Let’s go Waaaaggh!

This should be painless build …

Da big book of Orks sez … *eh*
Nope, let’s stick to English because other people want to read what I’m writing.
That’s not to say the Ork ‘language’ isn’t funny, because it is part of what makes the green meanies fun. Isn’t it ?

Anyways … what’s this about ? Da big book of Ork aka Ork Codex
It mentions Ork 6 factions aka ‘clans’ that are known to exist.

• Da Goffs
  Favourite colour : black with a touch of red for contrast.
  The very essence of Ork-ishness
  Icon : bull
• Evil Sunz
  Favourite colour : red
  Feeling the need for speed!
  Icon : a big grining red sun
• Blood Axe
  Favourite colour : camouflage …
  Ork Army
  Icon : the (bloody) axe
• Deathskulls
  Favourite colour : blue
  Lucky sons of *beep*
  Icon : horned ork skull
• Bad Moons
  Favourite colour : yellow
  Lots of teef … (the ork equivalent of cash)
  Icon : large (yellow) Ork faced moon
• Snakebite
  Favourite colour : leather brown ?
  Primitive but still lethal
  Icon : snake
• Freebooterz
  Ork Pirates …
  Interesting aspect : they once were part of any of the previous clans …

(ok … so Orkz either can’t count .or the one writing the book couldn’t … )

If this was to be a tournament ready competive army then I’d have to pick a clan as a focus, because it reduces negative effect of competing clans within a single army and other benefits.

As this isn’t such a list (at least not at first) I’m just going to limit myself.

I do like the deathskulls, because who doesn’t want to be lucky ?
So that may be default choice.

Blood Axes would be an interestign alternative as they provide an excuse to paint an Ork army as if they were part of a regular force (a green imperial guard … ). If and when I extend my army with Ork units that are more like ‘proper’ army units this might be my choice. It is important to note that (a) Orkz being Orkz means that they don’t quite understand camouflage and any of this army thing.

OTOH … ‘Freebooterz’ are more or less a tournament legal excuse to mix various clans into a single army … And who doesn’t like pirates ?

Lot’s of stuff to think about as I build my army.

I wanted to make better photos so I’ve also invested in a few tools :

• a cheap tripod to hold my phone and/or camera
  Cullmann Alpha 2800 Mobile (cost 45 Euro)
• Caruba Portable Photocube LED 40x40x40cm (cost 90 Euro)
  A foldable photobox with integrated (dimmable) led light

As you can see in these pictures it’s big enough to show off the box, so it should be big enough for most things. Setting it up was a bit tricky as it didn’t come with a manual (why is it that things that could use a basic manual don’t have them but those that don’t have them ?).

Definitely better than trying to use whatever lights I had and I’m only using my mobile phone (Sony XPeria XZ1 Compact).

Things to listen to for proper Ork kultur :

• ‘Prophets of Waaagh!’ – Guy Haley
  An audio book with proper ork antics.

Ork Musik :

a 10 hour ork soundtrack … perfect

Might add more as sources are discovered.

In the beginning there was nothing …  until Rogue Trader aka 40k 1st edition was released.
Never got to building an army back then, but I did collect one of the big books on Ork Kultur that got released ( https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Waaargh:_Orks ). I didn’t notice it back then, but them boys were calling.

8th edition got released and I thought I could get into this 40k and start an army for real this time. However I couldn’t really decide which faction to choose, but was tempted by Space marines and Eldar.

Then this happened  :

And I could only think of one thing : I’m going Green.
As a result I’ve collected a few Orky things :

• Ork Killteam aka Lootas
• Ork killteam leader (current status : build, unpainted)
• Ork Elite killteam aka Flash Gitz
• the new buggies (Speed Freaks)

The 40k Hobby weekend was announced and the option to buy a digital ticket was hard to ignore, which meant I added the ‘Start Collecting Orks’ box.

All that’s left to do is to start assembling and painting (eventually).

Being true to the Ork spirit I am not letting Gork and Mork guide me.
As a result I haven’t even settled on a single Ork clan.

Just a word of warning …while I will be a bit more active during the hobby weekend (’cause that’s the point of buying a digital ticket ;-)) the speed of updates afterwards may be more like watching paint dry.