Looted Vehicles Iz Goin’ From Da New ‘Dex Boss!?
June 5, 2014 by brennon
We've been hearing on the grape vine that Looted Vehicles might be going from the upcoming Ork Codex and with that in minds we thought we'd see what you're favourite vehicles were to bosh together for the glory of your Warboss and the Waaaaaaaagh!
Of course there were some firm favourites to loot but with Orks your mind can go utterly wild! So, if you don't see an option below in the poll that you like then fire up your typing fingers and let us know what you loved converting for your green tide of awesomeness!
There's nothing stopping you from doing this kind of thing in the new edition of course, Orks are resourceful, but if Looted Vehicles really are going to the scrap heap what will you use your looted vehicles as?
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If it’s true that’s a real pity as I was one of the aspects of Ork’s I always loved.
To be honest though I don’t think it really makes any difference with the Allied rules its easy to have Looted Counts as stuff now anyway – so in many ways, we probably have more choice than before!
Still it was always a great encouragement for new players to try their hand at some epic conversions! – Lets hope we can keep that spirit alive and kikkin!
Seeing as how I started out playing Deff Skullz, this news is really crap for me.
One of my favorites from my collection is a Leman Russ I converted.. I’m not upset about that one though, because Looted Leman Russ’ are not the same thing as Looted Wagon with Boom Gun.. so I’ve done without for some time already.
You’re dead on though.. a lot of players are drawn in by the free-spirited “make it Orky” approach.
‘Ow troo iz dat rooma, an ooz da humie dat sed it? Dey iz gunna looz sum teef!
Favourite looted thing? Carnifex 😀
What’s his new Ork name?
Orkifex! 😀
@panzerkanzler Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator lol (bonus nerd points to anyone who recognises the name)
Further weight to this being that the Ork Rhino variant of a looted Wagon has gone of Forgeworld. May have to just run them as trukks. May be worth waiting to stick the cannon on I was thinking of doing.
my favorite is a looted stormraven. But I turned it into a burna bomber anyways 😉 But I always did love the ability to make things into looted wagons, it was one of my favorite things about orks and it will just not feel right if they remove it.
That makes me sad (if it’s real) as it was one of my favorite aspect of my army… I have a lot of looted vehicules… A Sentinel and a Dreadnought (acting as Deff Dread), a Rhino, Predator, a Basilisk… I was about to modify a Leman Russ but I think I’ll wait so I still have the bits to do something else…
http://www.beastsofwar.com/groups/wh40k-orks/forum/topic/bloojaws-waaagh/
Bah… These models can always be used as trukks or battle wagons. Although I cherished the idea of an Imperial Guard allied army for a while… An all grots detachment! 😀
Gutted! Probably my favourite thing about the orks is how they nick stuff and make it “better”. Their irreverence and resourcefulness is a major source of the humour. Why should da ooomies keep all the cool stuff?
I am sure just because there no longer in the book doesnt mean you cant use them as proxies
I seriously hope this turns out to be a false rumor, if its true I will probably start my Imperial Guard army sooner rather than later, I want (NEED) some cool tanks in my army!
And I’ll see about making it out of puppetswar and other suppliers, but that was always part of my plan:-P
Also wanted to say.. if they take out looted wagons but don’t give us (at least some of) these in their place, I will be upset as well:
Boar Boyz
Bowel Burna
Gut Bursta
Bone Cruncha
Gob Smasha
Very sad if true.
As a deff skull player I will just use the old codex, and stuff GW
Just means I don’t need to buy the new codex.
My theory to removing them is that they require conversions and it seems these days GW doesn’t want people to convert stuff 🙁
Check the pain in the ass to convert mono-pose plastic character blisters of late…
Those mono-pose plastic characters are replacements for finecast, hence the lack of pose-ability. Personally I don’t find them to be that bad, although most of my stuff is marine’s which are easy as hell to kitbash/convert.
GW is slowly making itself irrelevant to my gaming…..
noooooo…. my trucks from looted rihno’s , grot tanks from various sources looted land rider and basilisk, all gone!
its easy to make up story as for 7th ed. but thats not the point. it is reaping of Orks soul from this army.
If this turns out to be true it will be a sad day for all us orkplayers. I always loved the looted tanks and for me the Big mek side of the orks always been my weak spot. But playing apokalypse you still have the looted rule that says take any tank and use as a looted tank.
My guess is that if they decide to remove the looted tank they will replace it with something similar that is a ready kit. In that case we can still use our conversions as a “counts as” thing.
Most players will house rule you can still take a looted wagon from the old codex, with front armour 11 it isn’t exactly overpowered! The new big guns will no doubt be more competitive.
The problem with counts as there isn’t in the current codex another mid sized tank between a trukk and a battle wagon. Hopefully they’ll introduce one…
I fail to see the problem here, have a looted rhino? Use it as a trukk. A land raider? Battlewagon. Some flier? Fighta/Burna bomma. GW can say whatever they want, but they cannot force you to stop using your collection.
Yep! Exactly what I have in mind… Allies can also be a good solution as I said earlier (Imperial Guard allies using grot models, everyone?)
1978 Ford Escort
I’ve seen lots of old cars converted to warbuggies! I always wanted to try that!
I’ve got no problem with any conversion being whacked on the table, but for my looted manticore – a trukk? I don’t think so! It’s annoying is all, I’m gutted because it is a clear indication of GW’s intent. We saw it with the Tyranid codex with the inexplicable, anti fluff deletion of the mycetic spore simply because they didn’t have a model for it. I also play death skulls so the removal of a central feature of the army is irratating. Yes I’ll do my own thing, but I do want it in the book. It does not bode… Read more »
Looted manticore? Battle wagon with boom gun! 😉
Or an allied army of grots standing as imperial guards with big guns and grot tanks using leman russ rules!
Also, I’m not a fan of boar boyz… (I’m sure I’ll get lynched but, hey, who cares!) Why the hell would the orks ride boars when they get access to fast deffkoptas or bikes!? I prefer the mad mechanic contraptions, the dirty, rusty, ramshackle machine look…
Yeah, you’re right, I may need to add a couple more platforms to squash all da boyz on.
I was hoping that the new codex would give more options for a clan themed army, boar boys being one for Snakebites, along with Squiggoths and Wildboyz. How cool would it be to see a load of boar boys led by a Nob on a cyboar charging into a pack of Thunderwolf cavalry led by Canis Wolfborn?
If this is the case I am absolutely gutted. Wasent long ago I was hearing rumours that they were bringing back the old looted rules.
Kinda ruined my next project … I had just won a marauder destroyer in a tournament game and was gunna loot it.
Not especially important, Looted Wagons are in Imperial Armour 8, just use that one. Many places, with GW’s assistance are becoming more open to FW being used, so just use tthat assuming I’ve made no oversight.
Don’t worry, I’m sure they’ll have a Ork clan addon book with all the appropriate rules for an additional $30 before long (electronic only, of course).
Having had a little more time to think about it, I reckon the single most looted thing in the universe is shopping trolleys. No doubt the grots could up-armour and bodge an engine and weapons on to one of those.