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Something which bothered me lately was the Forge World Stompa. It looks amazing to say the least and incredibly makeshift(aka orky.) That is where my dilemma kicks in. This is more expensive then the GW one. They are sized the same. Also, what happened to Gargants? I remember going to a fight where the nearest place to play was and for every Ork army, a Gargant. Now I never see Gargants! So, what happened? Are Stompas better? Will Gargargants return? So many questions!

Gargants don't have regular 40 k rules I think. But the warlord titan is otw so who knows.

You could get some fairly workable gargant rules by slapping two Stompa profiles together

 orkdwarf wrote:
Something which bothered me lately was the Forge World Stompa. It looks amazing to say the least and incredibly makeshift(aka orky.) That is where my dilemma kicks in. This is more expensive then the GW one. They are sized the same.

Of course it's more expensive. It's Forge World. A Trukk from Forge World is likewise more expensive than the GW one.

Makes sense, though: it's the plastic kit plus resin parts.

 orkdwarf wrote:
Also, what happened to Gargants? I remember going to a fight where the nearest place to play was and for every Ork army, a Gargant. Now I never see Gargants! So, what happened? Are Stompas better? Will Gargargants return? So many questions!

A Gargant in 40K? Sure you're not thinking about Epic et. al.?

 Dakkamite wrote:
You could get some fairly workable gargant rules by slapping two Stompa profiles together

Kind of like how you could get a workable gargant model by slapping two Stompa kits together?

 JTFirefly wrote:

 orkdwarf wrote:
Something which bothered me lately was the Forge World Stompa. It looks amazing to say the least and incredibly makeshift(aka orky.) That is where my dilemma kicks in. This is more expensive then the GW one. They are sized the same.

Of course it's more expensive. It's Forge World. A Trukk from Forge World is likewise more expensive than the GW one.

Makes sense, though: it's the plastic kit plus resin parts.

 orkdwarf wrote:
Also, what happened to Gargants? I remember going to a fight where the nearest place to play was and for every Ork army, a Gargant. Now I never see Gargants! So, what happened? Are Stompas better? Will Gargargants return? So many questions!

A Gargant in 40K? Sure you're not thinking about Epic et. al.?

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/05/40k-hobby-warlord-titan-close-ups.html

Yeah, may as well throw in the hydraphants and gargants because it's coming.

 orkdwarf wrote:
Something which bothered me lately was the Forge World Stompa. It looks amazing to say the least and incredibly makeshift(aka orky.) That is where my dilemma kicks in. This is more expensive then the GW one. They are sized the same. Also, what happened to Gargants? I remember going to a fight where the nearest place to play was and for every Ork army, a Gargant. Now I never see Gargants! So, what happened? Are Stompas better? Will Gargargants return? So many questions!

you get the entire plastic stompa kit plus all the FW REsin parts. its honestly not too bad pricewise and it looks super cool. (warning its a beast to assemble though)

GW Stompa:
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Ork-Stompa
£70

Forgeworld Stompa:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Orks/ORK_INFANTRY_AND_WALKERS/ORK-STOMPA-WITH-HEAD-ARM-WEAPONS-AND-BELLY-GUN.html
"This Ork Stompa variant contains the Head, Klaw and Lifta-Droppa arms, the Belly Gun and a plastic Stompa kit. "
£166 (70+31+31+35+39=£206)

Cheapest FW Stompa is the GW kit and arms. There is no plastic-only kit from FW.

Either you get the bog-standard GW Stompa, or the kick-ass FW one with lots of extras.

 Skinnereal wrote:
GW Stompa:
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Ork-Stompa
£70

Now compare the price of that to a Morkanaught....

I know :(
I saw that when they were released. Are the bitz compatible between the kits?