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Evenin', Dakka!

After noticing this, I started inadvertently dreaming up how I'd go about modelling Nob Bikers. There aren't really all that many options.

After much deliberation, something which I initially spotted for Gorka Morka came to mind. Boar Boyz; the feral Ork equivalent of a biker gang. If it applies for Gorka Morka... then, why not for 40K also?

In case you haven't clocked on to what I'm getting at here, I'll spell it out. Nob Bikers List, using Boar Boyz Models.

What do you think? It'd be inexpensive, and fairly comical on the table.

Keen to hear your thoughts. Would you like to see this idea turned to reality?

Martin

Just do it! Would be awesome, maybe give the boars some bionix too :3

Check out these-

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/311572.page#1841079

The new(ish) boars certainly make this a visually appealing concept.

Cyboars would be a good idea, to stop any "it's only a boar, not a machine" whiners, and would look v cool - just a few bionic bits showing on each boar. That would also help them all look different - there are only 4 (or is it 6?) different boar poses.

At least one of them has to ride a Pumbagore.

Come on. You know you want to.

Didn't GW make "Cyboar" models for a while? I seem to remember them as an option for a Snake Bite army back in 2nd Edition or something.

Soladrin wrote:Just do it! Would be awesome, maybe give the boars some bionix too :3

Good thinking! Thanks much for the suggestion; that's something I'll do.

Zip Napalm wrote:Check out these-

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/311572.page#1841079

Thanks! That'll provide some major inspiration for what is going to be, no doubt, a difficult task!

Clang wrote:The new(ish) boars certainly make this a visually appealing concept.

Cyboars would be a good idea, to stop any "it's only a boar, not a machine" whiners, and would look v cool - just a few bionic bits showing on each boar. That would also help them all look different - there are only 4 (or is it 6?) different boar poses.

"Cyboars"... tehe, niiice. I'm tempted to write up some Cyboar fluff!

Yep, Cyboars... as above, plasticard + bits box should do the trick.

malfred wrote:At least one of them has to ride a Pumbagore.

Come on. You know you want to.

Ooh, so tempting. Might look into that!

How do you justify that exhaust fume cover save?

Wait.

Forget I asked.

Beans. Lotsa beans


To stay OT, I say go for it. I think a well done Feral Ork army can look really cool. Its different, as you dont see them very often

It's actually a really cool greenstuff conversion project . . . might steal this one from ya. I like FW's nob bikerz but (1) they're ridiculously overpriced and (2) there are only three sculpts!

Manchu wrote:I like FW's nob bikerz but (1) they're ridiculously overpriced and (2) there are only three sculpts!

I thought that too, but then...

Ridiculously overpriced: At today's conversion rates, the nob biker kit costs $85, but it includes a full warbike kit, which costs $41, so the cost for the nob parts is $44. They use some of the warbike parts, but leave you a lot of bitz and all of the riders to use in further conversion projects (as an ork player, that's a good thing). I used the riders to loot some marine bikes, and to have proper-sized orks driving my buggies.

Then, the parts are largely swappable, and can be used to make more than three bikes look cooler. I spread the nob kit out over a handful of bikes to make a larger mob of guys all have unique bikes. I guess it all depends on what you want to do. If you want to make the exact three models on the FW site, the nob biker kit is probably overpriced. If you're looking for cool conversion parts to spice up any number of bikes, I don't think it's a bad value at all.

"Overpriced" is pretty loaded, so I appreciate being called on that. The idea of spreading that very, very expensive kit over a GW warbike kit makes it far more attractive. At the end of the day, it's going to be an $-expensive unit one way or the other. That's something I really like about OP's idea here. That and sculpting Cyboars sounds like great fun. Mr Dandy's wolves are inspiring along those lines.


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And since RedBeard is here anyway:

Behold, the cyboar biker!

That's true, regardless how you do it, making bikers can get pricey. Warboars, with the new kit,might be one of the less expensive options, I know I bought a couple boxes when they came out with that intent, cause they do look awsome. But then you need to get rear wheels for them, and find or sculpt fairings and so on.

By the time you're done, you've got a box of nobs for $25, and a box of boars for $25, and probably a few other requirements for parts to boot. I'd expect that your final cost would run up close to that of the FW kit, with the savings being getting five men instead of three.

I've also been kicking this idea around, but for use as normal bikers and opposed to Nob bikers (love the look of these models and the price is great)

As far as Nob Bikers are concerned, the only cost-effective way I've come across making them (and being 100% WYSIWIG/Legal) is buying the battleforce.

You use the Nob torsos from the regular Boyz to make all 3 into Nob Bikers using the normal biker legs. Since the BF comes with 3x PKs and 1x Huge Choppa you can outfit them properly as well. They come out looking quite fearsome (I also combined mine with bits from the Nobz box, which most Ork players have in quantity)


It's only cost effective assuming you need more Boyz and a Trukk (which we Ork players usually do).


If you shop around for a deal on the battleforce you can make a big unit of Bikers for cheap (I have 6 now)

Pics, I say! Post the pics!

I feel like I have heard of this before.

Manchu wrote:Pics, I say! Post the pics!

Who, what, me?

Cyboark Riders (repeatedly shot for triple pun). I might have to steal this idea too. The current Warbikerz are a bit costly for my wallet =x (Wraithguards and all are kinda killing me).