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Just something I found interesting. The other day at my local GW i played a fellow ork player. he asked if we could make a deal. he said if he could spend an extra 5 pts per boyz mob ( counting as a red paint job ) would he be able to move them an extra inch? i said yes because this wasn't a very serious game. So what are your thoughts about the "red sneaker orks"

if it wasn't a serious game and you were cool with it then no problem. Myself i think it sounds pretty amusing.

For 5 points per model?
It's his funeral.

I'd say 2-3 point increase, but that sounds great. Red Sneaker orks is a fun idea. Hope he doesn't have a weirdboy for possible extra WAAAGHs though. Friendly game, it's a good idea.

5 pts per mob, not per model. And it certainly sounds fun.

Five pointed per MOB?

WAO.

That said, I like the idea.

The red wunz DO go faster.

That sounds rather fun actually. Orks wanted to experiment on the red paintjob in other things than vehicles.

Get da boyz workin on da red shoe technology immediately

"Da red shoes are ready boss."
"Gimme pair o those." *runs faster than anyone else*

Would painting their bullets and rockets red give them extra range?

Let's just paint everything red... but wait... if you paint an ork red... will it's life go faster (will it die sooner)?

In the Fear The Alien anthology, there's a story about a unit of Ork Kommandos who paint their boots red 'ta get to der enemy faster'.

Miraclefish wrote:In the Fear The Alien anthology, there's a story about a unit of Ork Kommandos who paint their boots red 'ta get to der enemy faster'.

Ah, the Orks are just so refreshing in a world that is so grimdark.

Orks gice some flavor to 40k. Everything isn't so grimdark after all.

There are indeed positive things in 40k.

i find orks utterly amusing. i must say that i like the idea of red ones go fasta on mobs.

Yes, I like the idea too, but isnt it just Ork thinking...?

thenoobbomb wrote:Yes, I like the idea too, but isnt it just Ork thinking...?

It is Ork thinking that seems to work on vehicles.

Not just ork thinking

*glances at the vampire wannabe marines*

forruner_mercy wrote:

Miraclefish wrote:In the Fear The Alien anthology, there's a story about a unit of Ork Kommandos who paint their boots red 'ta get to der enemy faster'.

Ah, the Orks are just so refreshing in a world that is so grimdark.

My favourite Ork story is from the current Codex. A Warboss and his Waaaaagh! emerge from the Warp before they left, thanks to the insane fluctuations of the Empyrean, at which point the Warboss decides to go kill the other one of himself, so he can have a spare of his favourite kustom shoota. The entire Waaaagh! grinds to a halt as the two identical, evenly matched Ork forces descend into an orgy of destruction and in-fighting.

Orke. Just Waaaagh it.

Ascalam wrote:Not just ork thinking

*glances at the vampire wannabe marines*

But at them it works.. (well, I assume all vehicles fast and deep striking land raiders..)

Actually the warboss in Dawn of War has an upgrade called "Red Legs" for his mega-armor, that does make him go faster.

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:For 5 points per model?

It's his funeral.

actually it was 5 pts per mob

Jidmah wrote:Actually the warboss in Dawn of War has an upgrade called "Red Legs" for his mega-armor, that does make him go faster.

Oh yeah. Did not remember that. That should be transfered to the tabletop rules.

All ork stuff works this way. In the fluff they talk about how ork stuff won't work for non orks because they don't tap into the ork psychic power or something like that.

-cgmckenzie

Some ork stuff anyway.

A fair bit of ork gear is given as tribute or made by enslaved populations.

Anything an ork actually makes with his own ten thumbs works that way though

purplefood wrote:Orke. Just Waaaagh it.

Beat me to it.

Miraclefish wrote:

forruner_mercy wrote:

Miraclefish wrote:In the Fear The Alien anthology, there's a story about a unit of Ork Kommandos who paint their boots red 'ta get to der enemy faster'.

Ah, the Orks are just so refreshing in a world that is so grimdark.

My favourite Ork story is from the current Codex. A Warboss and his Waaaaagh! emerge from the Warp before they left, thanks to the insane fluctuations of the Empyrean, at which point the Warboss decides to go kill the other one of himself, so he can have a spare of his favourite kustom shoota. The entire Waaaagh! grinds to a halt as the two identical, evenly matched Ork forces descend into an orgy of destruction and in-fighting.

Orks have a simple solution to everything - even to a time travel paradox.