Thinking about Orks - 40K Terra

Pabst · 12-29-2006

I am a big fan of flashy, gaudy and themed army's and I'm looking for help on collecting a 400pt Ork army fairly cheeply. I was thinking of just picking up a Warboss and a couple boxes of boyz to get started. Any suggestions?

Cheers!

Ikarus · 12-29-2006

That seems to be the most basic start of the army~

Works for a nice small list

.

Not much to say.

Have fun though, orks are meant to be played with fun and waaaaghhness ofcourse!

experiment 626 · 12-29-2006

well, if you're the paitient type, the new codex & models will be coming out late next year?!

suposidly, the new warboss model is beyond huge! and the orky vehicle box from what i've heard, is basically just a bunch of sprues so there's lots of possibilities for building unique contraptions.

the boyz sprues aren't being redone so it is safe to go for a box or two of them!
keep in mind you don't need an hq model when playing combat patrol type games, (400-500pts), so you can hold off on the warboss!

cheers!

Pabst · 12-29-2006

Thanks for the help I was wondering about the Warboss thing for 400pts since he takes up almost 1/4th of your points! I've already got a Fantasy army of mostly Goblins(and a sweet Grom The Paunch model

). But WHFB games are few and far between at the store I play at and I love Orks almost as much as I love my Vostroyans, so I figure building a combat patrol worth of 40k Orks wont hurt my wallet too much

cheers!

Gnr. Keil · 12-29-2006

WHAAAAAAAAA*burb*AAAAAAAAAGH. Go for it man.
I do agree with 626 though. If you really want that new codex wait, and keep it small.

Ikarus · 12-29-2006

But wait an eternity may BE a problem,

Its a big problem GW has. Slow release, wrong priorities.

Simply said!

It would depend now- Do you have another army to play?

Pabst · 12-29-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ikarus

But wait an eternity may BE a problem,

Its a big problem GW has. Slow release, wrong priorities.

Simply said!

It would depend now- Do you have another army to play?

Yeah I've already got about 2,500 pts of Imperial Guard, but I went to the gaming store today and picked up a box of Boyz, a Box of Storm Boyz and a heavy weapons blister for $55 (couldn't say no to that

) and I;ve already got the Codex. I'm thinking of running a heavly looted army. Where can I find info on what they can and cant take as far as equipment? Or can they only loot vehicles and heavy weapons? (ie: some one suggested Orks with jump packs!)

ConstantFiles · 12-30-2006

I think on the UK GW site there's like a place to download clan info to go looters heavy. As far as I can tell you can only loot Imperial Vehicles and a selection of weapons (most of them being heavy weaponry)

Pabst · 01-02-2007

thanks for the link, it helped a bunch. But can Orks move and shoot these heavy weapons? or do the normal rules apply for them?

cheers!

experiment 626 · 01-02-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pabst

thanks for the link, it helped a bunch. But can Orks move and shoot these heavy weapons? or do the normal rules apply for them?

cheers!

normal rules apply!

still though, most of the proppa orky big gunz the boyz can carry are 'assault' type so having a couple mobs holed up in cover blasting away with heavy bolters/rocket launchers/lascannons and such shouldn't be too bad!

cheers!

Pabst · 01-02-2007

that kinda sucks considering that you can only take one heavy weapon and one special weapon per mob. One BS 2 lascannon shot isnt going to be that effective and Big Shootas I think are a better deal than Heavy bolters and/or Autocannons.

experiment 626 · 01-02-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pabst

that kinda sucks considering that you can only take one heavy weapon and one special weapon per mob. One BS 2 lascannon shot isnt going to be that effective and Big Shootas I think are a better deal than Heavy bolters and/or Autocannons.

just choose to loot weapons from a smurf devastator squad! now you get upto 4 heavy weapons!

or for something much more light-hearted, try looting a bunch of sniper rifles from a scout squad!lol. sure you're still only as accurate as a basic guardsman, but orks with sniper rifles simply sounds too funny to pass up!lol.

cheers!

Pabst · 01-03-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by experiment 626

just choose to loot weapons from a smurf devastator squad! now you get upto 4 heavy weapons!

or for something much more light-hearted, try looting a bunch of sniper rifles from a scout squad!lol. sure you're still only as accurate as a basic guardsman, but orks with sniper rifles simply sounds too funny to pass up!lol.

cheers!

Oh ok so it depends on who you loot from. I just thought it was one heavy weapon regardless. I've already had a blast converting them with some IG bits n peices I have laying around ( I made a Ork Rocket Launcher out of a HKM and some other stuff and added a bionic arm to a Nob with a Sentinal chain sword)

ConstantFiles · 01-05-2007

The best part of it all is Orks get to hurt themselves! roll that 1 (orks hate small numbers don't they?) xD and you get to wound yourself (wut's this button do?)

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Pabst Trooper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vostroya Posts: 119 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thinking about Orks I am a big fan of flashy, gaudy and themed army's and I'm looking for help on collecting a 400pt Ork army fairly cheeply. I was thinking of just picking up a Warboss and a couple boxes of boyz to get started. Any suggestions? Cheers!

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12-29-2006	#4 (permalink)
Pabst Trooper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vostroya Posts: 119 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the help I was wondering about the Warboss thing for 400pts since he takes up almost 1/4th of your points! I've already got a Fantasy army of mostly Goblins(and a sweet Grom The Paunch model ). But WHFB games are few and far between at the store I play at and I love Orks almost as much as I love my Vostroyans, so I figure building a combat patrol worth of 40k Orks wont hurt my wallet too much cheers!

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Gnr. Keil Trooper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 79 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WHAAAAAAAAAburbAAAAAAAAAGH. Go for it man. I do agree with 626 though. If you really want that new codex wait, and keep it small.

12-30-2006	#8 (permalink)
ConstantFiles Conscript Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think on the UK GW site there's like a place to download clan info to go looters heavy. As far as I can tell you can only loot Imperial Vehicles and a selection of weapons (most of them being heavy weaponry)

01-02-2007	#9 (permalink)
Pabst Trooper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vostroya Posts: 119 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks for the link, it helped a bunch. But can Orks move and shoot these heavy weapons? or do the normal rules apply for them? cheers!

01-02-2007	#11 (permalink)
Pabst Trooper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vostroya Posts: 119 Rep Power: 2 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	that kinda sucks considering that you can only take one heavy weapon and one special weapon per mob. One BS 2 lascannon shot isnt going to be that effective and Big Shootas I think are a better deal than Heavy bolters and/or Autocannons.

01-05-2007	#14 (permalink)
ConstantFiles Conscript Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The best part of it all is Orks get to hurt themselves! roll that 1 (orks hate small numbers don't they?) xD and you get to wound yourself (wut's this button do?)