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So, it's about time for pictures of the gargant I started so long ago make their way up onto here. I can't find the old WIP thread it was in right now, but if I do find it, I'll post a link.

EDIT: Well, okay. Damn. I never noticed the 'Hottest Threads' feature, but there's the old W.I.P... I'll update it with a link pointing to this one.



It's taken me far too long to get it to this point, but at least it's reasonably finished. I entered into Gamesday Baltimore 2008's Golden Demon and made it to the finals, but didn't manage to place - there was some excellently painted competition, and the GD is after all a painting contest. I'm waiting for the day when GW opens up a conversion category! Anyway, I've been keeping photos of the finished product hidden until after its Gamesday debut, so now is as good a time as any to post them up.

The general theme for the model, as it always has been, is a 'giant walking scrapheap', cobbled together from bits and pieces of what was lying around over time into this bolted-together, rampaging thing. To that end, most of it is rusted, dinged, dirty, and grimy, with the occasional plate 'lifted' from another source such as a downed imperial vehicle. Much of this is simply done with washes, though as I've mentioned in previous posts about the model I also used chalky pastels to help really get some weathering on it.

Let's get to some pictures.









The back of the model's got a pretty reasonable amount of detail going on, so it was one of the more complicated areas to deal with while painting. A lot of work went into this area.









Next up is the base, which is now attached to the model through the grounding foot with the help of two screws and a pair of nails leading up the leg into the frame of the body. I quickly discovered these were necessary after I attached it to the base the first time and the whole model snapped off at the ankle - it's a lot of weight for one small area to be supporting, so I took advantage of the fact that the model was broken and added excessive amounts of internal bracing to the leg. I could probably club someone with it now and it wouldn't break, though I don't have any plans to put that theory to the test. The guardsman came out okay - I am terrible at painting human skin simply because I've never done it before. The guardsman's uniform is based on the scheme a friend of mine uses, since he was nice enough to provide me with the model that is being stepped on.







In hindsight, I probably should have painted the base a grey/concrete color so that it didn't blend so much with the rusty browns of the gargant itself. In my defense, I didn't exactly know what color the gargant was going to be while working on it.

This is a pair of detail shots that show the grot pilots, as well as the torso area. A lot of people I talked to at Gamesday didn't even realize these little dudes were in there!





The eyes do still work just fine, but these photos were taken outside, so they're not as bright as they might be on, say, a gaming table.



So there you have it. The diorama base is not yet done being painted, but I don't know when or if I'll get around to that - it's apparently too big to allowed in GD, as it's longer than 18", so I've not got too much motivation to work on it right now.

It's a nice feeling, having this painted. I should try it more often.

I just want to conclude with a thank-you to all of those folks who contributed to my WIP thread for this thing and offered continual encouragement. I really appreciate it.

Ein, this thing is nothing short of a masterpiece. You should be proud of making the fnals of GD, that's an achievement, and if it were a conversion competition, you would win hands down. It was through the WIP thread that I found Dakka, and because of this I was inspired to pick up plasticard for the first time. Truely, utterly, amazing.

Oh.
My.
Emperor.

That truly is a thing of beuty. Respect to you, and GJ on finishing such a huge project.

This stomper was really interesting to follow, and very motivating for me, just getting into the business of converting and scratch building.

Kudos to you man.

Very well done.
Shame it didn't got through the finals.
The pilots and the guardsmen alone should've be enough to win the competition, in my honest opinion.

By the way, how big is this thing?
Looks pretty gargantic compared to the guardsmen. ^^

Great job.

Some really great variations on the metal work, with my favorite bits on the grounded foot. All in all a really spectacular finish to an amazing scratch build. I'm betting we'll see this as a 'runner up' in WD.

Thanks for sharing the build with us, it's been a hell of a ride.

Btw Ein, you inspired me for my epic orks with this guy, I just had to convert one of my stompas in your big guys likeness. Now that I see the finished product, I can steal some painting ideas ^_-.

So what's next up on the chopping block for ridiculous over the top projects this year ^_^?

grey_death wrote:Some really great variations on the metal work, with my favorite bits on the grounded foot. All in all a really spectacular finish to an amazing scratch build. I'm betting we'll see this as a 'runner up' in WD.

Thanks for sharing the build with us, it's been a hell of a ride.

Btw Ein, you inspired me for my epic orks with this guy, I just had to convert one of my stompas in your big guys likeness. Now that I see the finished product, I can steal some painting ideas ^_-.

So what's next up on the chopping block for ridiculous over the top projects this year ^_^?

I love the little epic fella. I was thinking of making a mini, dreadnought-sized version of this with a snotling in the driver's seat, actually, but I've got more than enough to keep me busy right now.

As to ridiculous projects, you have no idea. My next goal is to finish a bunch of the character models I have lying around, including my Zagstruk and huge warboss. I imagine by this time next year I'll have one entry for each demon category. It was incredibly exciting.

Fantastic. Great work.

MementoMori wrote:By the way, how big is this thing?
Looks pretty gargantic compared to the guardsmen. ^^

Here's one with a handful of orks cluttered around the base so you might have an idea at size.

All im gonna say is: AWESOME


And I love your paintjob on it.
So much detail. Fantastic

Gorgeous.

This has been a treat to watch from start to finish.

That picture makes it look like the Stompa is going to punt.

Very orky, well done.

He looks awesome! Glad to see him finally all done!

I was going to Threadcromance your old thread, just to bug you to finish it, but now you've answered the call without me! Good work, it looks fantastic. How heavy is it overall? It looks entirely metal, but that could be your painting skill.

To quote the Mighty B, that thing is "AWESHOME!!!"

Freaka

That is awesome. Makes me question the comparably pathetic stompa i'm working on right now.

It calls to me....saying...."go finish your orkz" in a very ery fashion.

congrats you should be very proud.

Give it to me!! lol

so, when are you going to start a mekboy stompa to go with it?

I was going to finish my stompa for this year's GD, but alas it's a little too big for the size restrictions. But I really must finish it anyway, if only to show off to Dakka-ites...

Great to see it finished. Amazing work.

BYE

I can't really add much to what has already been said, but this is a truly superb model Ein. I've been having a look at your other threads as some inspiration for my own Ork army and you have created so many great conversions. It would be really nice to see either:
a) more of your finished stuff (if you have finished anything else......)
b) a humongaloid picture of all of your ork horde in one go!

Thanks again, keep up the wonderful work!

Outstanding work - I've watched the WIP thread with amazement and the final result (with excellent paint job) has really done all your hard work justice.

Superb work.

I think they should introduce a conversion category in Golden Demon on the basis of this.

The very fact that most people didn't even know about the pilots says it all.

Truly great work is in the detail.

I'm pretty sure you could look at this six months later and still notice wee bits of detail you haven't seen before.

That is the best custom stompa I have seen. Grats on completing the project.

I think I just soiled myself. Great job!

lord.....thats amazing
Also after the building thread i can see how much effort was put into this.
The thing i like most is the movement. Most gargants that I see are always so static and make me think.....how can this thing even move properly. But this looks like fluid its fantastic.

We put your stuff up on the Dakka Articles system for the
squiggoth.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Musical_Squiggoth

Hopefully you'd be willing to post this project, too. Or else
I'll have to wade through the "to-do" list and get to it. Someday.

Congrats on the Honorable Mention at Baltimore. Although I think you got the shaft because it wasn't a GW kit. No way that dread is better.

Very orky.

G

".... the only way this thing could be more awesome is if it had tits, and was on fire."

Seriously.


Someone should really pay you for this sort of work. If nothing else, GW and plasticard manufacturers have made at least 200$ off of me by virtue of my wanting to try and make something so cool too.