Collins Does Orktober

So, let’s break the objective down. For this I’ve gone back to an old old codex, well… 2007ish which is the one I could find that would cover the model types I want to paint/play with.

• Warboss (60), power klaw (25) and twin-linked shoota (5) = 90pts
• 5x Nobz (100), sluggas and big Choppas (25) = 125pts
•  20x Boyz (120), 18x slugga and shoota, 2x big shootas (10) = 130pts
• 3x Deffkoptas (105), 3x twin linked rokkit launcha (30) = 135pts

That’s 1 HQ, 1 elite, 1 (or 2) troops and 1 fast attack for 480pts

• 12x Warbikers (300), Nob (10) = 310pts
• 6x Warbuggies (180), 5x Wartrakk (25) 6x Red paint job (30), 1 Skorcha (10) = 245pts
• 4x Trukks (140), 4x red paint job (20) = 160pts
• 32x Boyz (192), slugga and choppa
• 12x Boyz (72), shootas

That totals 979points for 3 fast attack choices and 3 (ish) troops choices.

One of the coolest characters for me is Chief Ork Nob’ead Ghazghkull Thraka.

I honestly do not like his new mega model. I much prefer his 2000 era metal mega armoured self.

I didn’t want to spend £20-50 on him though as the point of this for me is to do it cheap and fun. in walks a random 3D file I happened to pick up a few months ago.

• Ghazghkull (225) = 225pts

If we add it all together we end up with an illegal list… but rules are meant to for ‘oomies and the only rule that matters to an Ork is be da tuffist and the fastierist Ork is da tuffierist of dem all coz he getz der furst!

• 2 HQ
• Ghazghkull (225) = 225pts
• Warboss (60), power klaw (25) and twin-linked shoota (5) = 90pts
• 1 Elite
• 5x Nobz (100), sluggas and big Choppas (25) = 125pts
• 4 Fast Attack (rulz breakin’)
• 3x Deffkoptas (105), 3x twin linked rokkit launcha (30) = 135pts
• 12x Warbikers (300), Nob (10) = 310pts
• 3x Warbuggies (90), 3x Wartrakk (15) 3x Red paint job (15) = 120pts
• 3x Warbuggies (90), 2x Wartrakk (10) 3x Red paint job (15), 1 Skorcha (10) = 125pts
• 5 Troops
• 12x Ork Boyz (72), sluggas and choppas, Ork Trukk (35), Red paint job (5) = 112pts
• 12x Ork Boyz (72), sluggas and choppas, Ork Trukk (35), Red paint job (5) = 112pts
• 12x Ork Boyz (72), sluggas and choppas, Ork Trukk (35), Red paint job (5) = 112pts
• 12x Ork Boyz (72), sluggas and choppas, Ork Trukk (35), Red paint job (5) = 112pts
• 16x Ork Boyz (96) 12x shootas, 4x choppas and sluggas, 2x big shootas (10) = 106 pts (rulz breakin’)
• Total Points = 1572

When I count it all up I get a reasonably cheap sum of £79.80 + £15 PnP

As the vehicles I like are all Gorkamorka era I also decided to buy the rule books for that game too, which added another £20.30 to the total.

So overall I got a Fast Horde Ork army for under £100 (£117.10 with old rulebooks).

Actually that’s more than I thought I had spent but still pretty cheap given the model count (96 models) that probably would have cost in the region of £550 if all bought from new today (with substitutions for OOP minis). Also I can justify it as part of the prehouse move tidying I sold a lot of minis and eBay gave me 10% returned value vouchers in return so my actual outgoing was was probably only £60 or so, or at least that’s what im going to tell myself as I also bought lots of force on force expansion books too.