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I already have a workbench feature on my Grot Bomb Launcha however I did get another model of one at GamesDay 2005.
This one I am aiming to do differently with as my previous one a converted driver, this one though I want to do a different track unit and extra gubbinz and baggage on top.
The driver uses the Deth Kopta pilot.
This is the Forgeworld Grot Bomb Launcha from their Display Cabinets at GamesDay 2005.
What I find quite revealing about the model (and it is a display model) is that this is a conversion, the Wartrakk’s tracks have been replaced by wheels and the driver has had its top half replaced by an Ork Boyz model. These extra parts are not included in the Forgeworld kit, but I would have thought a display model should be as you get it and not with added bitz…
Here are three of my Wartrakks…
They are a Grot Bomb Launcha, a Skorcha and a regular bog standard Wartrakk.
The Forgeworld Grot Bomb Launcha is still one of my favourite models.
We have a house rule that allows it to be re-loaded.
I am aiming to get a few more of these and also build an ammo wagon for them.
Grot Bomb launched and bounced off the frontal armour again…
I do like the Forgeworld Grot Bomb Launcha and it is great fun in games.
This picture from a recent game is just after I launched the Grot Bomb at an Imperial Hellhound and as per usual it bounced off the frontal armour….
It seems to do that a lot, it strikes the target (always a tank), but fails to do any damage. Perhaps I should go for different targets such as infantry?
I think the real answer is to go for a few more and create a barrage of Grot Bombs, that may work…
You can see on my workbench feature how I put together and painted this excellent little model.
I still really like this conversion I did… I actually did this conversion some time ago.
However it still remains one of my favourite conversions. I do wonder if Forgeworld will ever release an Epic version of their own 40K scale modem, but they seem to take an age to produce Epic Ork models.
You can see how I made the conversion here.
Well it would have been if the camera battery hadn’t failed
I was hoping to bring you a photographic battle report between Orks and Imperial Guard, however it seems that my digital camera has a faulty battery and thus “failed”.
You can see some of the pictures I took here.
The game went really well (for the Orks) but it was close. We played the Take and Hold scenario and after six turns a single grot and a few Orks held the objective.
It was the first opportunity for my Ork Grot Bomb Launcha on the battlefield and it failed miserably “bouncing” off the frontal armour plate of an Imperial Chimera.
My opponent put on his Medusa which was rather nasty…