Big Gunz and Stompa's No Ork army would be complete without some big guns, which is where the Mekboy Big Gunz Mob comes in. Big Gunz mobs are nothing more than a collection of heavy weapons gathered together by a particularly bossy Mek into an artillery battery. Generally crewed by Grotz, each gun is practically unique; no two guns being exactly the same (or even close in some instances). Some come from the wrecks of tanks and other armoured vehicles, others assembled from spare parts by a particularly crazed Mek after a sudden inspiration. However they are created, Big Gunz Mobs provide Ork Warbands with some much needed light artillery.
Assembling Big Gunz By their very nature, Ork Big Gunz are an eclectic mix of quite literally anything a Mek can assemble into a weapon of destruction. This ramshackle and mismatched appearance of Ork Big Gunz makes them a fun unit to create which really helps capture the scrapyard mentality of the Orks. For the Big Gunz shown here I rifled through one of my Ork bits boxes and was surprised to find I have a sizeable number of the previous edition Pulsa Rokkits, Splat Kannons and other Ork nasties. As I had plenty to go around I decided to mount them two to a base, but this is not necessary as one gun and a couple of Grotz for crew is plenty (assuming your basing them at all that is). A standard Gunz Mob consists of five units, which is pretty much what I have here. In addition I have added an insanely large Ork Oddboy Soopa Gun, in this instance a ‘Zzap’ variant to really make my opponent pay attention as these things can be devastating. There are two Soopa Gunz in the set and it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t include the second one here also, although in a tournament of course you could only take one per formation. The final couple of units I still have to add are some Nobz to keep the Grotz in check and a Flak Wagon to deter Imperial Flyboys from picking off my Gunz. Job done, a few more Big Gun units and I can’t really start to pound those defences in true Orky fashion.
Ork Stompa Mob
Most Stompa Mobs consist of three Stompa’s, however like many Ork formations few things are predictable about them and its not unusual to see Stompa Mobs with more Stompa’s, a Supa-Stompa or even horde’s of other units like Dreadnought’s and even Guntrukks. The ones shown here are all from the new “Stompa Mob” boxed set released by Fanatic and are first class models. Replacing the previous ‘waddler’ variant with the tracked, armoured monstrosities you see here was a stroke of genius in my book and the new Soopa Stompa in particular is a great unit to have due to its potential of taking three Soopa Guns giving the overall Stompa Mob a surprisingly high firepower factor. Painting Stompa’s is no different to painting any other vehicle, or even Gargant for that matter. In the case of the Mob shown I first dry brushed a mix of Brazen Brass, Tin Bitz and Bestial Brown over the entire model, over which I lightly dry brushed Boltgun Metal. The armour plating was then randomly picked out in a variety of colours to create a patchwork effect, although the main colours were predominately either Red or Black. To finish the models a few details were added such as glyphs or markings and the base was dry brushed Graveyard Earth and Bleached Bone. For the detailing you could simply paint markings directly onto the armour same as I did here, however it is also possible to use a number of Ork transfers from a 40K Ork Warbike transfer sheet. With the addition of a few Dreadnoughts to make up for the loss in close combat ability from carrying the extra guns, the Stompa Mob is a nice all round formation that can be competently put to task in most roles and is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine. At some stage I will also include the Supa-Stompa and Dreadnoughts, but that's for a future update. Enjoy. More Ork Horde Formations. | Warband and Guntrukks | Kult of Speed | Aircraft | Ork Landas | |
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