I'm fitting them in a magnetic case and I need more room on the shelves above them. I think I might use a brass tube to suspend them just above the rocks on the base but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I'm not too keen on carving the skids but that might be my best option.

I wanted to compile some general advice in building a new Ork army, and things to think about to keep it affordable. Feel free to add in the comments.

First off orks live off kitbashing, many sets can be turned into multiple units with some planning beforehand (I know planning.. cchhhrrr-PFF, but let Mork take over for a bit.)

Kitbashing needs two components, Bitz and Bodies to stick them to. Orks mainly have Boyz bodies and Nobz bodies. The new wave of miniatures have made them somewhat larger, but it's barely noticeable.

The older kits are often cheaper and with more bits to use than the newer ones but some look dated. My advice if you want the newer look but still keep your teeth: get one old box and one new, stretch the important bitz on all the bodies (mostly heads and weapons and more dynamic poses)

Here are some Kits I think are worth it for any Warboss just starting out to get loads of shiny bitz left over to use to maximise your playable units.

-->Old Nobz -they have static poses but they give you 5 Nob bodies and so many weapon bitz it will fill your Battle-Moon. Also Armour plates for days as well as trophy poles that can work as more armour, and decoration to "orkify" looted vehicles and the like. Combi weapons serve as access to flamer and rokkit Bitz, and Choppas and Power Clawz are great all around (two one handed choppas heads make for one interesting and intimidating 'Uge Choppa for example). You get five of each weapon option which is immense. Also many decorative pieces like Pouches, ammo and trophies. They also easily stretch one unit of (currently expensive) flash gitz into 10 guys, or convert it from scratch, just Dakka-up their Kombi weapons.

-->Deff Dread -its basically the Vehicle equivalent to Nobz. Loads of ranged weapons, loads of Armour plates and orky decor. (Use it to make vehicles from other armies into Trukks for example -Taurox, Chimaera, Rhinos etc.). Many new vehicles have more weapons than old ones (or looted ones), this kit gives you the rokkitz you were missing or the Buzzsaw you never had.

-->Boyz - get yourself some Boyz. Be it a cheap old Boyz box, the Armageddon Boyz or Boyz from the excellent old Combat Patrol. These are loads of cheap bodies that work extremely well together with other kits (Wrekka Crew as is next). The Nob or Loota kit gives you the Shootas/flamers and rolkits that the older kits are missing. Got some rolkits? - You've got Tankbustas, some trophies and fancy choppas?- Beast Snaggas

-->Wrekka Crew -yes it's an expensive Kill team Boxset but it hast the Bitz and the looks. Together with some Boyz and some proppa finkin. You get yourself a unit of Breaka Boyz and easily two units of Tankbustas which is hella points per dollar. (Even more easily done with leftover rokkits and armour from the Nobz)

-->Mega Nobz - again Amazing weapon, armor and Back Banner bitz. But it contains most importantly very special Big Mek Bitz that you get nowhere else. You get a choice of Kustom Force Field (to kitbash a Dakkarig or some other orky science Project of your own) or Tellyport Blasta (as extra fancy dakka, also makes a good Shock attack gun on another Nob Body). +Welding Mask, Hydraulic claw/drill ...Use one of them on your Big Mek and the other somewhere else, or both of you want to build 3 MANZ.

honourable mentions

--> Lootas - they are with Gork and Mork now, but that can make them extremely cheap on the secondary market. They have amazing bitz to make anything Mek related, interesting Dakka Bitz for all your needs as well as Boyz bodies. The spanna gets a choice of pretty much every heavy Ork ranged weapon and you get Flamers en masse and Orkey looking barrels and pipes for vehicles.

-->Mek Gunz -they are terrible points per money wise, but contain a load if fun weapon options. With some wheels from some toy car and some sprues you can easily make 3 out of one kit (even easier with deff dread bitz) (no one knows the different guns, just play them as you like). Or you can use the guns for your own creations.

->Also they have enough gretchin to make a whole new unit if you have a few more gretchin tokens or saddlegitz or something which is nice. You don't need them for the Guns to be playable they are just tokens.

-Flashgitz of course have loads of awesome Bits that are useful for anything mek or dakka related.

-Armageddon Charakters (on the secondary market) They are cheap and give you good bitz and most importantly Bodies. Big boss, Painboy and Banner Nob are amazing and unique Nob Bodies as Tankbusta/Breaka Bosses or as additional nobz for your Boyz.

If you are at a point where you don't need all your units to play, just mix and match models to create more unit diversity.

-Boyz units have 1 Rokkit per 10, 5 of those(or spannas/lootas/any boy with some heavy ranged) +nob (with Kombi rokkit/Bigchoppa as Smashhammer) make a unit of Tankbustas... and the other way around.

-Also Boss Nobz (from Boyz/Wrekka Crew/Wartrakk/Flashgitz/Big boss/Painboy/Banna Nob) make a whole Nob unit pretty fast

-Gretchin tokens/decor on other units make a whole unit at some point as I have said.

And I'm sure there is more. Planning these multi use Models makes this a lot easier, magnets can help here as well.

For kitbashing just stick with the relative size and similar armament (Big stick means good in melee/big gun means Dakka, no one likes to get Krumped up close by a guy with nothing but a gun) to the real thing and you should be fine (be upfront about your Multi Uses and Kitbashes).

Be smart, use what you have, and remember: finkin' and taktiks may not be proppa, but you don't only have your 'ead for butz.

Im not even finished putting together my first Ork and already accidentally cut my finger pretty good. Should I be trying to use a sawing motion with the hobby knife? Are you all able to cut those pieces off in one swing? It feels like i have to push fairly hard then it slips and hits the model (or my fingers). Im using a cheap $17 Amazon tool kit so I wonder if its because these blades are low quality. Anyone have any recommendations? Or can describe the motion for me?

He’s finally ready (need to add a few things to the base) for the table this weekend with the drop of the new codex, however, my friend who’s new to the hobby wants to fight my custodes this time so my big yellow Ghaz will have to wait a week more!!

Lemme see your different colour big boyz!

Just finished off my Beastboss on Squigasaur that’s joining my ever growing Goff band that I started (again) in 2018.

Is there a way to just build 10 boyz? Cause I’m planning on getting 2 boxes to add to the Orks in the launch set. I’ve check the instructions but there’s no option to make the nob into a boy.

Groddshokk is an evil sunz big Mek, he was in a speed waaagh! For bit but he never felt like the speed boss gave him and the other meks proper respect, so one day after Groddshokk worked on the boss’s wartrik mysteriously the next time the speed boss tried to use it, it blew up killing him. Now whether that was on purpose or by accident is anyone’s guess but Groddshokk use the opportunity to claim he should be boss, of course there were other gitz that though they should be boss, but let’s just say this is the part of the story when he earned the title Wrench-smaka. After that he became “Groddshokk wrench-smaka Mek boss of da Mek WAAAGH!” In his waaagh! Meks got the respect they deserved in fact meks got such good treatment that some meks would leave their clans to join his, most of his big boss’s are meks so his clan has the best tek and even if you ain’t a Mek if you put up with it you’ll get some powerful fancy weapons, unless a mek wants it.

Think I'll do some blood splatter on the white bits. And try to boost the skin tone a bit more. Any advice would be appreciated 🍻 thanks and WAAAARRGH!!!! 🤘🤘🤘

Hi, here's my first Orc for a fellow player's army who simply has too many miniatures lying around to paint them all. I've never painted Orcs before, but damn, they really know how to have fun! He's not quite finished yet and still needs washes, etc., but I hope you enjoy him anyway. Feel free to give me feedback, positive or negative, whatever you notice. :)

"Do you like hurting other people?"

...is not something that the so called Deff Skwad ever asked themselves. Hard-as-nails Nobz with as much weapons than they own teef, they work as the personal assassination squad / wrecking ball for powerful Waaagh Bosses, up to and including (if one is inclined to believe their bragging) the Beast of Armageddon himself.

The roster of the Skwad includes:

* Jacked (a.k.a. The Sergeant)

* Da Swonn (a.k.a. The Blademaster)

* Da Otha Swonn (a.k.a. The Gunner) (both Swan 1 and Swan 2 think they have gotten the better number over the other one - 1 comes first, but 2 is bigger)

* Beard (a.k.a. The Marksman)

* Da Porcine a.k.a. "da Beakie Butcha" (a.k.a. The Demolisher)

* Da Zee-Brah (a.k.a. The Headtaker)

* Da Rowdent (a.k.a. The Disruptor)

* Da Tigurrh (a.k.a. The Aegis)

* Da Urzine a.k.a "da Grah-Wiz" (a.k.a. The Bombard a.k.a. The Horde-Slayer a.k.a. The Breacher)

I've wanted to do a Hotline Miami-themed Kill Team for ages, and it was a lot of fun adapting the rules of the Death Watch operatives over to suitably orky counterparts (and yes, I added layers of cork so they actually measure up to Primaris height).

Hope you enjoy them!

Are they a meta choice or has it just been a long time since a restock? Saw a NiB set going for $200 on eBay.

Hello,
I have a question about the BigMek dude. Is it a Typo he has Not the „BIG MEK“ keyword?

Cheers

Just go this from my old et brother

What kit is ?? Maybe multiple

MEOOOOWWWWWWWM

Hey there, dark angels player here, helping my partner with their list.

In the official app it's allowing me to attach both the beast boss and the pain boss to a single unit of snagga Boyz, but in new recruit it throws an error saying the max amount of leaders are assigned to the unit. Initial reaction is that new recruit would be incorrect and it's a bug, but both beast boss and painboss are marked as a leader, not support, meaning the GW app is wrong

Can someone give some insight?

Cheers Gitz!

Did some research into how welding lines would look on pre-painted panels and tried to replicate that.

Got new storage/display cases to avoid all the dust that would collect on these. Was able to fill two with fully painted ork models! Plus a bonus grot/meganob case

C & C is always welcome!!

I just bought the armageddon box and the first mini I made was the Ork Warboos. NO, I know absolutle NOTHING about ork, but IO thought this could be a good oportunitty to .. i don't now, may be play casual with my son, being me an ork or he. My primary army will probably be spaces marines, but I'm still learning to play (I havent played a single game yet) But i bought a couple of more space marines boxes.

Now I want to buy thje Ork Codex next and maybe the cards. But again, I am no ork player (but that coudl change, you know).
so...
- Having the armageddon box
¿What should I focus next? The new ork boys? ¿A combat patrol? Are there combat patrols?
-Are there different 'chapters'? Whihc one is the best (sell me one)
- What should I get to reach the 1.000 points?

Again, I'm trying to learn not just Warhammer but also Orks, so.. just tell me what you guys think is cool for a casual player.

I just got the Armageddon box for the orks and the ork starter set. They got me over the 1k mark. Looking for advice on the best detachments and how to build it before the new codex drops.

I kinda like the current meta and want to use my data sheets

Many people have already finished their Waz, but I just got him done. Maybe it’s because I didn’t paint enough red on him?

I know I’m not at the “Golden Demon” standard, so CC is always appreciated!