Over on the Warhammer Community site there was a nice news item about a new diorama at Warhammer World, ‘The Battle for Grendel’s Lock’, an Armageddon themed display.
I’ll cut to the chase, yes there’s an Ork submarine model in the display.
I’ve always liked the idea of an Ork submarine, but have never got round to building one.
More on how the display came together.
Back in 2008 Games Workshop did publish a data sheet for an Ork Submersible (submarine) for Apocalypse. A few years later in 2011, Games Workshop Bristol built a submarine using parts from the Ork Stompa and the Bastion which looked very effective.
Over the last few years it has felt that Games Workshop moved away from scratch built models or conversions, sticking to the actual kits they sold. You did see the occasional foray into conversions in some of the displays at Warhammer World, but most of the time the painted models you saw on the website and in White Dwarf were essentially the same models you could buy from warhammer.com or your local shop. This submarine makes a nice change from the usual models, and there have been other conversions and scratch builds in recent issues of White Dwarf too.
Has it inspired me to think about scratch building my own submarine, yes it has.