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**nintendoeats**

I have written some fluff to explain why my Orks are blue and cyborked. Unfortunately this leaves me in the position that my orks should all technicly be cyborked. This is, of course, rather problematic in certain circumstances, especially 500 point games. My freinds don't care that much, but:

A-I don't like busting my backstory like that.
B-If I am ever in a tournament, how will they handle it? Will it be all or nothing with the cyborking? Will they even accept the backstory as letting me cybork everyone?

A conundrom...thoughts anyone?

(note: backstory is written in my Dakka page)

**Corpsesarefun**

Just say that only the rich/powerfull orks get the cyborks and the runts dont.
Or maybe some orks dont like the thought of technological implants

P.s what country is that flag for?

**kirsanth**

I know someone who has all his ork vehicles painted black because his orks are all colorblind and think the vehicles are painted red.

I doubt that helps, though.

shrug.

**nintendoeats**

That rules

Unfortunately that isn't how colourblindness works, as I know being Red-Green colourblind myself. Maybe Orks are more like dogs than humans.

The flag is from Qatar. It is a little country that sticks off of Saudi Arabia. The American military base that invaded Iraq is there.

The fluff states that the orks are cyborked BECAUSE they are blue. They think that being tuff makes them blue (and of course they are the tuffest orks in the galaxy!!!) and that being blue makes 'em tuffer! Hence money and size do not come into play.

**Gitzbitah**

With orks, it really is easy to explain technological modifications which don't work. Every Ork wanted Cyboknetiks, which quickly overwhlemed the Meks. Being the greedy, sneaky gits that they are, the Grot oilers jumped to take up the slack. These discount 'Cybork' jobs often consisted of nothing more than the grot running at full speed into his patient with a wire filled pipe. These incomplete jobs looked flashy, and satisfied most Orks. Only those able to afford real Cyborknetiks knew the difference.

Something along those lines should do for the explanation. Battlefleet Gothic explained why Ork ships can't shoot reliably in precisely the same manner- they have tons of guns, they are just very poorly maintained most of the time.

**nintendoeats**

Again, the cyborking isn't real cyborking, so things like that won't work. I'm sure that there is a solution that I haven't thought of yet which uses the same (il)logical techniques. Must think orkier!!!

**Corpsesarefun**

Sum gits aint 'ard enuf ta be blue?

**nintendoeats**

corpsesarefun wrote:Sum gits aint 'ard enuf ta be blue?

An admirable attempt, but sometimes I want my grots cybork. Sometimes I don't. Anyway, I don't have any green orks.

I suppose the bigger question is, will anyone care?

**Gitzbitah**

Ah, I didn't understand your phrasing. Yeah, if your 'Cybork' is painting the skin blue you should be just fine at tournaments. It would need to apply to every unit that is blue if any of the blue ones were counts as cyborks. Are you tryingg to simulate the old Deffskull clan list? They could take lucky tattoos instead of cybork for an invulnerable save. There isn't a citadel Cybork, so you should be fine to the judges.

The players will most likely be disappointed if they are fighting an army of Cyborks but don't get to see any pipes and wires coming out of the boyz. If the tournament has opponenet appearance and theme judging, I would expect an army like this to take a hit. Conversions are a bold statement that you are not doing this just to get an advantage. You may be able to avoid this if you paint intricate blue tattoos instead of just blue Ork flesh, but it would be risky.

**nintendoeats**

Ok, well I'm pretty invested in the theme at this point. Thanks for the advice. Iv'e done a couple conversions, and will continue to, but as long as these are acceptable that will do fine. I guess I'll need to do some green grots for gun crews and stuff.

**chromedog**

They're supposed to be fungoids, but the green comes from chlorophyll or something.

Not all fungi are the same colour. Who is to say that some orkoid spores won't be blue? Or purple. Or black. Or smell like sweaty gym socks (admittedly, it's a probably an improvement on how they normally smell).

**nintendoeats**

Are you syaing that my orks smell?!?!?! For shame sir, for shame!