Let’s go Waaaaggh!

So I got a little distracted by a small bit of coding … but I think it’s worth it.

https://dutchjafo.github.io/

Based on the info found on this website : http://www.otd.com/~paul/Vice/orky.html

It’s probably a bit over-engineered … but that’s how we roll (get it? … yeah)

The local painboy is doing a bit of kuttin’ and mendin’ … ‘cuz the poor Nob broke his arm in a recent fight.

Time to start assembling the Boyz.

First thing I notice is that these guys appear to be smaller than the Nobz.
This makes sense as in Ork Kultur the bigger meaner Orkz are the leaders …

It does create a bit of a size mismatch as the Nob leader may not be as big as the other Nobz. I’ll wait until all are assembled before I decide how to handle this. I may decided to either buy more Orkz (as if I needed a reason ;-)) or find a suitable replacement in my collection.

Best 40k Ork name generators so far :

• https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/warhammer-40k-ork-names.php
• https://www.realmofplastic.com/hobby-blog/character-name-generator-ironjawz
• http://www.otd.com/~paul/Vice/orky.html

I’ve seen others reference the ‘Ere we go’ book. I wish GW added those name tables in their codexes, because the only current source is a short random table in Killteam rules.  And that simply isn’t good enough if want to name the entire army, is it ?

I may have to look into rolling my own. I’ve got the sourcecode for a namegenerator that’s based on human names, which has a few thousand names (from a census list) as its source.

Now where does one get an Ork census list?
I doubt you can ask the local governor to check in their neighbouring ork tribes …

Only one with a kombi-weapon because the others didn’t fit.
In hindsight I should have done the weapons first and added the rest afterwards.

oh … and don’t worry about cutting things by accident or design.
That’s just battle damage 😉

Painting every bit of them is going to be a challenge, because not everything can be seen or reached with a brush.

Now all I need is a name generator, because they definitely need names.

The nobz box has one tiny ammo runt … and this is it.
Rules say that there can only be 1 runt per 5 nobz. I’d always imagine a horde of little grotz running back and forth to grab ammo for their big brothers.

Unlike previous pictures this was shot was made with a digital camera.
No fancy settings … but you can already see that unlike a mobile phone we have a background that is out of focus.

Olympus OM-D (EM-5).
Exposure time 1/250
F 10
ISO 200
Lens : 12-50 mm kit lens

This was the first version of their micro four thirds camera, water/weather proof (provided you the lens is too!) and built-in image stabilizer (you can get pretty good hand held shots in low light conditions).
One of the advantages of the micro43 system is that they’re very light weight compared to a DSLR.  Another benefit is that they’re not linked to specific brands so you aren’t stuck with expensive lenses if you ever decide to upgrade.
Expensive piece of kit, but it’s been worth every penny especially the light weight.

Review : https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusem5
They’ve released new versions and the range now features a ‘cheap’ version with fewer features and a ‘pro’ version.
I recommend reading the Dpreview site if you are looking for a good digital camera.

The biggest orkses and second only to the warboss himself.
Armed with choppas and sluggas as default weapons they can get bigger gear … and what ork wouldn’t want that ?

Only two kombi weapons (one rokkit kombi and one scorcha kombi) in the box, so I guess I’ll have to make do. Then again … their stat card says they’re better at melee combat so it makes sense ?

I do get to upgrade one Nob to Cybork, so there’s that.
Lots of spare parts and bits so maybe the boyz can get lucky ?

Tiny bit of a snafu while building the Painboy.

The one tube connecting his right arm to the bit on his body didn’t quite fit … so I had to snip a bit and try again.