A design on the force mentioned in the Edgar Allen Poem (sorry, couldn't resist). The name first came to my attention after the Hellboy series of the same name. It was also used as the American title for the Vincent Price film Witchfinder General (1968, Michal Reeves), which was named Edgar Allen Poe's Conquerer Worm to cash in on Price's earlier success in Roger Corman's Poe series. It has nothing to do with Poe's work and is a great film on the Salem Witch Trials. You got me talking about Vincent Price.
So the design was influenced by the many creations from the Cthulhu Mythos. Something that was over the top, yet gross, yet fascinating, yet other worldly, yet beautify... well maybe not that far. The mouth was inspired by the Giger Alien, (if you're gonna steal, then steal from the best!) and the body was just me thinking what the Emperor of Worms be like, a wrinkly, grotesque mound body fat. I like the spindly little arms, too unnatural for a normal animal.
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