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So...i know this is weird.

But would Orks, eat victims of the battles and bloodshed they left behind?.

Ive been recently re-watching LOTR, and in battle and non battle sequences, I've see Orks literally rip chunks out of people and eat them.
So i know this is 40K, but the similarities seem to outweigh everything. I possibly think Orks may have a cannibalistic side to them too. I could just see a Ork smashing a cadian in the head, biting a chunk out of his neck and devouring it as he hacks the poor bloke to death (Puny Humies).

What do you think?.

Yes. Orks would eat anything.

Also, it's not cannibalism if the poor zog getting eaten isn't from the same species

Orks are cannibals, too, though, since the squig is a lesser form of the Orkoid species, from which they make squig stew, squig beer, squig sandwiches, squig flambe, squig torte, squig on the half-shell, barbecued squig...

 Psienesis wrote:
Orks are cannibals, too, though, since the squig is a lesser form of the Orkoid species, from which they make squig stew, squig beer, squig sandwiches, squig flambe, squig torte, squig on the half-shell, barbecued squig...

Haha, that is true!

Mmm, umie. Umie taste gud roasted on da fiya while da lads talk bout there last scrap and we all all take a swig from ar squigg beer. Da only fing beta is avin a scrap, but da nite is young, and ima needin sum teef for a new dakka dakka.

There is a story in the CSM codex where orks conquer a world and then begin to eat everything on it.


A few days later, every ork is swollen from eating so much, then they all explode as Mortarion arrives on the world.

So yes, I suppose they do, even if Chaos makes them do it.

 welshhoppo wrote:
There is a story in the CSM codex where orks conquer a world and then begin to eat everything on it.

A few days later, every ork is swollen from eating so much, then they all explode as Mortarion arrives on the world.

So yes, I suppose they do, even if Chaos makes them do it.

Well, the idea there is that they're zombie orks. They explode because they're full of nurglings.
Normal orks would and do eat their opponents/slaves/own fallen/grots.

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm trying to make a good few traditions/ Acts for my Goff Army.

Looks like Da Humies taste good!


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 Psienesis wrote:
Orks are cannibals, too, though, since the squig is a lesser form of the Orkoid species, from which they make squig stew, squig beer, squig sandwiches, squig flambe, squig torte, squig on the half-shell, barbecued squig...

I was trying to say that they may also eat their now kind and not just victims.

Don't matter though, Dey all taste da same!

Wounded orks aren't history, they are field rations.

See tankbustas:

"A Tankbusta who succeeded in skoring his first confirmed kill enjoys getting 'tanked up' after the batttle, a ritual that includes devouring tank's crew and drinking engine oil from its smoking remains."

So, yes, they will eat enemies, and wash it down with engine oil in some cases.

 Steve steveson wrote:
See tankbustas:

"A Tankbusta who succeeded in skoring his first confirmed kill enjoys getting 'tanked up' after the batttle, a ritual that includes devouring tank's crew and drinking engine oil from its smoking remains."

So, yes, they will eat enemies, and wash it down with engine oil in some cases.

Eugh…Grim.

Definitely shows why Orks aren't Grimdark.

Oi! You dere, boy! Wots bess in life?!

Krush yer 'nemies...
See 'em scatter...
Eat 'em up...

In the book Rynn's World it describes the orks feasting and cooking humans that they captured/killed.

Orks seem to be able to eat and drink almost anything. One funny airplane cockpit diagram in Deff Skwadwon has the fuel lines going through the cockpit available to be teared out "in case the pilot gets thirsty".

 buddha wrote:
In the book Rynn's World it describes the orks feasting and cooking humans that they captured/killed.

Thats what i always saw them in my mind doing, i might go and get Rynns world. Is there a free preview anywhere?.

Don´t know but I can recommend that book. It shows pretty well that Orks are not just the dorky default enemy for everyone but a real threat.

 tommse wrote:
Don´t know but I can recommend that book. It shows pretty well that Orks are not just the dorky default enemy for everyone but a real threat.

Thanks mate, ill get it today when I'm finished painting my Goffs.

I should Orkify my bbq, that would make me meats roight tastey yeah?

 Lagfest wrote:
I should Orkify my bbq, that would make me meats roight tastey yeah?

Weld a gun on to it and leave it out in the rain without cleaning for a month?

 Steve steveson wrote:

 Lagfest wrote:
I should Orkify my bbq, that would make me meats roight tastey yeah?

Weld a gun on to it and leave it out in the rain without cleaning for a month?

Yea... that and more spiky bits

Paint it red, it'll cook faster.

ETA: Or paint it yellow, the flames will get bigger.

 tommse wrote:
Don´t know but I can recommend that book. It shows pretty well that Orks are not just the dorky default enemy for everyone but a real threat.

To be fair, a malfunctioning missile did most of the work for them.

And Snagrod is one big mother-fether.

Orks eat anything, including each other. So yes.

Sometimes, if they're hungry.

 Flinty wrote:
Wounded orks aren't history, they are field rations.

or spare parts!

 welshhoppo wrote:
There is a story in the CSM codex where orks conquer a world and then begin to eat everything on it.


A few days later, every ork is swollen from eating so much, then they all explode as Mortarion arrives on the world.

So yes, I suppose they do, even if Chaos makes them do it.

Beat me to it.

I read this part just yesterday. Like the part about being the Orks being "obese monstrosities that can only move at a snail's pace." The Sisters of Battle were sent in to deal with and did well until the real threat appeared. Then the Nurglings burst forth from inside the Orks (ewww) end of story.

 tommse wrote:
Don´t know but I can recommend that book. It shows pretty well that Orks are not just the dorky default enemy for everyone but a real threat.

Orks toe the line between serious, and comical.

Of course the bigger the WAAAGH! the better the threat.

In a word, yes.

They'll nom just about anything given the right circumstances, tho I've gotta say that chaos story does sound utterly hilarious.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

Orks toe the line between serious, and comical.

Of course the bigger the WAAAGH! the better the threat.

Well, it's also the case that orks are one of the few races in 40K that seem to have a sense of humor themselves! A lot of the stuff that is 'funny', is funny to orks, but not to their victims. Orks might find it funny watching the humies do the 'burny dance' (and we might get a laugh out of the term), when the victims, who are being set alight and burning to death, don't really find much to laugh about.

I'm not criticizing anyone for this (I think that an ability to distinguish imaginary violence from real violence is a crucial development in being an adult). I just like the orks because unlike all these dour Sisters of Battle and grim Space Marines and weary, downtrodden Imperial Guardsmen, and doomed Eldar, they are out there having a laugh and enjoying themselves.

It is clear that nature created the Orks as a revenge against the races that like to eat mushrooms and blue cheese!