Big Mek Stompa

Ya know, once you build something big for the orks, you just gotta keep going. This time I’m cooking up a Big Mek Stompa for my Apocalypse army. I’ve never been a huge fan of the \”big dress\”, or bell shaped ork stompas/gargants and I don’t even feel bad. They look alright but just not stompy enough, although I’ll most likely build one of that type down the road. I want something that looks a little more menacing and mobile – even if the stats don\’t agree with it.

I was also particularly inspired by a few stompas posted here in the last few months that have broken from that typical flower pot style but I can\’t find them right now.

I\’ve had these two models sitting in my basement for years, as the layer of dust will attest.

I had all intentions of building them as is, the Thunderbolt (Gartan) is my favorite Battletech bot next to the original Marauder and Rifleman. The Battlemaster is smaller that the T-Bolt in this iteration and will be relegated to another project.

I\’ll be modifying them to become a Big Mek Stompa and a regular stompa. The size of the T-Bolt is in between stompa and gargant so I\’ll err on the side of small and if I build anything larger, I\’ll make it a gargant. So, Big Stompa it is.

Here’s a few shots showing the boys loitering around the work area for scale. This ones gonna be more fun than the battlewagon.