Nob Warbiker

by Karl Kopinski

Thought of the Day: For every battle honour, a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered.

I want y'all to meet one of my new nobz, Gorthog Krispyfist!

About 20 years of various Nob models in one unit. 3rd edition metal box, Black Reach, new Plasic box, the extra boyz one, all here!

First batch of a bunch of Evil sunz Ork Nobz I had, half finished, in my backlog.

Feel free to C&C

PARTS 1-10  PART 11  PART 12  PART 13  PART 14  PART 15 PART 16  PART 17 PART 18

My Growing Warhammer Collection part 19: ORKS! (bad friend edition). Painted by commission by my friend and impeccable painter YMCharlie, CHECK IT!

Oy wuz dis den? These are my custom Evil Sunz inspired by the corrupted Fel Orcs from Warcraft 3 with their red skin and green magic. This is "bad friend edition" because Charlie painted these like a year ago, I've had these pictures all year, and I just never posted them. But here they are now! And check his Instagram out! He's really fucking good! And when his schedule allows for it you should pay him to paint your minis! Because he's fantastic! He's got Star Wars, Warhammer Underworlds, Lorda Them Rings, Bolt Action, Warhammer 40K, and more!

Desire for a “Human force that collaborates with Orks” (aka “DiggaNobz”) force is tempting me again.

Might make that my Bday project. Buy some Nobz and other Ork stuff, some House Goliath Dudes, and kitbash the parts together. 

In honor of Orktober; the story of Drek. Drek was an experiment in psychological warfare from the mid-90's, probably 3rd edition Ork Codex. This is what Ork Mega-Armor looked like in the early days, I like the new chunky sculpts much better. Anyways, Ork Nobz were allowed to have banners at no cost so I gave him a big banner and then had some gretchin attendants follow him around with his name on a banner. He's just a solo Nob, not the Warboss, which I told every opponent when I played him on the table. The thing was, every time I moved him or had make an attack I'd shout "Drek is coming for you!" or "Drek will destroy you!" And he became a nuisance that couldn't be ignored and refused to be ignored. In many games oppononents would devote 3-4 times Drek's points cost in troops in order to chase him down and eliminate him...because everyone thought he was much more important and valuable than he actually was. But he was just a Nob with a giant ego. :D

Warhammer Gaslamp: Peoples of the Old World

(For Introduction, see here; for Imperial Society, see here; for Geopolitics, see here.)

While the Old World of 2725 IC is dominated by the nations of Men, the non-human species of the world are by no means vanished - although all have seen enormous amounts of change over the last two hundred years.

Although they still maintain their traditional alliance with the Empire of Man, the Dawi of the Old World suffered badly from their pyrrhic victories in the Skaven and Greenskin Wars, to the point where they have begun a slow, inexorable demographic decline - not helped by increasing assimilation into the Empire. Increasingly, the Dawi have begun to coalesce around the master plan of the Great Reckoning, an effort to avenge every single Grudge in the Dammaz Kron in one fell swoop through the creation of an army of 100,000 Slayers. When the last of the Grudges has been satisfied, the sages of Dwarfkind believe that the Ancestor Gods will return and restore their people to their former glory.

Proving that it is truly an ill wind that blows no one any good, the shift in the Aethyr mentioned earlier had a profound influence on the Asur. With the increase in the concentration of Aethyric energy around, Asur born since 2594 have universally developed psykic abilities seemingly independent of their access to the Winds of Khaos, such that the younger generation now primarily speak mind-to-mind, can move themselves and objects with a thought, and much more that was once the exclusive ability of magi. Among many of the Asur, this is seen as a sign of the gods' continual favor, but these new abilities will need to be pressed into service sooner rather than later, as the blessed isle of Ulthuan is gradually sliding beneath the waves....

While their territories in Laurelorn have shrunken dramatically, the territories of the Asrai in Athel Loren remain quite strong in Bretonnia thanks in no small part to their political influence on Forest Law in L'Ancien Régime. As part of an increased level of caution (or paranoia), the Spellsingers embarked in a campaign of educating the entirety of their population in how to magically transport themselves between the remaining forests of the Old World and the spiritual dimension of Underhill, where magic remains strong and the verdant world untouched by hands of men, and to use the Glamour to move undetected in the human world.

[From the 9th Edition Imperial Encyclopedia]: Halflings (noun). A malevolent subspecies of mutant, destroyed in the Great Gene-Purge of 2614.

Life for the Vampire Counts has become increasingly more dangerous and complex. Driven from their seat of power in a vicious war that left much of Sylvania a faintly glowing wasteland of bomb craters and barbed wire, the survivors live on the run from the Imperial Plasmic Survey and the Schwarzmänner, although some vampires and thralls alike can manage to stay one step ahead via falsified blood samples and living in masquerade in the teeming throngs of urban society. Many of the surviving vampires have developed wealthy clients from among the nobility and the haut bourgeoisie, who are willing to risk the attentions of the state in exchange for infusions that extend their lifespans by decades. At the same time, the Vampire Counts are learning how to play politics by Imperial rules...

The Old World has changed, but the Greenskins have not. Although banished beyond the World's Edge Mountains, they still practice their traditional ways of WAAAGH! and generally making a mess of things. However, they have adapted to the age of gunpowder by trading with the Ogres of the East for the 'splody stuff, from the Orkish love of really big shootas and the Goblin fascination with bombs. The Greenskins might wear top hats and call their warleaders Nobz now, but they are still the mad, anarchic bastards who refuse to die.

Despite their defeat in the wars with the dwarfs and the mysterious explosion that engulfed Skavenblight in 2573 IC, the Underempire of the Skaven has adapted to their new circumstances in new and strange ways. While increasing urbanization has allowed the Skaven to spread through the sewers and subway systems of the Empire, they face new competition from the "Untervolk" and the increasingly impressive efforts of the human Technomancers. So instead the Skaven have allied with the Slaaneshi to sell warpstone dust drugs to the stupid stupid man-things, using the financial proceeds and the insidious long-term effects of warpstone dust to weaken humanity from within.

Converted a predator tank for a second Ork Trukk

Some boyz/nobz riding in to the waaaagh

nobz are done! they will wait politely for their trukk

T'au Empire vs Orks

by Pedro Nuñez

I forgot to mention I played my first game of 10th edition a few weeks ago. I had a lot of fun. 1000 points vs Necrons, my buddy and I were both there to roll dice and learn our updated armies so we didn't have any objectives.

My Gorkanaut got in a slug fest with the Silent King for 3 turns before dying. I don't think he did a single wound in the shooting phase.

My Beast Boss on Squigasaur tanked an insane amount of wounds and finished off the Silent King. He was then quickly gunned down by 60 gauss rifles.

My biggest takeaway was how awesome Flash Gitz are. Not to metachase or anything but I want to run 30 of them because firing 120 shots in the shooting phase is very funny...

Anyway I'm converting more Flash Gitz out of Nobz and a bunch of Ogryn Ripper guns I have. I'm also gonna need to get two more Trukkz for them.

Gotta have a right 'ard lad to lead the nobz!

Da boss already et 'af a dozen uv 'im Squigs, kilt tree uv 'im Nobz, an' pinned Halshaz's ears to a plank wit a coupla spikes 'dis mornin'. Mad? Nah, 'e's not mad. Dis is a good day.

The esteemed Burnfist expects discipline, accuracy, and most of all, bullets from his ladz.

This one was a lot of fun. That gun is so big. Why is it Nobz can lug around not just Skorchas but Kombi-Skochas? but Burna boyz are limited to, well, Burnaz?

Gonna make a mob of Kombi-Skorcha Nobz and burn the world down.

3/10 nobz