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So I'm going to have an ork army made from a megaforce and Black Reach set. From this I wll have
1 Warboss
5 Nobz
9 Warbikes (One will be a nob biker to lead them)
3 Deffkoptas
15 Burnas (I bought ten burnas that weren't in megaforce or black reach)
60 boyz
My question is this- Can I keep all of the 5 nobz together as a 5-model Nobz unit or do I need to devote some of them to leading the boyz.

If it's hard to understand that, here's where I'm cming from. It seems that Black Reach has 2 units of 10 ork boyz, each unit led by one nob (bringing the model total of each to 11) With the army I have assembled here, I was planning to divide the boyz into three units of 20 or two units of 30. WIll they be usable on their own or do I need a nob to be committed to each unit? Thanks!

P.S.- Please don't just tell me to buy more nobz. I kow this is kind of a small force but for right now I'd rather not resort to jsut buying more nobz.

Not the best place to post this.

just try and model a PK for X number of boys, after all if he can heft a giant bloody can opener then he's a nob! Also givingthem a BP (nice and big) would also help aleviate problems. Best I can think of.

This should be in tactics but i will answer as i am sure a MOD will move it there:

Many points

1) You almost always want to upgrade a boy to a Nob.
2) You almost always want that nob to have a Boss pole(especially in units of 20-30)
3) You *upgrade* a Boy to a Nob, not buy the boys then buy a nob
4) Your Megaforce will come with Std Boyz Sprues, those sprues come with extra Nob Bodies and Power Klaws(PKs being how you deal with vehicles usually), they also have a slightly larger Choppa with a power cable on it, most assume this to be a light version of the big choppa(also you will have a really big Choppa in each of the 3 Bike sprues)
5) You will want a Nob in your Bikers squad; he should have a bosspole, the Bike Sprues come with options for upgrading this
6) A nobz unit is dead-hard and full of Killy, you will want one(possibly buy the Nob Box set as it has awesome Big Choppas and many bits for decking out your nobz)

This definitely belongs in Tactics

Going by what I remember from the sprues, you should be able to make this 1500 point army:

----- HQ -------------------------------
1. Warboss (110pts) w/ Eavy Armour, Power Klaw, Attack Squig, Kombi-Skorcha

2. Wazdakka Gutsmek (180pts)

----- Troop ----------------------------
1. 19 Ork Slugga Boyz and Nob w/ Power Klaw, Bosspole (160pts)

2. 19 Ork Slugga Boyz and Nob w/ Power Klaw, Bosspole (160pts)

3. 19 Ork Shoota Boyz and Nob w/ Power Klaw, Bosspole (160pts)

4. 8 Warbikers and Nob w/ Power Klaw, Bosspole (240pts)

----- Elite ----------------------------
1. 6 Burna Boyz (90pts)

2. 5 Lootaz (75pts)

3. 5 Nobz w/ 2 Power Klaws, 2 Big Choppas, Painboy

----- Fast Attack ----------------------
1. 1 Deffkopta w/ Twin-Linked Rokkit Launcha (45pts)

2. 1 Deffkopta w/ Twin-Linked Rokkit Launcha (45pts)

3. 1 Deffkopta w/ Twin-Linked Rokkit Launcha (45pts)

You'll have to convert Wazdakka out of a Biker and a 5th loota out of some spare Big Shootas, but you should have more than enough extra material to do it.

Rictus wrote:So I'm going to have an ork army made from a megaforce and Black Reach set. From this I wll have
1 Warboss
5 Nobz
9 Warbikes (One will be a nob biker to lead them)
3 Deffkoptas
15 Burnas (I bought ten burnas that weren't in megaforce or black reach)
60 boyz
My question is this- Can I keep all of the 5 nobz together as a 5-model Nobz unit or do I need to devote some of them to leading the boyz.

If it's hard to understand that, here's where I'm cming from. It seems that Black Reach has 2 units of 10 ork boyz, each unit led by one nob (bringing the model total of each to 11) With the army I have assembled here, I was planning to divide the boyz into three units of 20 or two units of 30. WIll they be usable on their own or do I need a nob to be committed to each unit? Thanks!

P.S.- Please don't just tell me to buy more nobz. I kow this is kind of a small force but for right now I'd rather not resort to jsut buying more nobz.

No, Nobz are not mandatory for regular Boyz mobs. However, they are a really, really good idea.

Remember you get a nob guy in the boyz sprue so you'll have some nobs from that, and it comes with PK.

General rule of thumb, is yes a PK nob in every mob is the way to go. Play a few games with pk nobs leading your mobs, and few without and youll see the difference fast enough.
But if your going more for a horde type mob, then you dont need the nob as much, simply because the amount of attacks is REALLY HIGH in a large boyz mob, and since its so big, LD tests arent really a problem. But again, a pk nob with a BP is just the greatest thing made. You can get away with it for now, but eventually youll want those PK in every mob

the list that masterslowpoke made for you is the way to go

as you go towards 1850 max out all your squads of boyz to 30 and get the burnaz and lootaz up to 15. some kanz would also be nice.


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The list that masterslowpoke made for you is the way to go.

As you go towards 1850 max out all your squads of boyz to 30 and get the burnaz and lootaz up to 15. some kanz would also be nice.

Now, I only have 5 nobz right now, as I only have access to Black Reach. None of them have PK yet but I'm making some with a friend next week.
Anyone here who has had the Ork Megaforce, please tell me- how many Nobz can be made only from the megaforce and how many of those megaforce nobz will have power klawz? I'd 'like to know for when I divide up my boyz into units.
Also- bosspoles- how do I get those? Make them from sprues, are they included in the megaforce, od i need to buy a nobz box?
And rally osrry about putting this in the wrong category. Orignially it ws just a wuestion about the nobz as leaders before it evolved into a whole army list. My bad, I'm new.

If you have 2 boxes of lootas/burnas, you should be able to make at least 10 burnas AND 10 lootas, using spare Boyz bodies from Assault on Black Reach (and some judicious cutting with a craft knife).

Okay, so someone earlier stated that the boyz sprues in the megaforce are standard boyz sprues. IF this is true, I could assemble 4 nobz with power klaws and bosspoles to go wit hthe 40 boyz, whcih would give me the three PK nobz i need along with a spare PK for the leader of the bikers and lefotver bosspoles for Gutsmek and the biker nob. However this still leaves me three power klawz short of the requirements for hte list MasterSlowPoke left, and I would like ot know where I could gofor those power klawz without buying a nobz box.

From the megaforce, there will be 4 sprues for 10 boyz and 1 nob. Plus the 5 nobs they send you as well. It is not listed on the box, but they should be there.

@Rictus - I would just like to chime in by pointing out that in the Lootas/Burnas box, you only get enough bitz to make 4 Lootas/Burnas plus Mekboy with Kustom Mega Blasta. Go with the Lootas, you will find them more immediately useful.
You can usually by PKs on ebay - I bought a few on there. But you really SHOULD buy the Nobz box. It's fantastic in that it enables you to differentiate your Nobz by giving you loads of different weapon options. Yes, it's beardy, but we're Orks - we need all the help we can get!

Ian Sturrock wrote:If you have 2 boxes of lootas/burnas, you should be able to make at least 10 burnas AND 10 lootas, using spare Boyz bodies from Assault on Black Reach (and some judicious cutting with a craft knife).

The box only comes with 4 deffguns, and 1 of the 'burnas' is a smaller mek KMB. You can get 8 lootas and 10 burnas though. I'd highly recommend using actual boyz from the boyz sprue, the AOBR boyz require moderate modification while the regular ones are already good to go.

I agree on the nobz box kit. Its cheap, and is one of the best kits Ive put together in a long time. So much extra stuff and the minis are just really nicely done. There is a boat load of banners in there as well. But yes if you dont have access to that kit, you can just make bosspoles from pretty much anything.

Kommissar Kel wrote:2) You almost always want that nob to have a Boss pole(especially in units of 20-30)

I respectfully disagree with the above:

Unless you plan on having your large unit of 30 boys be reduced down to less than 10, in the first round of shooting/combat, then don't worry about the points for a boss pole for the big groups. Unless those are spare points to throw around.

Nob n klaw for each group of boys. If you ahve a group of nobz left over, see if you can model/bash a painboy and take those nobs from nasty to nightmare.

Spend the points on a list and call those bikes nob bikers, equip em all differently, include a painboy, and grape ape faces with them!