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**usernamesareannoying**

God I can't wait to see more of these.
I'm glad these don't look like orcs.... after a bazillion years or whatever it is these look like evolved orcs.

**Grimskul**

Spinner wrote:
Grimskul wrote:
Personally, I'm pretty cool with the new look. It's suitably big for an Orc (Orruk, whatever) leader and it seems mainly to be the paintjob that makes it off-putting for people. Looking forward to better pics until I make a stronger opinion but I'm definitely interested.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the paintjob in the slightest. Do orcs in Age of Sigmar just have lots of yellow paint lying around? Why would they bother painting their armor instead of having the gobbos bash appropriately heavy metal sheets into something that'll stop a choppa like they always have? Are they repainting it after every fight, or are these ladz not getting stuck in proppa, because I'm not seeing much in the way of nicks or gashes or rust or...anything orc-y, really.

Also, that 'Green Horde' looks waaaaay more yellow than green

Apart from that, though, and even allowing for the blurriness of the photo, it really looks like he's wearing a suit of powered armor. That's not a fantasy orc warboss, it's a meganob - something that GW seems to have acknowledged with the new name.

I think it might be deliberate, so as to draw the Ork 40K crowd over to AoS, even if its only for conversions. It is pretty surprising for the colour scheme given that these are supposedly Ironjaws, the effective successors of Black Orcs from Fantasy so I was expecting more dark tones or metals for their portrayal, which is why I expect the Bad Moon colour scheme to be intentional rather than coincidental.

**Some_Call_Me_Tim?**

Keeping my hopes high and my fingers crossed until we get better pics.

~Tim?

**Mymearan**

That Megaboss looks preeeeetty AWESOME. Really wish they hadn't painted him yellow, it makes him look unnecessary 40kish.
Oh and the Maw Crusha wasn't a Wyvern after all!

**Dryaktylus**

Are these real bones next to the Megaboss? Looks like.

I guess the model is okay, but this amount of yellow doesn't look good even in a 40k Bad Moons army.

**unmercifulconker**

Just when I was starting to plan an ork army based around the Octarius War.

Boooom, a new warboss comes out complete with savagely forged armour and alien like skull trophy.

**oldzoggy**

We currently don't have snakebite models not a Mega Warbozz. So this might be fun.

I just need to buy all decent normal orc kits I want to use in the future before they get shafted.

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Does anyone know if those bones will be GW terrain ?

**streetsamurai**

are these the new cavalry in the green horde pic? Seems really similar to regular boarboyz. Chalked one up for AOS originality.

The warboss is cool, but is way too similar to a meganobz. Maybe it's only the color though.

**oldzoggy**

Also whats up with the non traditional monster riding poses of the AoS models. Sure monster surfing could be cool. But why would you ever do it during a battle ?

**streetsamurai**

oldzoggy wrote:
Also whats up with the non traditional monster riding poses of the AoS models. Sure monster surfing could be cool. But why would you ever do it during a battle ?

was thinking exactly the same thing. I can live with an elf surfing on a monster, but for an orc, it look really ridiculous. Why cn he have a proper saddle like every respectable warboss.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I'll guess rather than paint the armour yellow it's made of pure Orrokulumite a mega hard yellow metal found somewhere random in this new world

**unmercifulconker**

oldzoggy wrote:
Also whats up with the non traditional monster riding poses of the AoS models. Sure monster surfing could be cool. But why would you ever do it during a battle ?

You are questioning the logic of an orc/ork/orruk,

the monster probably flies faster if they paint it red.

**Yodhrin**

Aaaaand nope. They look like the illegitimate offspring of an Ork Nob in Mega Armour and a Starcraft Marine.

We'll see if a sane colourscheme makes them any more appealing, but I doubt it, lipstick on a pig & all that.

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I'll guess rather than paint the armour yellow it's made of pure Orrokulumite a mega hard yellow metal found somewhere random in this new world

At first I was like

but then I was like

**CragHack**

Looks like a mixture of Black Orc body, WoW's T1 Warrior helmet and Hunters T2 shoulder pads

**Dakkafang Dreggrim**

I'm more curious about what looks like some type of new armored orks more than the mega boss

**Dryaktylus**

oldzoggy wrote:

Does anyone know if those bones will be GW terrain ?

Would be a smart move. It saves energy, ressources and they'd have a use for the kitchen scraps from Bugman's Bar. Might bring them an Environmental award.

**unmercifulconker**

Isnt this supposed to be the 'black orc' variety? I wonder what the savage orruks look like.

**Ghaz**

unmercifulconker wrote:
I wonder what the savage orruks look like.

They look like the models that are already available in the online store.

**OgreChubbs**

Wow i never hated something so much in my life. So fantasy really is dead it is just sifi.....

I actually said out loud what the feth did you do, the wife just looked at me and said what then I showed her the oic and she went ewww. Says it all

**unmercifulconker**

Ghaz wrote:
unmercifulconker wrote:
I wonder what the savage orruks look like.

They look like the models that are already available in the online store.

I suspected the whole range was getting an update, not that the savage orcs needed a new look tbh.

**ImAGeek**

OgreChubbs wrote:
Wow i never hated something so much in my life. So fantasy really is dead it is just sifi.....

I actually said out loud what the feth did you do, the wife just looked at me and said what then I showed her the oic and she went ewww. Says it all

It doesn't say anything except that you or your wife don't like it.

**AllSeeingSkink**

Not a fan of the Space Ork. Looks like they tried to make an Orky version of plate armour and failed.

I'll be interested to see what the new Orc infantry looks like when it's not a blur.

I guess I have to decide soon if I'm going to buy models enough to finish off my Orc and Goblin army or just let it go.

**OgreChubbs**

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Not a fan of the Space Ork. Looks like they tried to make an Orky version of plate armour and failed.

I'll be interested to see what the new Orc infantry looks like when it's not a blur.

I guess I have to decide soon if I'm going to buy models enough to finish off my Orc and Goblin army or just let it go.

well people wanted a storm cast orc. Well paint his face gold and there ya go, robo orc

**Ghaz**

unmercifulconker wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
unmercifulconker wrote:
I wonder what the savage orruks look like.

They look like the models that are already available in the online store.

I suspected the whole range was getting an update, not that the savage orcs needed a new look tbh.

They haven't updated a whole range yet, so there's no reason to believe that they would do so with the Orruks.

**Da Boss**

Uh, what fresh hell is this?

Been collecting GW Orcs and Goblins for decades now.

These guys absolutely will not fit in with my force.

Can't really see due to the blurriness, but the cavalry look bad too.

Oh well. I guess that means I save money on the minis?

**RoperPG**

So far GW are 1 for 4 on picking good colour schema for new stuff. The gold Stormcast, 'sooty' Fyreslayers and Yellow Orruks haven't been winning people over. Subsequent 'official' schemes have been way better.

I think I like the megaboss, but will hold judgement until I've seen these things IRL.

**antohammer**

They keep ruin Warhammer fantasy...

**RoperPG**

antohammer wrote:
They keep ruin Warhammer fantasy...

You can't ruin something that's dead...

**Zywus**

OgreChubbs wrote:
Wow i never hated something so much in my life. So fantasy really is dead it is just sifi.....

Warhammer fantasy has been dead for about a year now. It just took these ~~Orcs~~ orruks cosplaying as Orks for you to see it,apparently.

**OgreChubbs**

Zywus wrote:
OgreChubbs wrote:
Wow i never hated something so much in my life. So fantasy really is dead it is just sifi.....
Warhammer fantasy has been dead for about a year now. It just took these Orcs orruks cosplaying as Orks for you to see it,apparently.

i still thought it was suppose to be set in a fantasy area. But this is straight sifi all the need are the tall naked aliens walking around with probs.

Empire is totally getting ak's