Ork Nobz in 'Eavy Armour (Or Mega-armour or whatever)

Nobz are the bestest boyz of any waaagh, they're big, mean and are probably the closest thing you can find in ork culture to a concept of reliability.

That's why any good benevolent ork boss would want them protected in the best armour possible. It's also why the meanest malevolent ork boss would want those in the best armour possible.

Now just what armours are the ones above wearing ? That might seem like an easy question.

THINK AGAIN. It is not.

See in the old RT days, everyone had the same armour types which means the best armour orks could have was a simple power armour.

Then came the transition to 2nd ed and the concept of Mega Armour was introduced so orks could have their terminator armour... But there was no model yet so the 94 catalogue cleverly seperated power armours into two categories :

You can see how both definitions potentially match all armours. The ambiguity IS MAXIMAL.

Then these came out :

You can see how they're totally a new version of the same concept... But they de facto become the right mega armours.

All of which to say I'm still unsure how I'll play those, as power armours in Rogue Trader obviously, probably as 'eavy armour in 2nd ed games or maybe as mega armours, depending on my opponent I guess.

My brother James has had the very same issue with his so I might just stick to his version :

Check his big wenis rodeo

Now modelling wise, you can see there's a bit of conversion work here and there to vary the modesl as much as I could to avoid any double, a bent arm or a weapon swap, sometimes a bit more :

Now the boss is probably the most elaborate conversion and I have to say I'm quite happy with the armorification of this Blood Axe boss I have to say !

Now I had a problem with him, I had lost the pointing finger minigun and had to replace it. I was looking at the usual finger replacments like chainsaws, guns or weapons like you do :

Until someone in my hobby chat suggested this :

I'm not sure I deserve them but I try to be a man of my word. Fast forward a few weeks painting a lot of yellow, here they are :

Yarork was always the odd one with his very pragmatic approach and curious fetish. Some hoomanz are allowed in the clans because they're a kunning way to reduce casualties and get an insight in the opponent's strategies but Yarork went further than anyone before him by claiming Yarrick was actually an ork with a skin handicap. His main point being ol' bale eye is the most brutal human ever facing on ork.
So Yarork adopted every trait of his idol, using stratagems that were too kunning even for his fellow Blood Axes (although most of the time they'd only rely on extreme brutality disguised with a fake intended result). Yarork was outcast and joined the Red Sturz were his sacrilegious views were soon accepted and his kunning (sheer brutality disguised) appreciated.

So despite being another ork entry, you can see far too much thinking went into this new mob... I'm still very glad to have them done though and always feel happy to see they add up to all the rest. I'm going to take a break on yellow a bit but I don't feel any fatigue from orks and I'm already thinking about the next entries !