Gday all!
Spent the weekend with a hot glue gun in my hand once more and made some solid progress. I finished the bulk of the gun arm and primed it black - looks like a model now and not just bits of stuff glued to other bits of stuff. Obviously there's a great deal of detail that I will lavish onto each seperate component - just nice to have one large chunk essentially done and awaiting details.
I intend of having lots of greenskins all over the model; grots, a couple of mekboyz, perhaps a dedicated crew or mekboy tweaked Nobz that can clamber down the Gargant and lend a hand on the battlefield. The beauty of a massive model like tbhis is how much detail I can potentially put into it. Lots of character.
I started thinking of how much character the
GW modellers (and modellers in general!) can lavish on one single miniature, and if I co]an spread that character into all the nooks and crannies of this model... Think about the Stompa kit; the grot crew tell a story by the looks on their faces and their posture - they're under the pump and all working frantically to ensuret the lumbering Stompa can still, well, lumber. The gargant model as it stands at the moment will have ample areas available for this sort of characterful modelling to take place. Some ideas thus far:
an exposed area of the hull of the gargant displaving the inner workings and a grot or two attempting some battlefield repairs
assorted grot riggers in all manner of scenarios including two or more antagonizing a runtherd and being generally obnoxious
several gun emplacements with ork/grots using the guns and carting about ammo and munitions
a crows nest with a grot spotter
a pair of ork boyz squabbling
lots of portholes with ork arms hanging out blindly waving shootas
Any other suggestions or ideas are more than welcome! I've still got lots and lots of hours ahead of me before it even resembles anything near done so bring it on. Criticism is most welcome too!
So to wrap up my long rant, I didn't touch the main body at all (maybe swivelled his head once or twice) but was moreso looking to make some solid, visible progress in getting a limb completed and primed. Mission accomplished:
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