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Ok, so I started 40k with AOBR and the orks. over time as the orks became an army that really had no chance of winning I have switched armies several times. Partly because I have wanted to win and partly because I wanted to paint and build different armies. Now, as I have become a better painter I have decided that I want another go at orks. Now I am in no rush to get my orks onto the battlefield. I want my orks to be painted at the top of my ability and that means each ork boy has been taking somewhere between 15 and 30 minuets to paint. However, currently I am verry excited about orks and want to open a forum for anyone who would care to talk about anything related to them.

Up comming ork release


Ok so looking at the previous 6th edition releases and the rumors I have heard and seen floating around on here this is what I think that we will see from GW's ork release

Timing: I perdict GW's release to be like this (note this is personal opinion based on what I have read on this forum and my own stab in the dark)
Sept: This is space marines/ black templars. Not big news everyone knows we have pictures go check it out in NEWS AND RUMORS on this forum
-Are BT and SM rolled into one? Is BT a suplument to Space marines? these are the only real questions that we have here
OCT: this is either Inquisitor/blood bowl most think inquisitor, it may also be fantasy either because we are not getting any more stupid single box games or because it will be in november
NOVEMBER: Fantasy/Inquisitor, or Nids if we are not getting inquisitor
DECEMBER: Everyone is saying hobbit but Maybe nids...
JAN: hobbit or nids or fantasy its a toss up just depends on the order of things
FEB: by feb we should have A. A new single box game B. Nids C. Hobbit D. fantasy of some kind

MARCH
This is when things get interesting. we will either see guard, wood elves or my beloved orks! I honestly don't know if this is the month or not maybe the orks will get the nids spot... But we can start looking in march.

From the release this is what i expect.
1. the orks may get a FNP 6 if they don't then we will get a points reduction. Kroot are 6 points and have better guns better BS and have move through cover and stealth ruins. by comparison the orks are a horrible troop unit and worse than a kroot is saying something

2. we will most certainly be getting a new unit of some thing or another. Who knows what most likeely something big and stompy like the centurians, wraithknight, and riptide

3. I expect to see new buggies, new defkopta kit, new tankbustas, new komandos, possibly a warboss kit and a reboxed boys kit maybe with some extra special weapons that the boys are likely to be able to take in their troops choices, new big gunz mabe, new grotsnik. new megganobs. Honestly I don't know why nids would come out before orks because orks have way more outdated kits.

4. waaaaagh will be reworked it has to be it is the most useless rule on the planet now.

5. grots may get "living shield" back why not they need it

Anyone have anything to say about this? anyone have their own speculation.

4. waaaaagh will be reworked it has to be it is the most useless rule on the planet now.

I see your Waagh and raise you with a Red Thirst!

But no, the rumours are quite interesting.
Although I don't think any of them hold any water.

What I am absolutely expecting is:
-Some kind of Übernob as an MC.
-Plastic meganobz, we all know they are needed!
-Waagh will be changed I guess, something like 3D6-charge would be fun.
-Maybe a slight reduction in Boyz-cost
-More grunt-involvement.
-Rework of the Squig-system.

What are you talking about? Orks never lose. Ever.

The new Ork MC will *probably* be a squiggoth variant. Or a new type of mega-kan. This will probably be the rumored "new unit".

Orks are totally capable of winning! I have had some great success with them.

But as far as speculation and excitement goes I am looking forward to a new buggy model/models. I would then field my mad max army with my bikes, buggies and looted vehicles. Can't wait.

If they get a monstrous Ork, I would actually be excited to see that. I think Ghazy should be as big as the riptide, honestly. He has been around for so long, and orks do nothing but grow larger as they grow older.

I actually think they're going to try to make assault more viable, probably by giving assault-y units outrageous special rules or undercosting them. (This is what they did with cavalry in WHFB, which used to be considered weak but then they added a bunh of monstrous cavalry.)

I think it's more likely then a points reduction; 6 points per boy is already really cheap.

Orks not capable of winning? GOOD SER I BEG TAE DIFFAH!
Look at my win/loose ratio in my signature..

First off, each boy take 15-30minutes?! and thats not just table-legal painting (3 colors)? Dude, i take an hour but then again my hands are shaky so i have to go slow. I dont give my boyz epic quality i just paint them 2shades of green for skin (cuz you have to do that much at least), 1 shade of brown, red armor, metal bitz and teeth lol

Orks arent unable to win, theyre just difficult. Bikernobz are still regarded as crazy powerful units and big blobs of boyz will always be a threat, even with challenges removes our pk nob from the MEQ killing spree.

If you want to go real basic, you can paint the entire army in like 45 minutes.

Whole army + 1 can of OD Green = Done.

Then give them black pants and yellow eyes. Finished.

 Psienesis wrote:
If you want to go real basic, you can paint the entire army in like 45 minutes.

Whole army + 1 can of OD Green = Done.

Then give them black pants and yellow eyes. Finished.

'Yello eyes?.... this is... this is... DA WAAAAAGH!
RED IS BETTAH!

Yeah maybe with space marines i could do that since unless i wanted battledamage on them thats basically all you can do anyway is 3 colors (armor color, black gears/underparts, red eyes, yellow symbols if any). I cant do that with orks lol the level of detail even on ork boyz just scream PAINT ME RIGHT PROPPA YE GIT!

I failed to find an animated gif of an Ork with Orky Goggles descending over his piggy, yellow eyes, captioned "Deal wiv it, ya grot!" so, that textual description (plus your imaginations) will have to suffice.

you be the judge... There is one of my ork boys, he has 4 colors of green on his skin, white, bronze, silver, blue, umber, tan, black, ogryn flesh wash, and I think that is all... maybe blue wash on his tabbord as well. Yeah it takes somewhere between 15 and 30 min a boy. Epic IDK but it is the best of my abilities. I am glad to see that some people are still winning with orks. I am not. I really can't see them lowering the points of an ork boy either. And my friend complaining about the red thirst. coe on bro you get that in addition to "and they shall know no fear" as well as having all of your vehicles be fast I don't feel bad for you bro.


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sorry about the pics looking gritty they really don't look like that in real life.

Yep rumors abound ..I am hoping that more units get dedicated transports..or we can loot more stuff like in the past ..
but ehh ..
I expect the various Nobz to get reworked including(Nobz,MegaNobz, flash gitz and Biker Nobz)
Lootas to either revert to some former set of rules or goto heavy support..
a return of the Skarboyz ..(orks do lack a veteran troop choice)
Grotz to get some lovin

What do you mean we have 'ard boyz...

So I'm hoping to see a few changes. I would like to see psychic powers become a big part of play here are my rules.

Mork: brutally cunning D3
1-2 gain fleet
3-4 +1A
5-6 add d6 to charge range

Gork: cunningly brutal D3
1-2 gain+1S
3-4 gain rending
5-6 add D6 to charge range

Now these will be given to weirdboyz that are upgrades to a boyz squad just like nobz. But you can take 2.
Of course it will come with a downside: if you fail leadership roll D6 on a 1-2 the following happens
1. center the small blast marker over the weirdboys head, everyone under the marker suffers 1hit at 3S
2. The weirdboy suffers a S3 hit.