Stompa Gargant W.I.P.
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jamsessionein
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I may have wimped out a bit on the shoulders, but this is how they currently stand.
I skipped the spears idea on the shoulders for a couple reasons. First and foremost, I took a look at my other ork stuff and noticed a pattern of me continually repairing any thin, pointy bits that tend to protrude off the model. My battlewagon alone, for example, has had that grot-on-a-stick fall off and get reattached more times than I can count, and I really don\'t want to repeat that with this model.
Second, it was a bit distracting. Honestly. I drilled a few holes in the claw shoulder pad to prop the spears and trophy poles up in, and gave it a look, but they diverted attention away from the face and the head, which wasn\'t quite what I was going for. I patched them up as bullet damage.
Spikes would have interfered with the head\'s attaching and detaching. At the moment, I am actually considering making the shoulders and the grot bomb one entire removable piece to go on after the head. It\'ll depend on if I can get the angles to line up right, I think.
I riveted the shoulders and face.
Gotta work on it a bit more when I get home later. I don\'t know what else of the basic gargant construction needs doing aside finalizing how the shoulders attach - I know it needs a new grot in the grotpit and some orks running around on the base, but aside from that... any final touches you guys might suggest?
I skipped the spears idea on the shoulders for a couple reasons. First and foremost, I took a look at my other ork stuff and noticed a pattern of me continually repairing any thin, pointy bits that tend to protrude off the model. My battlewagon alone, for example, has had that grot-on-a-stick fall off and get reattached more times than I can count, and I really don\'t want to repeat that with this model.
Second, it was a bit distracting. Honestly. I drilled a few holes in the claw shoulder pad to prop the spears and trophy poles up in, and gave it a look, but they diverted attention away from the face and the head, which wasn\'t quite what I was going for. I patched them up as bullet damage.
Spikes would have interfered with the head\'s attaching and detaching. At the moment, I am actually considering making the shoulders and the grot bomb one entire removable piece to go on after the head. It\'ll depend on if I can get the angles to line up right, I think.
I riveted the shoulders and face.
Gotta work on it a bit more when I get home later. I don\'t know what else of the basic gargant construction needs doing aside finalizing how the shoulders attach - I know it needs a new grot in the grotpit and some orks running around on the base, but aside from that... any final touches you guys might suggest?
jamsessionein
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I\'m honestly inclined to say that the structure of the model itself is done. Left is the grots, and some orks trailing the gargant on the base, and that\'s about it.
Shoulders have been attached and anchored onto the main torso through the use of a favored construction method of mine - putty! It\'s a very-fast drying two part putty I found in my garage that I believe is used for plumbing purposes. It\'s horribly ugly, and smells awful while it\'s drying - not meant for sculpting at all! It does, however, have a remarkable knack at holding parts together and when it dries it is literally like cement.
I applied a bit on the underside of each pad and basically pressed it onto the torso till it stayed.
Component pictures!
And assembled!
I\'m not going to lie to you guys, it is ugly when it is in pieces, but once all the parts are on the structural points are all covered up and it comes together pretty nicely.
I really wish I could sculpt. I can only imagine how much greenstuff I\'m going to make trying to create a decent grot captain hat.
EDIT: I almost forgot, I have to put the mouth burna back inside the head.
Shoulders have been attached and anchored onto the main torso through the use of a favored construction method of mine - putty! It\'s a very-fast drying two part putty I found in my garage that I believe is used for plumbing purposes. It\'s horribly ugly, and smells awful while it\'s drying - not meant for sculpting at all! It does, however, have a remarkable knack at holding parts together and when it dries it is literally like cement.
I applied a bit on the underside of each pad and basically pressed it onto the torso till it stayed.
Component pictures!
And assembled!
I\'m not going to lie to you guys, it is ugly when it is in pieces, but once all the parts are on the structural points are all covered up and it comes together pretty nicely.
I really wish I could sculpt. I can only imagine how much greenstuff I\'m going to make trying to create a decent grot captain hat.
EDIT: I almost forgot, I have to put the mouth burna back inside the head.
Torn blue sky
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Cool to see you working on this again!
This is fricking ingenious!
This is fricking ingenious!
jamsessionein
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Not quite a spectacular leap of progress, as the majority of what remains is small details, but I come bearing many pictures.
A friend of mine has very gracefully volunteered me a few ork Kommandoz, which is spectacular, and I cannot thank him enough. I think they fit the scene pretty well, as they are in triumphant and aggressive poses and work very well in an urban setting like this. Of course, the more models I add to the base, the longer painting will take! They currently just pin into tiny holes I drilled in the base, so I can take them out and paint them easily, just like the guardsmen.
Like I said, I wish I could sculpt. I\'m going to cut the top of the hat flat and try adding a brim.. I also found the old captain, actually, but I\'m not too fond of him so I\'m going to give this a go.
And some neat scenic pictures:
The eyes are off in the last few, but they\'re getting dim. Going to need a battery swap pretty soon.
A friend of mine has very gracefully volunteered me a few ork Kommandoz, which is spectacular, and I cannot thank him enough. I think they fit the scene pretty well, as they are in triumphant and aggressive poses and work very well in an urban setting like this. Of course, the more models I add to the base, the longer painting will take! They currently just pin into tiny holes I drilled in the base, so I can take them out and paint them easily, just like the guardsmen.
Like I said, I wish I could sculpt. I\'m going to cut the top of the hat flat and try adding a brim.. I also found the old captain, actually, but I\'m not too fond of him so I\'m going to give this a go.
And some neat scenic pictures:
The eyes are off in the last few, but they\'re getting dim. Going to need a battery swap pretty soon.
jamsessionein
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Grot Captain v2.0
The grots need a bit of touching up, as I can see mold lines and the likes, but I like this captain more than the older one.
He just looks meaner.
The grots need a bit of touching up, as I can see mold lines and the likes, but I like this captain more than the older one.
He just looks meaner.
misterjustin
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I am so glad to see you working on this project again. Thanks for the update.
jamsessionein
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Found and attached the mouth-burna.
I can\'t think of anything else I\'m missing or have yet to do, aside from a general cleanup. I think it\'s complete - I just need to take hi-res pictures and prime.
Any last-minute additions?
I can\'t think of anything else I\'m missing or have yet to do, aside from a general cleanup. I think it\'s complete - I just need to take hi-res pictures and prime.
Any last-minute additions?
angus147258
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You could sell that and make a TON of money if you wanted.
Jake
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I have only one suggestion, and that is the bottom of the foot: I\'d file down the GS a bit, flatten the tread of the soles, get it to look more like metal, it looks a bit too...rounded, as it is. Otherwise great work, I don\'t know HOW you intend to paint this behemoth, but I expect it to be marvelous.
edit: same with the metal around the eyes, a little filing works wonders with GS, I\'ve found.
edit: same with the metal around the eyes, a little filing works wonders with GS, I\'ve found.
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enterfaith
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Hmmm now that I look at it closely, I think you probably should\'ve done the eye rims in plasticard rather than GS... Just a suggestion.
jamsessionein
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Because I know the most pressing question on everyone\'s mind:
But how does it stack up compared to a Forgeworld Gargantuan Squiggoth?
(Okay, so maybe not. But I just had to.)
As if I didn\'t have enough to paint, along comes the most phenomal christmas present! And speaking of paint...
The gant\'s just a bit taller than the gargantual squiggoth is without the howdah.
All I can say is that my opponents are going to be crushed directly into the ground.
Merry Christmas!
But how does it stack up compared to a Forgeworld Gargantuan Squiggoth?
(Okay, so maybe not. But I just had to.)
As if I didn\'t have enough to paint, along comes the most phenomal christmas present! And speaking of paint...
The gant\'s just a bit taller than the gargantual squiggoth is without the howdah.
All I can say is that my opponents are going to be crushed directly into the ground.
Merry Christmas!
jamsessionein
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I\'m hoping to get some advice as to how to paint my baby. I have this model (and diorama base) sitting in front of me waiting for primer and paint, but I\'ve no idea what to do with it now. I wish I was good at painting, but I am sadly a relative novice. Part of me wishes I would just find some professional to do it for me, but I wouldn\'t be able to enter it in any sort of competitions if I do that, and I\'ve invested so much work into it\'s construction that it just wouldn\'t be right. I do have an airbrush that I have used with varying success that I imagine I\'m going to have to look at using..
Really, though, I don\'t know how to paint this up. A majority of my orky constructions are red, but I went for a very scrapheap appearance with the construction of this gargant, so I\'m thinking something metallic and rusty might be cool. I\'ve also had an interesting idea in mind for a little while - I want to make it look like it\'s made of very looted and scrap parts, so I\'m thinking of finding a good panel, painting it up an ultramarines blue, and putting the ultramarines logo on it... to sort\'ve suggest they blew a tank clean up, and just ripped scrap metal straight off it and bolted it on as extra armor without even an extra coat of paint.
It\'s a large task, and very intimidating, so I\'m not entirely sure where to start aside from a coat of black primer. Faded and rusted metal would look good, but I\'m not sure how to achieve the best effect, or where I should apply this to. Since I\'ve just come into ownership of a box full of every Vallejo Game Color paint, this entire process should be much easier, but I\'m really not sure how to best paint corroded or worn metals, and I\'m also not sure of the general scheme I should utilize, so I\'m more than open to advice for both colors and technique.
Really, though, I don\'t know how to paint this up. A majority of my orky constructions are red, but I went for a very scrapheap appearance with the construction of this gargant, so I\'m thinking something metallic and rusty might be cool. I\'ve also had an interesting idea in mind for a little while - I want to make it look like it\'s made of very looted and scrap parts, so I\'m thinking of finding a good panel, painting it up an ultramarines blue, and putting the ultramarines logo on it... to sort\'ve suggest they blew a tank clean up, and just ripped scrap metal straight off it and bolted it on as extra armor without even an extra coat of paint.
It\'s a large task, and very intimidating, so I\'m not entirely sure where to start aside from a coat of black primer. Faded and rusted metal would look good, but I\'m not sure how to achieve the best effect, or where I should apply this to. Since I\'ve just come into ownership of a box full of every Vallejo Game Color paint, this entire process should be much easier, but I\'m really not sure how to best paint corroded or worn metals, and I\'m also not sure of the general scheme I should utilize, so I\'m more than open to advice for both colors and technique.
search on these sites for some inspiration
http://www.garbo.org/40k/index.html
http://www.nightserpent.com/orks.html
do a search on google for Rusted car and you will find various colors with rust on them and such.
Other than that..cant say much besides great job. and cast that damn thing.
http://www.garbo.org/40k/index.html
http://www.nightserpent.com/orks.html
do a search on google for Rusted car and you will find various colors with rust on them and such.
Other than that..cant say much besides great job. and cast that damn thing.
Belegweearda
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Ohey boss! Dat\'s one nice monstres fella dat is! - Wow it simply brilliant. When I see this I soo wanna start mushing together some gobber\'s stuff. For the painting, you should just jump in it, or if you want it real nice you\'d have to practice alot. But my advice is to just prime it up, paint it nicely and orky; dark, red, black, but try to keep the layers thin so you can easily continue on it later, and improve the job. Looking forward for some progress
Edit: for a possible scheme: Black / dark brown and red as main colours. You need dark and filthy metals, I think NMM is out of the question? ^_^ Dags n checkmarks for large flats. Bone coloured that is. You need scratches and battle scars. Read plenty of tutorials of different painting techniques, and practice at other models or spare bits. Good luck!
Edit: for a possible scheme: Black / dark brown and red as main colours. You need dark and filthy metals, I think NMM is out of the question? ^_^ Dags n checkmarks for large flats. Bone coloured that is. You need scratches and battle scars. Read plenty of tutorials of different painting techniques, and practice at other models or spare bits. Good luck!
Good job it\'s Orky then - you can afford to be messy! lol
Seriously - I go for a very sooty/battle-damaged look with paint chips and rust everywhere...
The hardest things I guess will be the actual \"living\" figures and maybe the scenery...
I would suggest simply lining up a few spare guardsmen and Orks/Gobbos and just practising over and over until you get used to it...
I know it sounds like a chore, but this EXCELLENT work needs a paint job to go with it...!!!
As for the scenery, greens greys and browns - keep it drab to contrast with the bright Orky colours and to keep interest in the actual action
Seriously - I go for a very sooty/battle-damaged look with paint chips and rust everywhere...
The hardest things I guess will be the actual \"living\" figures and maybe the scenery...
I would suggest simply lining up a few spare guardsmen and Orks/Gobbos and just practising over and over until you get used to it...
I know it sounds like a chore, but this EXCELLENT work needs a paint job to go with it...!!!
As for the scenery, greens greys and browns - keep it drab to contrast with the bright Orky colours and to keep interest in the actual action
