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Are they just machines with orks in them named after gods, or this some kind of ritual thing with the orks?
Also, they look freaking AWESOME

It's like a larger version of a Deff Dread except it's piloted by a nob, can carry 6 troops in the belly, and will blow your face off with a mountain of Dakka. The Morkanaut is a shootier version piloted by a Mek.

Orks build effigies to their gods, and since neither Gork nor Mork would be happy with an effigy that couldn't stomp and shoot and crush, they're war machines as well. The Gorkanaut exemplifies brutal cunning, and the Morkanaut exemplifies cunning brutality.

It's an extremely ugly model, is what it is....

 Bludbaff wrote:
Orks build effigies to their gods, and since neither Gork nor Mork would be happy with an effigy that couldn't stomp and shoot and crush, they're war machines as well. The Gorkanaut exemplifies brutal cunning, and the Morkanaut exemplifies cunning brutality.

No Mork is the god of brutal cunning and Gork is the god of cunning brutality. Every git knows that.

Ill fite ya fer it ya grot!

Basicly like anything orkish, it will crush n turn enemies to paste like a proper ork image of gods.

Is this kind of a ork knight?

Wait... why does Mork need a giant mech armed with a billion rocket launchers? Not very Cunnin', but pretty Brutal. Now a Mech with a billion rocket launchers AND a jet pack, thats Brutally Cunnin'

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
Wait... why does Mork need a giant mech armed with a billion rocket launchers? Not very Cunnin', but pretty Brutal. Now a Mech with a billion rocket launchers AND a jet pack, thats Brutally Cunnin'

Oi, look 'ere ya grot-brained git! It's cunnin' 'cause dem humies and bluies and pointy-ears only expect a million rokkit launchas! Dey'd never expect a billion of 'em! Dat's were da cunnin' comes from. Do ya got it now, or does I haveta get the Big Mek to come on over and 'splain to yas?!

 Bludbaff wrote:
Orks build effigies to their gods, and since neither Gork nor Mork would be happy with an effigy that couldn't stomp and shoot and crush, they're war machines as well. The Gorkanaut exemplifies brutal cunning, and the Morkanaut exemplifies cunning brutality.

This. Gorka/Morkanauts, Stompas and Gargants are totems. Walking, heavily-armed totems.

All I know is dey dead shooty.

 Agent_Tremolo wrote:

 Bludbaff wrote:
Orks build effigies to their gods, and since neither Gork nor Mork would be happy with an effigy that couldn't stomp and shoot and crush, they're war machines as well. The Gorkanaut exemplifies brutal cunning, and the Morkanaut exemplifies cunning brutality.

This. Gorka/Morkanauts, Stompas and Gargants are totems. Walking, heavily-armed totems.

The best kind of totems!
Tough, I'd think the Stompas (Forgive my memory, but those are the large, apoc only ones right?) would be what would be called a Gorkanaut (Things fething huge), and what ever is currently Gorkanaut sized be called a Stompa.

I want forgeworld to get of their IOM kick and make a proppa fething Great Gargant. That i would buy in a heartbeat, especially if it came with a ton of crew and interior detail like the Manta

@Hive Fleet Cerberus, Ascalam

Yep, one will be tempted to reclassify the 'nauts as Stompas and Stompas as Gargants. But I do hope we see a proper Gargant in the future!

This thread is why I love orks. The ork players are just silly, which is a breath of fresh air for 40k.

Dragonzord wrote:
This thread is why I love orks. The ork players are just silly, which is a breath of fresh air for 40k.

Which is exactly why I want to get into playing orks, and exactly the reason I cant. I dont think I could pull off the feel right.

 Bladed Crescent wrote:

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
Wait... why does Mork need a giant mech armed with a billion rocket launchers? Not very Cunnin', but pretty Brutal. Now a Mech with a billion rocket launchers AND a jet pack, thats Brutally Cunnin'

Oi, look 'ere ya grot-brained git! It's cunnin' 'cause dem humies and bluies and pointy-ears only expect a million rokkit launchas! Dey'd never expect a billion of 'em! Dat's were da cunnin' comes from. Do ya got it now, or does I haveta get the Big Mek to come on over and 'splain to yas?!

OI!IF YOU WAS AN ORK YOU WOULD WRITE GREEN AND BIGGA WIV KAPITUL LETTAS!OR DO YA WANT ME TA USE ORKZTERMINATUS ON YA!?

 Da krimson barun wrote:

 Bladed Crescent wrote:

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
Wait... why does Mork need a giant mech armed with a billion rocket launchers? Not very Cunnin', but pretty Brutal. Now a Mech with a billion rocket launchers AND a jet pack, thats Brutally Cunnin'

Oi, look 'ere ya grot-brained git! It's cunnin' 'cause dem humies and bluies and pointy-ears only expect a million rokkit launchas! Dey'd never expect a billion of 'em! Dat's were da cunnin' comes from. Do ya got it now, or does I haveta get the Big Mek to come on over and 'splain to yas?!

OI!IF YOU WAS AN ORK YOU WOULD WRITE GREEN AND BIGGA WIV KAPITUL LETTAS!OR DO YA WANT ME TA USE ORKZTERMINATUS ON YA!?

OI, ME WORDS AR ALL SMALLED UP!

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:

 Da krimson barun wrote:

 Bladed Crescent wrote:

 Hive Fleet Cerberus wrote:
Wait... why does Mork need a giant mech armed with a billion rocket launchers? Not very Cunnin', but pretty Brutal. Now a Mech with a billion rocket launchers AND a jet pack, thats Brutally Cunnin'

Oi, look 'ere ya grot-brained git! It's cunnin' 'cause dem humies and bluies and pointy-ears only expect a million rokkit launchas! Dey'd never expect a billion of 'em! Dat's were da cunnin' comes from. Do ya got it now, or does I haveta get the Big Mek to come on over and 'splain to yas?!

OI!IF YOU WAS AN ORK YOU WOULD WRITE GREEN AND BIGGA WIV KAPITUL LETTAS!OR DO YA WANT ME TA USE ORKZTERMINATUS ON YA!?

OI, ME WORDS AR ALL SMALLED UP!

ERE, LADZ! I FINK WE'S GOT OURSELVES A GROT!

YEAH!LETS KRUMP DA GROT DEAD!AND DEN EAT IM!MAKE IM PAY FER THINKING DAT HES SMARTA DEN US!I BET HE WANTS EKUEL ROIGHTS FER GROTZ AND GUBBINZ!

 Ascalam wrote:
I want forgeworld to get of their IOM kick and make a proppa fething Great Gargant. That i would buy in a heartbeat, especially if it came with a ton of crew and interior detail like the Manta

Um, I might be off on the scale, but for a Great Gargant, you might just want to mail Forgeworld your first born child. They don't even make Warlord Titans, which are about the height of a Great Gargant, but the Great Gargant is much more massive (since it has that big torso full of dakka and lads). I'm not sure most people's table would take the strain.

This thread is just wonderful, I love ork players.

Da Butcha wrote:

 Ascalam wrote:
I want forgeworld to get of their IOM kick and make a proppa fething Great Gargant. That i would buy in a heartbeat, especially if it came with a ton of crew and interior detail like the Manta

Um, I might be off on the scale, but for a Great Gargant, you might just want to mail Forgeworld your first born child. They don't even make Warlord Titans, which are about the height of a Great Gargant, but the Great Gargant is much more massive (since it has that big torso full of dakka and lads). I'm not sure most people's table would take the strain.

And for a Megagargant you may as well just use your first born child. Give them a big bucket to wear and tape some cardboard tubes on and tell them to stomp about making "grrr" sounds

Wouldn't be hard to convince her

She loves my orks

Money isn't the issue though. I just want THEM to do it, since I can't sculpt worth a damn...

Plus the battlefield presence would be awesome!

 Kain wrote:

 Bludbaff wrote:
Orks build effigies to their gods, and since neither Gork nor Mork would be happy with an effigy that couldn't stomp and shoot and crush, they're war machines as well. The Gorkanaut exemplifies brutal cunning, and the Morkanaut exemplifies cunning brutality.

No Mork is the god of brutal cunning and Gork is the god of cunning brutality. Every git knows that.

Ill fite ya fer it ya grot!

Keep it up! We need another Gorkamorka

I have a question... Is the Gorka/Morkanaught just a walker?
Because, if it is, Stompas can carry up to 3 walkers.
If so, and I fill a morka/gorkanaught with meks and a big mek, well...I guess here's what I'm getting at;

Does a unit embarked in a transport that's embarked in a transport count as being embarked in the transport their transport is embarked in?

In other words, can the meks in the gorka/morkanaught that's in the stompa repair said stompa?

Only the orks would have to ask such a question...

Also, if so, I was thinking that someone needs to make a stompa out of Gorka/morkanaughts, Voltron style, so when the stompa dies, the naughts could just detach!

 Fos Kenos wrote:
I have a question... Is the Gorka/Morkanaught just a walker?
Because, if it is, Stompas can carry up to 3 walkers.
If so, and I fill a morka/gorkanaught with meks and a big mek, well...I guess here's what I'm getting at;

Does a unit embarked in a transport that's embarked in a transport count as being embarked in the transport their transport is embarked in?

In other words, can the meks in the gorka/morkanaught that's in the stompa repair said stompa?

Only the orks would have to ask such a question...

Also, if so, I was thinking that someone needs to make a stompa out of Gorka/morkanaughts, Voltron style, so when the stompa dies, the naughts could just detach!

Yo dawg, I heard you like walker transports...

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Fos Kenos wrote:
I have a question... Is the Gorka/Morkanaught just a walker?
Because, if it is, Stompas can carry up to 3 walkers.
If so, and I fill a morka/gorkanaught with meks and a big mek, well...I guess here's what I'm getting at;

Does a unit embarked in a transport that's embarked in a transport count as being embarked in the transport their transport is embarked in?

In other words, can the meks in the gorka/morkanaught that's in the stompa repair said stompa?

Only the orks would have to ask such a question...

Also, if so, I was thinking that someone needs to make a stompa out of Gorka/morkanaughts, Voltron style, so when the stompa dies, the naughts could just detach!

Yo dawg, I heard you like walker transports...

Transportception?

Can the Gorka/Morkanaughts use the Stompa's fire points?

Since when can Stompas transport walkers in the current rules?

I might be missing something but neither Escalation nor IA 8 seems to give them that option.

Not that i wouldn't be happy as a clam to use that

 Fos Kenos wrote:
I have a question... Is the Gorka/Morkanaught just a walker?
Because, if it is, Stompas can carry up to 3 walkers.

I'm looking at the sizes of the models and the only way I can remotely visualize a Stompa carrying those huge Morka/Gorkanaughts (you had that the wrong way around, btw), is if the Morka/Gorkanaughts are riding outside, either on top of the Stompa or more likely carried in giant baby harnesses.

 Ascalam wrote:
Since when can Stompas transport walkers in the current rules?

I might be missing something but neither Escalation nor IA 8 seems to give them that option.

Not that i wouldn't be happy as a clam to use that

I don't have the new Apocalypse but in the original one all superheavy transports could carry walkers, counting as 10 passengers each. I toyed around with the idea of a Skullhamma carrying 3 Defilers at some point...