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I am quite pleased with my Ork army and it seems to play well as well.
Here is part of my Ork army at the start of a game.
There are a couple of Killa Kans which are now more effective in the shooting phase as they are crewed by grots who have a BS of 3 compared to the 2 of regular Orks.
A couple of trukks and my Squiggoth. In front of the trukks are a flight of Deffkoptaz.
Having drybrushed my Wartrakk I realised that I shouldn’t forget the crew.
The Gorkamorka era plastic Wartrakk does come supplied with an Ork crew. However these are Gorkamorka styled Orks and don’t really fit in with the models we have been using for some years now and certainly don’t fit in with the models that recently came out.
I decided that I would convert the driver using spare parts from the Ork Boyz sprue.
I sliced and flattened the bottom of a new torso so would fit on the legs of the Wartrakk rider and I also used one of the supplied arms as well. For the other arm I used a handweapon from the Boyz sprue.
As a result I now have a Wartrakk rider which fits in with my other Orks.
See the full workbench feature on this Wartrakk.
Happy Star Wars Day
May the Fourth be with you…
I am probably going to be traditional and have roasted Ewok with all the trimmings…
How are you going to celebrate?
One of the games I enjoyed a lot at GamesDay 2007 was Aly Morrison and Dave Andrews’ excellent World War One demonstration game.
It was all the little details that made the game for me such as this destroyed World War One tank.
Rusting away amongst the trenches giving cover to the advanced forces.
You can see many more pictures of the game on my website.
According to Bell of Lost Souls, it is rumoured that…
According to Games Workshop USA Sales Representative Mark Koscielniak, the new Warhammer 40k 5th Edition Starter Boxed Set will include a “Crap-Ton of miniatures”.The new boxed starter, due out in September of this year, will include the popular “mini-rulebook”, dice, measuring sticks and the proverbial French “Crap-Ton” of miniatures including:
1– Space Marine Commander (full sprue)
1– Space Marine Tactical Squad (10 models)
1– Space Marine Terminator Squad (5 models)
1– Space Marine Dreadnought
AND THAT’S NOT ALL!
The set will ALSO include:
1– Ork Warboss
2– Ork Boyz Mobs (20 models total)
1– Ork Nob Mob (5 models)
3– Death Koptas
GW have not included metal miniatures in boxed sets for many years now, so I am guessing that if this listing is accurate then we will see plastic Deffkoptaz!
Of course this is a rumour and it has been rumoured that there would be a plastic Killa Kan or Ork Dreadnought included in the box set.
However we might see plastic versions of all the models on the release of the fifth edition of Warhammer 40K. Note though that the teaser in this month’s White Dwarf was of Space Marines versus Necons, not that that means anything but you never know!
The original Ork trukk was released for Gorkamorka and was (at the time) just the right size for the smaller Orks which were also released for Gorkamorka.
With the release of the (previous) Ork Codex, it was used again as a trukk, even though the Orks had grown in size.
It did mean that the driver and gunner looked a little on the small size and not in keeping with the new Orks plastics and metals.
With the new Codex released this year, we see a nice new trukk model which is much much bigger than the old trukk. Interestingly we didn’t see a new Wartrakk or a new Warbuggy which was a pity. Even a slight modification with new crew would have been nice.
Of course who defines what is a trukk and what isn’t? Few ork vehicles would be identical due to the way the Ork vehicles are “constructed”.
I am considering that with the new (bigger) trukks that I may relegate my current Ork trukks and define them as warbuggies. Now I don’t have any warbuggy models as I don’t like the model, so it’s not as though I have a few warbuggies hanging around which would need to be re-defined as well.
Of course I now need to get some of the new Trukks…
The original Ork trukk was released for Gorkamorka and was (at the time) just the right size for the smaller Orks which were also released for Gorkamorka.
With the release of the (previous) Ork Codex, it was used again as a trukk, even though the Orks had grown in size.
It did mean that the driver and gunner looked a little on the small size and not in keeping with the new Orks plastics and metals.
With the new Codex released this year, we see a nice new trukk model which is much much bigger than the old trukk. Interestingly we didn’t see a new Wartrakk or a new Warbuggy which was a pity. Even a slight modification with new crew would have been nice.
Of course who defines what is a trukk and what isn’t? Few ork vehicles would be identical due to the way the Ork vehicles are “constructed”.
I am considering that with the new (bigger) trukks that I may relegate my current Ork trukks and define them as warbuggies. Now I don’t have any warbuggy models as I don’t like the model, so it’s not as though I have a few warbuggies hanging around which would need to be re-defined as well.
Of course I now need to get some of the new Trukks…
Here are my Ork Trukks from my most recent game. Alas this photograph is slightly blurred.
Though they did not last long against Simon’s Imperial forces, actually now I can’t remember what took them out, I think it was the Space Marine Whirlwind.
I didn’t use them as transports either (which is usually the best way of using them) merely as gun platforms and not even very good gun platforms as I only had Big Shootaz on them. Having said that, they did take out a fair few Imperial Guard before they were lost.
You can see my workbench features on my Trukks, here and here, and I also have a gallery of Ork Trukks.
One of the games I enjoyed a lot at GamesDay 2007 was Aly Morrison and Dave Andrews’ excellent World War One demonstration game.
It was all the little details that made the game for me such as this carrier pigeon vignette.
You can see many more pictures of the game on my website.
Back in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s alongside Doctor Who the BBC broadcast an excellent sci-fi series called Blake’s Seven.
When it was broadcast I use to watch it and thought it was fantastic.
I have never tried to watch it again now, as I know I will destroy my treasured memories as at the time the sets and effects were fantastic, today they will look horrible, tacky and cheap!
Having said all that I am pleased to hear that there is to be a new series of Blake’s Seven which will be made for Sky.
A new remake of sci-fi series Blake’s 7 could soon return to television screens, Sky One has revealed.
The satellite channel has given the green light for the development of two 60-minute scripts for a “potential event series”.
I am already looking forward to it.
Of course from a gaming perspective, the battles between the rebels and the “evil” Federation are just waiting to be recreated on the table. We also have the starship battles with the infamous Liberator.