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Deffkopta

As well as Killa Kans, George Dellapina’s funky Speed Freeks Ork army on display at Bristol Conflict 2004 included a flight of nice converted Deffkoptaz.

He had converted the pilots (this was the inspiration behind my converted pilots) and added Big Shootaz from Killa Kans as they matched whereas the twin-linked version on the model didn’t really look like a Big Shoota.

Deffkoptaz are now part of the main Ork Codex (released in January 2008) and in theory (after been mail order only) will be sold in the shops as a boxed set.

The Speed Freeks list only allowed three, the new Codex allows a flight of five, so I might get two more.

However I may wait as (as with the Killa Kans) there are weapon options which are not available on the metal model, so there may be a new plastic model.

See more of George’s funky Ork army.

Plastic Killa Kan, perhaps…

There are a few rumours flying about the web that there may be a plastic Ork Killa Kan released sometime this year.

For me one thing which confirms it for me is that in the Ork Codex one of the (new) weapon options for the Killa Kan is the Grotzooka, which is not available as an option on the current metal kit.

It is this which confirms for me that there will be a plastic Killa Kan model this year.

Now whether that will be as a separate kit or as part of a boxed starter set, that is a different question.

Resurrection Day

My book choice this week is Brendan DuBois’ Resurrection Day.

Resurrection Day

One of my favourite alternate history novels, which is a mystery story set in a world in which the Cuban missile crisis turned nuclear.

Brendan DuBois is an award-winning U.S. author of mystery stories: this alternate-world thriller is very much in the tradition of Robert Harris’s Fatherland. Consider this striking blurb line: “Everyone remembered exactly what they were doing the day President Kennedy tried to kill them.” History went awry in this world’s Cuba crisis, leading to a 1962 nuclear war that devastated Russia, crippled America, and left Britain a major world power smugly giving aid to the USA. Cut to 1972 Boston and ex-soldier Carl Landry, now a newspaper reporter whose coverage of a routine murder is suppressed by military censors. He’s unwisely curious, investigates further, and inevitably stirs up a hornets’ nest. Attacks, deaths, and disappearances follow. With a new-found girlfriend–an English Times reporter who is not all she seems–Landry uncovers a succession of red-hot secrets about abandoned New York, perfidious British and military plotting, and crucial documents coveted by several factions with different beliefs about their contents. Is Kennedy unjustly despised for starting World War III? Is the rumor that he’s still alive just this timeline’s version of the Elvis myth? After building up terrific tension, DuBois delivers satisfying answers. Grimly plausible (apart from a few lapses in “British” dialogue) and worthy of the Fatherland comparisons.

I have read the book a few times now and enjoy it all the time, well worth reading.

Buy it from Amazon.co.uk.

Codex Orks

Released yesterday, however I got my copy of Codex Orks this afternoon.

Ork Codex

I am quite pleased with it, but though much bigger than the old Codex, I would like to have seen more colour pages in there.

The codex does change the Orks quite a bit and it will take some getting use to the new rules, it only feels like I was getting use to the old ones.

Nice to see the return of the Shokk Attack Gun and  it looks nasty so I might get one!

I had intended to get a Trukk today alongside the Codex, but my local GW had sold out!

More thoughts another time.

There is a datasheet for the Ork Submersible

Back on the 1st Jan I mentioned that there were a lot of rumours flying about the web about a possible Apocalypse Datasheet for an Ork Submersible.

Well it’s looking like the rumours are true. I have now seen the datasheet for the submersible so soon you will be able to use models like this one which was used at GamesDay 2007.

Ork Submersible

The other Ork datasheets include a huge flying mine layer, a horde (100+) Orks, a trukk force and a Pulsa Rokkit.

I just wish that GW published their datasheets in colour (as Forge World did).

Apocalypse

I have finally got my copy of the Apocalypse rulebook. I was kind of expecting that Santa would be bringing me a copy, however Santa saw that I had received in the post the Forge World Apocalypse book and assumed (wrongly) that I had gone out and bought it myself!

So there I was with the Forge World book and no actual Apocalypse book, so I went out in the sales and bought a copy (and alas it wasn’t reduced).

I am kind of disappointed with it, I don’t know maybe I was expecting more. It’s a pity there aren’t more colour pictures, I guess I was spoiled by the Forge World version which at £20 is £10 cheaper and seems to have a lot more colour in it. Don’t get me wrong, I love the big four page spreads, the Ork spread of islands is fantastic and very inspiring. I also like the armoured train and termite which are shown.

Maybe I was expecting more from the rules, maybe I wanted more datasheets for my Orks.

So far I have not had a game of Apocalypse but will do so at some point in the future, a nice big game against Simon, he has Imperial Guard (lots of tanks and guns) and Space Marines, whilst I will be using my Orks and Inquisitorial forces, now there’s an alliance which will take some justifying…

Got some new toys…

Well with Christmas now over and the dust settling I can now take a look at my booty.

Simon very nice of him got me a couple of Grey Knight Terminators which will go nicely with my Librarian.

As well as those two, from the in-laws I got some Tallarn Imperial Guard (to use as I have already done as Inquisitorial Storm Troopers) and Space Marine Veterans (which will be used as the blister pack I got as Grey Knights).

My wife (thank you) got me the Masters of the Chapter boxed set, alas (or luckily) she actually got me two boxes… accidently. So one of those will be going back to be swapped, probably for some of the new Ork models.

No Forge World models, as their shipping delays put people off.

In all a very nice haul.