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Flashman wrote: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.

I'd say the whole thing is strange in that it's not supposed to be out until March.. It's not even February yet...

two_heads_talking wrote:

Flashman wrote: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.

I'd say the whole thing is strange in that it's not supposed to be out until March.. It's not even February yet...

Inventory control at it's finest -
"Ow I stubbed my toe, who put that there! It smarts!"
"Stompa..."
"No, stubbed! It hurts!"
"Schedule says this goes out in March."
"Yeah it smarts! I should get some steel toed boots."
"No, March."
"Yeah it smarts! Yeesh, you deaf? Gimme that box, after I put it on the truck I'ma find out who left it on the floor!"

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

You could always use the older Imperial Armor rules for the Baneblade, fits better into "regular" 40K than the Apoc version of the rules.

two_heads_talking wrote:

Flashman wrote: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.

I'd say the whole thing is strange in that it's not supposed to be out until March.. It's not even February yet...

Strange or not, it's there in all its plastic stompy glory. Should have asked to see the sprue really, to see what bits they'd left off. Put me in an Orky mood anyway and I left with the Grotz box. Really loving Ork plastics at the momet.

lord_blackfang wrote: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.

Granted, at a tournament, when you aren't expecting it, and haven't crafted a scenario to accommodate it, then it could easily produce an unsatisfactory game.

We shouldn't let tournament's constrain our imagination when it comes to other games though.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Stompa kit in person. I'm wondering about how to go about making a wrecked Stompa...

Just remove the feet and slump the arms.

Here are the instructions for the Stompa-- many thanks to Col. Gravis of Warseer for the steal:

Wow, I love the bitz / options page at the end - awesome!

Looks like it'll be super easy to model interior detail.

Those feet are going to make for some interesting looted Monoliths.

Arrgh. Must stop this idea before I end up with an Ork army...

There doesn't look to be too many weapons options..

I will just use this

hehe

So it's not able to be made into a Mek or Klaw Stompa right out of the box like the older rumours? Pity.

are you suprised at all that GW didnt keep a promise? it does look nice. but you all know that they will make conversion kits for those later tho... more money that way

Lets see 4 monoliths two battlewagons two stompas and behold the gargant.

i see possibilities.... excellent muahahahaa

Thanks for the assembly guide.

I've seen the sprue but we didn't have the assembly guide.
I'll let my friend know its here and Warseer to help him build it.

Very impressive.

I'm very very sorry if this has been answered, but how much will it be? I don't have time to look through 6 pages. Will someone please tell me?

Same as the baneblade.

$95 U.S.

KingCracker wrote:are you suprised at all that GW didnt keep a promise? it does look nice. but you all know that they will make conversion kits for those later tho... more money that way

Promise? What promise? Did GW ever say all the variants would be included?

stompa video

See how I laugh at the edit button !

pics of the sprues thanks to Mr. Warbosskurgan of Warseer

A very sensible layout. One sprue for the CCW, 2 for the gun arm. It would take just 1 new sprue to make a Mek Stompa.

Righto! Two things chaps.

The body of the Klaw Stompa in Apocalypse Reloaded is *identical* to the plastic stompa (see the headlight of two Rhinos on the left pectoral area)....

And when I saw this, all I saw was a promising head shape for a Gargant made from an extensively hacked up Plastic Bucket....