Mega Gargant WIP

Apocalypse40K Forum member PowellHall has been working on a massive Ork Mega Gargant and I figured you all would like to see the state of the art in massive Orc Titan builds!

"First off, let me remind you that Big Meks are a strange and independent lot, that is to say that my idea of Orky may not match anybody elses. My conversions tend to be a blend of 2nd and 3rd edition styles. I kind of like the idea of Giblet Grindas, Bowel Burnas, Gobsmashas and open wheeled Battlewagons. I tend to hear a lot of “that’s too clean looking for a propper Ork paint job”, but, that’s the way I like ‘em!

With that being said, I started this project taking inspiration from (what else?) the Epic Mega-Gargant, which is big, but I wanted BIG!

I’ve been working on this about 3 or 4 months now and I feel I am making pretty good progress. It has finally reached a point where you can tell what it is and maybe what it will end up looking like."

You can read the whole chronicle on Siegworld's website here.

An Epic-scale comparison of size between a Mega Gargant, a Gargant and some Stompas.

It started with a bunch of parts!  3 different computer housings were the basis.

 The model has five different floors!

Each floor was highly detailed.  Here is one WIP.

A control room!

 Now it just needs paint!

And his try at the different types!  The Mega Gargant is at an early stage in this photo.

More to come as the project nears completion!

Dimensions:

34" tall at the top of the head (not including the gun turret that sits on top of the head).
51" tall at the top of the Weirdboy Tower.
23" wide at the tracks.
The lower hull is 20" deep, but with the "knives" out front and the small set of treads to the rear, it covers 41" from front to back.
With the CC arm extended out and the Lifta droppa clocked horizontal, it spans 53". 

Sanctimonia Cruor Fellblade

An awesome video on a Fellblade using Tom McBride's parts.

Bridge over the River WAAAAGGGHHHH - Part 3

Well, Orc Warboss Greg Teeuwen posted some new photos of this epic Orc vs. Imperium battle, so it was a good opportunity to summarize the game and lessons learned, while sharing some great photos.  

We tried to balance the sides by equalizing structure points and "D" weapons.  But a little more needs to be done due to the nature of Orcs and Apocalypse.  

1)  An Orc structure point is not the same as an Imperial one.  Probably a 2-1 Orc to Imperial structure point ratio is better.

2)  Orcs don't have many things to punch through armor 14.  We tried to have less Imperial armor, but next time a specific % will help make the game more balanced.

3)  The Gargants need to cover less territory than we had.  The bridge needed to be at least 12" shorter to give the Orcs a chance.   They needed a screening force as well.

Finally, I think the Orcs suffered a bit from no clear general planning the grand strategy.  So we need to address that in all future games, making sure there is one general who will be in charge of the objectives.

A great time was had by all!

Table # 1  The Orcs have landed and a small Imperial force has been sent to destroy the Doomsday Missile.  The Orc lander is in the back.

The Imperial Forces have to hold back the Orc tide while targeting the Gargants as well. 

 The scrum that followed on Table 1!

 Quick!  Blast that White Dwarf!

Greg artfully lays out the fall of Warboss Sheepshagga!  Layed low by a Titan!

Forgeworld Rules out for Inquisitors and Eldar Phantom

Forgeworld has released new rules for their Inquisitor Hector Rex and Solomon Lok as well as the twin linked Psy-cannon that they offer.  They can be found here:

Hector Rex and Solomon Lok updated rules

Also, the rules are out for the Eldar Phantom Titan!

Eldar Phantom Titan  Experimental Rules

Forge World Open House

The Forge World Open House was this past weekend in the UK and Warseer posted some great photos from the event showing all the cool upcoming models!

The original thread on Warseer is here.  Thanks to PhillBrad2 for all the hard work!

More info on Bell of Lost Souls here.

Salamander shoulder pads

 Astral Claws shoulder pads

Astral Claws Land Raider Doors

Dark Eldar Raider with Haywire Cannon

 I have no clue what this is, but Dark Eldar players are in love!

IG Crassus Tracked Bunker

 

Eldar Corsairs

Eldar Wraithseer

Ultramarines vs. Smurfs!

One of the best displays at Adepticon's 40K Team Tournament was an Ultramarine army that had just raided the Smurf village!  It was hysterical, and here are some photos.

Passion of the Smurf!

The agony!!!!!!

Smurfette gets the ax!

Pappa Smurf has his house burned!

Next target....My Little Pony!

I hope you enjoy!

Alec

Adepticon 40K Team Tournament Results

Since neither Adepticon, nor Bell of Lost Souls (or anyone else for that matter) saw fit to post the 40K Team results, here they are.  I really am shocked at the lack of coverage by BOLS and others, and the total lack of posting by Adepticon of the tournament results. Come on guys!  This is the biggest event of the year!

My team was "Prospero Burns", which actually was another team's name, whose spot we took!  We were playing Dark Eldar, so that confused a few!

We went there to take the Headhunter award for most enemy HQ's killed (A total of 16 possible) while losing the fewest.  Thus a maximum score of 32 was possible.  We got a score of 31 and the next highest (who actually got the award) was 26!  But, since we got the Best Appearance Award, we couldn't get two awards.  So Adepticon gives you the better award.   We are happy with that!

Alec

Adepticon Day 2

Saturday is Day 2 of Adepticon and my first ever 40K Team Tournament.  This is a great event where 4 players each bring a 1,000 point list and play 4 games.  Each player plays with the 3 other players on his team once and then the team chooses the pairing for the last game.

My three good buddies from Atlanta, John Ross, Thomas Byrd and Chip Bowen were my teammates.  We played Dark Eldar, which was my first Xenos army ever!  Yes, my friends gave me a lot of crap about that.  And since I was in Los Angeles, and they live in Atlanta, I couldn't play test with them.  So I got an all shooty army, which didn't require great knowledge of the particular codex and was really grim. 

Well, we had a blast, had AWESOME opponents and won Best Appearence.  That was incredibly cool.  

And here are a few pics...

Mary Ann and her husband Mike were our final opponent.  Their team won Best Spirit and they deserved it.  They had a great Orc army and were fun to play against. And she is pregnant with her THIRD kid!  GO MOM!

A great Marine display.  The Team tournament brings out some amazing displays.

And an Imperial Guard display that was pretty cool!

This Imperial Fist team had an awesome display and really deserved the Spirit award.  Frankly, they were robbed!

I mean, they even tried to bribe the judges with yellow and black Imperial Fist M&Ms!

I have had a blast at this event.  So much fun to play with buddies and against fun opponents. 

Alec

Adepticon Day 1

Today was the 40K tournament, but my team and I were preparing our armies, play testing and just having fun.  The 40K Team Tournment starts Saturday at 9:00am.

The highlight of the day was talking to Dan Abnett.  TOTALLY cool guy who is amazingly passionate about 40K.  The guy is clearly one of us!

And here were a few of the cool models and armies I saw today.  More photos tomorrow!

At least this guy knows about his heritage!

A beautiful Lamenters army

A nice little conversion

A Sevrin Loth as a Blood Angels Librarian

Well, more tomorrow, along with our team's results!  And all these photos were taken with my iPhone 4.  The camera on this phone has an awesome lens.

Alec