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New orks are pimp.

Gimp, more like

I like them a whole lot more than the first blurry pictures. The Maw Crusha looks sweet, and the rider's 'surfing' pose is not nearly as bad now that I can see chains that make it (slightly) plausible. And I definently think a proper paint job with scarred & rusted metal would eliminate the sci-fi vibe. The only thing I really don't like are the mouth-open boars; the 'beard' looks like it was designed for a closed mouth then never altered. The last character I'm not sure if I like or dislike, particularly because I'm not sure what he is holding or what he's doing with those things.

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Gimp, more like

Witty /s

At any rate, I love that Maw Krusha and want to convert it somehow for my Lizardmen army. I'm not a huge fan of orks, but I don't think any of these models feel unorky, or look bad (barring that one pig charging stance).

Yeha I really like the Maw Crusha and if I were to start a Destruction force he'd be my centerpiece definitely.

The rest I'm okay with although the design choices on the Boars aren't what i would call the best.

Love the brutes, they're basically fantasy (AoS) meganobz. I can see some interesting conversions / kit bashes coming out of people who get their hands on them.

While I'm happy for anyone who likes these kits, the new releases don't really do anything for me. I am, however, extremely pleased that black orcs are sticking around

Great models, aside from the pigbeards. I think eventually these will be the replacements for much of the range- now there are 3 types of boar riders so surely the smaller ones will lose out. Dont mind scale creep for orcs, although the new elves will look tiddly compared to the size of the aos releases so far. Ogors definitely losing their MI status, unless new ones are giant sized.

I certainly hope that when Ogres get rolled back out they get a bump in size and steroid over-usage.

It's only fair if the orcs get to!

Not sure about the "Boars" mostly due to there beards, landing strip dude looks like he's missing a drum and yellow is still a bad choice The rest look great and I'll probably be getting at least one box of Brutes and the Megaboss.
Wonder if the promise of a good dust up against Chaos would convince them to fight alongside order forces

I like these Orcs! The only question for me is really where I would play them- as Feral Orks in 40k or as a leap into AoS...

I generally like these, they seem less comical than the other GW orks. I don't think they will fit well with the black orcs though. Is it me or does the armour have a stromcast eternal look to it?

EDIT:
what I mean is that it isn't pointed angles and large round surfaces like the black orc.

I'm not sure that these are a scale creep of, or replacement for, regular orcs; from the fluff bits we've seen it seems more like a new type of orc that is to black orcs what blacks orcs are to regular orcs. It seemed to me like chaos' attempt to exterminate the greenskins ironically created a more dangerous version of them via survival of the biggest.

Hello, my new Snakebite Warboss!

So, I was going to build a Warboss out of a Rat Ogre body, but I'll think I'll scratch that and get the Megaboss instead.

The one riding the Mawkrusha looks even cooler though, but then I'll have that big beast as well, what to do with that?

Hmm, flying Squiggoth you say....?

 NobodyXY wrote:
I generally like these, they seem less comical than the other GW orks. I don't think they will fit well with the black orcs though. Is it me or does the armour have a stromcast eternal look to it?

EDIT:
what I mean is that it isn't pointed angles and large round surfaces like the black orc.

I thought so too. I think its the pauldrons that do it.

 Accolade wrote:
I like these Orcs! The only question for me is really where I would play them- as Feral Orks in 40k or as a leap into AoS...

Or.,.both...
The bad moon matches my Orks & even if I painted some different scheme I'm still using these along with my Bad Moons.

Bad Moon gone feral.

Rosebuddy wrote:
If someone had told me that these things were from the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion I would've believed them. This isn't criticism of the style itself so much as it feels like they're going for another company's aesthetics. They don't really feel like orcs to me.

Pretty much this. Also, they have the same problem all the new CAD Orc/k models from GW have - those awful pignoses.

Anyway, they seem to be a hit with exactly who GW obviously intended them to be a hit with: 40K fans. The Maw Crusha is fairly cool, but like all of GW's recent impractically-large centrepiece models it's no use to me personally, and the rest; eh. I mean the reasons I dislike them are fairly minor, it wouldn't take much work to modify their armour to be less ridiculous to my eye and the pignoses are fixable with a small resculpt...but for the prices GW ask for the AoS models I want zero-effort perfection right out of the box.

The reboxing is good as-per, although it's a hilarious irony for me that not only are the reboxings with a cheaper price-per-model exactly the sort of thing that could have helped save WHFB if they'd been done a couple of years ago, they also make the new AoS models doubly unappealing by clearly demonstrating how poor value they are.

Never been a fan of the Gworks, till now. I do sense a bit of a warcraft vibe too though, but that's not a bad thing. Any pics popping up of new night goblin / moon clan stuff? Didn't see anything yet. At least my fanatics already have round bases...

 Yodhrin wrote:

Rosebuddy wrote:
If someone had told me that these things were from the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion I would've believed them. This isn't criticism of the style itself so much as it feels like they're going for another company's aesthetics. They don't really feel like orcs to me.

Pretty much this. Also, they have the same problem all the new CAD Orc/k models from GW have - those awful pignoses.

Anyway, they seem to be a hit with exactly who GW obviously intended them to be a hit with: 40K fans. The Maw Crusha is fairly cool, but like all of GW's recent impractically-large centrepiece models it's no use to me personally, and the rest; eh. I mean the reasons I dislike them are fairly minor, it wouldn't take much work to modify their armour to be less ridiculous to my eye and the pignoses are fixable with a small resculpt...but for the prices GW ask for the AoS models I want zero-effort perfection right out of the box.

The reboxing is good as-per, although it's a hilarious irony for me that not only are the reboxings with a cheaper price-per-model exactly the sort of thing that could have helped save WHFB if they'd been done a couple of years ago, they also make the new AoS models doubly unappealing by clearly demonstrating how poor value they are.

If ever there was a model that confirms GWs intention to try to piggyback AoS off of 40K it's that Meganob model! It's even marketed off one of the Ork factions colour schemes!! If I were a 40K Ork player I would be fairly happy with this release wave; price aside those Boar Boyz, the Meganobz, and the Maw Crusha are decent alternatives for some of the Ork stuff (thinking Bikers/Snakebite Boar Boyz, Meganobz, and even Squiggoth)

Some of the aesthetic elements are hit and miss for me but the boar with the armoured head would be a nice model to pick up at some stage; overall there's a definite Warcraft vibe going on with those Orks.

And yes, it's a shame the price-per-model policy wasn't going in the right direction for WHFB a few years back when people were being driven away paying up to €45 for 10 unit models and minimum unit size requirements of 30-40 to play the game

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
I'm not sure that these are a scale creep of, or replacement for, regular orcs; from the fluff bits we've seen it seems more like a new type of orc that is to black orcs what blacks orcs are to regular orcs. It seemed to me like chaos' attempt to exterminate the greenskins ironically created a more dangerous version of them via survival of the biggest.

I think that the second part of your statement seems to be spot on.

Everything is pointing towards the Ironjaws(the name of the new Orruk faction--which is also getting their own $33 book that focuses solely on them and will likely contain all the fluff) being a more militant tribe of Orruks with a society of their own. The fact that Black Orcs are now being called "Ard Boyz" points towards them being the 'grunts' of the Ironjaw faction with the Brutes(the BIG new guys) being the 'elites'.

Wow. Those guys are fantastic. That maw krusha thing is awesome.

Everything looks amazing (except the boars) - especially the maw-krusha!

Does anybody know, if its ment to be a flightless species of wyvern?

It flies supposedly... or glides.

Maw-Krushas aren't Wyvern and they are capable of flight.

No, I don't know how the hell those things stay aloft. I'm guessing that it's on a wing and a prayer.

Andersp90 wrote:
Everything looks amazing (except the boars) - especially the maw-krusha!

Does anybody know, if its ment to be a flightless species of wyvern?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1110/683422.page#8594948

the boars remind me of the Stargate beasts:

vs

(which is not good imo)

One nice detail at least is that the orc rider isn't just glued on top of the dragon, his weight actually makes indents in its flesh.

The Maw-Krusha reminds me of a Brute Tigrex.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
It flies supposedly... or glides.

Sorry, I forgot about the chart on the AoS FB page.