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Aye, it is getting tiring to hear people say that we should convert that table/stompa/model instead of buying the kit.

I actually agree with JHDD...

Even if you don't love GW's take on the trukk, battle wagon and stompa (!), you have to give them credit for not only finally finishing the ork line (well, ok, maybe not buggies), but doing it in a modular fashion that lets you mix and match things from the Codex army and Apocalypse book. That is just damned sexy.

I don't even have a proper ork army, but I even bought the trukk to make in to a LatD vehicle bash. It isn't as though you can't keep scratch building your stuff.

... now I need to go wash my hands.

Nuclear Mekanik wrote:I really don't get the people who moan about this stuff, we're talking about Orks here, right? You can scratchbuild pretty much anything, that's half the fun! What is it with everyone wanting to be spoonfed all the time? If you can't make a Painboy from the Nobs Box or two Buggies from the Trukk kit, then you might want to try collecting Team Ultramarines rather than Orks, as you clearly haven't got the hang of it yet!

Yes, pointing out GW's lies is clearly not getting the hang of it. The wheels are interchangeable between the Trukk and Battlewagon? Oh my god, think of the possibilities!

I give them credit for doing what they said they would do. I have worked in several shop over the years and managed to feret out a few good reps over that time who really went after the good bits of info. One of which was the ork vehical lines, he told me they were a ways off ( years ago) but that they would be working on get them all compatable with each other, and that they were working it all out. So now they are on their way out and so far I am pleased. The stompa I want to see in person before I render my final judgement but have high hopes!

I don't know what amazes me more.

That they've made the stompa.
That someone finally sat down and thought everything through, and realized that making all the parts interchangeable was the way to go.

I wish the buggies were out. Then you could litterally just buy a couple boxes of everything, cut everything off the sprue, and it'd be like legos - but with glue.

Who knows? Buggies and Trakks could very well be a wave 3 release coming early 2010.

Sure it's late, but while surfing around, well, HERE'S a Stompa!:

http://www.the-waaagh.com/forums/?showtopic=37748

Wow!

It's not in english, but here's the blog by the guy that did that stompa. His eye for detail is incredible, and his other work is pretty great too.

An even nicer find!

I rather like the 'skirted' version, but his is quite good!

I've always hate hate hated the orks' muumuu wearing titans (I'd love to see one done up in Hawaiian floral print though), so this kit is a huge let down for me. However, I'm stoked for the Warbosses out there, and I think it's damn cool of GW to have fleshed out the ork line like they have. Can't wait to see if they release plastic Imperial titan kits in the future. I'd love to see some looted Warhounds and Reavers.

P.S. I've posted some painting suggestions for the Stompa HERE.

It's here http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=12400001

dodgex1 wrote:It's here http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=12400001

My fav line was this one:

"... our email subscribers with exclusive hobby news and content. Infact, our subscribers received these Stompa images weeks ago."

... as did everyone else who has access to the Internet. Great work there GW. Really on the cutting edge of news and rumours. I love how willfully ignorant GW continues to be of the internet. I mean, back in the days of 2nd Ed I managed to get pics of the metal Sentinel, Fire Prism and Bloodthirster all before they were released, so much so that Red Shirts thought they were conversions and not real models. That was over a decade ago, and yet here they are still telling us how their newsletter contains exclusive information? Exclusive for maybe all of 3 minutes before someone uploads it here, to BoLS or at Warseer...

BYE

Stompy stomp stomp stompy

This looks pretty awesome to make, just a shame I don't collect Orks.

Wonder what GW will price this kit at...

I keep saying, it's $US95.

ungulateman wrote:I keep saying, it's $US95.

After calculating the number of sprues and size of the box needed for a Reaver titan in plastic, you could be right.

Though GW will probably charge $120 for it. And by $120, I mean $120,000.

GW said that it would be the same as the Baneblade..

A *Reaver*? Ha, no.

That won't be in plastic until the Warhound *and* the Thawk are plastic.

So why even bother speculating on that as a basis.

Besides, GW has already confirmed the Stompa will be $95, like the Baneblade and Shadowsword.

with an iron fist wrote:

ungulateman wrote:I keep saying, it's $US95.

After calculating the number of sprues and size of the box needed for a Reaver titan in plastic, you could be right.

Though GW will probably charge $120 for it. And by $120, I mean $120,000.

It always amazes me how people keep speculating about things that have already been confirmed.

As we always say: Ignorance is bliss~! And having dung for brains also helps!

i must nurglify it

just thinking- with the new super heavies coming out that stompa will Not be on the table very long. a few strength D's and that thing will have one big apoc fail.

Well...they are made by orks, with bits of 'chewing gum and paper clips' to hold it together. Don't expect utter dominance.

ultramarine1 wrote:just thinking- with the new super heavies coming out that stompa will Not be on the table very long. a few strength D's and that thing will have one big apoc fail.

A Shadowsword will have a harder time killing a Stompa than killing another Shadowsword, so I don't really see your point.

i wish you could use apoc in normal games like having a banblade in a 2,000 point game. Ahh well i gess it will always be a dream

ultramarine1 wrote:just thinking- with the new super heavies coming out that stompa will Not be on the table very long. a few strength D's and that thing will have one big apoc fail.

Well, isn't that was Strength D's are for?

jamunition wrote:i wish you could use apoc in normal games like having a banblade in a 2,000 point game. Ahh well i gess it will always be a dream

There is no point minimum for Apocalypse... I just did a 1750 Apoc game the other day, twas fun

Seen the Stompa! GW Southampton have received their kit, made it and and sprayed it. Suffice to say it looks very Stompy! I love the gretchin comm tower (little details always amuse me).

Strangely, when I was in GW Birmingham yesterday, they said they weren't getting theirs for another week.

jamunition wrote:i wish you could use apoc in normal games like having a banblade in a 2,000 point game. Ahh well i gess it will always be a dream

It's a game. Not a court. You can do what you like - as long as you can find a willing opponent.

I reckon a game with a Stompa - or any other super-heavy - versus a suitable quantity of more "normal" troops could be a fun basis for a scenario. You might want to make up some extra rules to help the lowly troops take the beast down, perhaps for booby traps and such-like, or just set-up the objectives of the scenario in an interesting way to provide a fun game.

Why do so many people take the rules as law?

I had to play against a Stompa in a "normal" 2250 pts game at a tournament that allowed Apocalypse super-heavies. It didn't go so well. I think the 3000 pts minimum limit is there for a reason.