 Great Gargant, Really big scratch-build! |
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 Jan 16 2012, 10:49 PM
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 Swab Squig Group: Grotz Posts: 79 Joined: 17-August 09 Member No.: 10,655  |
hey all, long time no see. In the time since I last posted here I moved to a new state, got a new career, and made this. Enjoy!
       Here's a few choice scale pictures. This dumb lunk is so big, terrain looks wonky when he's near.   More pics in a flash! -------------------- "Spare clip for my shoota, spare boot for my oiler, spare teef in my gob."- Buckit, A Badmoon Mekaniak
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Jan 16 2012, 10:55 PM
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Swab Squig Group: Grotz Posts: 79 Joined: 17-August 09 Member No.: 10,655 |
The entire model can be stripped apart, both to keep track of damage mid-game (There are nine removable armor plates representing the structure points, and all the guns and head are removable except the belly guns,) and so the entire model can be turned into terrain. (more on that in a few months!)
  The interior is stuffed to the rafters with models and gubbins, there are five Meks and two Runtherders along with twenty-two Grots. I also have just about every tool from the original Battlewagon kit in there somewheres. (along with some of my favorite old Gobbos!)         Thanks for looking! As usual any questions, comments, criticisms and suggestions are appreciated! -------------------- "Spare clip for my shoota, spare boot for my oiler, spare teef in my gob."- Buckit, A Badmoon Mekaniak
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Jan 17 2012, 01:30 AM
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 Flash Git Group: Boyz Posts: 1,115 Joined: 13-June 09 From: I Town germany Member No.: 10,406 |
this is great...i exspecially love the crew
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Jan 17 2012, 11:59 AM
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 squig attack arm  Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 474 Joined: 2-September 09 From: Kalisz, Poland Member No.: 10,697 |
Gosh! That Baneblade seems so weedy! Good job. Gork and mork are very proud (and probably fighting over whom is this beauty depicting
 ). The only downside is.. It's not yellow! I love the crew, I love the size, I love the guns. Everything seems to work perfectly here. Really good job, mate. One thing I'd like to see is a comparison with a stock Stompa if it's possible.
-------------------- Nobbog's Bad Moon Fury
WAAAGH!!! |
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Jan 17 2012, 04:34 PM
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 Puffball Fungus Group: Grotz Posts: 13 Joined: 10-May 09 Member No.: 10,249 |
Now THAT is what I call a great Gargant, it looks like it eats titans for breakfast!
I absolutely love it, just wow. The fact that the outer parts can be removed to represent damage and such attention to detail has been taken with the crew is astounding. Very impressive paint job too. I can't really think of a criticism (which is unusual for me) as everything about this just oozes Orkyness. I'm inspired enough by this that "Build great gargant" is going on my to-do list  .-------------------- "The Orks are the pinnacle of creation. For them, the great struggle is won. They have evolved a society which knows no stress or angst. Who are we to judge them? We who have failed, or the Humans, on the road to ruin in their turn? And why? Because we sought answers to questions that an Ork wouldn't even bother to ask! We see a culture that is strong and despise it as crude."
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Jan 18 2012, 08:06 AM
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Swab Squig Group: Grotz Posts: 79 Joined: 17-August 09 Member No.: 10,655 |
QUOTE (JakubMB @ Jan 17 2012, 12:59 PM)  Gosh! That Baneblade seems so weedy! Good job. Gork and mork are very proud (and probably fighting over whom is this beauty depicting ). The only downside is.. It's not yellow! I love the crew, I love the size, I love the guns. Everything seems to work perfectly here. Really good job, mate. One thing I'd like to see is a comparison with a stock Stompa if it's possible.Whats funny is I run a whole lotta Badmoons, The Great Gargant was real close to being yellow! In the end I went with generic colors, so he matched Orks the battlefield over. I don't currently have a finished stompa on hand, so alas I cannot give you a comparison shot! I'll be bringing it to the closest game store in a month or so, I'll see if I can grab one then. -------------------- "Spare clip for my shoota, spare boot for my oiler, spare teef in my gob."- Buckit, A Badmoon Mekaniak
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Jan 18 2012, 03:32 PM
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 the ginger haired squig Group: Boyz Posts: 437 Joined: 20-November 09 Member No.: 10,955 |
Truely amazing work! You are a Mek beyond compare. I would call you Buzzgob if only you had more walkers on show!
-------------------- "DAKKA DA CHOPPY STUFF AND CHOPPA DA DAKKA-IE STUFF!! WAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!" Warboss Klawgut
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Jan 19 2012, 08:01 AM
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 Rutted Gob Busta Group: Grotz Posts: 50 Joined: 19-July 06 From: Lake Worth, FL Member No.: 2,843 |
WOW! that"s great! How long did it take you to build and paint the behemoth?
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Jan 19 2012, 10:06 AM
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 Grot Oiler Group: Boyz Posts: 168 Joined: 18-April 09 From: Seattle Area Member No.: 10,145 |
Elf shoes? All that killy stuff and it's got a pair of elf shoes? Must have been one of the grot's ideas. Really love that you went all out on the interior so that this has more interest as it sits on display. Also like the graffiti rather than just dags, checks, and glyphs. This is one of two gargants that I would have to say are the best I've seen. Maybe the best for the extra milage on the interior. Great work.
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Jan 19 2012, 10:21 AM
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 Stikky Fingas  Group: Nobz Posts: 2,801 Joined: 15-October 03 From: Maryland Member No.: 139 |
Welcome back Pox! Glad to see you return, and love that you're still dedicated to building stupendously ambitious ork vehicles.
The detail on this is amazing. The fact that you built it to be modular, is amazing. The fact that you painted the interior of this beast, so that it continues to look good stripped of half it's bitz - that's just mad. Really, really well done. -------------------- So - whenever dem doks finish staplin' yer arms back on Haky, why don't you an yer boyz come down fer a visit. We'll 'av a few squigaritas, throw a few grots around an' discuss who dis 'ere choppa really belongs to...
These Waaaghs are a cross between a mass migration, holy crusade, looting party and pub crawl, with a bit of genocide thrown in for good measure. You know Nosher's MO, anything he paints blue is automatically his.  - Nosher |
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Jan 21 2012, 06:42 PM
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 Gyro Stabilised Monowheel Group: Boyz Posts: 526 Joined: 18-December 11 From: Bristol UK Member No.: 12,854 |
smashing!!
-------------------- Miniatures Conversion Blog
Mek shop orks buy here ORKS DONT DO FACEBOOK BUT IF THEY WOULD... apparently “mass produced plastic toys” are not protectable as “sculptures” or “works of artistic craftsmanship” under English law... hmm interesting |
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Jan 22 2012, 09:56 AM
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 Swab Squig Group: Grotz Posts: 79 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Britland Member No.: 1,492 |
That freehand skull is so damn epic that it's easy to get distracted from all the other bloody fantastic things going on. The stompa's head is cracking, love that cockpit stuck on the side and the jagged teeth, the myriad different glyphs which cover the thing, the awesome right arm and bunch of belt-fed guns on the left, that sheer attention to different kinds of weathering, the old Necromunda building pieces! aha! Look at those bad boys. God that is amazing.
-------------------- We'z already won!
QUOTE (Games Workshop) In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war. |
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Jan 22 2012, 11:28 AM
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 'Ard Boy Group: Boyz Posts: 873 Joined: 7-January 07 From: near Hannover, Germany Member No.: 3,744 |
your bomma was so near perfect that i lost every interest too match that.
 your gargant did that for the second time.  what's next? 
-------------------- In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul.
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Jan 22 2012, 09:02 PM
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Swab Squig Group: Grotz Posts: 79 Joined: 17-August 09 Member No.: 10,655 |
QUOTE (Gorbludd @ Jan 19 2012, 08:01 AM) WOW! that"s great! How long did it take you to build and paint the behemoth? I converted a model I made from scratch about seven years ago. The first time I built the Gargant it took about four months, the recent upgrade took about two months. QUOTE (Trogdar @ Jan 19 2012, 10:06 AM) Elf shoes? All that killy stuff and it's got a pair of elf shoes? Must have been one of the grot's ideas. Really love that you went all out on the interior so that this has more interest as it sits on display. Also like the graffiti rather than just dags, checks, and glyphs. This is one of two gargants that I would have to say are the best I've seen. Maybe the best for the extra milage on the interior. Great work. I love my genie boots! I wanted a few things on there that were a bit odd. Pointed boots seemed like a good idea at the time. QUOTE (DocNuK @ Jan 22 2012, 11:28 AM) your bomma was so near perfect that i lost every interest too match that. your gargant did that for the second time. what's next? I'm taking a break from big stuff for a while, I want to work on some Battlewagons, Buggies, Deffdreads and Looted Wagons for the next few weeks. The next big thing I have after I get recharged will be to finish the terrain that I originally built the Great Gargant for. I actually started with the factory wall for the Gargant, but had to stop when I realized I would need the exact size of the finished Gargant in order to complete the factory wall. The Gargant sits in an alcove, and where the armor plates hook into it will instead be used to hook scaffolding, turning the entire thing into a huge Necromunda-style board. Here's where its at right now.  The board is four feet wide and three feet tall. In addition to the factory wall, I'll take all the other removable pieces from the Great Gargant and turn them into terrain. (While still leaving it able to be re-assembled as a working machine, of course!) Thanks to everyone for all the kind words, I'm gonna go build a Battlewagon! -------------------- "Spare clip for my shoota, spare boot for my oiler, spare teef in my gob."- Buckit, A Badmoon Mekaniak
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Jan 22 2012, 09:46 PM
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 Steel Hornz Group: Boyz Posts: 645 Joined: 19-June 07 From: New Joisey Member No.: 4,474 |
Wonderful job.
I liked it as a whole model. When the thread revealed the removable parts for battle damage, I was like, "Niiice!" Then the interior shots of the grotz at work, "Wohoa wow!" Finally, the factory wall board, "Dat mek is out of his mind!" Nice Job = 5 choppa rating. -------------------- Dis iz da Waaagh! ooniverse.
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Jan 25 2012, 04:29 PM
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 Runtherd  Group: Boyz Posts: 307 Joined: 31-January 10 Member No.: 11,170 |
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Oh wow, that's the best scratchbuild I have seen in ages 
-------------------- Unobtainium Rivits. my blog and your place for Orks, Transformers, Orks, TV, Robots, Movies, Orks, and Fiction.
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 Jan 26 2012, 04:59 AM
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 Attack Squig Group: Boyz Posts: 114 Joined: 21-June 08 From: In the Shadow of the Temple of Mir-Anda, Sydney, Ooztralia Member No.: 7,594 |
Truly sensational.
This amazing vision is the perfect answer to those who wonder why we play Orks.
-------------------- "Toofy grinz all round, you lot, ole Brikkfist is back!"
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 Feb 6 2012, 12:29 PM
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 Snotroom Group: Grotz Posts: 49 Joined: 16-December 11 From: Britain Member No.: 12,848 |
Oh my.... that is truly astounding
 Absolutely every detail is attended to, and it looks dead killy too!    Also amazing paintjob, I wish I could paint half as good as you! Again, just fantastic
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Feb 6 2012, 01:42 PM
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 Lobotomy Group: Boyz Posts: 750 Joined: 27-June 11 From: Regina, SK, Can Member No.: 12,478 |
Boss Runtpounda Heartily approves and gives one of his grotz a cuff in honor of your amazing mek skills.
I also approve! Very amazing model, makes me green with evvy! I can't wait to see your alcove finished with the 'Gant hanging in there getting built
-------------------- Just cause wez a bit pinkish don't mean we ain't proppa!
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Feb 6 2012, 04:14 PM
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 Grumpy ole Git  Group: Goffz Posts: 9,955 Joined: 25-March 04 From: Grouchzville UK Member No.: 345 |
Best Great Gargant ever!........... apart from mine
Love the way the plates come off to reveal all the gubbinz and krew. The head... in particular the windowed section that reminds me of a WW2 Bomber, is great. We should get married and make plasticard babies 
-------------------- Nuf Said.
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