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the dry ice was my original plan but having a cup of hot water in there with LED lights just wont go well... and with the smoke system, it will overall be much easier + it will actually go thru the top where as th ice would stay low... and the smoke unit is insulated so it wont catch on fire... ill also add a switch between battery and unit so i just turn off the power just like i do with my LED

Solorg wrote:

jabbakahut wrote:

Buttlerthepug wrote:... for the stompa with smoke... imma be getting this little smoke generator http://www.dcctrain.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=1888&catid= then im going to wire that to a 8 AA battery holder i believe it was... then it will be inside one of the pipes for the stompa! itll be pretty awsome and i cant wait! any thoughts?

How does that work? I presume it converts the direct current from the batteries into that solution which converts the energy by burning the liquid?

Sounds awesome. Just make sure it is disconnected when you are not playing - you know, for safety. It'd be a shame for that lovely $100 Stompa to burn when not attended.

A much easier solution - get some Dry Ice and drop it inside the Stompa. That sucker will smoke like no tomorrow and it will not be a fire hazard. Keep a bit of dry ice in your freezer for special occassions and you will be good to go.

not possible. dry ice must be kept at -27 degrees or it will just go off. storing it would be impossible with out an industrial freezer and even then transport would be hard.

Ah, too bad re: the Dry Ice. I thought it was brilliant, but yah, Chicken, if you are right about the temp, that's the end of that idea!

Butterthepug, yes, if this sucker is already electric (and it looks like you already know something about electricity) then your plan is the best! But my prior advice of installing a killswitch so this sucker is always OFF until you command otherwise is probably still a great idea to prevent, you know, burning down the gameroom.

That Stompa has a HUGE space inside his belly. Looks like this would be a great place to store batteries or what have you. Nice!

well solorg... the switch i put on it will ALWAYS be off until i use it... and this specific smoke unit is insulated so when the element heats the oil into smoke... my stompa dont melt! i was talking to people for hours last nite trying to figure this out... i was so lost but now i feel kinda smart... never thought id least usefull stuff off warhammer... AWSOME!

Buttlerthepug wrote:well solorg... the switch i put on it will ALWAYS be off until i use it... and this specific smoke unit is insulated so when the element heats the oil into smoke... my stompa dont melt! i was talking to people for hours last nite trying to figure this out... i was so lost but now i feel kinda smart... never thought id least usefull stuff off warhammer... AWSOME!

Nice to hear, ButterPig. Careful planning makes for the best models. Can't wait to see it when finished!

pshhhhh butterpig?!?!?! buttler the PUG!!!! haha anyways, i mite post some progress on my stompa painting tonight... and will deffinitally update my final decisions on the newstompas!

well i am very very sad to say i did not win the bids on Ebay... how ever i won the the side hull peices... so what im going to do now... i plan on keeping the side hull pieces and very soon just picking up a stompa from local GW and then i will make a supa stompa by adding the sides... (it will actualy be a really really fun conversion, and pretty huge compared to normal stompaz) or possibly a gargant... (my local GW actually did the return of the beast event and made rules for the Ghazghull Stompa, which they then let me take home and put on a data sheet to make it look authentic, im good at that stuff) so i mite make one of those... ill post the rules for it if you all want... its obserd... then ill make it have the smoke as discussed before and i i will make it walk too! so altho im quite sad, i cant wait! any ideas for this up comming project?

Butler the Pug - got it! Oops!

Butler, you are really on a roll with these Stompas. You have inspired me to begin work on my Stompas as well. I plan to get one of the kits, but I have also collected pieces over the past 2 years which I will use to make an additional 2 Stompas. Perhaps the Kit will give me an extra set of arms. I will have to check the sprues on the GW site.

I still have to find the datasheets for the Stompa Mob. And now what's this about a Supa Stompa? Is there a Datasheet for that out there, too? If anyone can direct me to these (on the net) please PM me or let me know here where on the GW site I can find it. Appreciated!

Keep up the good work, Butler! Some great work you have here.

Solorg

Wow... 3 is better than 1 These look incredible, and the LEDs are awesome!

Thanks for sharing

RiTides Nids wrote:Wow... 3 is better than 1 These look incredible, and the LEDs are awesome!

Thanks for sharing

3 is better than one if they are all done well. In this case, yes, definitely!

haha indeed 3 is better then one... and solorg... im at school and cant open it... but on bell of lost souls i think theres rules for it... but ill post rules for the ghazghull stompa my store made... well i put it on the data sheet but ya... also im changing this log to also showing progress on my ork army... all 13k points of it :l

Buttlerthepug wrote:haha indeed 3 is better then one... and solorg... im at school and cant open it... but on bell of lost souls i think theres rules for it... but ill post rules for the ghazghull stompa my store made... well i put it on the data sheet but ya... also im changing this log to also showing progress on my ork army... all 13k points of it :l

That is a huge and awesome Ork Army. Please shoot me a PM when you post up the Ghaz Stompa Datasheet (with a link to the location) if you please.

Yah, my Ork Army is big also - but maybe more like 5K. Looks like you have me beaten hands-down! Mine will increase by 2K once I finish my Squiggoth and first 2 Stompas. Squiggoth is almost done, Stompas, well, let's just say they're underway for now.

Ok well as i promised.... THE BEASTLY AWSOME GHAZGHULL THRAKA "RAMPAGE" STOMPA!!!! as i said before it was for the return of the beast event at my local gw and they said it needed to be on an actual data sheet and gave me the rules to do it! if you like how i made it into a data sheet and want one of your own made. send me a pm with rules and everything and ill make one for you! (pictures are good too. waiting for my gw to send me a pic of the ghazgull stompa they made) LET ME KNOW WHAT U THINK!!!!

ok well as i said before, im going to make this pretty much a log that includes progress on painting my 13,000+ point ork army... and possibly mite get into my like 6,000+ chaos marines and orcs and goblin armies too but not for a long time... anyhow here are the pictures of what i want to get done for the month of april... besides my stompaz (which i need to get crackin on again) i want to finish my 15 Deff Koptaz and 40 Ork Nobz (they are my favorite models in the game to play)

DUDE I HATE MY HORRIBLE CAMERA!!! THOSE PICS SUCKED!!! HARD!!!

What is your camera?

ehhh i just found a new one... it works alot better... ill take new pics tonight

lol your stompas freik me

Butler,

Thanks for the PDF. I've added it to my collection!

Re: your army in progress (or should I say, the latest units within it) can't wait to see the progress. You made short work of those Stompas. These will come out GREAT! Keep up the good work!

@assasin of night - why do they freik you lol? good or bad? and yeah solorg... im going to paint those before i actually start on the nobz and koptas... had a lot of school work past week so not much time to paint em... going to get crackin rite now actually! ill post pics laterz

ok well heres a quik update on my progrees of the boss stompa enjoy!

I dig, but I think you could really benefit from dirtying it all up a bit with some washes and chalk.

indeed, i havnt started the metal parts on the body with washes yet... also i just realized i accidently had flash on so that arm is way bright... its actually a darker meter and looks pretty beast.. still gotta add alot of rust tho... and actually you just remminded me i gotta do the pipes as those really show... thanks !

I think the Ghazkull stompa is a bit overpowered.

but goffnob... its 2500 and only has 5 structure points with no shields? it can do alot but it cant take alot... its alot of points so it evens out... it dies fairly quick cause no one likes it... ehhh it is kinda OP tho... took out 4 shadowswords with the super gatler... didnt get to fire anything else but that was luck... i dunno i just made it look real... people at gw made it

How tall is the Stompa from the bottom of the skirt to the top of the head and how big is diameter at the bottom? I have an idea.

Before there was anything like small MP3 players for $20, I used to dream about putting tiny speakers in my Rhinos and Land Raiders playing Wagner and stuff and making pew-pew noises when they fired, but I couldn't ever figure out an elegant solution for it. The closest I came was an FM transmitter, but they weren't cheap back then..Now MP3 players are so cheap, you can easily hook up a speaker and amp module to a cheap one in a tank and forget about it, leaving a pigtail for data and power. They give all sorts of neat toys that make sound and light with Happy Meals someone could use.

With a body like a Stompa, you could fit all sorts of things inside there, but the dimensions would be handy to know.

I've got one of those ipod docks with speakers, I was thinking about putting it into some terrain.

well i have speakers in all 3 of mine as well as LED lights... however i payed 5 each for them not 20 o_o and the measurments are like 8 from bottom of body to head and 7 in bottom diameter... remmember that it gets small towards top and smaller barely towards fron and back...

Buttlerthepug wrote:well i have speakers in all 3 of mine as well as LED lights... however i payed 5 each for them not 20 o_o and the measurments are like 8 from bottom of body to head and 7 in bottom diameter... remmember that it gets small towards top and smaller barely towards fron and back...

No, I mean, MP3 players costing less than $20.

Thanks for the measurements, I think Mr. Potatohead will be making a contribution to my Ork army in the future.

ah, wont you still need speakers tho? wont be able to hear the mp3 players... i dunno tho... i just have my ipod plug in the back and start playing away