I'm going to be remodeling a Great Gargant that I built years ago. (Kinda like converting your own scratch-build.) I made the original model for the VDR rules when they first came out, and now I have a few good excuses to bring this behemoth into Apocalypse.

The first is my terrain thread. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/391965.page
The Gargant will live most of the time as terrain, getting built and destroyed over and over again in his factory.

The second reason is this thread wherein I pledged to have it done by next summer. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/381018.page

Way back in the day, White Dwarf put out a series of rules called VDR, or Vehicle Design Rules. it allowed you to make pretty much anything, I fully believe it was the precursor to Apocalypse. I built this thing for that purpose, and he has seen a decent ammount of play over the years, even an Apocalypse game! He's showing his age though, so I wanted to tear him down and rebuild him, make him stronger. (hopefully you hear the bionic man jumping noise in your head right now.)

As if all that wasn't enough, I want the Gargant to have removable plates and weapons, so he can either be terrain or actually get used in Apocalypse games. I got some good ideas on how to do that, I ain't scared.

When I had to move down here to Louisiana, I chucked all my unfinished models into a giant box. basically, I used tanks as packing peanuts for the huge lug.





The Great Gargant is pretty big. his feet are the size of Land Raiders. here he is with a Baneblade for scale, and my barry can be seen sitting in the barrel of the main belly gun.



Welp, thats enough of memory lane! I ripped him apart. I started with pulling off his head, tearing off his titan-killing chainsword, and pulling his gun-arm off.



Next I ripped his shoulders off, and marveled at how I used to build stuff. The base is a three gallon bucket of water, with two lengths of PVC running from the shoulders to the feet for support.



The shoulders were made of a paper towel holder, thick sheets of plastic from an old typewriter, and twine that was superglued and hotglued. I used Magic sculpt for the first time on this model, I caked it onto the shoulders to reinforce the arm joints. I couldn't afford a lot of plastic back in the day, the framework is thick MDF!



Next I removed the engine. It looks like the engine was the gubbins from an old salad shooter, with the engine housing comprised of awesome Necromunda bulkheads. The main smokestack base was the salad shooter hopper and some PVC.



Here's the body with the engine plate removed.



Next, I took a cutting wheel to the main body, and started shearing off chunks. It turns out hot glue doesn't hold up after seven years, armor bits and plates went flying.



At last, it was fully dismantled.



I started rebuilding with the main body. I normally start at the bottom and build up, but I have new ideas for his shoes and I need to make sure he is centered and balanced onto the new shoe positions. this meant I had to have his bulk built.

Here is the old, hollowed out bucket.





I added all manner of crazy scaffolding to the inside. at any point this could be visible, so I need to build it and paint it in layers. here's the first layer.



I added a can of tomato paste and some basic details to make the cannons look like cannons from the back. I dont plan on having much visible when I'm done, so I didn't make it too detailed.



I then added a few more surface details, sculpted some clay to the edges, and then primed it. It will still need skirt plates, I'll add them once his feet are mounted.







Up next, More scaffolding! Followed by heavy plates to skin the scaffolding!

As in any of my threads, any and all thoughts/praises/critiques/insults/questions and commnets are appreciated and welcome!

Good luck with this dude! I can see this (and the factory) turning out to be another amazing piece of work from you!

See...now I thought it was pretty awesome to begin with, but you say you can make it better? Well now I'm really excited.

Well what can I say... Great work so far man..... Good to see you get started and I look forward to seeing more progress.

Wow I'm intrested now

This looks like it will be epic

Commander Cain wrote:Good luck with this dude! I can see this (and the factory) turning out to be another amazing piece of work from you!

Thanks, I'm gonna need all the luck I can get!

bunnygurl wrote:See...now I thought it was pretty awesome to begin with, but you say you can make it better? Well now I'm really excited.

Oh yes, we can make better. now with removable plates and battle damage! I may even go nuts and give him kung-fu grip in his power claw hand. The biggest upgrade in my opinion will be the paint job, I swear back then I just wanted to build build build, then throw paint on as an afterthought.

mullet_steve wrote:Well what can I say... Great work so far man..... Good to see you get started and I look forward to seeing more progress.

Thanks again! I am really having fun working on this, I forgot how much fun these bigger models are to work with.

BloodGenisis wrote:Wow I'm intrested now

I will make sure to keep it non-boring.

SilverMK2 wrote:This looks like it will be epic

Thats the goal, jaws hittin' the floor, followed by multi-million dollar job offers!

UPDATE TIME!!!

I've not been playing Dead Island so I can work on this thing, I'm really trucking along. (but not in Dead Island, I think I'm a zombie by now.)

Anywho, I got the base rust color done on the bottom of the Great Gargant. I will be adding more paint to the outside of the hull, but the inside is pretty much the final layer.









So I can build the infrastructure proppa, I detailed out and primed the outer plates. The only one I didnt do was the back engine plate, but I want to build it permanently into the hull so I'll be working on it as I build tomorrow.

here's two of the plates before I touched up the gubbins and sculpted the edges.



and all of them completed and primed.











Here is whats next. I have to build up the base scaffolding to be able to hang the plates in the right position. all the plates have basic detail on the back, and small eye bolts. the base structure will have hooks mounted into it that the eye bolts can hang from. That way I can take the plates off and use them as terrain, or mount them all and take out three thousand points of Ork death.

I'm also mostly done with his stompin' feet, I'll include them in the next update.

Holy crap that's awesome. Following for sure.

Well, the gargant is looking amazing! I didn't realize you were making the interior of a functioning idol of Gork... or is it Mork? That is very exciting. I take it all of the removable plates will count as structure points / wounds for the contraption?

The updates and new additions to your army and collection are chalk full of WIN!

I'll be watching (and waiting to loot yer stash!)

Ohhh the idea of removable plates for each structure point is a fantastic one I might have to steal that idea... Infact consider it Yoinked!

Looking very very good so far on this one, also the structure points idea is very clever indeed.

Joshh wrote:Holy crap that's awesome. Following for sure.

Glad you like it! And I thought I would tell you that due to your signature, reading your post was in the voice of Marcus!

The Good Green wrote:Well, the gargant is looking amazing! I didn't realize you were making the interior of a functioning idol of Gork... or is it Mork? That is very exciting. I take it all of the removable plates will count as structure points / wounds for the contraption?

The updates and new additions to your army and collection are chalk full of WIN!

I'll be watching (and waiting to loot yer stash!)

I love how you asked if the plates were for structure points, and then everyone else drew the same conclusion! I'll go with that, I was originally going to just make the interior so I could have it being built for my terrain project! However, the spectators have spoken, and if I count the two shoulder plates and the head/field generators, I will have all nine structure points represented! (or some other appropriate bit, I'll see as I progress.)

But yes, it is a fully functional idol of Mork. (or possibly Gork.)

mullet_steve wrote:Ohhh the idea of removable plates for each structure point is a fantastic one I might have to steal that idea... Infact consider it Yoinked!

Loot away, thats why I make these threads. On that note, I really skip a lot of steps while posting these days, if anyone wants or needs more detailed steps, just let me know.

bigfish wrote:Looking very very good so far on this one, also the structure points idea is very clever indeed.

Thanks! and yes, the structure point idea was fully mine, I take full credit! (I guess I'm a deathskull poster today!)

AAAAAAAND UPDATE TIME!


I built the interior. It's only the functional build, once I have everything needed structurally, I'll then go back through and add proppa "lived in" details.



In no particular order, here's all the plates mounted. Turns out this was trickier than I thought, it took about ten hours just to build the interior where I could mount the plates.











Once I got that all sorted out, I painted the interior so I could start the next step today.







Up next is the back plate, which will include the engine and force field projectas. The next few updates will be exciting, as I realized I made a grave build mistake, and will have to do something radical to overcome it! oh, and boots too!

pox wrote: The next few updates will be exciting, as I realized I made a grave build mistake, and will have to do something radical to overcome it!

"Tune in next time to see if Pox can correct this fatal error, or if it will fact be fatal! Can Pox overcome the rigors of Wargaming Building? Can the Gargant Build come together before the men in white coats come for Pox? Will the cat eat the Gargat's head? Find out next time! Same Dakka time, same Dakka channel!"

This is looking amazing! I can't wait to see more! MORE!

pox wrote: oh, and boots too!

I was just wondering how it was gonna march toward your squishy enemies.

I can't wait.

RSJake wrote:

pox wrote: The next few updates will be exciting, as I realized I made a grave build mistake, and will have to do something radical to overcome it!

"Tune in next time to see if Pox can correct this fatal error, or if it will fact be fatal! Can Pox overcome the rigors of Wargaming Building? Can the Gargant Build come together before the men in white coats come for Pox? Will the cat eat the Gargat's head? Find out next time! Same Dakka time, same Dakka channel!"

This is looking amazing! I can't wait to see more! MORE!

"Day 12: The darkness is spreading around me. I know that soon, I will have to re-build the titan close-combat chainsword, and I still bear the scars from ithe original forging. It is no mere hyperbole, I feel the pain deep in my wounds from where that accursed beast bit me eight years ago, it hurts when it rains or I pass a hedge-trimming display at the hardware store.

Day 13: I cant find the head. I looked around, but it is nowhere to be found. will I have to rebuild it? Everytime I ask the boy about it, he shrinks away from me, holding his cat as if to protect it.

Day 15: I have dicovered the grisly remains of the Great Gargants' once proud noggin. alas, he is no more as the fell-beast who has recived the title "Zippy" in the anchient tounge has devoured it whole.

(the actual error has been corrected, see below and thanks fer yer awesome post!)

The Good Green wrote:

pox wrote: oh, and boots too!

I was just wondering how it was gonna march toward your squishy enemies.

I can't wait.

I got some serious kicks for this dude, this is gonna be a HUGE update!

Today, we start with the huge error. what happened was I've been doing this a piece at a time, blissfully ignorant about how it will come together. What my error was is if all the Armor plates are removable, what the hell is going to support the shoulders? I figured out to just extend the scaffolding and dropped two heavy PVC pipes through the whole mess, but I have to build more stuff to cover the joints.

I am really good at planning out builds, but sometimes I like to make it all willy-nilly. You know you have worked too many hours in a row when you start thinking "well, how the hell would a Mek fix this?" You know you have worked too many days in a row when that works.

In order to drop the pipes through all the mess of plastic without sacrificing strength, I used these awesome new industrial Dremel cutting blades. these guys are super rippy, tearing through .080 plastic like it was a fat guy at a crawfish boil.

Once the pipes were dropped, I reinforced with more plastic.



I then added a half circle atop that the head and shield generators will sit. I'll have an armored gorget hanging down over the joint that will be removable. (I need nine removable plates for the nine structure points anyways.)







Once I had that all in place, I could add the final inside detail and paint it. it still needs a touch of rust, but It wont take any time to knock that out.













And now, boots!

Here were the old stompas, pretty boring.



I bought a few electrical boxes, and slapped them together.



Much improved, but they lacked style, and I thought they would be too small. I built some side and back pieces.





I remembered the awesome curled boots that the robots had in "Casshern," so I remade them for my Great Gargant. (you can see the boots on this video at about the fifteen second mark.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i--UUeGTMvo&feature=related



I think the boots are too big now with everything on them, they just look awkward on the Gargant so I'll probably just use the basic boot.

Heres a shot with everything



and a shot with just the basics.





I think the stripped-down version looks plenty big, so I'll probably go with that. I'll use the other boot-pieces to build the shield generators or something.

Up next, the back engine! also, are my updates too big?

That is one big kan ^^

Thats one big and ugly motha fu**er. Good work

pox wrote:
Day 15: I have dicovered the grisly remains of the Great Gargants' once proud noggin. alas, he is no more as the fell-beast who has recived the title "Zippy" in the anchient tounge has devoured it whole.

This made me laugh so hard! Thanks for that!

Gargant is looking great! I'm not convinced with the upturned clogs, but I like the "full Monte" shoes! the bigger the better. but you do what you feel is right, I'll hold off until see the results.

Looking forward to seeing the head (if it can be rebuilt) and arms!

Nice update. I have to say, though, I like the bigger boots. With just the tows, they look like cowboy boots... which could be super funny if you could work that in as a theme, but I think the stabilizers on the feet could be very important.

The whole thing is looking amazing and I love the "looking in" angles you have with that beast. Great work!

Aboucher wrote:That is one big kan ^^

yeah, it's a little silly. I think I've got some rules for him that will let me use it a bit more often, but in the end it's pretty much terrain.

The Epic Chaosdude!!! wrote:Thats one big and ugly motha fu**er. Good work

Thanks! wait till I get his ugly head done.

RSJake wrote:

pox wrote:
Day 15: I have dicovered the grisly remains of the Great Gargants' once proud noggin. alas, he is no more as the fell-beast who has recived the title "Zippy" in the anchient tounge has devoured it whole.

This made me laugh so hard! Thanks for that!

Gargant is looking great! I'm not convinced with the upturned clogs, but I like the "full Monte" shoes! the bigger the better. but you do what you feel is right, I'll hold off until see the results.

Looking forward to seeing the head (if it can be rebuilt) and arms!

Clogs rule! I'll hold off on deciding the shoes until the rest of the model is built, but I have a feeling its just gonna be the basic shoe. If I do go with the plain one I'll make something to go off the sides and back for looks, its just the pieces I have now fill the entire bottom of the bucket. I'll get a picture next update so you can see what I mean.

And if you thought the cat eating the head was good, wait until you see the fatal wounds from the chainsword!

The Good Green wrote:Nice update. I have to say, though, I like the bigger boots. With just the tows, they look like cowboy boots... which could be super funny if you could work that in as a theme, but I think the stabilizers on the feet could be very important.

The whole thing is looking amazing and I love the "looking in" angles you have with that beast. Great work!

Like I said above, maybe I just need smaller stabalizers. the ones on him are HUGE, but then again I'm not done with the whole thing, the arms and engine may add a ton of bulk.

UPDATE TIME!

I'm gonna try to update more often, but with smaller updates. I think they will be easier to write, and be less of a novel for y'all to read.

I got the first layer of the engine built and primed. I have to paint this and then I can add the next layer of gubbins.







I also decided I had enough metal rounds from the belly gun, so in keeping with tradition I'm gonna go lifta-droppa on the gun arm.

Here's the bare bones beginning.





I know it doesn't look like much now, but trust me I can make an energy gun look cool. I have about ten thousand points of scaven painted, and most of my Skryre war machines are scratch built. I got this, yo.

As usual, fire away with rabid insults, advice, and stuff.

Is that telephone wire on the back of the gargant there lol. still looking very nice here and i can'nt wait to see how you revamp the liftadropa

bigfish wrote:Is that telephone wire on the back of the gargant there lol. still looking very nice here and i can'nt wait to see how you revamp the liftadropa

Gah, it's actually carefully placed wire and hard plastic tubing. I wish I had just used a telephone cord, haha. Lifta-droppa phase two is completed!

UPDATE!

Well, like most things I do, this is quickly spiraling out of control. I will prolly be using the big feet attatchments, this thing is getting huge.

Lifta-Droppa is up first though.





The 3/4 rings will be painted to be looted Chaos gates for extra Zzap in my Lifta-droppa cannon.

Here it is primed. I still have one more layer of wires and tubing, along with rivets.





I also got the back engines mounted, and by Gork they stick out further than I was expecting.







Lastly, a quick shot of the gun mounted. It looks a bit weedy because theres no gubbins, shoulderpads, or armor plates on the arm, and the back of the Lifta-droppa is still missing. I'll need to address that though, as it needs to look good with a lot of that stuff stripped off.



Well, thats it for today!

Nice stuff here!

A very inspiring thread, what an upgrade! My only critique would be that the shoulders seem a bit too wide now, but it may just be my preference for dumpy gargants.

Your buildings are also very impressive... have you seen the Adepticon terrain contest? If you click on the 'see all ads' link, there is a banner with a link in there... check it out you could do well!

Wow.

I really like that power plant, I'm not sure how I feel about the energy gun, It almost looks to chaotic. But hey, it's your gargant.
The scaffolding is a great touch.
Great job so far!

It's looking great! I really like the lifta/droppa! The idea of the chaos gates is cool! And the engine is just WOW!

Ogryn wrote:Nice stuff here!

Thanks! I read that in an voice that I imagine your avatar sounds like.

MajorTom11 wrote:A very inspiring thread, what an upgrade! My only critique would be that the shoulders seem a bit too wide now, but it may just be my preference for dumpy gargants.

I agree, and changed it. At first I was gonna go huge shoulder pads and have longer arms to give it a more dynamic look, but after taking another look, I decided to go with the Snakebites adage "The old ways are the best." It looks classic so far, changing too many things will make it look wonky. I'll save new designs for later projects. (keepin' the clogs though!)

Your buildings are also very impressive... have you seen the Adepticon terrain contest? If you click on the 'see all ads' link, there is a banner with a link in there... check it out you could do well!

I checked it out, it looks neat! I've never been to Adepticon, maybe this will be a good excuse to go. oh, and thanks!

Norn King wrote:Wow.

Again, thanks! nice comments keep me going when I want to quit.

Primarch_of_mechmarines wrote:I really like that power plant, I'm not sure how I feel about the energy gun, It almost looks to chaotic. But hey, it's your gargant.
The scaffolding is a great touch.
Great job so far!

I took a hard look at it, and I agree with you. I made a lot of changes for the next layer of detail, see pictures below. I also dropped the broken chaos gate idea. I have ideas for looted Daemon engines, but this isn't the right model to do it. I re-looked at both old and new Ork energy weapons, and made some changes to bring it more in line.

RSJake wrote:It's looking great! I really like the lifta/droppa! The idea of the chaos gates is cool! And the engine is just WOW!

I'm glad you like it all! I did change the lifta-droppa, take a look below.


UPDATE TIME!

I made a number of changes, all on my own with no exterior imput, because I'm a genius. <----(pictures these ideas mysteriously painted blue.)

First up I ran out and bought new couplings for the arm joints. One of the reasons I wanted longer arms was so the titan chain fist could actually hit Baneblades and Brass scorpions on the ground! What I decided was to compromise, I'll add a traditional slug thrower arm, and add the chain fist below as a weapon attatchment. it matches older artwork, adds a gun, and will look great.

lifta-droppa arm.



Follwed by a quick mock-up of how the left arm will look.



I also took another stab at the lifta-droppa design. I dropped the Chaos gate idea, and instead added some Ork teeth in the style of the new Forgeworld lifta-droppa design.
I also added more gun casing, and I will have two more swiss-cheese style sound bafflers to glue over the energy cannon part once this part dries.







Thats it for today, next up is the final touches on the lifta-droppa, and the start of the left arm.

Yeah, that's still cool and all, but I liked the Chaos Gate idea. I thought it was very original. Still, it looks great! Don't let my dissapointment cloud the level of awe I am in! I am not getting a clear picture of what you are talking about with the left arm, but I will sit and wait until it is more clear to me. Keep it up! It's looking amazing!

i might just have to make one myself now

Lookin' Good!

You might check out your extended feet with the both arms attached to see how it looks (vs. non-extended feet of course)

BTW, are you sure you didn't mean to call the cat "Ziggy", he/she also looks very much like a cat I know you are aware of. Does the name "Oscar" ring a bell?

-M

awsome on so many levels! AND WITH GENIE SHOES TOO

I am still loling about how you hurt when you pass the hedge trimmers lol

This is epic. Awesome work!

wow i love the paint on it, i have started on my own and its a little big lets just say it is 38 and a half inches tall

RSJake wrote:Yeah, that's still cool and all, but I liked the Chaos Gate idea. I thought it was very original. Still, it looks great! Don't let my dissapointment cloud the level of awe I am in! I am not getting a clear picture of what you are talking about with the left arm, but I will sit and wait until it is more clear to me. Keep it up! It's looking amazing!

Yeah, the Boy keeps pushing for the chaos gates too. I just dont want them to distract from the overall picture, I'd rather save that for something that can feature it propper. I got the left arm done in this update.

dakkagrot187 wrote:i might just have to make one myself now

The more the merrier!

Maxus wrote:Lookin' Good!

You might check out your extended feet with the both arms attached to see how it looks (vs. non-extended feet of course)

BTW, are you sure you didn't mean to call the cat "Ziggy", he/she also looks very much like a cat I know you are aware of. Does the name "Oscar" ring a bell?

-M

Yeah, the Boy's cat Zippy does in fact resemble Oscar, haha. I know the back extenders will be on for sure on the feet, just not sure about the side bits. I do plan on figuring it out when I'm done with the bulk of the build.

BloodGenisis wrote:awsome on so many levels! AND WITH GENIE SHOES TOO

At least someone likes the shoes, haha. I've gotten a ton of grief for them, but they're staying!

dsteingass wrote:I am still loling about how you hurt when you pass the hedge trimmers lol

I finished the mount without incident, but I feel it when I pass. I hope I can get through this build without another chain-incident, but I just dont know.

(I was going to do a chain-saw make-up wound, but I'm worried I'd derail my own thread, and I got in trouble last time I posted something gross.)

combat engineer wrote:This is epic. Awesome work!

Thanks! I'm coming into the home stretch, it's all starting to come together!

dakkagrot187 wrote:wow i love the paint on it, i have started on my own and its a little big lets just say it is 38 and a half inches tall

Thats really big! Like Mega-Gargant big, you should just make one of those!

UPDATE!

I got most of the left arm done.

First, I mounted the underlsung chainsaw.



Next, I raided every tube I had and started making guns.



Then I started adding guns to the arm. don't mind the one thats up at an angle, I was originally going to have it and another to give a fan effect of barrels, but it wound up not looking right.



I kept adding guns and details.





Lastly, I dropped the Paris gun that was sticking up to just a vertical cannon, and called it a day. The arm still needs a few more details and missles, but its mostly done.

Inside



Outside



Back to the Lifta-droppa, I added more detail to the back. this arm is now also mostly done. (it needs a ton of wires.)







Lastly, I decided on the final mount for the arms and glued the mounting into place onto the body. I also added a neck. To keep the arms removable, I added brass pins to the mix. I'll eventually add braces and grips to the pins, so they dont look silly, and for ease of removal/mounting.



Up next, the head!

I for one, think the energy gun arm looks alot better now.
As for the close combat arm with all those gunz. I love it!
Deff Arsenal FTW!

could do me a favor (it will be really easy),

I would like to know the measurements of the rods/tubes you used for the guns

EPICALLYAWESOME!

loving this build and how you are redoing it.
cant wait to see the head

This gargant gonna be really hard armed! nice restyle!

very good pox I am currently making it turns out with the extra head details its 40 inches tall, looking forward to seeing more its inspiring stuff

Primarch_of_mechmarines wrote:I for one, think the energy gun arm looks alot better now.
As for the close combat arm with all those gunz. I love it!
Deff Arsenal FTW!

could do me a favor (it will be really easy),

I would like to know the measurements of the rods/tubes you used for the guns

I like the lifta-droppa for sure now. I'm not sure what you're looking for on the rod measurements, they range in length from two to six inches, and there's about ten different gauges of plastic and five different gauges of brass and metal. which gun specifically do you need to mesurements for?

bigfish wrote: EPICALLYAWESOME!

loving this build and how you are redoing it.
cant wait to see the head

thanks, that means a lot coming from you. Head started in this update!

FantasyBob wrote:This gargant gonna be really hard armed! nice restyle!

I'm also trying to keep it streamlined so it's easy to use in Apoc, we will see how that works out.

dakkagrot187 wrote:very good pox I am currently making it turns out with the extra head details its 40 inches tall, looking forward to seeing more its inspiring stuff

You should grab some photos and start a thread!

UPDATE TIME!

I got his noggin' rockin'.

First, I rescued what the cat hadn't eaten of the old head, and added a neck.



Next, I cut the face off so I could put gubbins in it, and added some lower teeth.



Next, I made some nose holes from plastic, started sculpting the eye socket, added an old Rhino on top, and the begginings of gubbins.



I now had enough stuff on him to size out the jaw, so I made that.



The jaw is gonna remain posable.



Lastly, here is the head mounted on the body. I also added a bit more plastic for shaping.







The head is only about 25% done, all I have at this point is the roughed out shape. I'm gonna keep puttin' clay on the head while I start on the removable void shields.

Single Gang electrical boxes! Is there no end to their usefulness?

are you re-covering the shoulders? I remember in your original attempt it had the shoulders covered with what looked a lot like some sort of platforms, possibly for rokkits or summink?

Oh man! This looking great! Love the use of the rhino!

wow i say put led's in his eyes

oh yeah i will when he is finished the quality of camera i use is pretty crappy so when he is sprayed the details will come out more hopefully

dsteingass wrote:Single Gang electrical boxes! Is there no end to their usefulness?

I agree, his feet are also old-school electrical boxes. gotta love the hardware store for scratch builds.

mullet_steve wrote:are you re-covering the shoulders? I remember in your original attempt it had the shoulders covered with what looked a lot like some sort of platforms, possibly for rokkits or summink?

For sure, see todays update! I will be making them as observation decks. I had a giant rocket and a giant Zzap gun when I first made it, but it was too much on the model. I just want to be able to throw a ton of Boyz up there, so it's just gonna be a guard rail or wall, and some bolt on big shootas for the shoulders. (By the way, I still have the original shoulder weapons, at some point in the futre I'll be making a Sooper cannon and a Pulsa rokkit with them.)

RSJake wrote:Oh man! This looking great! Love the use of the rhino!

I really love the old rhino, because of the way it was designed you can make a million uses of them. I don't mean to go all gray beard here, but you also used to get three in a box for twenty bucks! (or two land raiders for the same, haha.)

dakkagrot187 wrote: wow i say put led's in his eyes

oh yeah i will when he is finished the quality of camera i use is pretty crappy so when he is sprayed the details will come out more hopefully

It would be too much work to put working lights on him, maybe on another model. As far as camera quality goes, you just need good lighting and a proppa background, that's most of the work. even crappy cameras can take good pictures, especially on giant pieces like terrain and Titans.

UPDATE TIME!!!!!

I decided to go with an eyepatch for my Gargant's head. Here's the first layer of brain-casing.





I went with the classic Bale-eye for his other socket. Here is just the basic frame.



Here's the eyeball, mostly done. I also added some frankenstein bolts for the jaw.





Here's the first layer of detail for the other side of his head. the brain will remain exposed, covered in WWII bomber-style frame and glass.



Here's a shot of the first stage of the glass framework.



I'll need to paint and clearcoat all the detail before I can add the glass panes and the last layer of clay. The next step on the head then is to finish the jaw, enclose the bottom cab, and prime.

While that was drying, I shored up the gaps between the engine and the hull.





Lastly, I added a honey comb structure to start the shoulders, followed by the shoulder base.







Gettin' close! Next up will be the painted head, and more shoulder detail!

Superb!

and a couple of these for good measure:


I am so excited to see this thing all set up and painted. that morks (or gorks) gaze looks awesome!

*Picks jaw up, off of the floor*

WOW, That is awsome, So much going on. Nice job.

Also BTW I meant the diameter of as many of the tubes as possible. (if possible)

That eyeball really does look superb... I also think the hatch over the other eye is geniusbut what do I know... I'd have thought having the hatch swing open slightly with an ork or grot looking out would have worked well.... must complete my laser cut drawing so the guys at warmill can cut me a gargant...

The Good Green wrote:Superb!

and a couple of these for good measure:


I am so excited to see this thing all set up and painted. that morks (or gorks) gaze looks awesome!

Thanks! I'm getting pretty excited too, it's getting down to the wire. I'm hoping to be done by January, I just found out that Little Wars in Baton Rouge has an Apocalypse game the first Saturday of every month. (It's the closest store to me and still an hour away, dang it!)

Primarch_of_mechmarines wrote:*Picks jaw up, off of the floor*

WOW, That is awsome, So much going on. Nice job.

Also BTW I meant the diameter of as many of the tubes as possible. (if possible)

Thanks! I use both plastruct and evergreen, the standard tube diameter I use is 2, 2.4, 3, 3.2, and 3.6 milimeter. basically, go to a train store and see what tubes fit snuggly into the other tubes. if you need really big guns, just use larger gauges. Metal tubes work better for smaller guns, as the thickness of the tube walls is thinner.

mullet_steve wrote:That eyeball really does look superb... I also think the hatch over the other eye is geniusbut what do I know... I'd have thought having the hatch swing open slightly with an ork or grot looking out would have worked well.... must complete my laser cut drawing so the guys at warmill can cut me a gargant...

There's two issues with having the hatch open. The first is an asthetic issue. I want it to look like an eye patch, that's why there's a tube going around the head. If the eye is open, it's not as obvious. The second issue is pure laziness. if I have the hatch open and a Grot/Ork sticking out, I would need to both paint that model and also detail out everything that could be seen on the inside. Due to the fact I would like to get this done, I'm picking and choosing my extra-detail battles.

Those lazer cut drawings and Warmill castings are crazy. makes me wish I new CAD. (I assume thats the program you/they use?)

UPDATE TIME!!!!!!!!!

I got the head built and primed, WOO-HOO!!!!

Here's the teeth.





Once all his chopers were in place, I added a bit more clay and riveted the entire thing. I don't know why I thought riveting was gonna go quickly, the stupid head is bigger than a Landraider. I wanted to get it primed though, so I burnt the midnight oil and knocked it out.









Once it gets painted, I can add the glass and ribbing over the brain casing. Thanks for looking!

What is that yellow wire you used?

bigger than a land raider mine is bigger than a stompa lol il try out a different background,loving the exposed brain and the teef

Wow! Loving the head! It looks really wicked! I was kind of sceptical on the clay you used. But primered it looks like twisted metal! great job!

Looking fantastic, the eyepatch is genius!

Yeah I understand on the picking and choosing your detail battles. Love the brain case area and those teeth! I am using a very old version of autocad for the drawings.

The head is amazing, that thing is huge!

The only criticism I would be able to give to the previous gargant was its paintjob being too plain, lacking any kind of highlights and shading, which is something to be expected of such an old job. As soon as I saw it primed again, I noticed the detailing had a lot of hidden potential behind that paintjob.

But I was not ready for that modeling work wich turned a standard-gargant (which has always been an underwhelming model for me) into an impressive model.

That head is amazing, and that's the way ork titans should look like. Fearsome, and not fatty and blocky.

dsteingass wrote:What is that yellow wire you used?

I'm not sure, I've had a spool of it in my kit forever. I believe I got it at Home Depot, in the electical section.

dakkagrot187 wrote:bigger than a land raider mine is bigger than a stompa lol il try out a different background,loving the exposed brain and the teef

I thank you for the compliments, I'm just not sure if you realize how confrontational your post is. You do realize you one-upped my Great Gargant by saying "mine is bigger," right?

RSJake wrote:Wow! Loving the head! It looks really wicked! I was kind of sceptical on the clay you used. But primered it looks like twisted metal! great job!

I love my clay! I actually did rush it too quickly though, I have a bit of fingerprinting on it that I'll need to paint over.

Maxus wrote:Looking fantastic, the eyepatch is genius!

Thanks! I just wanted something different, and I already have a ruzz-bot with a pirate hat.

mullet_steve wrote:Yeah I understand on the picking and choosing your detail battles. Love the brain case area and those teeth! I am using a very old version of autocad for the drawings.

Maybe one day I'll look into drawing up plans in CAD on an analog thereof. I actually draw up very detailed plans, depending on the project I'm building for. With Orks I tend to be a tad more lax, but with some of the more complicated scratch builds I've drawn up full blueprints complete with paper 3-D models before starting on the styrene, so I think I would only really need to learn the software.

As for detail battles, I'll put in the time if it's going to pay off. Like having the head as the ceterpiece it obviously needs extra detail work, however if I'm not sure an added feature is going to work out or it doesn't look good in sketches, I drop it. Case in point I had worked up plans to give the Gargant an iron gob, but the foamcore mock-up didn't quite look right, so I scrapped it. I'm sure with enough time I could make it work, but just scrapping the idea was more viable due to time.

Tortured-Robot wrote:The head is amazing, that thing is huge!

Only on forums such as these do comments such as this draw no un-due attention. Thanks!

2500kgm3 wrote:The only criticism I would be able to give to the previous gargant was its paintjob being too plain, lacking any kind of highlights and shading, which is something to be expected of such an old job. As soon as I saw it primed again, I noticed the detailing had a lot of hidden potential behind that paintjob.

But I was not ready for that modeling work wich turned a standard-gargant (which has always been an underwhelming model for me) into an impressive model.

That head is amazing, and that's the way ork titans should look like. Fearsome, and not fatty and blocky.

I really appreciate your comments, they mean a lot. Back when I made this, (eight or so years ago) all I wanted to do was scale up Epic models. I had a ton of them, and still do. getting the details perfect was what I strived for, I really enjoyed a job well done of an up-scale recreation. hell, I even learned to sculpt doing the same thing with Inquisitor models, I made everything from a Graynight Terminator to Fabious Bile.

Once Forgeworld and Apocalypse came out though, I was entranced by their re-interpitations of the classic Epic vehicles. When I started redoing a lot of my older models, I wanted to incoperate that spirt, basically asking myself what could and should be different, whilst still keeping an eye on what details made a model "Iconic." For me, it's designing these new elements, while keeping the spirt of the model intact that is really the most fun. I like for players to see my models and instantly know what race and class of vehicle it is, while at the same time enjoying (hopefully) what I changed to make it my own.

And yeah, I could not paint to save my life back then. I had a little skill, but mostly I wanted it painted and done. Luckily, playing Fantasy gave me an equal enjoyment from painting, so I no longer dread any part of the model making process. (except rivets.)

UPDATE TIME!

ok, I really rambled on there, sorry for that. I started on the shoulders.

First up, I slapped down some plastic in the rough shape.





I realized that I could not have completed shoulders sitting on scaffolding when this was terrain, so I figured out a way to muck it up. I started with adding wireform supports over the entire shoulders, made from .080 strips of both square and round plastic.





Next, I took the handy Dremel and cut out a lot of the sections.



This would allow me to add detail both above and below the should structure.

Something about the shoulders was bugging me, I realized the front tabs are supposed to bend in, so I cut and re-glued.



Much better!
Next, I looked at a few designs I had planned for above the shoulders, but I didn't like any of them. I knew from the previous build that I didn't want huge shoulder cannons or grabba klaws, and I wanted space for models to sit atop. I looked into both castles with guns, and landing/launch pads for Stormboyz and Deffcoptas, but none of my foam mock-ups looked right.
I also tried leaving it open with just a retaining wall and bolt on big shootas, but again it looked wrong, too much open space and the head stuck out too much.
I looked back at other Great Gargants through the years, and of course consulted Kr00zers beloved graph. I decided I really liked the shoulder cannons, and specifically the way they looked in Kr00zers size chart. It would still leave a small space for models to ride atop, and add some AA support to the beast.
I looked at both real world turret designs and naval Destroyer deck guns for inspiration. Eventally I set upon a design that gave me everything I needed.

Here's the Turrets in build order.





The Shell tossers are slightly elevated, it will make em' look cool, plus show off their (ineffective) AA mounts!







The clay on the last pic s very rough, it still needs a few more layers to look proppa. Saddly, I only have one at the clay stage, the other still needs a ton of work.

I spent a lot of time on design, but I'm really happy with the results. The cannons add some good detail, but still have a very slim profile on his back. They dont go above his head, so once I add the right ammount of armor to the shoulders it should look good and proppa.

there arnt that many scratch built stompas that i actually think look like they could be in the real 40k world, but i would have to say this isnt one of those, its AWSOME!

This is totally incredible! Serious commitment to the cause here man.

I think it's the interior which really puts this from being simply very awesome to just mind-blowing incredible. There's so much scope for what you could do with that, although I understand why you might want to keep it fairly basic. If I could suggest one thing, it would be to add some shells for the belly guns lying around inside, otherwise what would they fire?

Looking forward to seeing it in all it's glory.

sorry dude no offence intended, looking great btw

I like the shoulder guns! I can't wait to see them in place!

Rogue Wolves wrote:there arnt that many scratch built stompas that i actually think look like they could be in the real 40k world, but i would have to say this isnt one of those, its AWSOME!

Thanks a lot! I really just wanted a piece of terrain, but this is going a bit beyond that at this point, haha.

master of asgard wrote:This is totally incredible! Serious commitment to the cause here man.

I think it's the interior which really puts this from being simply very awesome to just mind-blowing incredible. There's so much scope for what you could do with that, although I understand why you might want to keep it fairly basic. If I could suggest one thing, it would be to add some shells for the belly guns lying around inside, otherwise what would they fire?

Looking forward to seeing it in all it's glory.

I've been thinking a lot about your post and others like it, and I think you're right. I've already added so much work into making it work both as terrain and as a playable piece, I really should expand my original scope a bit to really go the extra mile. I'll have you know I went and bought a ton if stuff for it today, so I can add everything from ammo belts to tool boxes to shells and powder. Whats a few more weeks?

dakkagrot187 wrote:sorry dude no offence intended, looking great btw

Aww, thanks dude! I wasn't offended, I just figured I'd both point out your post was a bit strong, and make a joke at the same time. For sure link me when you do get your thread rolling.
Taking pictures is just about lighting, and having a somewhat solid color for the background. (It doesn't have to be white, just a good neutral color. try setting up next to a wall.) Get the camera as close as you can while still having it remain in focus. Also, look for a little flower icon and make sure its on. Even most camera phones have a macro setting nowadays. Finally, set the camera on something so it doesnt wobble while snapping the picture. If you can tell me what brand and model of camera you have, I can tell you how to squeeze all the juice out of it that you can.

RSJake wrote:I like the shoulder guns! I can't wait to see them in place!

Your wish is my command!

UPDATE TIME!

First up, I built mounts for the turrets. here they are clay-mounted to the structure.



Next, I cut some very thick sheet styrene for the shoulder armor base.



I mean, seriously thick. like, 1/4 inch thick. As in, I had to break out my high speed plastic cutting wheel. (And broke one of my Dremels in the process! I needed to learn how to use the thick sheets for work anyhow, the lesson cost me sixty bucks damn it!)



I then checked to be sure everything fit together proppa.



Next, I started adding detail to the armored plates.









I gotta wait for the clay to dry before I can put the final details on (ugh, rivets) but here they are mosty done.



And with cannons!



Up next is the front armor plates.

awsome! i forgot to mention, but unlike most scratchbuilt stampas which arent that well painted (making them look worse) the colors you have chosen on the bottom so far, are amazing!

wow loving the guns put an overall progress pic up!! oh yeah ,inspired by your thread i have been working hard and i have finished my mega gargant ill post pics up when its primed, i may be taking it to my local gw today depends if it will fit in the car!! lol

the work on the shoulders platform is amazing! can't wait to see the gargant assembled

Those shoulder canons would be the envy of anyone living in the 80's

Are the shoulder mounts PVC pipe? Or have you found a source of Styrene tube that size and are deliberately holding out on telling me where such marvels exist to be ordered? lol

Loving the progress so far... keep up all the excelent work

Guns look great! I like the glyphs on the barrels!

Very Okry catwalks and platforms on top too! Awesome!

Aslo, was there a specific reason to use such thick sheets? Wouln't foam core be lighter? Just curious.

Rogue Wolves wrote:awsome! i forgot to mention, but unlike most scratchbuilt stampas which arent that well painted (making them look worse) the colors you have chosen on the bottom so far, are amazing!

Thanks! I'll be keeping that same muted color palette. I'll probably paint something cool over the main hull, but for the most part I just want a simple rust job with glyphs, checkers, and dags here and there. Very similar to my terrain, actually.

dakkagrot187 wrote:wow loving the guns put an overall progress pic up!! oh yeah ,inspired by your thread i have been working hard and i have finished my mega gargant ill post pics up when its primed, i may be taking it to my local gw today depends if it will fit in the car!! lol

That is an awesome work of Gork (or maybe Mork) if you're not sure it fits in the car! As for the overall progress pic, I got you one at the end of this update hoss.

FantasyBob wrote:the work on the shoulders platform is amazing! can't wait to see the gargant assembled

I got a mock-up pic in this update but I agree, I can't wait till it's fully built and painted!

SilverMK2 wrote:Those shoulder canons would be the envy of anyone living in the 80's

Why, I have no idea what you are talking about, good sir! lets take another look at that cannon picture.



hmm... Yeah, my bad, thats all me. I'll try and at least fix the colors in this update! (as for the style, most of my army was casted in the eighties, so i'm gonna say it matches my army "style". yeah, thats the ticket! "style.")

dsteingass wrote:Are the shoulder mounts PVC pipe? Or have you found a source of Styrene tube that size and are deliberately holding out on telling me where such marvels exist to be ordered? lol

Alas, it is just PVC. I have found a company that makes styrene tubes in larger gauges but they dont make them in any size smaller than eight feet long, making shipping too much. what I will recommend is make sure the hardware store you're shopping at has several grades of PVC, along with cold pipe PVC. you can also find fun tubing in the electrical section.

mullet_steve wrote:Loving the progress so far... keep up all the excelent work

Thanks, and I will! oh, and I've been meaning to say, I love your handle! Mullet Steve sounds like someone I know.

RSJake wrote:Guns look great! I like the glyphs on the barrels!

Very Okry catwalks and platforms on top too! Awesome!

Aslo, was there a specific reason to use such thick sheets? Wouln't foam core be lighter? Just curious.

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, I had two good reason for using such thick card. The first has to do with the model. I needed the bases strong enough to stand on their own, they will remain removable as structure point damage and I didn't want them to warp or break during regular usage.

The other reason has to do with my job, a small part of my work is making movie props. Actors are notorious for breaking stuff, and for my next gig I need to make some strange handguns and rifles. I had the idea of using PVC and thick styrene as the base, so the guns are basically unbreakable. (I dont work on the kind of movies that have the budget to make duplicates of everything, haha.) I wanted to experiment with thick sheets without the time deadline floating over my head. To that end I call it a sucess. Even though I lost a Dremel, I replaced it with a fine multi-tool. I'll be trying it out on the thick plastic tomorrow when I build the front shoulder plates. if it doesn't work, I'll upgrade to a Zip-Saw.

Enough chewing the fat, it's UPDATE TIME!

I got both the shoulders and the guns riveted and primed. I just want to take a moment to exclaim how much I hate rivets. my hands are now warped into strange claws, I'm typing with my pinkies. I hate rivets. I mean, if you don't put them on, Ork stuff doesn't look right, and that's the first thing people howl.
"Why don't you have rivets?"
"I like you build, but it needs more rivets."
"you know what you should do? you should put rivets on your rivets so you can rivet while you rivet."

Thats all facinating, but really now. Orks have ENTIRE UNITS ARMED WITH BLOW TORCHES AND ARC WELDERS! really? in the dark future no one can just weld and call it a day?!?

Anyway, hers some cannons with rivets.







Followed by some shoulder armor with rivets.

Left shoulder.









Right shoulder.









Both shoulders with cannons!



Lastly, some mock-up pictures of the assembled model. (he slipped off his boots mid-picture taking, serves me right for taking pictures on a drafting table that's at an angle. only one damaged armor plate!)





Bonus infantry view!



Next up is making the last shoulder plates. After thats its going to be a matter of going over every part of the model and doing final touches. Like I said in my last update, I got a lot of neat stuff to cram into his different pieces and parts, so it should'nt be too boring!

I'm going to end this post with a general "where I'm at" update. The boy has really taken a shine to painting, he is really spending the time needed to improve his skill. To that end, he has asked for more painting lessons, I responded by assembling two units of Nobs and a few Warbosses. I'll be painting with him throughout his Christmas break, so updates may slow a bit on the Great Gargant. I'll only be painting Nobs when he wants to paint, other than that I'll be working on the Gargant so there will still be updates in this thread.

One last bit O' buisness. With all the stuff I got for his insides, I constantly come back to the HUGE center belly gun. I have rounds to fit all his other guns, but the center gun is just comically giant. I've been thinking of converting it into an assult ramp, and avoiding the "gun" entirely. the other option is to fill it with scatter-shot, and make it look like a blunderbus. this would entail it looking like a one-shot weapon filled with various battlefield junk. any thoughts? I just dont want to leave the center tube as a "cannon."

Only just found this thread.

needs more rivets if you ask me

Amazing work, but personally i will add some gunner battery or little window where ork can shoot whit rifle.

pox wrote:
I've been thinking a lot about your post and others like it, and I think you're right. I've already added so much work into making it work both as terrain and as a playable piece, I really should expand my original scope a bit to really go the extra mile. I'll have you know I went and bought a ton if stuff for it today, so I can add everything from ammo belts to tool boxes to shells and powder. Whats a few more weeks?

That's right, what's a few more weeks? What you just described sounds great- Mek workshop maybe? Tbh just having loads of stuff littered around inside will make it even more orky than it already is!

pox wrote:

Thats all facinating, but really now. Orks have ENTIRE UNITS ARMED WITH BLOW TORCHES AND ARC WELDERS! really? in the dark future no one can just weld and call it a day?!?

One last bit O' buisness. With all the stuff I got for his insides, I constantly come back to the HUGE center belly gun. I have rounds to fit all his other guns, but the center gun is just comically giant. I've been thinking of converting it into an assult ramp, and avoiding the "gun" entirely. the other option is to fill it with scatter-shot, and make it look like a blunderbus. this would entail it looking like a one-shot weapon filled with various battlefield junk. any thoughts? I just dont want to leave the center tube as a "cannon."

There's a little tutorial here on how to make some really convincing welds, about half way down the page> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/379581.page Sorry if it's a bit late but it might be worth thinking about!

As for the belly gun, you're right, it's huge. Any shell for it would fill up a massive amount of space inside. Both ideas you've put forward make sense. Maybe you could combine the two? Firstly, it's a huge blunderbuss firing spanners, scrap, grots, rivets etc, and then after that one shot, they open the breach and a load of boyz pile out.
Ooh or what about that old night goblin catapult which fires gobboz with wings at people, maybe a 40k version of that in the belly gun? If all else fails, just remember that they're orks, it doesn't have to make sense! The red wunz go fasta and if we sayz itz gonna fire then itz gonna fire by Gork (or Mork)!!

I like the "Ork-a-pult" idea, you could fire 10 Orks at a time, to say a distance of, what 36"? Then roll a d10 to see how many live. You would have to roll for scatter of course, that a given, right?

Or, the Boarding Ramp could also work. surround the barrel with some sort of melta-type guns, that can spin around the barrel. That is your "breaching drill", then hoards of Orks pour through the breached opening!

And of course the Giant Grotzooka sounds good too.

But back to the Mocked-up Piture. That looks so awesome! I mean, just super cool!

I could also do a "Kan Kannon," and have it fire special bullet shaped Kans or Deff dreads.

I'd just make the models cone shaped, and build in retractable guns/arms/legs/bosspoles.

I wont decide till I get the feet mounted, I'm worried about the clearance for an assult ramp if I go that route, it wont work if there's eight inches of drop out the door!

It'll work if there's a rope ladder!

I was thinking more along the lines of a ramp to board titans or bastions or something.

I like the "Kan-Lobba" idea!

pox wrote:I could also do a "Kan Kannon," and have it fire special bullet shaped Kans or Deff dreads.

Now youz finkin' like a ork!

pox wrote: I wont decide till I get the feet mounted, I'm worried about the clearance for an assult ramp if I go that route, it wont work if there's eight inches of drop out the door!

Thats what dangerous terrain tests are for. or you could make it every model takes a strenth 5 ap nothing hit and vehicles could be stunned on a roll of 1 and imobilised on a 6? maybe

would be a fun rule

You could stuff a huge bob-omb style deal in there and say it rolls out of the belly gun and bounces across the field smashing everything in it's path until it explodes, or stops rolling. Then all da boyz come rampaging out of the belly gun through a hatch in the back pf the barrel, like MoA was saying.

Although, the idea did pop into my head of all the grots dragging huge chunks of busted tank and plane and trukk and building and-and-and... and then having it just spew out all over the place... once.

The Greatest song ever recorded? War Pigs by Black Sabbath....
The Second greatest song ever recorded? War Pigs by Faith no More!

Sigmundr wrote:Only just found this thread.

I'm glad you like it! I've had fun doing it, wait till it gets crazy in the next few weeks! (If you call paint crazy, most of the rough build is done. it will be cool though, I promise!)

haloreach4ever wrote:needs more rivets if you ask me

This thing needs more rivets like papa nurgle needs more pounds.

FantasyBob wrote:Amazing work, but personally i will add some gunner battery or little window where ork can shoot whit rifle.

I added a small perch on the shoulders, see below. I'll also have some space between the shoulders and behind the head for loose models.

master of asgard wrote:

pox wrote:
I've been thinking a lot about your post and others like it, and I think you're right. I've already added so much work into making it work both as terrain and as a playable piece, I really should expand my original scope a bit to really go the extra mile. I'll have you know I went and bought a ton if stuff for it today, so I can add everything from ammo belts to tool boxes to shells and powder. Whats a few more weeks?

That's right, what's a few more weeks? What you just described sounds great- Mek workshop maybe? Tbh just having loads of stuff littered around inside will make it even more orky than it already is!

pox wrote:

Thats all facinating, but really now. Orks have ENTIRE UNITS ARMED WITH BLOW TORCHES AND ARC WELDERS! really? in the dark future no one can just weld and call it a day?!?

One last bit O' buisness. With all the stuff I got for his insides, I constantly come back to the HUGE center belly gun. I have rounds to fit all his other guns, but the center gun is just comically giant. I've been thinking of converting it into an assult ramp, and avoiding the "gun" entirely. the other option is to fill it with scatter-shot, and make it look like a blunderbus. this would entail it looking like a one-shot weapon filled with various battlefield junk. any thoughts? I just dont want to leave the center tube as a "cannon."

There's a little tutorial here on how to make some really convincing welds, about half way down the page> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/379581.page Sorry if it's a bit late but it might be worth thinking about!

As for the belly gun, you're right, it's huge. Any shell for it would fill up a massive amount of space inside. Both ideas you've put forward make sense. Maybe you could combine the two? Firstly, it's a huge blunderbuss firing spanners, scrap, grots, rivets etc, and then after that one shot, they open the breach and a load of boyz pile out.
Ooh or what about that old night goblin catapult which fires gobboz with wings at people, maybe a 40k version of that in the belly gun? If all else fails, just remember that they're orks, it doesn't have to make sense! The red wunz go fasta and if we sayz itz gonna fire then itz gonna fire by Gork (or Mork)!!

I got the last of the stuff I need for his guts, so I should get around to that soon. As to the rivet situation, it's not the skill needed to sculpt weld lines, even if you made an entire model that was clearly welded, peeps would ask for rivets. (to be honest, I like the way they look, I just hate doing them. one of the few things that really gets me.)

And I got the Belly gun sorted out, see below.

RSJake wrote:I like the "Ork-a-pult" idea, you could fire 10 Orks at a time, to say a distance of, what 36"? Then roll a d10 to see how many live. You would have to roll for scatter of course, that a given, right?

Or, the Boarding Ramp could also work. surround the barrel with some sort of melta-type guns, that can spin around the barrel. That is your "breaching drill", then hoards of Orks pour through the breached opening!

And of course the Giant Grotzooka sounds good too.

But back to the Mocked-up Piture. That looks so awesome! I mean, just super cool!

I'm glad you like the mock-up, I cant wait till its just done! again, see below for round one of the belly gun.

master of asgard wrote:

pox wrote:I could also do a "Kan Kannon," and have it fire special bullet shaped Kans or Deff dreads.

Now youz finkin' like a ork!

It's sad, but I do stop and ask myself what a Mek would do from time to time when I'm stuck.

bigfish wrote:

pox wrote: I wont decide till I get the feet mounted, I'm worried about the clearance for an assult ramp if I go that route, it wont work if there's eight inches of drop out the door!

Thats what dangerous terrain tests are for. or you could make it every model takes a strenth 5 ap nothing hit and vehicles could be stunned on a roll of 1 and imobilised on a 6? maybe

would be a fun rule

again, I sorted it out, but the thing I made is removable, so I will keep dangerous terrain ideas in mind for when I eventually make different options for the main gun.

The Good Green wrote:You could stuff a huge bob-omb style deal in there and say it rolls out of the belly gun and bounces across the field smashing everything in it's path until it explodes, or stops rolling. Then all da boyz come rampaging out of the belly gun through a hatch in the back pf the barrel, like MoA was saying.

Although, the idea did pop into my head of all the grots dragging huge chunks of busted tank and plane and trukk and building and-and-and... and then having it just spew out all over the place... once.

I really wanted the blunderbuss idea, I'll add it one day!

dsteingass wrote:The Greatest song ever recorded? War Pigs by Black Sabbath....
The Second greatest song ever recorded? War Pigs by Faith no More!

I really like music. I like Swedish death metal, hard-core rap, pop music, country, blue-grass, opera, riot girl, you name it and I probably like it. I have about nine hundred CD's at last count. Of all those CD's, the one towards the top in the picture is by Tom Waits, the album "Rain Dogs." On that album is my favorite song of all time, "Gun Street Girl." check it out, yo. you will like. (I'm a huge Sabbath and Faith no More fan too!)

Anywho, on with the UPDATE!

I got the belly gun sorted out. I looked at all the options, and went with one that both fit the theme, and would not take years to do. I went with a GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon.



This gun fires a steady 3800 rounds per second. (usually in two second bursts to save on cannon barrels.) This idiotic cannon fires a 30mm explosive shell, weighs over 4,000 pounds, (comprising 16% of the planes total weight) and can hit 80% of its rounds within twenty yards of its target at long range.

Just in case all that isn't inspiration enough, the cannon of silliness is only mounted into two planes, and both were custom built to carry the gun. Thats right, the A-10 Warthog (also called the "Tank Killer" for good reason) started as a gun, then the engineers built a plane around the cannon to carry it. When this thing shoots, the plane itself slows by a few miles an hour.

Plus it looks cool, so I built one for my Gargant.

Step one, get some plastic tubing, some Bic pens, a glue bottle top, and a bit of plastic mailing tube with a endcap.



Next, drill and cut to size, then paint.



Glue together, add some clay and details, and some final paint touch ups!



Lastly, mount it!







It's so snug, I wont be gluing it into place. this also gives me the option of changing it out later, and making terrain out of it.

I also got the front armor plates for the shoulders done.

Right shoulder (with some bolt-on rokkit action!)





Left shoulder (with his proppa name and rank!)





Finally, to round out this post I have the final shape of his feet. I kept the add-on sections, but brought them closer and shaped them a little better.



BONUS PICTURE!!!!

This is my favorite scale shot to date, here are the clogs with my shoe for scale. I wear a size twelve, which means my Great Gargant wears about a nine, nine and a half!



Up next, I start finishing last details on all his parts! also, my Duke Nukem nob!

Well sorted, on all accounts. Very nice update and- GAK! Is that a sneaker next to those stompa feet?! What size shoe is that?

Been watching that project for a while now, and it really shapes up great! : )
(not that I expected any thing else from you ^^)
Even though I'm not an Ork player I enjoy every single one of your projects.

The cannon fits perfectly.
But are you implying the orks made a weapon so awesome, they built a great gargant arround it?

Awesome 80's collection

That belly gun is the coolest thing I have seen! My goodness, you sure did the gun justice!
I'm also glad you can still have Orks stream out of it if you need that at some point!

This is not a gargant, it's a bigfoot!

anyway, the belly gun is amazing and big! big gun for some bad boys!

Good choice on the belly gun modification, looks like its all coming together in a big orky way!

This is so ridiculous it's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Nice work... You sir are an inspiration!

Wow, that is awesome! What on earth is next, Mega Gargant?

This is amazing. The only thing its missing are toy cranes next to it with painted orcs "building" the gargant. Truly excellent work all around. Thanks for sharing.

Have you been looking at that gun and laughing maniacally, like some kind of twisted evil genius? Because that's what I'd be doing if I just built that! It looks amazing, and I'm loving the little details of the gun platform and the insignia on the shoulders!
Great work!

The Good Green wrote:Well sorted, on all accounts. Very nice update and- GAK! Is that a sneaker next to those stompa feet?! What size shoe is that?

Aww yeah, those are size twelve shoes for y'all in the US, size 11 across the pond. I got a better scale picture in this update.

IPS wrote:Been watching that project for a while now, and it really shapes up great! : )
(not that I expected any thing else from you ^^)
Even though I'm not an Ork player I enjoy every single one of your projects.

The cannon fits perfectly.
But are you implying the orks made a weapon so awesome, they built a great gargant arround it?

Thanks! actually, the Great Gargant is built around a snotling named "Lewis." In all seriousness, I wish I had thought of the gun while building the guts, it would have fit nicely.

SilverMK2 wrote:Awesome 80's collection

Hell yeah!

RSJake wrote:
That belly gun is the coolest thing I have seen! My goodness, you sure did the gun justice!
I'm also glad you can still have Orks stream out of it if you need that at some point!

I got the dissembarking covered with the shoes now, there are four access doors, two in each foot.

FantasyBob wrote:This is not a gargant, it's a bigfoot!

anyway, the belly gun is amazing and big! big gun for some bad boys!

I can't wait to shoot up some imperial scum with it!

Maxus wrote:Good choice on the belly gun modification, looks like its all coming together in a big orky way!

Thanks dude! I only wish I could kill all your tyranids with it!

Death Gear wrote:This is so ridiculous it's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Hell yeah!

mullet_steve wrote:Nice work... You sir are an inspiration!

Thanks! I know it's cheesy, but so are y'all. I added a ton of detail because of the responses in this thread.

Mutley wrote:Wow, that is awesome! What on earth is next, Mega Gargant?

I dunno whats next. I'll finish the terrain board, but I have no plans after that. what would you like to see? my only issue with a Mega Gargant is the size, I feel that the Great Gargant pushes the high-end of even Apocalypse. I would rather make an Ork fortress, or something like that. What I really want to make is a Kroozer gaming table, like in the first stage of the Space Marine video game.

Moltar wrote:This is amazing. The only thing its missing are toy cranes next to it with painted orcs "building" the gargant. Truly excellent work all around. Thanks for sharing.

Gimmie time, I'll add all that!

master of asgard wrote:Have you been looking at that gun and laughing maniacally, like some kind of twisted evil genius? Because that's what I'd be doing if I just built that! It looks amazing, and I'm loving the little details of the gun platform and the insignia on the shoulders!
Great work!

Pretty much. like when I finished the Blasta-Bomma, I did in fact fly it around the house making shoota and plane noises. I did the same with the cannon, I was so happy it come out right and looked good mounted.

UPDATE TIME!

FE, FI FO FIVIETS!
i HATE RIVETS!

These stupid feet took four hours EACH to rivet up. my damn hand still hurst today, I had to just cut a few at a time yesterday. Stupid rivets. Eight hours! thats like, two of the Lord of the Rings movie, on an Apocalypse game! Or a tournament! or what five minutes of a Kevin Costner movie feels like!

Anyway, have some pictures.



There are two doors on each foot.







Studid #%@$ing rivets.







The original feet were the size of Landraiders. these are bigger, haha.



OK, enough bitchin' 'bout rivets. Next is some seriously fun stuff. I got a ton of things for the insides and more detail on the guns.



Up next, ammo belts for the Arm cannons, and I build a fire truck to stuff inside the Gargant! Also, Duke Nukem posing as a Nob! (just needs paintin'!)

The Good Green wrote:Also, Duke Nukem posing as a Nob! (just needs paintin'!)

'nuff said. Just in case you thought this proyect was not awesome enough. The level of coolness this is achieving is unbelievable.

oo looks promising cant waite to see what you do to the inside!

wow

2500kgm3 wrote:

The Good Green wrote:Also, Duke Nukem posing as a Nob! (just needs paintin'!)

'nuff said. Just in case you thought this proyect was not awesome enough. The level of coolness this is achieving is unbelievable.

I'm painting him slowly, I got his skin tone done already. I just need to touch up his sunglasses, they are a little lop-sided. (although he has nothing to do with the Gargant, I just had to mention him because I'm painting Nobs in between working on the Gargant.)

Rogue Wolves wrote:oo looks promising cant waite to see what you do to the inside!

I'm startin' his guts today!

dakkagrot187 wrote:wow

Just wait, todays update is pretty awesome!

UPDATE TIME!!!!

I got a sweet update for you today folks, no boring shoes up in here today! I got guns. big guns. Dakka guns. DakkaDakka guns.

I start by building a vertical hopper for the three side guns out of plastic, brass strips, and fishing weights.



For the other side of the gun, I want some belt fed guns so I get a comb and some thin drafting tape.



Next, I bought some beads that were close enough, and a plastic ammo belt for a spitball gun. I then glued fishing weights to the belt, and added drafting tape to the smaller beads.



I started the mounting by cutting a hole in the gun, and packing the end piece to the ammo belt into the slot.



Next, I added the four belts to the bofors guns, another side belt for a smaller gun, and then I built up the top a little to make it look like an Ork tank.







It was looking pretty, here it is pre rivets.



After dwelling in rivet hell, I primed up this bad boy.

inside



outside without the main cannon belt.



Outside with the main cannon belt



inside hoppers



front



side



See! I told you this was gonna be better then feet! Up next: we stuff a firetruck inside the Great Gargant.

Now place an ork in that belt where a bullet is missing.^^
With a chopppa and all.

That gun arm is beyond words! Awesome! You see that? Awesome just fell short of properly describing it! We'll have to come up with a new word that describes Super-Mega-Uber-Awesome!

you dont know how rediciously awsome those guns look!!, and using a comb and tape to make bullet chains, is GENIUS !

Great Stuff, consider that fishing weight idea stolen.

This thing is incredible - your first pics (back when it was red) were good enough, but the new stuff is amazing.

I can't wait to see the finished product.

Dan

I'm really enjoying following this thread, it's like every time I check it you've just upped the ante by like a gazillion awesomes, but you just took it to a whole new level with those ammo belts. There's a thin line between genius and madness, and you're treading it like a professional tight-rope walker. So much kudos for how this project is turning out!

what is the name on your spitball gun with the awesome belt feed? I can't make anything out except "max force" I think that's imperium gothic for DAKKA?

So. Much. WIN!

The ammo belts are awesome, also, the belly gatling gun, although gun seems like too much of an understatement. more like an instrument of the four horsemen when they all woke up with colossal hangovers.

I see what you tried.............and ya frickin did it perfectly well done

Just looking more and more orksome! Hurr. ME LIKE!

looking sweeeet, although the giant shell things look too big to fit out of any of the guns, still looks awesome though

IPS wrote:Now place an ork in that belt where a bullet is missing.^^
With a chopppa and all.

I might have an older ork that would fit, if not will a grot with bullet-shaped hat work?

RSJake wrote:That gun arm is beyond words! Awesome! You see that? Awesome just fell short of properly describing it! We'll have to come up with a new word that describes Super-Mega-Uber-Awesome!

Thats why Orks use glyphplates to descirbe how awesome stuff is. My favorite glyph (which I cleverly used on my Gargant) is the "Gar" glyph, it means really big and awesome. The Orks agree with you though, sometimes words arent enough, so the Gar rune is just an empty plate!

Rogue Wolves wrote:you dont know how rediciously awsome those guns look!!, and using a comb and tape to make bullet chains, is GENIUS !

Thanks! I want to just add a pistol grip and take it to a con, to be honest! It's the perfect size for an ork combi-pistol. (human sized, that is!)

Primarch_of_mechmarines wrote:Great Stuff, consider that fishing weight idea stolen.

Steal away, just don't forget to paint it blue so I dont know it was mine.

wonkobaggins wrote:This thing is incredible - your first pics (back when it was red) were good enough, but the new stuff is amazing.

I can't wait to see the finished product.

Dan

Me neither! It's getting close though, just a few more weeks, month max.

master of asgard wrote:I'm really enjoying following this thread, it's like every time I check it you've just upped the ante by like a gazillion awesomes, but you just took it to a whole new level with those ammo belts. There's a thin line between genius and madness, and you're treading it like a professional tight-rope walker. So much kudos for how this project is turning out!

Wait till you see what I did the last few days, I think I have lost it. It's a lot of y'alls comments and inspiration. I would not have added the ammo belts on the gun or filled the interior if not for comments to do so.

mullet_steve wrote:what is the name on your spitball gun with the awesome belt feed? I can't make anything out except "max force" I think that's imperium gothic for DAKKA?

It is "Max Force" brand spitball gun. I lucked out and found a ammo pack for only seven bucks, it had two hundred spitballs and the belts. I don't own a Max Force gun, but it seemed to be the premere spitball cannon, and was fully automatic.

Lorna wrote:So. Much. WIN!

The ammo belts are awesome, also, the belly gatling gun, although gun seems like too much of an understatement. more like an instrument of the four horsemen when they all woke up with colossal hangovers.

Pretty much, I want this thing to clearly be the incarnation of Gork (or possibly Mork.) The Glyphs even say it's a god! take that, "Nightbringer." pfft. what ev's.

dakkagrot187 wrote:I see what you tried.............and ya frickin did it perfectly well done

Thanks!

Mutley wrote:Just looking more and more orksome! Hurr. ME LIKE!

I still have one more gun to go!

bigfish wrote:looking sweeeet, although the giant shell things look too big to fit out of any of the guns, still looks awesome though

There was one gun that all the others were built around, it just had a shorter barrel then any other one! the shells were pretty close (a hair too big) but I figured it was close enough. apparently not, if you saw it! I fixed it with a bigger barrel and a cloth guard.



I have to wait for the clay to set before I can age the barrel and add runes. Good catch though, thanks!

UPDATE TIME!

OK, I have really gone 'round the bend. I may or may not have modelled and painted for two days in a row. All I know is I packed the inside of this silly thing with so much crap it's bursting at the seams with guns, ammo, Meks, Grots, tools, and more gubbins then three Deffskull loota trukks. I have so much to show off, That I'll need to spread it over two updates. I'll do one tonight and one in the morning tomorrow. (It's about thirty pictures in all, I got lots of details to show!

First up, I assembled all the guts of my firetruck, and primed them with a hammered metal primer. this give a cool texture, but only if you thick coat it. I don't recomend using it on highly detailed models!





Next, I did some speed painting on the bits, to break up the flat color a bit. I used metallics, as the insides of the Gargant were already my usual rust color. (which is a non-mettalic rust.) I figured having some variation would be good, considering the size of the model.



Once I had a nice pile of bits, I realized I would need a bit more "meat," so I took three sizes of square blocks and primed them with the hammered metal. I also assembled a bits box of brass tubing, plastic tubing, bailing wire, bits of black sheet plastic, and a huge box of sinkers. I was ready! My plan of attack was simple: stuff everything into the Great Gargant, no exceptions.

Here's a few pictures of the Gargant before the gubbins. (By the way, this is how I had planned on leaving it, plain but good enough. thank you all for urging me to go a bit further.)





And here it is with all the gubbins jammed into it!

















Once I got all that stuffed in there, it was time for the crew! I'll post that in the morning! (the Gargant is only half full in these pictures!)



Here is an artist's rendition of what the completed Great Gargant will look like:

Wow. That looks amazing. Very Orky and very impressive

Sir, you are a mad genius (that's a compliment, just to clarify ).

Truly amazing work.

UMGuy wrote:Wow. That looks amazing. Very Orky and very impressive

Thanks!

Grass4hopper wrote:Sir, you are a mad genius (that's a compliment, just to clarify ).

Truly amazing work.

Mad genius is never an insult! (unless you're a dictator, and not a modeller.)

UPDATE TIME II !!!!!

Now that I had the Great Gargant guts built, I needed to make it lived in. I really didn't want to paint models to go into it, but it was clear I had no other choice. Go big, or go home.
I painted up two Runtherders, five Meks, twenty-nine Grots, a ton of weapons, and as an added bonus most of the tools from the original Battlewagon kit!







Once that was all painted and ready to go, I got out the Ork shoehorn and jammed em' all into the Gargant. same rule as before, stuff it all in till I was done. I figured that was the best way to make it look like the older drawings of Orks, just crap everywhere.

First I ripped off a wall to the engine room, and added a Mek, some Grots, and the iconic big shoota to the back.







I love how the Night Gobbo in the last pic looks like he's about to make his move! (hmm.. most of the Night Gobbos look like they're up to no good.)

Next, a Runtherder watches over food gatherin'.



Another Runtherder gives a lesson to some grot Mek assistants.



A Burna Boy fixes a small plumbing problem with a big torch.



Grots goofing off in an ammo dump.



Mek about to regulate on said Grots.



Ammo Runt doing his job.



Another stockpile, Another group of Grots goofing off.



Mek fixin' thangs.



Mek keeping the boiler working with the help of a length of twisted I-beam.



This is my Favorite Grot, he's a soccer hooligan from the late eighties. his tab even said "hooligan!" (He's also about to get ganked by another Night Gobbo!)



A rare glimpse of Grots actually working.



Callers and signallers doing their jobs.



Lastly, a trio of distant photos. the first one is from the front, it's the upper deck of the Gargant.



This is the right side of the Gargant.



Lastly, the left side of the Gargant.



Well, thats about it for now! I got life stuff for the next few days, but both the boy and I got some fun miniatures for christmas so I'm sure I'll be back on the horse come monday. (I got a Battlewagon for my Nobs! oh, and Skyrim, so updates may slow a bit, haha.)

Thanks again to everyone, I would not have gone the extra mile had y'all not encouraged me to do so. As Sir Issac Newton said, "I have seen further only by standing on the shoulders of giants."

Merry Christmas, Happy Hollidays, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzza, Merry solstice, and Seasons' Greetings!

HOLY JEEBUS!

That thing is Big and Awesome!!

Just so much detail I am blown away! I am really glad you went that extra mile. I have dreamed of making something like this, but with your's out there, there really is no reason for me to try! I'll just slap a 5 gallon bucket on the table and hand out pictures of your build and say,
"This bucket...is a proxy...for....THIS!"

the interior looks better than i could have ever imagioned!

that is looking sweet, liking what you did with the gun as well, very cool. if you dont post again before christmas then merry christmas

OH MY GORK thats amazing the amount of deail in this gargant far excedes everyother one i have seen including mine simply cuz of the interior,well done

yeah dood, just completely OTT, I love it!

RSJake wrote:HOLY JEEBUS!

That thing is Big and Awesome!!

Just so much detail I am blown away! I am really glad you went that extra mile. I have dreamed of making something like this, but with your's out there, there really is no reason for me to try! I'll just slap a 5 gallon bucket on the table and hand out pictures of your build and say,
"This bucket...is a proxy...for....THIS!"

Sweet! I'm glad you like it! although you for sure got mad skillz, I'm sure whatever you put out would be slightly better then a bucket, haha. Make a Capital Imperialis, then we can fight!

Rogue Wolves wrote:the interior looks better than i could have ever imagioned!

I really like it, I'm glad I was pushed to go the extra mile.

bigfish wrote:that is looking sweet, liking what you did with the gun as well, very cool. if you dont post again before christmas then merry christmas

Yeah, I got side tracked, no post before Christmas. hope your holidays were good!

dakkagrot187 wrote: OH MY GORK thats amazing the amount of deail in this gargant far excedes everyother one i have seen including mine simply cuz of the interior,well done

I try, thanks!

dsteingass wrote:yeah dood, just completely OTT, I love it!

Go big or go home, as I always say.

Well, you may have noticed that I haven't posted in a while.
You may be thinking, "that pox hasn't posted in a while. maybe work called, and he was gone again for a few months like last time? maybe there was a family emergency? maybe he was in a bad part of town, and got mixed up in a drug deal gone bad, and now he has 36 hours to clear his name both with the FBI and the local mob boss?"

Pfft, I wish. I got Skyrim for christmas. I'm a real casual gamer, even with fallout I slowly played it over several months. (even the first two!) Not Skyrim, holy crap that's a well made game.

Anywho, enough of me being a nerd. I got the Feet painted. I experimented a lot on the feet. There were a few painting techniques that I wanted to try, and testing them out on the feet was the perfect way. I'm not sure if y'all want the blow by blow, so I'll just skip to the finished project. The two main ones I wanted to try was my new air supply rig for my airbrush, and the salt mask technique.

The CO2 tank for the airbrush rules, it does everything I wanted it to. I usually airbrush people and people sized objects, it was fun and challenging to try and airbrush a model.
The salt masking technique has potential, but I made my undercoat too light. I'll try again with a lower plate, but I think I have the painting order for the Gargant figured out for the most part.

PICTURES!









If it doesn't have a gunner, a Landraider can drive under it!



Up next, I continue painting till my eyes bleed!

This Great Gargant is impossibly good!

Wow Man! Your bleeding eyes are paying off tho, trust me, I can see it

Skyrim is ridiculously good and addictive.... I got it for christmas too... 50 hours gameplay in just under 2 weeks isn't too much is it?

pox wrote:Not Skyrim, holy crap that's a well made game.

Go Nord or go home.

well said nowlan so thats why their has been no updates for ages pox lol

Lovely work, love the swarm of greenskins in there. Great work!

Holy gak! I somehow managed to miss your transition from workshop to gargant, and have just caught up with this thread. I think I may have to go and lay down for a while and let all the old-skool goodness flow over me.

Outstanding work

Absolutely subscribed and in awe!
The shoes are just epic

WanderingFool wrote:This Great Gargant is impossibly good!

Oh, it's possible. I just don't know if its possible to use it in a fight!

dsteingass wrote:Wow Man! Your bleeding eyes are paying off tho, trust me, I can see it

Where we're going, we wont NEED eyes to see.

mullet_steve wrote:Skyrim is ridiculously good and addictive.... I got it for christmas too... 50 hours gameplay in just under 2 weeks isn't too much is it?

I wont say how much I played, we will call it "a lot." luckily my boss is the kind of boss who took a month off to raise his ranks playing Starcraft II, so no actual damage to my life, haha. (plus our last project looks great, we just got an invite to Tribeca film festival for the finished film!)

Nowlan wrote:

pox wrote:Not Skyrim, holy crap that's a well made game.

Go Nord or go home.

Lol, I rolled me an awesome Orc thief. going berserk right before a backstab is pretty awesome, I must say.

dakkagrot187 wrote:well said nowlan so thats why their has been no updates for ages pox lol

No, see it was work. yeah, thats the ticket, work. these movies wont make themselves you know! Props to make, blood to mix, etc.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Lovely work, love the swarm of greenskins in there. Great work!

Yeah, I got around thirty of the greens stuck in this stupid thing.

monkeytroll wrote:Holy gak! I somehow managed to miss your transition from workshop to gargant, and have just caught up with this thread. I think I may have to go and lay down for a while and let all the old-skool goodness flow over me.

Outstanding work

Thanks! I really want to change my signature to "I not only teach at the old school, I have tenure." I never change it though, my current quote is one of my all time favorites. I miss cooking.

SelvaggioSaky wrote:Absolutely subscribed and in awe!
The shoes are just epic

Yes, I love me some epic shoes. I got some jacket work to match the shoes!

I got the basics for the structure points done. I still have to add glyph plates and weathering.











I got the rest of the hull getting worked on right now, just waiting to brush the salt off. After that will be to bring it up to the level of detail of the hull plates.

Next up is a huge amount of artwork to the front of the beast. I wanted something unique, but not clan specific. As part of the Glyph stage, I'll be adding this three-stage monstrosity. (in addition to the usual deluge of Ork graffiti.)







Nearing the finish line boyz, nearing the finish line.

ooo im liking this red color alot, and interested in seeing these ork glyphs!

Badassery! Drum Rolllllll....

pox wrote:Where we're going, we wont NEED eyes to see.

Okay, now you get a million extra points.

I really like those paint jobs.

it's all looking a bit Red Dwarf with that color not that I mind it's a great effect but I was kinda hoping you'd stick with the dirty dessert cammo...

You sir, are a god amongst men...


Excellent work, and the level of detailing you've delved to is superb

This is just awesome on every conceivable level O.o

pox wrote:
The CO2 tank for the airbrush rules,

LOVE the CO2 Tanks for airbrushes! Now I just have to actually paint every so often to make it worth it.

Oh, and the shoes! This bad boy is gonna be stepping out in style! Looking great!

Wow, just read through this entire thread in one go, this is the best gargant I've ever seen.

If I can make one critisizm it would be the feet, I just dont like them, they look too big and dont look functional, if stompa style feet arent working how about tracks?

pox wrote:

The raised area that the body will sit on looks like an Inquisistion Icon..... Just putting it out there

Rogue Wolves wrote:ooo im liking this red color alot, and interested in seeing these ork glyphs!

Thanks! Done, and done.

dsteingass wrote:Badassery! Drum Rolllllll....

Almost there...

The Dreadnote wrote:

pox wrote:Where we're going, we wont NEED eyes to see.

Okay, now you get a million extra points.

I'm just glad someone appreciated my effort!

IPS wrote:I really like those paint jobs.

Thanks!

mullet_steve wrote:it's all looking a bit Red Dwarf with that color not that I mind it's a great effect but I was kinda hoping you'd stick with the dirty dessert cammo...

I needed to do something different, due to the size. I was just going to make it a rusted hulk, but after staring at the rust for so long I decided it needed something more. plus all the scaffolding that goes around it will all be rust colored, so I decided a more classic look was needed.

Leigen_Zero wrote:You sir, are a god amongst men...


Excellent work, and the level of detailing you've delved to is superb

Yeah, I missed my deadline to finish it, but I'm both having fun and happy with the extra effort.

D.Smith wrote:This is just awesome on every conceivable level O.o

We will have to conceive new levels then!

RSJake wrote:

LOVE the CO2 Tanks for airbrushes! Now I just have to actually paint every so often to make it worth it.

Oh, and the shoes! This bad boy is gonna be stepping out in style! Looking great!

Whats funny is I convinced myself to get one for work, but due to the difficulties in moving the tank I'm pretty sure it's just gonna stay at home unless I'm shooting in the swamp again. I still justify it by saying I'm extending the life of my compressors! I just love the silence. pure, clean air, no filters needed.

sleazy wrote:Wow, just read through this entire thread in one go, this is the best gargant I've ever seen.

If I can make one critisizm it would be the feet, I just dont like them, they look too big and dont look functional, if stompa style feet arent working how about tracks?

They look right when he has everything on, and I found out recently that they keep stuff from getting to close to his plates and knocking them off. Plus I love me some curled genie shoes, gives him a...uh...unique look.

D.Smith wrote:

The raised area that the body will sit on looks like an Inquisistion Icon..... Just putting it out there

Whats funny about that was when I played Inquisitor, My main team was lead by an Ordo Xenos Ork hunter. as per usual, he used the weapons of the enemy, so he had a Custom-combi gun and a Ork chainsword. but then everyone started using the stupid marine guy, who just killed everyone so I switched to Fabius Bile. (Then promptly stopped playing as the game went the way of the Dinosaurs.)

Have I got an update for you!

It starts with stencils made from the drawings I posted last time. these suckers were so big, I had to break out the giant sheet of acetate.

Here's the cut templates.



I wound up changing them quite a bit as I painted.

Here's the completed Symbol of Gork. (or possibly Mork.)





I had to take the picture in subdued lighting, the paints I use are gloss and can't be photoed in direct light. The colors are really bright, once I get it matte coated I'll get much better pictures.

I really like painting this. It's the first time that I've added something so big I could paint it the way I would canvas, in a really loose cross-hatch style. I'm pretty happy with the results, it works for it's size but is in a very different style then what you usually see.

Up next, I got the rest of the main hull painted.







lastly, a picture of it disassembled, and one of my son holding it. He is not small.





The front plates are now 99% complete. all thats left is the final layers of weathering, which I will do all at once when the entire thing is painted. (loose powder works best when you apply then clear coat immediately, haha.)

I still need to build a last layer of detail onto the engine, I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep painting finished pieces or go back to building. (I still need to fix the shoulders ands finish the Lifta-Droppa.)

the thing looks great! the colors arnt cartoonish, the freehand glyph looks convincing, you didnt over do the checkers, and most importantly it looks 100% orky!

Great work, you really captured that old-skool 'gargant' feeling, and the paintjob is lovely!

oh my great garganty mork did you paint this with win and awesome sauce or something? I'm not normaly a fan of old school checks and stuff but that's awesome.

Great progress so far!
Keep it up!

Amazing, great work with the skull, love It!

Man, that is awesome! The glyphs are phenomenal!

That's phenomenal work pox.... just amazing. The work you did on the interior detail as well as the fantastic painting on the outside is just so impressive!

Wow, just wow. This is coming together so well! It's going to make an amazing center piece to your army! Super Job!

As for the CO2 tank, I lugged a 20 pounder rental tank around to my markets and birthday parties last year. Had it in a hiking back pack, makes it a bit easier to tranport, but this year, I'm buying a smaller 5 pounder that will be much eisier to move. Yeah, the tank is silent, and you don't have to look around for a plug-in if you are somewhere new!

How long can you paint with a 20 lb tank?

Screw Thraka, you must be the true Prophet of the WAAAGHH!

This is, without a doubt, the coolest thing i've ever seen. It edges out the BolS Warlord titan simply cause I'm an ork at heart. It's that level of awesome however.

Can't wait till you try and figure out rules for this thing

@ Dave - I used mine for 3 months, painting for about 3 hours once or twice a week, and got about 1/2 way through. I don't know how long it would have lasted if I didn't have to keep taking the main valve off all the time for transportation. They last a good long time.

I'm wondering if I can use my little, noisy compressor to just fill a 20 lb tank?

dsteingass wrote:I'm wondering if I can use my little, noisy compressor to just fill a 20 lb tank?

Hopping in here out of turn. (I normally just post when I'm updating.)

You can't fill a CO2 tank with a compressor, the CO2 tank is actually a liquid. you could get a small five or ten gallon spare tank for the compressor, fill that and use it, though I would imagine you would only get a few hours. experiment before buying! CO2 and nitros tanks are different though, again they are not compressed air, they are compressed liquid.

A 20lb tank of CO2 will last you forever. not really, but its fifteen bucks to fill, and I heard about it from a prop guy who uses it for three hours a DAY. (at least!) He fills his every six months. The only thing is they can be dangerous, you need to store it in a chained place, preferably with a heavy rubber band. There are two dangers with a CO2 tank. The first is an actual breech in the valve. rare, but the thing turns into a missile, hence the friction chaining to a wall. The second is more common and serious, a slow leak that can displace all the oxygen in a room, potentially killing stuff.

Are there any issues with the temperature of the CO2 coming out of the tank?
Back in my paintball days before I upgraded to compressed air, my 20oz CO2 tank would start to gather ice... in the middle of july.
Or is this negated by the small volume of airflow for airbrushing? Cause the temperature issue only occurred when the CO2 was converting from liquid to gas at a rapid rate.

It's mostly negated by the small amount of air coming out, and the length of the airbrush tube. Most are long to let the air cool that comes out of a compressor. I get a lot of moisture forming around the gauges and the brass can get quite cold after about an hour of continuous use. I just wipe it down and keep going.

I've also never had any problems with the temperature interacting with any kind of paints, inks, or alcohol used in the airbrush either.

I second Pox's assesment and warnings. But it takes alot to turn it into a missile. It would have to fall over and the valve would actually have to hit something hard. Mine fell over while I was doing airbrush tattoos at a park. I had to clean my underwear out after that, but nothing happend. *whew*. So yeah, it might take a lot to break the valve, but why take chances. And as for a small leak. I wouldn't keep next your bed at night, and keep a window open when it's in the house...just to be safe.

Unless it was leaking enough to force all the natural air out of the room, the CO2 from the tank is harmless.

And you'd pretty much have to hit the valve with a sledge hammer to turn it into a projectile. The most likely case for a blowout is the tank overheating (tank in too much sunlight), and all that'll happen there is that the burst disk in the valve will trigger when the pressure gets too high, and it'll safely empty the tank (with a lot of wind and loud noise). I just woudn't touch the tank with bare skin directly after, it'll be cold enough to freeze your skin to it.

For sure, the only danger is displaced oxygen, not the CO2 tank. They are built fairly sturdy, absolutely. Maybe I did go overboard with the caution, so I'll briefly talk about the pros to using a CO2 tank for an air supply.

It is the greatest modeling toy I've ever owned. nothing has made my happier to work with then using the tank. It gives a constant steady stream of clean air, is utterly silent, and is the same price as a mid-grade compressor. to get the kind of hours and hours of use I use I need from my air supply, I would have to buy one of the pro compressors with a overflow tank, priced at around 600 bucks. (I was going to get one, when I heard about using the CO2.)

I love it so much I plan on getting a five gallon tank for doing make-up, by summer I hope to be selling my other compressors (except one for emergencies) and only using CO2.

Arn't you a little bit concerned about applying spray make up to peoples faces with CO2? isn't there a larger chance of them inhaling a large dose and passing out.

mullet_steve wrote:Arn't you a little bit concerned about applying spray make up to peoples faces with CO2? isn't there a larger chance of them inhaling a large dose and passing out.

So long as his workspace is ventilated it shouldn't be an issue. Plus, CO2 is denser than air and sinks to ground level.

According to what I've read, dizziness, drowsiness and confusion all occur from prolonged exposure well before anything seriously harmful, so as long as the model knows of this and speaks up if they experience any of those symptoms they should be fine.

Pox, since you're in the industry, have you watched the SciFi show Face Off? (the special effects makeup competition)
Also, I'm looking forward to seeing the gun arm painted.

Nowlan wrote:

mullet_steve wrote:Arn't you a little bit concerned about applying spray make up to peoples faces with CO2? isn't there a larger chance of them inhaling a large dose and passing out.

So long as his workspace is ventilated it shouldn't be an issue. Plus, CO2 is denser than air and sinks to ground level.

According to what I've read, dizziness, drowsiness and confusion all occur from prolonged exposure well before anything seriously harmful, so as long as the model knows of this and speaks up if they experience any of those symptoms they should be fine.

Pox, since you're in the industry, have you watched the SciFi show Face Off? (the special effects makeup competition)
Also, I'm looking forward to seeing the gun arm painted.

Also why Ill hold onto one of my Smartjet pro compressors, haha. Some people are skittish around airbrushes anyway. I had to learn to start the airflow away from their face, the airbrush can cause people to flinch when it first kicks on. In addition to what Nowlan said, When you airbrush faces (especially around the nose, ears, and eyes) you cant use a lot of pressure, I usually set the outflow to five PSI, no more then ten under any circumstances. In most uses I paint everything by hand and use the airbrush to seal and blend. the only time I use it fully is for a full body shot.

Really though the CO2 is the least of my subjects' problems, I'm usually using Pros-aide to apply appliances (It was developed to help hold on prosthetic limbs,) liquid latex to smooth or build wounds from scratch and spirit gum to quick-patch anything I missed. add a layer of blood gel and fake blood and you have a total mess to clean up. Plus you have to deal with me in your face for like two hours on average, can you imagine the horror!?! I can never work as an extra, I would pay all my bad Karma at once, and probably have to sit in a vat of goo for six hours or something.

I oddly enough have not actually seen face/off, I only have a TV for video games. I have applied for it, but don't like my chances of winning. I have no formal training, just tons of tricks picked up from anyone and everyone who can teach me. My expertise is no budget, no time, no problem. I can make a full corpse from stuff you buy at Walmart for under a hundred bucks, blood an all. I'm not knocking my skill BTW, just assessing it fairly. I'm slowly moving towards greener pastures, but as my career advances I'm moving a lot more into script writing, production design, and prop building.

One last thing on this massive de-rail, if you want to see my handiwork, "Jules Vernes' the Mysterious Island" premiers on SYFY February 11th, a Saturday night. My assistant and I did all of the gore/blood effects, the moss creatures, and I designed the Nautilus. It's worth checking out because I'm awesome, although I have not seen even a rough cut. It should be good though, got some decent actors in it and it's directed by Mark Sheppard. (I think it's his movie directing debut.)

Seriously I wont derail anymore! I have been working on the Great Gargant, I should have pics either late tonight or early tomorrow. I got the gun arm mostly painted, the base coat done for the shoulders and deck guns, and have started the last builds needed for the shoulder undercarriage and the Lifta-Droppa.

WOW! The Mysterious Island is my favorite Jules Verne book! And you had a part! Man that is absolutely awesome! I will set my DVR immediately!

My gawd, I think we worry about safety to a stupid degree sometimes. It's like saying that an x-acto knife could POSSIBLY cut you, so never use one. If you are an idiot, you WILL hurt yourself with a butter-knife somehow.

Pox! That's awesome! I will definately try to watch that! If I miss it, hopefully it will be on HULU soon.

I do airbrush tattoos for kids during the summer, and yeah, they don't like anything blowing on thier face, no matter what. Some complain that the air is cold, but they complain about it being cold when I use a compressor too. I moslty do arm tattoos, but some kids like them on the face. Sometime I have to use a brush because they freak out. It's fun, but at the end on 2 hours, I am exhausted! I can't imagine the endurance to do it all day like you! Awesome though!

@ Dave, well, if we didn't give the warnings and someone let a tank fall down thier stars and the tank shot through a wall and killed thier neighbor, they might blame us!

Well, if that happened, then we can blame the house builder for being cheap and using 24" center studs in the wall!

PROPER 16" centers would not allow the tank to go through the wall at all! lol

Rogue Wolves wrote:the thing looks great! the colors arnt cartoonish, the freehand glyph looks convincing, you didnt over do the checkers, and most importantly it looks 100% orky!

I'm glad you like it! I was worried about going a little off the rails with the cross-hatch style, its a very fast and loose way to paint, wasn't sure if it would translate to a miniature. I'm glad it seemed to work!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Great work, you really captured that old-skool 'gargant' feeling, and the paintjob is lovely!

I had to make it match both my army and my terrain! Luckily, my army is pretty old school, so it should fit right in. (except size, the thing is stupid-big.)

mullet_steve wrote:oh my great garganty mork did you paint this with win and awesome sauce or something? I'm not normaly a fan of old school checks and stuff but that's awesome.

I use an older eighties recipe, it's made of "radical" and "bitchin'" sauce. close to taste, same effect! Again, it had to match my army. (My army is really, really old. It's been repainted more times then Tammy Faye Baker.)

IPS wrote:Great progress so far!
Keep it up!

I will, my goal is to have it done by the end of next weekend.

SelvaggioSaky wrote:Amazing, great work with the skull, love It!

Again, thank you!

dsteingass wrote:Man, that is awesome! The glyphs are phenomenal!

Working with stencils is the key. they're really easy to make, I just keep the kit by my work station. if I dont have one, I make one.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's phenomenal work pox.... just amazing. The work you did on the interior detail as well as the fantastic painting on the outside is just so impressive!

Thanks! it's got to do double duty and be terrain, it got out of hand.

Sigmundr wrote:

Screw Thraka, you must be the true Prophet of the WAAAGHH!

This is, without a doubt, the coolest thing i've ever seen. It edges out the BolS Warlord titan simply cause I'm an ork at heart. It's that level of awesome however.

Can't wait till you try and figure out rules for this thing

I have not seen this Warlord titan, I'll have to go check it out! and yeah, Pox the Primogenitor is way cooler than thrakka.

As for rules, thats pretty simple. Nine structure points, a lifta droppa, an anti-troop many shot gun, an anti tank gun, two AA guns, an evil eye, two rokkits and a big shoota. (thats in order the right arm, the left arm, the belly gun, the shoulder guns, the head, the little shoulder platform and of course all Ork walkers bigger then a Dred should have a big shoota to the rear.)

I figure Armor 13/12/10 nine shields, holds ninety boys, and is a walking Idol of Gork. (or possibly Mork.) whole thing should run about 2,500 points.

Really though, I'll use it exactly like my Blasta-Bomma, basically it has whatever rules fit the game of Apocalypse I'm currently playing.

dsteingass wrote:WOW! The Mysterious Island is my favorite Jules Verne book! And you had a part! Man that is absolutely awesome! I will set my DVR immediately!

My gawd, I think we worry about safety to a stupid degree sometimes. It's like saying that an x-acto knife could POSSIBLY cut you, so never use one. If you are an idiot, you WILL hurt yourself with a butter-knife somehow.

It's not a bad movie, all in all. I haven't actually seen it since seeing a rough a few months ago, but a lot of hard work went into it. I'm gonna have a little party for it's premiere, it's the first movie I've done that's been on TV!

RSJake wrote:Pox! That's awesome! I will definately try to watch that! If I miss it, hopefully it will be on HULU soon.

I do airbrush tattoos for kids during the summer, and yeah, they don't like anything blowing on thier face, no matter what. Some complain that the air is cold, but they complain about it being cold when I use a compressor too. I moslty do arm tattoos, but some kids like them on the face. Sometime I have to use a brush because they freak out. It's fun, but at the end on 2 hours, I am exhausted! I can't imagine the endurance to do it all day like you! Awesome though!

@ Dave, well, if we didn't give the warnings and someone let a tank fall down thier stars and the tank shot through a wall and killed thier neighbor, they might blame us!

Thats very impressive. I love working with kids, I have had quite a few successes even with brutal make-up. I don't know what you use for make-up, but if you ever wanted to shine on a kid and/parent that was rotten, you should keep some TEMPTU dura-ink on hand. the good stuff stays on for ten days! (the Make-up artist on Sons of Anarchy uses it for all the biker tats, says it lasts all week of shooting.)

dsteingass wrote:Well, if that happened, then we can blame the house builder for being cheap and using 24" center studs in the wall!

PROPER 16" centers would not allow the tank to go through the wall at all! lol

Damn, we got all kinda building Meks up in here!

Alrighty, all discussion of airbrushing and movies aside, I got an actual update!


I got the front shoulder plates and the deck guns finished.

Right plate



Left plate



Deck gun one





Deck gun two



Even the deck guns are too big, heres them next to a Rhino.



I have gotten a lot more done, I just keep losing focus this close to the end so I'm jumping from piece to piece. I have a lot of the Lifta-Droppa built, I fixed the inside of the shoulders, primed the head and got it salted, and lastly have most of the big gun painted. I'll be knocking out a lot of it over the next few days.

My goal is officially to have it done by next Sunday.

Looking great, good luck on getting it done by Sunday!

Those deck gunz.... those [every part of this thing] are huge!! It's all looking amazing, too. The addition of all those classic orks and grots is kind of overwhelming in an awesome way. It makes every view so much like the 80's dioramas that got me into this hobby. Way to go and an over the top awesome project! You can do it- get it done, that is.

BIG! no duh.

I'm so jealous of you. My Orks deserve a Great gargant, but all they have it a lousy battlefortress made from a G. I. Joe toy. I will endeavor to summon my inner Mek Boss.

The weathering is just brilliant. Wow. So believable.

I should really sweep the floor, my jaw keeps hitting it!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking great, good luck on getting it done by Sunday!

I had originally meant NEXT sunday, but I'm rolling along pretty good! I should have most of the big stuff done by tonight!

The Good Green wrote: Those deck gunz.... those [every part of this thing] are huge!! It's all looking amazing, too. The addition of all those classic orks and grots is kind of overwhelming in an awesome way. It makes every view so much like the 80's dioramas that got me into this hobby. Way to go and an over the top awesome project! You can do it- get it done, that is.

Thanks a lot man. It really means a lot to hear from players that are from the same era, I really miss those old dioramas. the early winners of the Golden Daemon are my favorite pictures ever. (Remember the weird flying Battlewagon, with wings no less, and the strange face on the front that made a different face upside down?)

DreadlordME! wrote:BIG! no duh.

Yup. big.

warpcrafter wrote:I'm so jealous of you. My Orks deserve a Great gargant, but all they have it a lousy battlefortress made from a G. I. Joe toy. I will endeavor to summon my inner Mek Boss.

Get to work! Doing stuff like this is like eating a whale. you just do it a bite at a time. You've already had a few other large meals, and you already have a fork and knife. Start eating a whale!

Gitsplitta wrote:The weathering is just brilliant. Wow. So believable.

Thanks! I'm really getting the hand of the salt resist stuff, I'm so glad I heard about that. I was taught it from another poster in my terrain thread, I'll look up who it was for proper credit.

dsteingass wrote:I should really sweep the floor, my jaw keeps hitting it!

Lol, I saved the best stuff for last.

Here's the finished shoulders.









I also got the DakkaDakka gun finished.







Bonus scale shot!



The glyphplates along the side are for the different races, I'll put killmarks under them for significant kills. (I even got a squat "stunty" plate, in case I encounter another graybeard on the table.)

Alrighty, I'll be painting and modelling for the next fourteen hours. I'll have another update toinght for sure, and probably one mid-day.

Holy smokes man! *applause*

See. Now that's a gun. You know you're getting close to enough dakka when you can park vehicles on top of the dakka

monkey I thought there was never enough dakka? I though this was a site rule or summink?

You can never have too much dakka, but you can get close to enough dakka, just never actually reach it.

LOL I see, my confusion was enough vs to much,,, I think my thinking went something along the lines of to much is not enough... and since you can never have to much you could never reach enough....

Yep, unobtainable goal

Can still get close if you try hard enough though.

And being able to park a vehicle (which itself has dakka) on top of the dakka means you're trying pretty hard

It'z like a limmit. Da closer you get, da harder it iz ta get closer.

Those deck guns are truly impressive. They really drive home that this thing is a walking battleship.

I'm also truly impressed by your ability to look at an old project, and completely rebuild it from the ground up. I just don't have the heart to look at my old stuff, half out of shame, and half out of nostalgia, haha.

Uh, wow! Those guns rule...

This is so amazingly cool I cant believe I missed it!!!
It should be take apart-able so you can use it as terrain too!

Holy... No words.

Probably the best gargant in existence. Also, I see your UMD shorts Live a couple miles away from the university myself.

Very nice work. That head is going to give me nightmares

wow those are some NICE paintjobs!

Oh my Moses, this is divine.

Jeebus!
Fantastic! -The big empty shells should have grots in them

Whoa, lots of quotes! thanks everyone!

Gitsplitta wrote:Holy smokes man! *applause*

The fat lady is real close to singing, I've saved the best for last!

monkeytroll wrote:See. Now that's a gun. You know you're getting close to enough dakka when you can park vehicles on top of the dakka

mullet_steve wrote:monkey I thought there was never enough dakka? I though this was a site rule or summink?

I only quoted the first few posts discussing what I call the "Orkemidies-Badrukk effect." True, you can never have enough Dakka, but it may be possible to break the OBE wall. In theory, you start with a gun platform that is sturdy enough to deep strike. (like a drop pod or Rok.) Next, you load it up with auto-fire cannons, similar to the gun drop pods employed in the dark fields of Armageddon in order to clear landing sites for Thunderhawks. Lastly, you make a giant, rapid fire weapon capable os shooting out these pods at an incredible rate.

At this point you would bleed the OBE wall, as you have a heavy, rapid fire cannon that uses gunships for ammo. Theory though, we would need to build one to test it.

Goresaw wrote:Those deck guns are truly impressive. They really drive home that this thing is a walking battleship.

Thanks! I think they really frame the shoulders and head nicely, I'm glad I went with them. Props to Kr00zer for the idea, I swiped it from his size chart.

I'm also truly impressed by your ability to look at an old project, and completely rebuild it from the ground up. I just don't have the heart to look at my old stuff, half out of shame, and half out of nostalgia, haha.

It's one of my favorite things to do, you should try it! I still have Gobsmashas, a Giblet grinder, Speedstas, and a ton of buggies to update!

Cave_Dweller wrote:Uh, wow! Those guns rule...

My desk is full of DAKKA right now. I should get a picture of just the guns. You could arrange them just so and play Necromunda with just the weapons, haha.( If I start to build anything this big again, someone shoot me.)

Capitansolstice wrote:This is so amazingly cool I cant believe I missed it!!!
It should be take apart-able so you can use it as terrain too!

It's designed as terrain, actually. I have the table already built, and a thread on it already. I had to hold off on the terrain till I had the final size of the Great Gargant before I could complete the factory wall. look for it a few weeks after the Great Gargant is done!

Samus_aran115 wrote:Holy... No words.

Probably the best gargant in existence. Also, I see your UMD shorts Live a couple miles away from the university myself.

Very nice work. That head is going to give me nightmares

Thats my son's UMD shorts, he just moved to Louisiana from there. ahh, blessed swampland! I got the head halfway done, will have pics of the final paint job tomorrow for sure.

Rogue Wolves wrote:wow those are some NICE paintjobs!

Soon, they will all be assembled to form VOLTRON! (or possibly Mork.)

Begel Dverl wrote:Oh my Moses, this is divine.

why, thank you!

dsteingass wrote:Jeebus!
Fantastic! -The big empty shells should have grots in them

I might add some when it's terrain. I looked a few Grots to size them up, I'll need to fully sculpt a grot to actually fit and not look silly.


I was going to go full burn today, but my brother needed help with his yard so I took out five hours for brotherly love. I'll be going all out tomorrow though, I'm shooting to just finish.

Here's what I do have for today, I got a Lifta-Droppa. It's not inked or blackened yet.











I added the crane on top to both make it look animated and to have the gun fill out the same space as the left arm. There are some details that are hard to see. The center "energy cannon" bits do not touch anything else. The two half-rings at the bottom control the grab-strength, and the chain runs off the boom and to the half-rings. One assumes that the crane lifts the grabbin' half-rings up and down, to facilitate the actual "lifting" and "dropping". Thats my story and I'm sticking to it, hope you like the gun!

BONUS PIC! it was so popular last time, here's the Rhino for scale.

Nice pic, the rhino nicely demonstrates the size of this beast!

This is one of the greatest projects I've seen on Dakkadakka so far. I especially love the weathering and the free-handing on the belly. Can't wait to see it all in one piece and on the battlefield.

This thing is coming out amazing! Literally everything about it.

The lifta-droppa workings make perfect sense to me.

That might not necessarily be a good thing

Let's hear it for Barry the Rhino.

THAT is just off the h00k!

pox wrote:

The glyphplates along the side are for the different races, I'll put killmarks under them for significant kills. (I even got a squat "stunty" plate, in case I encounter another graybeard on the table.)

And somewhere, deep deep in the bowels of Bugman's Brewery Jervis Johnson has reset the Squat clock. Thanks Pox

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice pic, the rhino nicely demonstrates the size of this beast!

Its so big, even terrain doesn't seem to keep it in scale. I'll have to fix that, although I'm gonna need a bigger boat!

Swordwind wrote: This is one of the greatest projects I've seen on Dakkadakka so far. I especially love the weathering and the free-handing on the belly. Can't wait to see it all in one piece and on the battlefield.

Done, and working on it.

Awesomesauce wrote:This thing is coming out amazing! Literally everything about it.

Glad you like it!

monkeytroll wrote:The lifta-droppa workings make perfect sense to me.

That might not necessarily be a good thing

Let's hear it for Barry the Rhino.

That is a good thing, I was worried it was too weird, but I had to bulk it up to match the Dakka arm. oh, and I got a Barry the Baneblade to go with Barry the Rhino for this update!

dsteingass wrote:THAT is just off the h00k!

Hell's a droppin'!

Maxus wrote:

pox wrote:

The glyphplates along the side are for the different races, I'll put killmarks under them for significant kills. (I even got a squat "stunty" plate, in case I encounter another graybeard on the table.)

And somewhere, deep deep in the bowels of Bugman's Brewery Jervis Johnson has reset the Squat clock. Thanks Pox

Hey, I don't make the calls over at GW. I just figured the "Demiurge" needed some killin' too!

Alrighty, big update! I got the head done.









On top of that, I finished the Great Gargant.









I have more pictures, I'm going to make a thread in the finished section and then link them here. a lot of the pictures will be closeups of the different parts, some of which I've already shown here. I just wanted to cap off the thread with some proper pictures.

EDIT: here's the link for more pictures. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/423841.page#3801720

Once the other thread is done, I'll edit a link into this thread.

I want to thank everyone that posted into this thread. From simple words of encouragement to thoughtful criticisms and suggestions, you all have elevated this project from simple terrain to something really great. I would not have taken it as far as I did without all the help from y'all. If you're ever in my neck of the woods, stop by for a game.

Absolutely fantastic job pox... a true inspiration! Hope your pics get lots of views and votes, they certainly deserve them.

Holy poop. Amazing! Are there stats?

he looks great! i like what you did with the clear part on his eye!

The overall appearence is pretty impressive.
I like it.

A big round of applause!!!
And chapeau.

That turned out as great as I had imagined. Really, really solid work and a great job all around. Obviously, it's been a labor of love and that's why the payoff is so immense. Thanks for sharing your work with us. It's been a great trip!

Awesome!

Holy Moly! That is amazing! I can't believe how awesome it looks all together! Great Job!

This is amazing!

I really like the modeling and painting.

The design maintains the traditional concept of a Gargant without the moo-moo profile.

Congrats! I would not want that thing staring at me from across the board.

lol looks like a "Rhino launch rail"!
just add some rokkits

Holy @&#$ # $%&*(@! *@^$$$)_!!@*&^$%!@$^@*%#


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Bugstomper wrote:
lol looks like a "Rhino launch rail"!
just add some rokkits

Also, ^^ that needs to happen (on your next gargant)

very well done good sir bravo

awesome piece!!!!!!!!

Yeah, what everyone else said, and then some

The head is superb, very cool indeed.

And good job by Barry the Baneblade, we wouldn't have noticed Barry the rhino down there.

Looking forward to him coming apart in the workshop now

OH MY GAAAAD!!!!!!!!! loving the picture of it all together. looks amazing!

Truely inspiring project log mate... I love this thing and want to have it's babies in my army..

EDIT: Nevermind, I asked something that you previously answered, but can't figure out how to delete this post

wow.

Heh. It just dawned on me that you can use the removable torso plates to represent wounds/structure ponts lost. Bonus points to awesomeness.

Amazing stuff. I love how puny the Baneblade looks next to the finished gargant.

A truely EPIC result. I so want to see a data sheet for it.

WELL DONE THAT MAN!

Supern, that's all I have to say. I'd love tr face off against that beast someday!

The gargant looks pretty damn awesome

That is just insane. It has come together brilliantly. Looking forward to your next project.

You sir are a god!!!!

You're my hero...
er' hem...

You'z da biggest Boss aroun'!
Dat fing iz da purdee-ist fing I haz eva put rokkz at.

I have started one, and like your original, I have started with a "barrel" of sorts... I started with a large Utz Cheese Ball barrel.
No where near as awesome as yours... No where near as finished... Okay, so, I have made a few cuts. But it is started.

Thank you for sharing.
Awesome. (some orkz have more than one thumb per hand)

Nah, 'ez jus' da Mekkiest Mek arownd.

Just like pretty much anything you make...

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