Ork Rumor Roundup

[Mr Mystery]

In Apocalypse last edition, Baharroth's Tempest, the formation could attack a flyer with their haywire grenades. They had to take an initiative test or else were removed as a casualty.

The precedent was there. I was hoping it was going into the Eldar book but alas it was not meant to be.

The fact that Orks can (doubtfully) do it stings my pride as an Eldar player.

You mean....stings you more than the dent in your self respect for playing girly space elves?. That's quite a knock to the pride!

(completely tongue in cheek this post. No offence meant. Added for interwebular clarity!)

[Defenestratus]

You mean....stings you more than the dent in your self respect for playing girly space elves?. That's quite a knock to the pride!

(completely tongue in cheek this post. No offence meant. Added for interwebular clarity!)

I might... maybe have just been playing too much Rogue Trader with my Farseer character for my own health :P

[Mr Mystery]

I was playing a Rogue Trader.

I think he's dead. Fell quite a distance, onto a Deathwatch Marine, and with Genestealers in tow.... Then someone dropped out at short notice and next session never occured! Poor old Lucius Drago!

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I was playing a Rogue Trader.

I think he's dead. Fell quite a distance, onto a Deathwatch Marine, and with Genestealers in tow.... Then someone dropped out at short notice and next session never occured! Poor old Lucius Drago!

[Bigred]

via Natfka 4-10-2014

This is a large release with five plastic kits and
two codices - the main codex and one supplement for blood axe freebooterz.

- a warboss in mega-armour with a "chainblade cleaver"

- a box that makes 3 behemorks, giant orks, as large as a killa-kan. They are stitched-up painboy experiments with giant chainaxes and a cannon that shoots buzz saw-blades. There is a heavily armoured variant with power drills and some sort of shoulder-mounted beam weapon with a tesla coil muzzle.

- a tankbusta combokit for the specialist ork squads

- buggy kit that also makes defflaunchas, halftrakk multiple-rocket-launchers. There is pirate nob either on foot or on the buggy. He was described as a mix of pirate and mercenary. A giant grappling hook replaces his forearm, a custom energy pistol, a bandana and two crossed belts on his breast with trophy fangs. The nob is a new HQ choice called 'ead'unter.

- The last kit is a battle fortress larger than a baneblade. It has a maritime vibe to it. It is basically a huge platform on three tracks with a round gun turret in the middle and several outer gun emplacements. The gun emplacement are not automated or armoured turrets, but open WW2 flak guns operated by orks and gretchins.

The platform has the shape of a star like renaissance-era fortresses with corrugated metal rails. There is an engine section at the rear end under the platform with exaggerated exhaust-chimneys and a crane that puts scrabs into a tank mouth. The main turret superstructure looks like an igloo. It has either a cannon with three barrels, each with a different size and length or a command bridge. On the platform there is either a landing platform including a killa kopta, a missile silo or two double-barreled armoured turrets.

The last options allegedly makes the fortress look like a battleship. There are galley-like trenches in the platform where ork passengers huddle. They are either empty or covered by canvas, so you can only see the bulges made by their heads.

The model has lots of humorous touches. The gretchins all wear spiked bismarck-like helmets. There is an ork bouncer standing at the bulkhead of the command tower.

[Bigred]

via BoLS 4-11-2014

Orks - 5 Kits
1) Plastic Warboss: Multi-part plastic kit which make a warboss in mega armor with new weapon options.

2) Deffkoptas: Plastic box. Dual build kit with a new Grot skimmer.

3) Tankbustas/Flashgitz/Ardboys: Multi-part plastic kit which makes any of the three units.

4) Buggy/Halftrakk Plastic kit with a new Supa-rokkit Launcha option.

5) Mek/Mad-doc/Mega-armor unit (NEW): Plastic dual unit kit - First unit is similar to oversized Cyb-orks. Shoots new saw-cannon. Second unit option makes mega armor Orks

[Wolfshade]

Plastic Deffkpotas! rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[MajorWesJanson]

via BoLS 4-11-2014

1 Warboss. I can see it including Ghazkull parts. Awesome if true.

2. Deffkoptas/Grot Skimmer. I was hoping a bit more for a Deffkopta/Deffbomba, but a grot skimmer seems like it would be fine.

3. Tankbustas/Flashgits/'ardBoyz. Really? Seems odd to put Flashgitz in there instead of Kommandoes, who seem like they would share more parts than the FlashGitz.

4. Buggy/Trakk with supa-rokket option. Sounds good.

5. MANZ/Mega Cyborks- sounds good.

I believe this set of rumors more than I do the one with the land battleship. For one, Orks already have a superheavy vehicle in plastic, the stompa. for another, FW already makes the Grot Megatank which fits the description of the land battleship. Otherwise, the two rumor sets do seem to overlap on 4 of the 5 releases in each.

[Skrall]

I should buy shares in salt production with all of this ork rumour mongering.

I just hope the core mechanics of the codex work, and won't get gutted when ever they do the next edition.

-skrall

[eldargal]

I didn't beleive it until I saw the name Behemork.

[MajorWesJanson]

I should buy shares in salt production with all of this ork rumour mongering.

I just hope the core mechanics of the codex work, and won't get gutted when ever they do the next edition.

-skrall

Isn't the rumor that this will come shortly after the new BRB?