I love Ork artillery. As a kid they were the fullest blisters on the shelves, and they contained an alluring wonder – what did those assortment of parts look like when assembled?
Well, I’ve got a squadron of converted oldskool Smasha Guns (count as Zzap Gunz) in my Ork/Stealer Hybrid army. They’re great fun – they fire a traktor beam which picks up its target, then drops it on its friends, much to the krew’s amusement.
The krewz aren’t converted (I figured they’re crewed by very late generation grot/stealer hybridz) – but the guns are. They’ve had their hideous old Fantasy-style cartwheels replaced with modern chunky Ork tyres (from the Trukk I think). Plus, to make them work with the Genestealer theme, I’ve added a third claw. This was simply done by cutting an old Smasha Gun in half.
Here’s the classic Studio Smasha Gun by way of comparison, and also for a bit of retro Orkiness.
That third claw definitely gives the gun more “dimension!” Love the spider-squig you added…I remember those packs in the old catalogues, never did get one!
Hahah! Since those old squigs could be fielded in both Nid and Ork armies, having them in Grrenstealerz is a must.
I do like how you’ve managed to make old-school miniatures look GRIMDARK enough for modern 40K, without completely overdoing it and making them just Dark and Boring.
Don’t suppose you still have the ‘hideous’ WFB cartwheels, do you? I’ve a little project on the go that could benefit from them…
I’ve dredged up five of the metal versions from my bitz box. You’re welcome to all of them if you simply provide a postal address.
Ahh, good man. Don’t seem to have an email address for you, though…