separation by overlaying the upper armor plating
and side fins over the central power unit, tail and engines of the superstructure giving illusion of a more
complex geometry with a little addition work.

Here are the 2 examples of what you could do.


The problem with the one on the right is that the 2 nose pieces as visibly separated.
And I never addressed it. My intention was to build a front plate so that it would appear to
be a full 3d structure. A simpler approach would be to, either;
1.Glue it directly to the one above, or
2. Remove it.

And here is basically what I did to make the 2 versions above.


The assembly sheet above was condensed to show you the additional cuts and folds. I printed
the Particle Bows as provided and made the modifications shown above. (ie. Everything is still double layered).

To make the Vertical tail assembly. Just cut the tail section off an extra Particle Bow and cut a grove
in the center of it, so that it will slide over the horizontal tail piece of a finished Particle Bow.


It all takes very minimal work.

I hope this small modification provides you with food for thought and gets those creative juices flowing.

Post your thoughts, ideas and your modded ships, I'd love to see them.

**Updated**

For those with some serious intestinal fortitude, take a look at what Scotherns doing with the Particle Bow[[[HERE]]].

~Floyd

I'll have to try the particle bow mod you just showed, it looks amazing and simple, a wonderful combo. thanks Fl0ydski

Again clean smart builds which are nice captured and presented.

You are becoming the instruction king my Fl0ydski. On that note I have Pshoped my command tray and fighter tray to be one piece and am having it printed out on A3 (about double letter wide). This mean I will not having any lining up troubles when I spray glue them.... now that has got me thinking maybe I can get it printed onto A3 sticky paper (don't know if they have it but I just about to go and ask).



Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

Hey Ab that sounds great. Let me know how that works out for you. I don't know if I can (easily)get access to larger sheets of sticker paper. But I did print my command tray bases on Tabloid Extra and 12x18 sheets on our Laser. So no extra cutting and gluing for me either.

~Floyd

Got them printed out as one sheet each - nice. They can only do A4 sticky - so that will be great for the some of the bases.

I when to get the rule book printed... and the system crashed. Opps.




Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

The Control Corvette is one of the Multi-role vessels in Wormhole. With its special abilities
it can run point on both Defensive and Offensive maneuvers. And with a decent Defense
score (2nd best in the game) it can shrug off a good number of hits and stick around long
enough to be a real pain in your enemies side.

Control Corvette variations
- additional depth added to the central command tower
- edging this ship, stem and data cubbie the the faction colors actually makes it visually
more interesting(imo).




The main control tower structure was cut and mounted on Matte Board which is about a shade
thicker than 1/16th of an inch (or about 2.5mm thick)

You can then edge it with a dark grey or black marker then glue down on top of the mounted
Corvette model. Or (see optional below). The other smaller top pieces are just printed on card
stock and cut out, edged and placed on top of that. To give it even a little more depth.

And here is where I stopped. But I have the intention of adding a small round sphere (a bead maybe)
for the spherical Communications Array sitting just above and to the back of the central command tower.
A vertical engine tail fin will be added to the stern (see Particle Bow above) and maybe a double thick structure at the bow.

OPTIONAL: Note the optional parts (ie. the front & side viewing windows). I cut these out of an extra set
of the side panels of the Corveyt's wings(?).

~Floyd

Sorry mate. I updated the post above to show what I used to edge. If you didn't see it I used colored Sharpies. My local Walmart sells a big multicolor collection for about $9-$10usd.

And thanks everyone whom commented. I look forward to seeing your own modifications. What I have been doing is just really simple stuff. I know most of you can really do some great & creative bashes...

Wraeththu's awesome damaged Particle Bow for instance... I am so going to use that idea... I'd love to do a Wrecked Carrier & Battleship for some special scenarios.

Or Scotherns 3d Particle Bow!


~Floyd

Whoao! Your control corvette variation is really great (as are the ParticleBow you modified)! I'm new to card modelling, but for sure I'm discovering a great world of ideas with people who are true wizards in modelling! I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures of your future wreck carrier & battleship!