Stompa Gargant W.I.P.

[jamsessionein]

I cut out a 6\" circular base.. I may actually have to sand it down a touch, as I think it\'s closer to 6 1/4 or so. I don\'t know if I should trim it down to be smaller than that.. the inside black line was the minimum base size I think I could get away with, but I\'m not sure if I should bother doing that or leave the base the size it is. Also, please realize the base will get a lot of dressing up when the thing is done in terms of geography - uneven terrain, probably with the front foot indented a little bit in the ground at a forward angle so the back leg lifts off the ground and doesn\'t look like it\'s dragging.

Also, I like \'summarizing\' the model in a 360 degree view, so here you go.

I\'m working out how the ammo belt\'s going to work.. cutting some circular rod and drilling a pair of holes that line up in each of them is a hassle I don\'t really feel up to this particular morning, so I\'m either looking for a substitute or working up my willpower until later today.

The head\'ll have to be next, as it\'s placement dictates where the elements on the back will go... working on finding the proper diameter curved cardboard so that I can make the head and jaw shape similar to how I did the body (can\'t even tell there\'s carboard under all that! ) I\'m probably going to make the lower jaw first so I can make sure that the flamer I want to build in has room to fit.. Also, the circuits that will control the green eyes and flickering red grotpit light will need sufficient space that I need to plan for so I can put all of the electronics in the head. I\'m really not fond of the eyes on this thing, though.. they need a redesign, but I don\'t have that many ideas for them just yet. I definitely want them to be equipped with the \'gaze of gork/mork\' weapon, which is essentially an ocular zzap cannon.. so whatever I end up doing will have to look sufficiently dangerous as to be firing electric blasts from it\'s eyes. I\'ll have to think about this one for a little while.

 

[penguin]

Looking fantastic! I really think that the grotlight shouldn\'t flicker though.

 

[philologus]

Wow! I just got around to looking at this. I read the entire thread so I wouldn\'t miss anything. Great Job!

How do you have so much time to have done this in just 2 weeks? I love the granite(?) surface behind your pics. Where did you take them? Kitchen? Anyway great work. This thing will easily win a Demon and probably a sword.

 

[vincegamer]

insane idea

Originally posted by jamsessionein
I\'m probably going to make the lower jaw first so I can make sure that the flamer I want to build in has room to fit.

After what you are doing with the LEDs I read this and had the scarry thought that you might put a working aerosol flame thrower in there.

 

[jamsessionein]

Originally posted by vincegamer

Originally posted by jamsessionein
I\'m probably going to make the lower jaw first so I can make sure that the flamer I want to build in has room to fit.

After what you are doing with the LEDs I read this and had the scarry thought that you might put a working aerosol flame thrower in there.

Aside from the fact that it\'d melt the plastic, that\'s a little over what I\'d aim for I remember showing my friends some models I had made and then this thing.. I set it up with the arms on, and they\'re just looking at me like \"Well, is this thing going to start walking now or what?\" because all my other vehicles and stuff have LEDs and worky bits. I just thought it was funny.

Originally posted by philologus
Wow! I just got around to looking at this. I read the entire thread so I wouldn\'t miss anything. Great Job!

How do you have so much time to have done this in just 2 weeks? I love the granite(?) surface behind your pics. Where did you take them? Kitchen? Anyway great work. This thing will easily win a Demon and probably a sword.

The hard part\'ll be painting it, but hopefully I won\'t ruin it. All the pictures are in my kitchen, since it has pretty decent lights.

 

[War Griffon]

Excellent work I have enjoyed following this.

When fully completed and finished I think you should submit it as an article here on CMON if not anywhere else

 

[demonherald]

Mark me down on your ever going list of fans.looking amazing.
mega details...and great update on the progress a lot of work being done by an obviously very talented artist,

 

[jamsessionein]

Okay, here\'s my dillemma.

I went out and found magnetic beads in the thought that they would make good shells for the big shoota. They\'re just the right size, but they need to have a rounded-off end for the shell, so I figure I was going to do that with greenstuff. Unfortunately, they are not as strong as I had hoped for, and will not stay together in a \'chain\' just due to magnetism. I\'m not sure how to best join them together so that I could drape the bullets feeding into the side port for the big shoota, though. I keep thinking to maybe wipe down two thin wires with superglue and press them against the shells until they stick in a \'band\' but I don\'t know if that\'d work or not.

Any suggestions or ideas? I need to be able to bend this into a proper curved-hanging-shape by the time it\'s attached.

 

[AinuLainour]

I have no idea how hard those beads are, but if they\'re not that tough, you could drill through them and put a wire through thats slightly longer than all of the beads put together. Then you could glue it or something of that sort at the end.

 

[jamsessionein]

Assuming I were to cap each round off (at the front end) with a \'shell\' tip.. would this work? What do you guys think of how it looks?

 

[RedSevenBlue]

So far, its looking awesome, I dunno about capping them off, wait for some other people\'s opinions because I\'m not sure on that

 

[Wolf Fang]

it would only work if it was a VERY slight dome like a grenade round as the tubes are already the size of the opening..

 

[War Griffon]

Stringing them together is one way but if you look at pictures of real ammunition it is clipped together and these clips come away as it is fed through the gun i.e as you see it in the movies is how it actuallly is believe it or not. As an example have a look at GW\'s new Ork Kommando with big shoota.

One way of doing this would be to roll out a strip of green stuf and then press the beads into it.

One point though the shells are teh correct size for the breach loading hole the the size of the actual barrel seems very big

I know this last might sound like nit picking but please don\'t take it that way as you are doing a superb job

 

[jamsessionein]

I\'m doing some rough planning for the head.. Going to scrap the eyes that the thing has, as I don\'t like the \'stitching\' across them, and replace them with sometihng a bit more square-ish - I think square would help me build cabling and stuff attaching to it at the sides and wrapping around to the top of the head, so the Zzap gun has some power. The teeth are going to be plated onto the outside of the jaw.. probably only 4-5 on the bottom jaw, but big ones. The teeth in the original concept art look a little unusual, in that they seem to face outwards instead of forwards.. it\'s like someone took the normal jaw and turned the teeth 90 degrees. Not sure I\'m so fond of that, so I\'ll probably just bolt the teeth on the exterior of a curved jaw.

I\'m not sold on the ears. I think I\'ll build the head and either make them removable or decide later.

One thing I\'m noticing might be an inconsistency: The torso is armor-plated, which helps make the curve of the body more angular in nature, but the head seems to be, from what I read off the image, one big solid curved piece without plating, just riveted on as sort of a front \'plate\' to cover machinery hidden behind it. I don\'t know if I should make the head one big curved piece and start working with it like that, or make one big curved piece and then put armor plating all over the exterior to break it up much like the torso.

 

[funnymouth]

in the place of ears you could put antennae and radar dish type things. its looking great though - im really liking it all. perhaps the ammo feed opening could be lengthened to allow you to cap the rounds.

 

[Wolf Fang]

Originally posted by War Griffon
Stringing them together is one way but if you look at pictures of real ammunition it is clipped together and these clips come away as it is fed through the gun i.e as you see it in the movies is how it actuallly is believe it or not. As an example have a look at GW\'s new Ork Kommando with big shoota.

One way of doing this would be to roll out a strip of green stuf and then press the beads into it.

One point though the shells are teh correct size for the breach loading hole the the size of the actual barrel seems very big

I know this last might sound like nit picking but please don\'t take it that way as you are doing a superb job

those rounds are for the smaller gun under the yellow one

 

[War Griffon]

How silly of me I should have known that thanks wolf

 

[Ogrebane]

For the eyes why dont you put in flood lamps. You could go for square ones and light em up. The bullets look good. Why dont you just sculpt one and make a mould for the rest.

The antenna dishes for ears sound good too.

Great work very entertaining. Good luck.

 

[DaN]

Just a word of warning here:
Someone mentioned drilling those magnetic \"shells\" ...

If they are made of the stuff I think they are, they may well explode if you try this (Or at least, disintegrate violently)

So if you are considering trying this, do it outside!!

 

[jamsessionein]

I tried to go more with the original drawing, but this was mostly me looking at how the segmented armor would look on the head.. and it\'s not bad. I\'m leaving a gap between the front teeth on the lower jaw for the flamer template to fire through.

The head may be a little small, but I think it\'s alright like that.

I cut the base down about 1/4\" all the way around and put a 20 degree bevel in in so it\'d match the normal gaming bases.. I realize this may make a bit of a gap on the diorama base, but I don\'t mind so much.

I also was thinking about something for the base - I can either have the gargant stomping an imperial lascannon emplacement into the ground, with the dudes manning it running for their lives... or someone suggested that I have the turret a step or two ahead of the stompa, with one dude facing completely the wrong way firing it so intensely that he doesn\'t realize the stompa\'s coming up on him, with one of his comrades trying to get his attention pointing at it, and a third running away already.

Which do you guys think is better? Each has it\'s benefits - the first way, the gargant gets to stomp on something, but the second way might have a bit more character.