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OK Dakka, Ive been thiking of a theme for my orks for a while....and It hit me. I love the deff koptas and was going to use them as nob bikes but decided to keep them as is and instead make an entire helicopter based ork army!!!! Ive started this log to keep progress, inspire me and to get some C&C.

I present to you the DA SKY RIDAS

First the list so you know what each unit is.

Ork Sky Ridas

Da Admiral-Warboss-Mega Armor,Cybork Body,Attack squig,shoota/skorcha-130

Da Chief Mek-KFF,Eavy Armor-90

Da Vulcha Boyz-Zagstruk,19x Stormboyz-325

Riders of da Storm-5x Mega Armor Nobz-200
Da Storm-Trukk-Red Paint jorb,Armored Plates,Grot Riggers-55

Da Wild Aces-10x Slugga Boyz,Nob,Eavy Armor,Bosspole,PK-111
Da Aces-Trukk-Red Paint Jorb,Armored Plates-50

Da Cloud Bashas-11x Slugga Boyz,Nob, Eavy Armor, Bosspole,PK-117
Da Basha-Trukk-Red Paint Jorb, Armored Plates-50

Da Flyin Sharks-11x Slugga Boyz,Nob, Eavy Armor, Bosspole,PK-117
Da Shark-Trukk-Red Paint Jorb, Armored Plates-50

Da Rocket hawks-3x Twin-Linked Rokkit Launchas-125

Da Ork Baron-1x Twin Linked Rockkit Launchas,Buzzsaw-70

Now as of right now I have 80 AOBR Boyz, 10 ABOR NObz 6 AOBR Koptas, 2 AOBR Warbosses, 5 Plastic NOBZ. IM going to convert 19 of the boyz to Stormboyz with Copter Back Packs, The MANZ out of plasticard with the AOBR Nobz and scratch build the trukks....which the first one is done and I present....

b]DA SHARK[/b]






And Here some Comparisons to a rhino



There you go, the Shark is outside drying so I can paint it. Next is converting a Stormboy. LMK What you think!

It looks good size wise, but i think you could do with putting another rotor at the front as well because it looks off balance at the moment. But a good start!

Looks ok, but I think it needs more orky gubbinz and some more bulk added to it.

Another thing; where's the second rotor? I know Ork stuff works based on faith, but even Orks have to obey the laws of physics. With only one rotor, said chopper would just spin uncontrollably and slam into something, probably not even clearing the ground. Perhaps a second rotor beneath the first one (making it co-axial) or a tail rotor would be in order? Or a second one towards the front?

I would think you need to do two things, first do what everyone has already said, add some second rotor somewhere, and bulk up the helicopter sideways, bulk it up, needs to hold a buncha boyz after all ;p

Great concept and a nice model could do with some more bulk and Gubbins right now to me it looks far to tall and thin and not squat, powerful and menacing enough.

thechosen1 wrote:I know Ork stuff works based on faith, but even Orks have to obey the laws of physics.

You sir are a heretic and will be burned as such, case and point DA RED WUNZ GO FASTA!!!!

On a serious note, you need more than just those rails there and a second rotor in the front would make it look less awkward, and also i probably just dont see it, but is there a gun on that thing?

Put reinforced rams on the trukks instead of the armored plates. It will make them better for driving through terrain at full speed, which will give them more of a "skimmer-like" feel. Plus armor plates on trukks are worthless because they're open-topped.