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I have seen the new amazin plastic stompa, but when it comes out i don't want to field it as a normal stompa and i was wondering if anyone
has any ideas how to change it. one of the main problems is the chainsaw arm.


please any ideas welcome.
Thx in advance

use card stock to make taller legs, and use card stock to make the belly bigger.

ok that will make it bigger, which i admit meks seem to like big mekanical things but its really that chainsaw arm that a need to convert to a lifta-dropa.
any ideas mate, iam really having a hard time, the only thing i can think of is using to graba-claws from the battlewagon set and change the chainsaw for these.
But they seem a little too small compared to the model

I'll be looking at magnetising my stompa arms so it can play as any of the 3 variants. So I'll probably build an entirely new lifta-droppa arm.

Shouldn't be that difficult, a mounting a bit like the gun arm, then lots of electrical-looking bits and cables powering a lifta-droppa 'ray gun' at the end - looks like the kit's exhaust system includes a cone shape suitable for the central electrode thingy. The electic fence bits from the Macragge set will also be handy.

I'll be converting the basic body shape too - i definitely don't want a stompa just like everyone else's. But I'll wait until I see the actual kit pieces before I work out how to do that

Same here i need to buy the kit before deciding wat i am goin to do about the body, thinking of having a opening flap that can fit a vechile or something,
as i collect speed freaks.
I have the elecrical fence from macragge so i might try to place them somewere but i think i goin to have to use then on the shoulders as in an apocolypse battle my big mek stompa will be carring a kustom force field.
This will be magnatised so if i don't field enough walkers i can still have it

I would think about cutting off the close combat weapon where is exits the housing and magnetizing the stump to take the chainsword, a lifta droppa, or another claw. I'd also add a magnet in one of the eye sockets for a Gaze of Mork.

Thats a good idea, think i will do this
Now all i got to do is wait for this splendid model to come out.
Thx

one word PLASTICARD

ok but what should i make with it, what sort of lifta dropa

It's a orky traktor beam, it could look like anything. If you go for the traditional GW lifta droppa look, as per p131 of the Apocalypse book or the old Epic ork models, then you'll get less puzzled looks, which is a good isea - but really it should just like some big grunty electical beam thingy, and not too much like a gun

ok, ill try to do something that looks very electrically like, and after ill post some pics.
Can't wait for this model

This model from Inquisitor has some great claws that could be used as a liffta-droppa.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1060073&prodId=prod1110229

Ever since the Bits Service dies (sob), well, $30 buys a lot of Plasticard...

Yea everytime someone mentions the fact that the bitz department went by by I get a little weepy

You could always start with the grabber claw from the battlewagon set.

That was what i was thinking, i just wondered if it would look in scale?

why not try to use th claws from the defiler kit.
Because you have 2, you can fit them 2gether to get one huge claw.


greetz typhoon

That also sounds good and my friend has a deflier so when the stompa comes out i might have a look and see which sort of claws fit better.
Thx

Use a lot of plasticard mate.

thats if we can get hold of some.

OR!! you could make it look like a tractor beam like i sed brfore.

The only thing is how wud you make it look like a tractor beam hmmm??

I suggest a shokk attack gun midle with those pylons things you can buy from GM under terrain. you know the 1's i mean ill explain more at skool. but i reckon that wud look cool and unique!!

tomlowbridge wrote:That was what i was thinking, i just wondered if it would look in scale?

Good question - anyone know?

To small it needs something bigger like the defiler legs with the cap from the exhaust stack to make the pointy bit in the middle

i like the defiler idea, its just i dont fancy buying a dregnought to try it out, when i purchase these beast of a walker

Hmm, I have some spare Defiler legs, might try that out when I get my Stompa next week

cool, please tell me if they work, might try them mixed with some plasticard

i bought 3 stompas so i magnatized ALL of them. i also made all the weapon varients... my lifta droppa is a tad big... but its an ork stompa... it actually doesnt seem too out of place. ill post you pics when i get home... made it outa big klaw things on side of monolith tho

cool

mmk here is theeee uhhhhhhhhh lifta droppa i made... if you want later ill post a pic of it on the stompa

Nice

wow