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im an ork player through and through, love my codex, love my models, love the fluff, but i can recognize when Gamesworkshop takes a dump on ork players like me by makeing unnecessary rule changes to units and the such. but today im gonna gripe specifically about killa kanz.

i love everything about these grots turned into cybernetic killing machines, but unfortunately GW apparently doesn't like us customers buying or playing them (why else downgrade them so much in 7th).

in a later post i will bring up potential rule adjustments that will bring them back balanced and useful.

for now i will talk about modeling. if the kans never become useful again, then what are the options for conversions. can us ork players hope to use them as "counts as" for other models with clever additions of bits?

i look forward to any ideas or suggestions.

(admittedly i dont think i will ever tear apart my kanz, but this is just for the worst case scenario).

Conjoined-twin Kans counts-as Deff Dread?
Voltron/Power Rangers-style 5-into-1 Gorka/Morka-naught?
Self-propelled Mek guns / Big guns artillery (Ooooo, might actually use that one)?
Counts-as allied "Space Marine" Centurions?

Counts as helbrutes using the formations (deepstriking or squad of 5)

I honestly don't mind Kanz as they are. I wouldn't have minded a point drop though. I still field my Kanz constantly because the models are too cool not to play, and they tend to be OK at best (Then again, they were always just OK if you didn't use the old Kan Wall method).

But I like a lot of Quanar's choices for converting. I have a few extra Kanz, and I might actually make them into "mobile" Mek Gunz, because the idea of giant cannons with legs is quite silly and orky.

thanks for the comments. this is just a "what if," i will most likely keep my kanz the way they are right now, and just playtest them some more. i will be testing them out in a dredd mob i will be playing against my friend who just started his dark templar army.

geargutz wrote:
thanks for the comments. this is just a "what if," i will most likely keep my kanz the way they are right now, and just playtest them some more. i will be testing them out in a dredd mob i will be playing against my friend who just started his dark templar army.

Let me know how that goes. At this very moment, I'm painting the 3rd of 9 Killa Kans that will eventually make up my Dredd Mob. I've never even played as orks before...I've always just loved the army and that formation seems like a fun time.

There doesn't seem to be very many (or any) battle reports online where people are actually using it, so I'm dying for some inspiration as I slowly paint the models to completion. Give me my fix!

 Voidwraith wrote:

geargutz wrote:
thanks for the comments. this is just a "what if," i will most likely keep my kanz the way they are right now, and just playtest them some more. i will be testing them out in a dredd mob i will be playing against my friend who just started his dark templar army.

Let me know how that goes. At this very moment, I'm painting the 3rd of 9 Killa Kans that will eventually make up my Dredd Mob. I've never even played as orks before...I've always just loved the army and that formation seems like a fun time.

There doesn't seem to be very many (or any) battle reports online where people are actually using it, so I'm dying for some inspiration as I slowly paint the models to completion. Give me my fix!

hey, i just had a match with a firend and i brought the dredd mob. check it out in the tactics forum (i didnt put it in the battle reports because its more of my review and opnions on the formation and specifically killa kanz). i hope you get some inspiration from it. it renewed my faith in the kanz, bless mork and gork.

Subject:
my new viewpoint and proposed tactics for killa kanz (the subject of that post)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/625107.page (link to it, if you happen to not find it)