Category: ork

Snakebitez Ork Boar Boyz

This week Games Workshop announced the release of some new Orc Boar Boyz for Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

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Orc Boar Boyz are rough, tough and very determined. They ride into battle atop War boars – evil-minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim, bite and kick the enemy of their Orc masters. Boar Boyz are the shock cavalry of an Orc and Goblin army, and they love nothing better that to gore, stamp and inflict damage on the enemy.

These are very nice looking plastic miniatures.

I can’t be the only Warhammer 40,000 Ork player looking at these new models and thinking time to add some Boar Boyz for my Feral Orks.

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I have done this before with some other Warhammer Fantasy Orc Boar Riders.

Ork Gun Tractor

At GamesDay 2008 as GW showed off their new plastic modular display boards, one model slightly overshadowed it; Colin Grayson’s HUGE BIG Ork Gun.

Slightly comical in some respects.

This was the rear of the Ork vehicle that was towing it.

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See the front of the vehicle.

Photograph taken at GamesDay 2008. To see more pictures from GamesDay 2008 have a look at my GamesDay 2008 Gallery.

Ork Mega Dread

One of the highlights of GamesDay 2009 for me was the fantastic Ork Shanty Town display that Forge World did. There were many of the new Forge World models including the excellent Mega Dread.

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I really like this model, which combined with Killa Kans and Dreadnoughts gives the Orks a variety of walkers that you would expect to find in their forces. Mine is well under way and I used it (in an undercoated state) in a recent game.

More on the Ork Battlewagon

Having made the chassis, the next stage was adding the superstructure.

Still kept the model separate for painting purposes.

Another view.

This is how it looks with the provided turret, though I have decided not to use the turret with the model.

Though in the above photographs it looks like the wheels and tracks are fixed, I kept them unstuck so that the model would be easier to paint.

See the full workbench feature on the Ork Battlewagon.

See photographs of completed Ork Battlewagons from various shows.

Ork Big Trakk with Supa Kannon

One of the highlights of GamesDay 2009 for me was the fantastic Ork Shanty Town display that Forge World did. There were many of the new Forge World models including the excellent Ork Big Trakk. A turbine powered Ork tracked vehicle with twin Big Shootas. This model though has been given the Supa Kannon.

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I really like this model, which combined with Trukks and Halftrakks gives the Orks a variety of vehicles that you would expect to find in their forces. Another view of the model.

The weapon choices also add variety, not just for Forge World vehicles, but also for the plastic Trukk and Battlewagons.

Current rumours abound that in 2010 we will see new plastic  Wartrakks and Buggies. We have already seen nice new plastic Killa Kans and Dreads.

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.

Grot Tank

This very neat little Grot Tank won the Silver at the Golden Demon awards at GamesDay 2006.

From the Golden Demon Display Cabinets and Forge World, photographed at GamesDay.

Very nice model.

At the recent Forge World Open Day, there were previews of some new Forge World Grot Tanks which were really nice. I am certainly thinking that having a few Grot Tanks on the battlefield would go nicely alongside my Grot Bomb Launcha and be somewhat fun.

More Orky goodness at Forge World Open Day 2010

There was more Orky goodness on show at the Forge World Open Day 2010.

As well as the already mentioned Ork Warkopta, we had:

  • Grot Tanks, small armoured vehicles with Grot Krew;
  • New weapons for the Mega Dread, I did mention at GamesDay 2009 how “feeble” the main assault arm was. So much so that when I bought my Mega Dread I bought two Kilkannon arms instead. The previewed assault arms include a mean looking buzzsaw and a tougher looking claw weapon;
  • With the release of lots of new Ork Tanks, we also saw previewed lots of new Ork Tank Kommanders;
  • Extra Ork weapons, so you can convert and adapt your Ork vehicles, a really nice idea that I have been wanting for ages;
  • As well as the Lifta Droppa for the Stompa, one for a Battlewagon was also previewed;
  • Other Stompa conversions include a mean looking belly gun.

So lots of Orky goodness and I haven’t even mentioned the Eldar Titan or the Raven Guard.