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2021/04/05 14:18:47
Subject: 40K Beast Snaggas - new info on pp7. T5 Boyz.
New info up on Warhammer Community, with the promise of more to come.
Warhammer Community]
As you’ll have no doubt seen in the recent Warhammer Preview Online, followers of a new greenskin ‘subkultur’ have arrived to bring their own brand of krumpin’ to the galaxy. Called the Beast Snaggas, these master squig-breeders ride to war on their ferocious red steeds,* kicking, biting, and stabbing anything within their reach.
Just because they eschew the trukks and bikes of their Speed Freek cousins’ armies, doesn’t mean the Beast Snaggas are averse to using some of the local Mekboyz’s creations. Think of them as pro-squig, rather than anti-thinkin’. After all, it’s rare to find an Ork who wouldn’t appreciate how you can make a humble spear louder and killier by adding rocket boosters to it.
Their appreciation for ‘da old ways’, and their disregard for more complex Orky technology, leads many of the Snakebite clan to become Beast Snaggas, although their ilk can be found across the entire spectrum of Ork society.** Even a no-nonsense Goff can look at a squighog’s shockingly large teeth and figure out how best to apply them to some poor git’s face.
The Beast Snagga boyz themselves are hulking mountains of muscle even by regular Ork standards – spending a lifetime chasing down and grappling with ravenous beasts breeds particularly hardy individuals. Even their Gretchin underlings are a smidge braver than usual,*** as those affectionately dubbed ‘saddlegitz’ hold on for dear life and take whatever swings they can.
Stay tuned to learn more about the savage Beast Snaggas and the ingenious ways they use giant, red mouth-monsters. In the meantime, prepare for the Waaagh! by grabbing some of their Speed Freek rivals in a Boomdakka Snazzwagon or Shokkjump Dragsta. You can even bridge the gap between the two subkulturs with a Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy – although knowing the Orks, they’re just as likely to fight both sides.
Don’t forget, there’s a wealth of Orky stories for you to brush up on too. Just ask Makari – he’ll tell you exactly what you should be reading right now.
* Being born red means they make naturally fast mounts, you see.
** If such a thing really exists.
*** Which isn’t saying much.
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Fed up of Scalpers? But still want your Exclusives? Why not join us?
I mean, it's not too outlandish for 40k. No models, but warboars and cyboars have been a thing in ork lore forever. The only real difference is that we've got squig boars, and there are 1000s of different squig varieties (including four legged squiggoths). Also given the recent GW boar creatures are these guys, I think we're lucky, all things considered.
No, absolutely. I'm aware of cyboars but there is not enough cyber in those boars for my taste. 40k orks are scrap mechanics and those look a bit too clean to me. Nothing a bit of kitbashing couldn't fix mind you, but then again, we have bikes and trikes to fill that particular niche already. Maybe they will make more sense in the larger context of the other beast snaggas.
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I like em personally, because I'm always game for squig units since they're pretty underrepresented in 40k. However, I hope this doesn't restrict them from properly updating the last few kits that need a plastic makeover in the Ork range (looking at you deffkoptas, kommandos, and tankbustas).
Also, I feel bad for IG because we're basically getting Ork rough riders while IG's (barring DKoK) got squatted.
GaroRobe wrote: The heads do look more AOS-y than the orks we're used to. But I'm game.
But seriously GW. You're releasing an army of Orks on squigs, but we still don't have a kroot army or exodites.
Where did they say it's an army?
The article today points towards them being part of Orks, not their own schtick.
Warhammer Community wrote: As you’ll have no doubt seen in the recent Warhammer Preview Online, followers of a new greenskin ‘subkultur’ have arrived to bring their own brand of krumpin’ to the galaxy. Called the Beast Snaggas...
These big soft details are really giving off a Fisher-Price. Hope GW manages to pick up the ball with the rest of these, kinda like the units teased in the trailer, but not super hopeful...
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Warhammer Community wrote:Their appreciation for ‘da old ways’, and their disregard for more complex Orky technology, leads many of the Snakebite clan to become Beast Snaggas, although their ilk can be found across the entire spectrum of Ork society.** Even a no-nonsense Goff can look at a squighog’s shockingly large teeth and figure out how best to apply them to some poor git’s face.
That's why I'm saying it sounds more like an expansion to the Ork range rather than its own army and asking for anything about them specifically calling out them as a new army.
I don’t play Orks but I think these look like great fun. Also bodes well for Ork players as any teases of new units seem to indicate a new Codex soon. (And Brian from Tabletop Titans dropped a hint around the time of the first reveal of these guys that he was painting up a new Ork army and that he only starts things when there’s a reason...)
If your army is Battle-forged, all <CLAN> units in ORK Detachments (excluding those in Super-heavy Auxiliary Detachments) gain a Clan Kultur, so long as every unit in that Detachment is from the same clan.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
A subculture of Orks includes: Speed Freaks, Fly Boyz (Often a subculture of Speed Freaks), Stormboyz, Burna Boyz... Typically if an Ork takes something too far, it's probably a subculture of some sort.
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Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote: This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote: You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something...
I mean, it's not too outlandish for 40k. No models, but warboars and cyboars have been a thing in ork lore forever. The only real difference is that we've got squig boars, and there are 1000s of different squig varieties (including four legged squiggoths). Also given the recent GW boar creatures are these guys, I think we're lucky, all things considered.
Second, they look bad. This looks better tbh.
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I'm not sure how edgy people were expecting a squig unit to be. Other than the usual washed out feeling and cartoony paint job the studio chose to give it, the model looks great to me.
Can anyone who hates this point to a sculpt they actually like? Maybe my tastes are just different. In Sisters/DEldar releases it seems like it's just 'not Victoria's Secret model enough for me', sentiment wise.
But I like this boy, the face on particular is dynamic as opposed to static. So is the squig, though I think the photo isnt doing the leg proportions justice.
I am so excited for all these! Give me ALL THE SQUIGS!!!
I think they look amazing. I am glad the orks are keeping things a bit silly. I can't wait to see what other people are doing with their paint jobs.
This is a unit I always thought they should have. I loved the boar riders, but it made more sense to me that they would ride squigs, not boars(in 40k). The lore has always said they have squigs of all types from food up to beasts of burden and beasts of war.
By Mork n Gork,I can't wait to see what else they come out with, and I am PRAYING they let us use basic squigs as a troop type.
H.B.M.C. wrote: I really don't know what they're doing with Orks.
Is this it's own Codex? Is this the new release for the Ork Codex?
Probably a supplement linked force to the be folded into the main Ork Codex? The mention in the article that even a Goff can become a Beast Snagga suggests they’ll work within the existing clan system?
Fed up of Scalpers? But still want your Exclusives? Why not join us?
H.B.M.C. wrote: I really don't know what they're doing with Orks.
Is this it's own Codex? Is this the new release for the Ork Codex?
I'm guessing the units will be universal, with beast snaggas being a new sub culture option like pyromaniaks or tinheads with the psychic awakening stuff all rolled into the main book (and hopefully most kustom jobs rolled into the relevant units)
It's too much Age of Sigmar Savage Orruk looking for me. Not enough Ork.
It's almost as though the sculptors were doing some AoS stuff and couldn't make much of a separation in their heads from what they were doing for AoS and what they're doing for 40k.
Suppose they'd look OK in a Snakebite army, if that's still a thing or is going to be a thing again.