The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

Stompy Number 3

Here's the third off-balance Kan, from the first box of the things I've got. I manufactured a bit more on this one, including a longer exhaust pipe for the back, and a mostly scratchbuilt Grotzooka, mounted on a hacked-up section of the plastic Big Shoota arm that comes in the box.  It's a bit large, but I think it gets the job done - as far as I'm concerned, any large tube with a funnel full of scrap is a grotzooka, really.

 

There is, of course, a little surprise in the barrel... I'm going to put something in those two front plugs on the torso, but I don't know what yet - I don't really like the attachments I have left from the plastic box, so I'll probably just make something.

Kan Number Two

Here's numero dos!

And, of course, the light.

Kan's pretty straightforward, I just really like the off-balance poses with these things. When I find the time, I'm going to properly close the bottom of the raised foot, because GW made them hollow for whatever reason.

 

Dynamite with a laser beam!

So I got to tinker with some of the new Killa Kanz plastics, and I really can't say anything bad about them at all. They're wonderful kits for three reasons:

First, they're plastic. Thank the good lord - anyone who tried to put together the old metal kanz can tell you what a chore that was.

Second, they're hugely posable. It's about time the ball-and-socket joint made it's way into some of these ork kits! The Eldar were being spoiled. This allows for some really crazy, off-balance poses, which in my mind is exactly how a Killa Kan should be.

Third, they are super duper easy to light. You heard me. In fact, it's probably the easiest part of the whole easy assembly. You can pop an LED in one of these babies in under five minutes if you know what you're doing.

So, let's get to some pictures. Sorry about my lighting, I'm stuck with florescent that are making everything yellow and hard to photograph right now. I only have one Kan I'm comfortable showing yet, since I'm busy scratching my head as to poses/equipment/whatever for the other two, but all of them will be lit because that's how I roll.

Kan number one is in a 'charging forward' pose. I've decided to go with Grotzookas on this squad of three, and I figured I'd cop out a little bit and use the stock plastic one from the kit for this first one. I made a new shoulder pad on that side, since the grotzooka's funnel was interfering with most of the ones I wanted to put there otherwise.

And the light...

Pretty neat, yeah? It's super easy to do, and when I receive my next box of Killa Kanz (because I have two more boxes, and a dread, on the way) I'm going to take the time to properly document the process so all of you at home can have light-up Kans should you so desire. On this Kan torso, I simply drilled in a new round 'eye' on the front, since the horizontal vision slit would have been substantially more of a pain to light up properly. I went with a green eye, since I think I'm going to do these Kanz up in yellow and it seemed like a good match.

I haven't put anything on the front of this thing yet, like a gob or whatever, to fill those two peg holes in the front. I will.

I saw another user on The Waaagh who used only half of the back engine parts on the back of the Killa Kanz, and I liked the look. The stock engine, I think, sticks out a little too far to look right. Instead, what I did was I took one half of the engine, turned it sideways, and carved at it until it fit the back properly. I think it looks just as good, and I have some leftover engine gubbinz for projects down the road.

Since I'm making a squad of Grotzooka Kans, I will obviously need some Grotzookas. There's only one per kit, and they seem to be in high demand, so I set about trying to figure out if I could make any more from the stock kit. I did make a decent start on one by using the skorcha arm, which is probably the best arm to be hacking up in the first place, as taking a skorcha on Kanz seems like a huge waste of their good ballistic skill. It also makes a pretty reasonable grotzooka with the addition of a round barrel and a funnel:

I need to carve up some trash to shove into the funnel, but I think it gets the job done and it's pretty clear that it's supposed to be a grotzooka.