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Lootaz.

Get another Battleforce and 3 boxes of Lootas.

BYE

Ork Guy wrote:Hey guys i got the ork codex and the battleforce and a warboss. I converted the warboss onto a bike hes also got the attack squig. Iv made all boys sluggas and im definetely going to buy another trukk. What else do you guys think i should buy?

ork guy, have you determined what type of army you want to put together? foot sloggers? speed freeks? ranged? have you decided on a clan type (for painting purposes really, but fluff wise (background) it can help you get a rein on how you put that army togeter.

lootas are very nice though.

(slightly off topic HBMC did you ever do that review/preview of the ork codex?))

My guys are Evil Sunz and it will consists of mainly sluggas in trukks and other close combat untis that can get to the other side of the board quickly.

I am also definetely considering buying Lootaz and a shokk attack gun Big Mek but im gonna need somethihng when i come up against Monoliths and Land Raider. What guys do yoiu reccommend?

Rokkits. Lots of Rokkits.

evil sunz are a great choice. they love vehicles, so getting your close combat troops into combat by truck is a great idea.

and yep. rokits, rokits and more rokkits

Ok so rokkits are pretty good. The only thing that sucks about the new orks is that the maximum strenght of a shooting weapon is 8 unless your using SaG or a Zzap gun which is completely random.

My warboss is on a bike with pk so if he gets into close comebat with one of these BIG STRONG vehicles, he will obliterate them (because they are not walkers so therefore dont strike back). I also have a couple of Nobz with PK too so they could deliver some damage.

But another option is to get a few buggies with rokkits running around the battlefield lol! Great for last turn objectives and nice with rokitts.

Also, could someone please xplain to me what a "looted wagon" is. I get the idea its someone elses tank but what exactly does it have to be and what gun does it need to represent the boomgun?

Ork Guy wrote:Ok so rokkits are pretty good. The only thing that sucks about the new orks is that the maximum strenght of a shooting weapon is 8 unless your using SaG or a Zzap gun which is completely random.

My warboss is on a bike with pk so if he gets into close comebat with one of these BIG STRONG vehicles, he will obliterate them (because they are not walkers so therefore dont strike back). I also have a couple of Nobz with PK too so they could deliver some damage.

But another option is to get a few buggies with rokkits running around the battlefield lol! Great for last turn objectives and nice with rokitts.

Also, could someone please xplain to me what a "looted wagon" is. I get the idea its someone elses tank but what exactly does it have to be and what gun does it need to represent the boomgun?

looted is the process by which orks "claim" or "scavenge" their enemies vehicles. it could be any type of tank really, just orkify it with nifty add ons and whutnotz. basically it's a vehicle that once belonged to any of the other races (tau, hoomies, panzies etc and a mek has gotten ahold of it and orkified it) I would find some sort of cannon barrel (as big as you can manage) and shove it in there (doesn't matter if it doesn't look like it belongs) cause that's what a mek would do and go from there.

Well tha looted tank has 11 armour values and 10 at back, could you use a land raider but it still counts as 11 11 10?

het what's the difference bitween ''normal orks'' and space orks?
spaceboyz....

Ork Guy wrote:Well tha looted tank has 11 armour values and 10 at back, could you use a land raider but it still counts as 11 11 10?

you could, but the land raider is rather large for that (not to mention that a land raider is quite a bit more expensive than a rhino or other tank kit). i would reserve the land raider kit for a battle wagon and keep the looted tanks in the rhino, basilisk, or chimera ranges.

can the looted wagon be a skimmer type vehicle, like a devilfish or a wave serpent?

Also, are there conversion kits that you can use to "orkify" a tank?

I remember in the last codex it said the Orks could not ultilse Eldar/Tau anti-grav technology so couldn't use skimmers. (may not be 100% accurate as no longer have that codex to check precise wording)

However in the new codex I haven't found mention of this rule anywhere yet. Personal view would be No you can't, but can't back it up with any evidence so makes my point and view invalid.

The battleforce box sets should give you some spare orky bitz, and assuming you are using a marine or imperial vehicle then you could easily cut up and use the spare parts from those. Orks will pretty much weld anything to anything as long as it works.

I remember reading that the Ork battlewagon comes with tons of spare parts that could easily be transfered to another vehicle.

The last alternative - swap/buy/loan spare bitz from friends in the hobby. Me and a friend buy and swap lots of Marine parts and weapons which we find exceptionally useful.

Sorry I haven't given any concrete evidence or advice, but hope it helps all the same.

Ork Guy wrote:Looted Vehicles

The looted vehicle can be looted from whatever you want to loot. It will never be a skimmer or have any stats better than what is listed in the codex. The idea is that once the Orks get their hands on it it rapidly degrades to the stats and attributes listed in the codex no matter what the original characteristics of the vehicle were.

Ok thanks!

Is the battlewagon in the new codex a converted tank or is it something you buy from gw?

Ork Guy wrote:Ok thanks!

Is the battlewagon in the new codex a converted tank or is it something you buy from gw?

Part of the fun of Orks is that a lot of it is DIY or at least Convert It Yourself. The standard rule for Battlewagons is (seems to be) Land Raider size or larger. A Battlefortress is an uber Battlewagon and usually starts life as a Baneblade (or is sized like one). Battlefortresses aren't in the Codex, I include them for a sense of scale only.

Larger than a War Buggy, smaller than a Land Raider: Looted Wagon or Trukk
Larger than a Land Raider, smaller than a Baneblade: Battlewagon
Superheavy sized: Battlefortress

These are all soft limits but a Battlewagon should look like AV 14 with room for 20 Boyz. No Rhino Battlewagons! (Or at least not just a Rhino.)

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I don't play orks, but you can't have too many boyz!

Its funny though, how the looted tank has the better gun over the battlewagon. If only that gun would be cheaper, i would field my whole army based on looted wagons with boomguns!

But sadly, the boomgun cost twice as much as the tank itself and the only real way it will show its potential, will be if it starts first.

What is another way i can get alot of strength 8+ damage excluding rokkits but i can get in bundles? Like, for eg, 3 looted tanks with boomguns give s8 blasts?

Ork Guy wrote:can the looted wagon be a skimmer type vehicle, like a devilfish or a wave serpent?

Also, are there conversion kits that you can use to "orkify" a tank?

sure, I have seen battle wagons created from monoliths (lilting and one corner carried by 15 grots and wheels on the others sides) I have seen wagons from hammerheads(with tracks and wheels added) and even looted falcons/prisms (again with wheels and tracks added). basically just add the stuff from a trukk box to the vehicle you are intending on looting and you can't miss. let your mind be your guide there.

Cool! Thanks 2 heads talking

What is another way i can get alot of strength 8+ damage excluding rokkits but i can get in bundles? Like, for eg, 3 looted tanks with boomguns give s8 blasts?

That's easy: A unit of MegaNobz! Everyone is Strength 8, Strength 9 on the charge!

For shooting, though? If you're Ork, you'll have to learn that your real strength is in assaults. Literally and figuratively.

Ye, alot of PK should do the trick. Ive got a warboss on warbike with pk and his got s10 regardless of charging or not!

Im gonna base my army on trukks and slugas, is that a good idea?

I'd say if you get a skimmer, put big wheels on it.

IMO i would rather use the slugga/choppa combo, only because shooting for orks really isnt their forte. i would agree however, that having them all in trukks speeding up the field is a great idea. just do note that for evil sunz you might consider flash gitz for ranged shooting.. and tank bustas for.. well.. the tanks.. xD

@darrian, dude you gotta be kidding me lol.

@StrikerFox

I completely agree with you. BTW if i were to use abit of cheap long range shooting, ill probably go moreso towards lootas, they are space marinish points cost.

If you think about it, you could have 10 marines with awesome upgrades and for about the same cost, you could have 12 boyz and their own personal trukk transport!

I was also thinking on investing some points in getting 5-6 MEganobZ in a trukk. If they would manage to get to the other side safely, its game over. Its just that they are SO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!

Any ideas on the MegaNobz?

Wait, so there isn't a power klaw in the boyz sprue? I have to buy the mob o' nobz? I'm buying 4 boyz sprues, and i want to make 2 klaw nobs and a custom big mek and/or weirdboy.

there is a powerklaw in the standard boyz box. nothing here has indicated otherwise.

Your concerns, vikings vs mafia, are unfounded.

Someone said it was on the nob sprue. I just wan't sure if they meant the nob section of the boyz sprue, or if they were referring to the pack of five nobz which is sold separately.

In a boyz box in coms with 3 sprues, 2 normal boyz sprues (10 boyz) and the one Nob sprue. The nob sprue comes with the PK

Back to my question:

I was also thinking on investing some points in getting 5-6 MEganobZ in a trukk. If they would manage to get to the other side safely, its game over. Its just that they are SO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!

Any ideas on the MegaNobz?