Orktober, Part 4 - Da Slugga Boyz and Nobz.

 

Grubnatz brought his choppa down on the helm of the first space marine he came to, but the marine sidestepped and the weapon glanced off of his shoulder guard. In return the Space Marine raised his Bolt Pistol and blew a big chunk out of Grubnatz shoulder which hurt like mad.

He roared in pain and stuck back, punching the Space Marine square in the helmet and throwing him back, he hefted his Choppa above his head and brought it crashing down with all his strength on the Space Marines neck, slicing down into his torso.

Grubnatz slammed a boot on the Space Marine who was face up in the mud and levered his Choppa free. He turned and started blasting into the back of another Space Marine which his boyz were having trouble with. Shots ricochetted wildy and the Space Marine fought on, until he crumpled suddenly as a shot hit something important. In an instant Grubnatz boyz were laying the boot in to make sure it was dead.

A louder, deeper roar of “WAAAGH!” announced the arrival of Da Necksnapperz, a mob of Nobz who were killing everything which wasn't a greenskin in sight. Grubnatz was impressed as he watched the Nobz demolishing Space Marines. Power Klaws crushed, 'Eavy Choppa's swung, Slugga's blasted. Nothing it seemed could stop them. Some Space Marines in extra fancy armour counter-charged the brutes and the fight devolved once more.

Brutal, bloody mindedness faced down experience and training. Bodies flew on both sides as warriors were cut down and killed. The Space Marines managed to take down three of the Nobz in quick succession, but they had made a fatal flaw. The Nobz were amongst them now, all thoughts of a wider battle forgotten in the thrill of hand to hand.

One Space Marine was smashed to the ground by a backhanded swipe of a gigantic green hand and the kicked into the mud before being hacked at by a brutal two handed Chain-Choppa. Another dodged backwards from a Choppa swing, only to have the jaws of a Power Klaw rammed through his midrift and be lifted from his feet. The Nob fired his Slugga a few times before hurling the corpse of the Space Marine backwards in the rest of the unit.

Even Space Marines have their limits and this was it, in an instant several of their veterans were dead and the line was buckling. With their usual efficiency and training the order was given to retreat and acted upon, but it was too late, as the Boyz were right with them. One of the Nobz grabbed a passing Ammo-Runt and proceeded to use the unfortunate slave as a maul and beat a Space Marine Sergeant's helmet with before ripping it off with the head still inside.

Grubnatz arm was beginning to stiffen up from the wound he suffered earlier, but his blood sang with the joy of violence so he hardly noticed. He fired his Slugga wildly, loving the solid kick of the thing everytime it fired. When it was empty he threw it at the Dreadnaught, which was busy tearing apart the last of Ruzgob's mob. Grubnatz roared with laughter and charged after the retreating Space Marines – This was the life!

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This is part 4, the final part of Orktober for 2020.

As I said in part 2 of this series, I had a lack of enthusiasm for the hobby at the beginning of thee month, meaning that I wouldn't have gotten the Killa Kanz or the vehicle finished in time so I switched to the 'Ard Boyz as detailed in part 3.

With a major painting spree on the go, I grabbed a half painted unit of five Ork Nobz, 'Da Necksnapperz' in the above fiction and finished those off.

A good selection of varying weapons, including a Power Klaw and an 'Eavy Choppa. I would have liked to add a Kombi-Skorcha to the mob, so that they can hit something on the way to hitting things!

This last Nob is a unit and a half, he's an older metal miniature from the 3rd edition release which I used a pair of Choppas on instead of the usual Choppa and Slugga, makes him double 'Ard.

I also finished the twenty strong mob of Slugga Boyz, Ruzgob's Mob in the fiction.

Which finished off the main units I wanted to get done this month.

I also found the time paint up a cheeky Mek-Boy.

He is an old model from 2nd Edition 40k and the Gorkamorka era, released as a Spanna-Boy. I'm using him as a Mek-Boy, I'm planning on using several of these Boyz converted to make them different to each other as a Mek bodyguard unit for a Big Mek, like we used to be able to take in 3rd edition.

So with Orktober 2020 finished now, here is as photo of all the models I've gotten painted this month:

Fifty seven models in total (as the ammo-runt for the Nobz was already painted). That's not a bad haul if I say so myself.

Finally before I wrap up this post, calling in our local GW earlier, I was set to buy the Black Library novel of Thanquol and Boneripper (furriest crazy supervillain ever), when I spotted this:

I'll post a review once I read this, but just from the blurb of the back it seems fun.

I have an idea of what my next series of projects will be, but we'll see when I start posting them.

Until next time...

 - Lewis