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My initial guess is there will probably be a hero version, or a way to give the hero keyword, to any of the Mega-Gargant types. As for roles, my initial suspicion is that the Gate-Crusher will be geared for high damage vs single targets, the War-Stomper will have rules for fighting horde units (stomps and jump up & down attacks), and the Kraken-Eater will be the "weird" one that has more utility type abilities. I think they will probably have a base-line shared weapon profile and then each gets specific additional attacks. Most likely there will be a shared "swing with club" style attack - since every one of these models is wielding some sort of club/flail. When the Giants had randomized attacks in Warhammer Fantasy the "Swing with Club" attack was the most common result and it was one of the few attacks that was shared across both the small & big target attack tables. I also still predict that we will see a number of the old giant random attacks return on the various Mega Gargants as either weapons on the profile or special abilities.

It does not look like a fireball or artillery projectile that he is carrying in his hand to me. Look at his foot in the picture. It appears that he is stepping through/on burning rubble of some sort (most likely some village or city he is plundering). I am guessing that what is in his hand in the picture is just a big handful of burning ruins he has scooped up - most likely to throw at someone. I expect we will see some of these guys with ranged attacks and they will probably simply be the giants tossing items they can simply pick up. The Bonegrinder already does this with the "hurled boulder" attack. I always assumed that attack just represented the gargant bending over, picking up a big rock (massive boulder to us), and hurling it at his enemies. I would expect any ranged attacks for Mega Gargants to be a similar idea and just them tossing random (massive) detritus they just scoop up.

For those interested in Aleguzzler conversions - a good source of some alternate body parts is the Hordes Trollblood range from Privateer Press. The DireTrolls have different body proportions to the Aleguzzlers, but they have similarly sized torsos and feet. They tend towards big bellies as well, but they have a heavily muscled physique similar to the Mega-Gargants. If you wanted to make some aleguzzler sized gargants with different musculature then that is a good range to snag some bits from. They also work well as conversion parts for Dankhold Troggoths & Trogboss conversions. I figured I would mention it for anyone who is thinking of making a number of conversions for this army.

That is also from the Beastgrave terrain set - along with the huge skull the Bonegrinder has for a helmet. That kit has a few really tasty bits in it. I linked the product in the GW store in a previous post. I hope they come back and show more of his Gargant conversions when he is further along. I am really curious what his plans for the Colossal Squig are.

You would be surprised at how difficult it was to find a skull big enough to work as a helmet for a big monster like a Rogue Idol or a Bonegrinder. I looked through pretty much all of the GW standard model range, a number of alternate model ranges, and I started searching out things like jewelry or fish-tank scenery to get a dragon/monster skull. In the end, I used the same one that was used for the Bonegrinder - which comes from the Beastgrave terrain box: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/WHU-Beastgrave-Primal-Lair-2019

I did the same thing for a second Rogue Idol I have been working on that I want themed more for Bonesplitterz. The Beastgrave terrain box has a number of really good bits in it. I really liked the gargant blowing the horn. That is a great conversion and use of parts from the beasts of chaos endless spell box.

Today's community article that showcases Rich Dando's gargant force was excellent. There are so many good, and relatively simple, gargant conversions that it really shows how creative you can get with a simple kit. I'll be stealing a lot of ideas from there. The Bonegrinder conversions are good also. If you can do that much with the Aleguzzler kit and a handful of simple bits then imagine what can be done with the mega-gargant kit.

I am starting to explore various models for something like that. Right now I am considering doing something similar with models such as the Ultraforge & Mantic giants as alternate torsos for the Mega-Gargants. I’ll most likely do something like that as well for more Aleguzzler also. I’ll probably buy a few of those giant models that I have wanted an excuse to get for a while now. But I won’t start these projects until I can look at the book and figure out how many of the different gargants I would be interested in using. I will also buy at least one kit of each type of gargant to assemble normally then extras for conversions and parts. My goal is fun modeling projects and visual variety - not cost savings.

Both are massive and I would be happy with either of them. I'd actually hope he is the smaller version as that is closer to the scale of multiple 3rd party models. I'd like to use other models in order to convert some alternates of the various types. A bunch of the 3rd party models have different body poses and I am thinking about using them as the core and then layer parts from this giant kit to make them all visually match more.

I think the bottom picture is the closest one. That seems to line up the most with the original silhouette that GW posted of the Mega-gargant and aleguzzler side by side. I'm inclined to agree with @RonnPhan that the picture with the height values is wrong. That picture puts the mega-gargant at 8" - which is seriously huge. The standard aleguzzler is 110mm or 4.3" tall. Given the side by side that GW provided I am guessing that the mega-gargant will be somewhere between 6.5" - 7.5" tall - which is still absolutely massive.

First, what is wrong with putting a hat on a hat? I think hats should be able to wear their own hats. I too have been considering putting one into my Troll army. I have been considering converting 1-2 Bonegrinders for a Gloomspite Troggoth army. I have an unfinished Mountain King model and an unopened Winter King model from my old Trollblood army for Hordes that I will likely not ever play again. But I really like those models and I want to repurpose them. I thought they would make for cool massive trolls and I could use the Bonegrinder warscroll for them. I put that project on hold a while ago when the rumors of an all giant force initially came out. Now I am thinking that I will probably go ahead with those projects after the book comes out and I can figure out what gargant ally/mercenary would be the most fun to use in a Troggoth force.

I want an army with a bunch of giant insects and I don't care what the little guys in the army look like - bug men would be cool. I want to see all sorts of creepy bug monsters - giant beetles, ants, praying mantis, wasps, centipedes, scorpions, etc. That would be awesome. But no cockroaches. Those things are horribly disgusting and should be eradicated from the mortal realms (and chaos realms) entirely. Even nurgle thinks those things are gross and does not like them.

Orcs don't have any terrain. Orruk Warclans does not have a terrain piece for Bonesplitterz, Ironjawz, or Big Waaagh. The Ogors terrain is a fun model (nice conversion potential) but pretty tacked on to that army as it is just a cook-pot next to a canopy. I'm sure that Gargants could make something if they wanted to. I don't think they are too dumb to be able to make basic stuff. However, they don't appear to be civilized to the point where they have any industry. And if you look at all of the new models they retain the theme that the Gargants weapons & clothing are all cobbled together from looted scraps. These guys are big and honestly they don't appear to have any real need for things like forged weapons & armor - or even decent clothing. It seems to me that they probably get along just fine with a cobbled together stick to smash stuff.

I am on the fence about getting a Bonegrinder model. I kinda want it from a collector/completionist standpoint - but I would probably also convert it up to be more interesting and add a bunch of details to it. I could also probably convert a larger scale model, one of the new mega-gargants, or even an action-figure toy. Currently the decision is easy to make given that the Bonegrinder is out of stock in the US and I find it hard to justify their asking price for such a bland model.

So looking at the height chart it lists the Mega-Gargants at 8". The Forgeworld Bonegrinder model is roughly 9" tall to the top of the head - which puts it equal with the top of Nagash's staff in the picture. Given that these models are very close to the Bonegrinder in height I would not be surprised if Forgeworld discontinues it. It is worth mentioning that the Mantic giant & frost-giant models are about 7.5" tall and the Heresy giant (mucklegeet) is about 7" tall. So those are roughly the right size to use as mega-gargant variants. Also for comparison - the Aleguzzler is about 110mm tall - so slightly over 4".