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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs?  Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:46 am |
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I have 9 Epic Armies, including 30 Ork Warbands in 3 Hordes. And plan to make a few new Warbands with E:A and F/W models ... 
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:51 am |
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Hi Shagrat,
I'm currently working on Eldar, but I've got a soft spot for Moonz and Sunz, and once the pointy ears are done, I'll be working on a small SM force i've got an idea for with Orks in the background. So far I've only ever painted a few battlewagons and the odd Gargant - and 1 converted Landa (LANDA!!!! Green is good and Thundabad is go....oh, sorry, that's and old story...  ). I've got loads of boyz waiting in the wings, a half-complete gargant conversion (Deffsta), and around 30 guntrukks... and plans for what I think a supagun should be like...
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:52 am |
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Oi! I'z got a fair bunch of dem orkzez too. Boyz an Wagonz iz good but give me more Gargants!!! 
...And welcome to the boards! 
Cheers!
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:32 am |
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A good evening for orkdom, I've managed to paint 120 orks, and 40 gretchin tonight! Just got to do their bases and they are done!
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:50 am |
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Another Ork player here, with a thing for speed, I like my bikes and buggies!
Markconz, I wish I could paint that fast, it's taking me ages to do my Infantry. Still, only 4 stands left to do, I must get started on them again.
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:50 pm |
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:13 pm |
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Shagrat: In addition to the above, Maksim Smelchak has a sizable ork force, including more stompas than you can shake a stick at, with some... imaginative... conversions.
I have ~5000 in bad moons (basic ork army list), ~4000 in evil sunz (speed freeks army list), plus gargants. I also have ~3000 in snakebites (feral ork list).
In short, you're in good company.
Ask any strategic of tactical questions you like. I'm sure you'll get a plethora of opinions.
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:34 pm |
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Welcome to Epicomms Shagrat!
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:08 pm |
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Well my first post and look at all those lovely replies
Thanks one and all .. looks like I came to the right place.
Now wheres my rule book and calculator ...
Q : Whats that between your teeth
A : This ... That'll be one of those pointy eared thingies
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:31 pm |
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Shagrat,
Shagrat: ?In addition to the above, Maksim Smelchak has a sizable ork force, including more stompas than you can shake a stick at, with some... imaginative... conversions. |
I also have large E-A Ork force. I originally wanted enough Stompas and Boyz warbands to field more than 3,000 points of models. I have just kept adding to them (mechanizing them with B-Fs, adding Gun Mobz, more Supa Stompas, custom building Ork Bommas, etc.) and now the group is very large.
I had high hopes the E-A would really make the Orks competitive and a little different than they were before. The differences didn't come, but I think they are adequately competitive although I really miss the early playtest versions when the Orks could field some decent tank armies. They're back to mostly rabble now.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:11 pm |
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WAAAGH RIPSKAR!
I've been a Gothic player mainly since 1999 but Da Ladz aren't afraid of getting their boots dirty.
I've just got the rulebook and I'm preparing my Ork horde for landings...
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:18 pm |
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Does no-one else do the basing first then? I find I tend to accidentally run the drybrush over the legs everynow and then so basing first makes things a lot easier.
I'm with da boyz too, since E40k, might as well run through my painting technique (for da standard boyz):
-clip, clean and glue.
-glue sand onto base
-spray black
-Do the bases: paint bestial brown liberally - chestnut ink - drybrush snakebite
-paint the clothing and shoulder pads scab red
-paint the skin goblin green (a sort of careful heavy drybrush so eyes and lip recesses aren't filled)
-paint the guns scab red
-paint the gun holding hand goblin green
-paint the bayonet boltgun metal
-highlight the clothes, guns and shoulder pads with blood red
-highlight the trousers codex grey (looks a little messy actually but is absolutely fine from above)
-paint the sides of the base bestial brown
-bleach bone round the big gun, then skull white (I find white doesn't paint well straight onto black)
-patch some watered down glue onto the base in 'grass-growthy-looking-patterns' and dunk in some GW flock (it's better than the local railway shop's stuff, imo... if about thrice as expensive )
I think that's about it.. I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out especially as I can get through a whole formation in a couple of hours. Think I'll have a full painted army in no time at all
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Post subject: Does anyone play orcs? Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:07 am |
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Well been playing/collecting Epic since SM1, so most (like 80%) of my 9 Epic armies (including 30 Ork Warbands) are based on the square bases.
And those are harder to paint than the long E-40K bases...
I learned the hard way... Doh! 
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