Supa Stompa

A preview thread, here’s my second ever propper scratchbuild: (three years ago ~ish)

he’s now been ripped appart and is being re-built, better than ever… he’ll likely have a giant Hammer as a close combat weapon, looking agile enough that i can use it as a wrecker ball, then a gatling kannon as his left arm (using the “Deff-arsenal” rules) with his deffkannon as the bellygun. Then I have a gaze of Gork and a SUPER-GATLER to play around with, possibly one on each shoulder…

I very well may make this Stompa into a “Supa Stompa” by making him look even tougher than the others…

Progress coming soon!

Mekboy Gargant/Stompa

The following model is designed to have the looks of a classic Mekboy Gargant yet have the rules of a Mekboy Stompa.

To do this it needed to have the lifta-droppa over the left shoulder, a tital close-combat weapon on the right arm, a Deffkannon on the left arm and a bellygun. The only rules addition needed therefore is the addition of a titan close-combat weapon at +100/150 points {not an official upgrade,} while for the bellygun i decided it was appropriate to have the “gaze of Gork” weapon as this is described generically as a high powered energy weapon, and as it can reach strength D having it as a key weapon seems justified.

Progress so far:

early days so far…

Digga Stompa

This is a taster thread for a model i am currently in the process of painting.

A few years ago i started the very first serious scratchbuild/kitbash models of my mek “kareer.” This was inspired from Krooza’s guide to budget stompas over at gargant owners: (its right at the bottom of the page, under the awsome scale chart.)

here’s the original link on gargantowners, don’t threadromance!

Here’s a picture of what i produced back then:

Suffice to say this “Ruzzbot” has now been beefed up, to the proportions of a weedy “Digga Stompa.” (If you’r unsure what a Digga Stompa is, google “Bell of Lost souls” and check out “Lords of Battle,” you’ll thank me

once i’ve painted this (weedy) beast you’ll be able to see these changes!

Till then…

Battlewagon no.2

this ‘ere battlewagon is still W.I.P. the main structure is made from a gunwagon which i bought for a bargain £10 from my friend David, and to which i took appart nd restructured. i made the model much bigger, and encorperated some Chimera tracks to give it some much needed width. i plan to purchase the new ork battlewagon kit and kitbash it with this to individualise both models. i am strongly considering putting the large armoured prow of the kit model onto this one..

here it is so far:

Battlewagon / skullhamma battlefortress

I bought this battlewagon from ebay for 48 pounds. it hadn’t been packed very well so i virtually poured it out from the box as it was in so many pieces. it was made from a shortened land raider, with some other form of non GW vehicle making the cabin. it came with a FW death-rolla, zzap gun, 2 big shootas + 2 rokkit launchas. it was a nice model but VERY fragile. first off i strengthened the body considerably with foamboard:

i made the death-rolla removable, as well as the entire top half, to make it much easier to transport.

the two halfs are magnetised together, this is what the battlewagon looks like put back together:

next i made some small details. First up a more orky engine, then the main change was making a rail on the walls of the troop compartment imbedded with magnets. this meant that i can attach any combination of defensive weapons onto it. I also added glyph plates onto the body, and covered up gaps in the build.

side view with glyphs, weapons and Big Mek CogNutz

rear/top view with the more orky engine, and a clearer view of the troop compartment.

i have strengthened the body with powerful earth magnets, it snaps together nicely, and also can be taken appart for storage.

painted:

and here’s an in game pic of it:

I scratch-built a new level to the wagon, to role-model it on the skullhamma rules. However, i personally like the idea of battle-fortresses as multi-leveled beasts rather than just a scaled up tank (A.K.A. Baneblade.) Therefore the new level was designed to in some way emulate this idea, and i wanted the Skullhamma kannon to be housed internally and peer-out from the Battle-fortress like it would do from a gun-emplacement.

beggining structure:

built up with plasticard:

The new level consistied of a swiveling large gun, on the roof were three magnet spots, which i usually place two twin-linked big shootas and a kannon. Can you spot the looted fish’ead drone in the following picture?

Great Gargant!

Blagrot’s Gargant Big Mob isn’t called a “gargant big mob” for nothing!

here’s my great gargant, i’ve been working on it since January 07, finally finished building him, now in the process of painting…

above is the paint scheme il be using, and the lil’ chap i based many measurments on.

this is the lifta droppa, its magnetised so i can remove it, i could if i wanted for instance replace it with a “gatling blasta”

its rules are roughly equivalent to a reaver titan.

its made almost entirely from foamcard and 1mm plasticard. the rivets were made using a leather hole punch. (check out “tools of the trade”)

engine shots (before spraying):

whole shot

main door, overseein’ platform and magnet spot (big shoota)

secondary door to engine workings complete with “wubbinz” glyph

that means “don’t shoot ‘dis!”

i have now completed construction on the gargant bar one shoulder top (which i intend to keep free until i have a suitably ambitious project to occupy it, comment if you have a cool idea!) It has been sprayed tin bits (two pots worth!) and i dry-brushed the ENTIRE THING boltgun metal.

how he’s looking so far: