Can Squiggoth have Red Paint Jobs?

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**JakeCWolf**

This is an odd question for a non-Warhammer 40k player to ask but I was just wondering;

Can Squiggoth have Red Paint Jobs? To gain the additional inch of movment inline with the "Red wunz go fasta" upgrade.

If Squiggoth can benefit from the rule what must be red about them? Just thier armor? Or can they have warpaid on thier hides or naturally red tinted hides?

Just something I got to wondering about and that I haven't been able to find an answer too.

**NecronLord3**

Is a Squiggoth a vehicle? Answer that question first then ask yourself again.

**JakeCWolf**

NecronLord3 wrote:Is a Squiggoth a vehicle? Answer that question first then ask yourself again.

Huh, well no. But like I said I don't actually play Warhammer 40k or own any of the Codex so it wasn't something I thought to ask.

In my own mind I consider Squiggoth to be vehicles, given how Orks use them as mobile fortress.

Also most Orks tech follows the rules of "anything goes as long as its Orky", but I'm guessing from an offical standpoint that would be a no on the Red Paint Job?

**NecronLord3**

Orks believe a Red Paint job makes things go faster. Now tell that to the Squiggoth. You are just lucky he doesn't eat you while you are riding him!

**Ascalam**

I'd love to be able to give ork Kanz and Dredds RPJ also, but alas, no.

Probably the Squiggoth wouldn't go any faster for being painted red.

Shove a palmful of fresh ginger where the sun don't shine and it'll just zoom along though...

**Kharrak**

By the rules of the wargame, they can NOT have red paint.

In the fictional setting, of course they can have red paint! The effect of the paint is caused by the combined latent psychic ability of the orks belief of how things work. I see no reason why an ambitious ork wouldn't try to paint a squiggoth red. Whether it would affect the squigoth, or whether the ork latent psyker abilities affect organics at all, is up for debate.

**Emerett**

I learned something, thanks for the well thought out answer Kharrak.

**Ray Age**

How about you let it eat D3 Orks to give it Fleet, or indigestion

**sirlynchmob**

Ray Age wrote:How about you let it eat D3 Orks to give it Fleet, or indigestion

now that would be a fun orky rule

As a fun orky thing to do though, the mad dok can make the squiggoth a cybork for an invuln save

**Ascalam**

Conversion possibilities.... heheheheheh

Better dan dem sissy Cyberwulves anywayz. Gimme me Cyboars back!

**Happyjew**

Cyber-Squigs, anyone? Actually I think I 've seen one before...

**Happyjew**

Here we go (Pics property of Irondog studios and re-used without permission). Ladies and Gentlemen, The Robosquig

**Ascalam**

I'm sold

Give me 500

**JakeCWolf**

Ooooohhh... I need me some of dem robo squig... Not good fer eatin' anymore but really bity and chompy.

I'm guessing only the champion face eater squigs can get cyborked? lol

**Agen**

Kharrak wrote:By the rules of the wargame, they can NOT have red paint.

In the fictional setting, of course they can have red paint! The effect of the paint is caused by the combined latent psychic ability of the orks belief of how things work. I see no reason why an ambitious ork wouldn't try to paint a squiggoth red. Whether it would affect the squigoth, or whether the ork latent psyker abilities affect organics at all, is up for debate.

Heh, what'd be cute is if someone took an arm from a gretchen taking any weapons off & with green stuff fashioned a sort of paint brush for said hand & having the arm cut @ 1/2 way between the elbow/shoulder & have it hanging out of the said creatures' mouth or comng out from under the foot with blood spatter on the ground

**Rottooth**

NICE! Those robo-squigs would be excellent models to represent a Warboss' attack squig! I'm inspired.

**Ascalam**

or a Necron SC that had been Zogworted

**Jidmah**

Yeah, in fluff orks can paint anything red to make it go faster. In the first Dawn of War PC game, you could buy your Warboss Red Boots to make him run faster.

In rules, none of the Squigoths are allowed the red paint upgrade.

**fatrobin**

*looks at imperial armour 8* well you can paint it red... nothing stopping you there... but it is not an upgrade for the wee beasty so it will only make the orks riding it think they are going faster when they are not sorry lol.

p.s. i want those robosquigs... not idea why but me wants me wants

**grendel083**

Ascalam wrote:or a Necron SC that had been Zogworted

Genius!

**Vindicare-Obsession**

T^T we have been hurt so badly as it is. Leave us robots alone!!!!!!!!!!!!

**grendel083**

Vindicare-Obsession wrote:T^T we have been hurt so badly as it is. Leave us robots alone!!!!!!!!!!!!

But the iddy biddy Squig Robot Overlord is so awesome! He will eat your dataz!

Now I'm just going to have to make a squig model for every army there is... Just in case!

**Rottooth**

grendel083 wrote:

But the iddy biddy Squig Robot Overlord is so awesome! He will eat your dataz!

Now I'm just going to have to make a squig model for every army there is... Just in case!

Stellar idea.