Category: ork

Ork Jetbikes

I was looking through a copy of White Dwarf #304 from April 2005 looking at the rules for Inquisitor Lorr when I saw this page about Ork Jetbikes.

I like the Dethkopta models but I think if you put an Ork on anything with spinning blades on top he’s going to kill himself trying to hit Space Marines with them. That’s why I made these jetbikes. The design is simple – find a seat, put an Ork on it, then stick a huge rocket engine on the back. The good thing about Ork vehicles is that they don’t have an elegant design, the more bodged they look the better. Most of the bits are scavenged from tanks. The hatch from a Land Raider makes a good jet outlet, while the jet blades are plastic wheels with the spokes shaved down to angles. Details like the fuel lines are from the Dreadnought sprues. Other than that, there’s so much junk attached to them that it’s hard to say where it all comes from

These are clever models and I do have quite a few sprues of spare parts from various models, especially those where I have bought Forge World conversion kits (remember those) in the past.

Ork Battlefortress

Ork Battlefortress

Though I have taken photographs of this huge Ork tank (or battlefortress) over the years in the Ork diorama, it’s only when you start looking at it closely you realise that this isn’t something that was ever released, and is a mix of different models. The main frontal cannon appears to be from the Kill Bursta model. I initially thought it might be a Kill Krusha conversion, but comparing the two you realise that it isn’t, however the top turret certainly is from that model. The tracks though appear to be Imperial in style and look like they are from the BaneBlade super heavy tank. Certainly this is an interesting conversion.

A photograph of this tank from a previous visit to Warhammer World.

Ork Battlefortress

This Ork Battlefortress was part of the diorama showing an Imperial assault on an Ork Shanty Town to rescue a downed Valkyrie of the Militarum Tempestus.

Ork Battlefortress

This is a conversion of the Forge World resin model which was available for many years before being retired. Currently there is nothing like this in the range, well perhaps the Ork Gargantuan Squiggoth, but that’s more of an animal than a tank. The conversion consists of the addition of a cab and a larger frontal main weapon.

I do wonder if we will ever see a new version of this Ork heavy tank?

Photographs of Ork Battlefortresses.

Larger then a Battlewagon, Battlefortresses are used by richer and more powerful Ork Warbosses as super-heavy assault vehicles and mobile command centers. These enormous heavily-armed vehicles bristle with heavy cannons, energy weapons, and explosive launchers. As a rule any Ork vehicle of sufficient size will be called a Battlefortress by the Orks themselves and like most Ork vehicles there is very little standardization and they are highly customized, though several variants exist such as the “Dethrolla” and “Skullhamma”. Nonetheless, these vehicles are a match for any enemy counterpart on the battlefield short of a Titan. Ork Mek Boyz consider the construction of a Battlefortress to be one of their greatest achievements.

More photographs of the diorama over the years, it started off as an Ork diorama at GamesDay 2009.

Ork Kommandos back on the bench

A Kommando is an Ork Boy specialist who prefers to rely on “kunning trikz” instead of fighting his opponents head-on like most other Greenskins. Kommandoz serve as the Orks’ infiltrators and saboteurs, and are masters of the arts of stealth, ambush, unconventional tactics and striking at the opponent from a totally unexpected quarter.

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. The Orks came in quite a few components, and each as their own backpack, with the Nob backpack also having a Grot hiding in the top. I based the models using a basing kit.

The models were given a black undercoat.

Having given the models a black undercoat, a couple were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.

I am going to follow an idea I used with my Stormboyz, but instead of browns, I am going to use greens.

Along with these five models, I have two Ork Kommandos with Burnaz and one with a Big Shoota.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

Ork Kommando with Burna

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. They were a release from Games Workshop as part of the Medusa V campaign.  I also got a couple of Kommando with a Burna. This is a nice model. The Ork Kommando with Burna comes as two castings, which provides four components, the main body, a backpack and the two arms, one of which has the actual burna. I constructed the models and I added some slate and modelling sand to the base.

The next stage was to give the models a black undercoat, where the black spray has “missed” areas this was touched up with thinned down Chaos Black paint. Having given the models a black undercoat, they were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.

More photographs of the model from the workbench.

Ork Kommando with Big Shoota

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. I got the Kommando with Big Shoota to add to the force. I put the whole model together. I added some slate to the base.

The next stage was to give the model a black undercoat. I then gave the model a drybrush of Tin Bitz.

Ork Kommando with Big Shoota

More photographs of the model from the workbench, as well as the GW painted version.

 

 

Stormboyz Nob

One of my Ork units I do like are my Stormboyz. Games Workshop did produce a metal Stormboyz Nob, however it was only available by mail order and not from their shops. So when I was up in Nottingham back in the day I did get the Stormboyz Nob when I visited Warhammer World.

At this point the model is constructed and has been given a black undercoat.

Stormboyz Nob

As you can see the model has suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the model where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage.

Stormboyz Nob

The parts went together very easily. The only exception was the model was too heavy for the slottabase (and the tab was on the thin side). So I decided to use a resin piece from my Urban Basing Kit and use a 40mm round base instead of the supplied 20mm base.

Here are some photographs of the model building and painting process until now.

Rynn’s World

The Rynn’s World diorama was on display at Warhammer World. Inspired by the artwork from the original Warhammer 40000 Rogue Trader rulebook, this diorama shows the Crimson Fists making a heroic last stand against hordes of Orks.

Crimson Fists Space Marines make a final stand.

Crimson Fists Space Marines make a final stand.

Ork Trukk moves up to the fight.

Ork Mega-Dread enters the fray. A smoke-belching, hydraulic monster able to tear apart enemy tanks and smash a side lesser war machines with contemptuous ease.

Another Ork Mega-Dread prepares for battle.

More photographs of the Rynn’s World diorama.

Ork Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy

Born from the greasy ingenuity of Snakebite Orks with a canny eye for battlefield economics, the Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy wasn’t initially conceived as a weapon of war, but rather a mobile snack bar for the speed-addicted Speed Freeks. Imagine ramshackle, rattling pens on wheels, teeming with edible squigs, keeping pace with the thunderous advance of Warbikers, buggies, and Trukks. Above the din of engines, the Squigbuggy crews, all toothy grins and booming voices, would hawk their squirming wares.

For a hefty bag of teef exchanged mid-chase, a lucky (or perhaps unlucky) customer would have a choice squig launched directly into their waiting hands – or even their cavernous maw – courtesy of the vehicle’s ingenious Squig Launchas. However, legend, thick with the pungent aroma of squig and Orkoid mishap, whispers of a pivotal moment. It was when a particularly ferocious Attack Squig, mistaking the launcha for a new burrow, was accidentally fired into the face of an unsuspecting Ork. In that instant of unexpected carnage, the true, brutal potential of this mobile menagerie of mayhem was violently unleashed.

Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy

Now, the rumble of a Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy signals more than just lunchtime. These ruggedly built vehicles, instantly recognizable by their bellowing engines and the chaotic mass of squigs and Orks clinging to every surface, now muscle their way to the forefront of any Speed Freek advance. They unleash volleys of their living, close-range artillery, turning enemy ranks into a squirming, panicked mess. The Squigbuggy, once a purveyor of battlefield snacks, has evolved into a fearsome engine of destruction, proving that even the humblest beginnings can lead to gloriously violent ends.

Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy on my workbench.