House Orlock Stake Their Claim In Necromunda This Week
October 19, 2020 by brennon
It's not all Mortal Realms madness this week from Games Workshop as they also had a preview of what's coming this weekend to support Necromunda and specifically House Orlock. A new House Of Iron book is dropping, a sort of Codex for those playing as these weaponsmiths.
House Of Iron // Necromunda
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House Of Iron comes packed with additional options for those playing as House Orlock in Necromunda. Available either in hardback as you can see above you can also get the book in digital format too. It comes with brand-new fighters, wargear, Gang Tactics and more which help you stake a claim on the Underhive.
Talking of new fighters, you'll now be able to call on some new miniatures in this set. Donning heavy armour, big guns and even more deadly hammers, this is a fun little package.
Orlock Arms Masters & Wreckers // Necromunda
This will allow you to build a series of specialists and the equivalent of "Juves" in this new version of Necromunda. Strap on some jetpacks, lock in those power gauntlets and get ready to unleash your cyber-mastiffs on your foes!
Games of Necromunda thrive on good terrain with plenty of verticality so having this set with a bunch of jetpacks seems like an awesome addition. It should mean that you can get to places other gangs can't and use your advantageous positions to strike at your opponents.
Set Up Your Necromunda Gang Stronghold
Talking of terrain, you can also pre-order the new Zone Mortalis: Gang Stronghold this weekend.
Zone Mortalis: Gang Stronghold // Necromunda
This set comes with those massive walls which protect against invaders and plenty of ports where you can set up guns to blast your foes. You've also got the walkways and towers which you can clamber around as you do battle with your enemies.
I think this is a good option for those playing Necromunda but it would also be good for anyone playing games like Kill Team or Warhammer 40,000 too. I'd like to see what people do with this when it comes to conversions and such!
What do you think?
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Those look really good. And that terrain piece also looks good. I could easily see that one used for 40k as well.
They look great and could be part of a penal unit for the guard army’s.
I didn’t really like the idea of Jetpacks in Necromunda…but since I have been looking into Laserburn (fore runner of Confrontation which was itself the forerunner of Necromunda) I feel like they’ve already got a precedent so it’s ok.
Having said that I think the dude with the metal hands looks daft, I can’t see that such chunky & clumsy looking bionic fingers would be able to wield a weapon let alone a 2 handed weapon where both hands need to be well co-ordinated.
It’s a pity the “Juves” this time around have those Jetpacks. With the other releases (Esher and Goliath), it’s been easy to convert the “nu-Juves” (extremely expensive in points cost, sometimes costing more than a traditional ganger) into the traditional “Juve” (Auto pistol and a knife and cheap as chips for cannon fodder). Alas these new jetpack juves have a lot of straps and buckles at the front of the chest (and who knows what at the back), making it almost impossible to do the same with this release (why they couldn’t just release “traditional” Juves and Champions vs a… Read more »
I’m inclined to agree. I’ll pick this up to join my regular Orlocks, but the jet packs are a terrible idea in a cramped indoor setting and I’ll see how kit-bashable they are.
(See also massive back banners and trophy racks on Space Marines – it’s no hiveworld but these guys live on spaceships)
You could probably just use a hobby knife to slice off the rocket parts near the joint and smooth out the connection. Then you could attach something like a floodlight, servo arm, or weapon attachment, or just leave it blank.
I’ve just pre-ordered a set so will see what’s possible.
The idea of all the younguns zipping around with jetpacks is fine for orks, not so much for people for whom the sky is just a rumour.