Here from a recent game, you can see my Ork Storm Boyz hiding in the trees preparing to jump.
However they were taken out by some Imperial Guard mortar fire before they had a chance to do their “stuff”.
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This is one of my Ork Trukks complete with twin-linked Big Shoota.
The Big Shoota is a Forgeworld accessory and is quite a powerful weapon for the Orks, especially with their poor BS of two, so requiring fives to hit. The ability to re-roll misses is much needed.
Photograph from a recent game which in the end was a draw.
This is an Ork Skiff.
It was an entry in the UK 2006 Golden Demon awards.
I am not sure if this is a valid concept, though I do like it.
The usual Warhammer 40K fluff indicates that such anti-grav machines are difficult to maintain (hence the rarity of such vehicles in the Imperium, with the Space Marine Land Speeder been one of the few, and the jetbike that will make an appearance in the new Dark Angels releases).
Land Speeders can’t be looted by Orks (unlike other Space Marine vehicles) because Orks can’t maintain the anti-grav, hence my comment above on the concept.
I have some photographs of the Ork looted Rhino which s receiving its base coat.
This is the left side. You can see I have also done some black on the front panel. I have started the brown with the hatch to see if it worked. I liked it so the whole vehicle was painted. Work in progress.
I used Snakebite Leather (it was this colour or I was thinking of using Vomit Brown I used on my Ork Fighter Bommer).
Another shot
More soon…
I have put my Ork Kommandos on their bases.
I have decided to paint their backpacks separately, so will need to mount them somehow.
The boss (Nob) has a separate arm and head, so I stuck them on.
One of the nice touches (Jes Godwin told me this) is the bullet hole in his left boot just below his Slugga holster.
It’s as though one day, he was holstering his pistol and BANG!
At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos.
These are a recent release from Games Workshop as part of the Medusa V campaign. One of the rare Ork releases until the release of the Ork Codex sometime in the latter half of 2007.
The Orks come in quite a few components, and each as their own backpack, with the Nob backpack also having a Grot hiding in the top.
Though obviously released as Ork Kommandos they could be used as Tankbustaz.