Oh gods, in a moment of madness I had a friend pick up an OLD Warhammer Orc Battalion Box from Vagabond Takapuna. Hey they were 20% off! That’s $136nz! How’s that for a good deal? Plus I already have a handful of painted Orcs and a box of bits from my Mordheim warband.
Now you’re probably wondering why the OLD Battalion Box and not the NEW one? That’s simple. I think the new Spider Rider Forest Goblins are patently ridiculous looking and much prefer the older Goblin Wolf Riders. I mean c’mon compare the poor squashed spider figures here (images from the Games Workshop online store):
To these ferocious ravenous wolves:
At least the wolves look like they’d actually be able to carry their riders into battle. Hmmm pretty mediocre paint job by GW Studios there though. So Now I have another 50 figures in my possession that I’ll need to assemble, base and (horrors) paint at some stage…or maybe my three year old son will get them reboxed for his 16th birthday.
Update: A little more research and it looks like the OLD O&G Battalion box is actually a better deal than the NEW one?! The old box contains:
- 1 Orc Warboss on Boar
- 19 Orc Boyz (including command group)
- 18 Orc Arrer Boyz (including Standard Bearer & Musician)
- 10 Goblin Wolf Riders (including command group)
- 1 Orc Boar Chariot with 2 crew
While the new box contains:
- 20 Orcs
- 20 Night Goblins
- 10 Forest Goblin Spider Riders
- 1 Orc Boar Chariot
So more Goblins, less Orcs and no Warboss for the same price! What’s up with that Games Workshop? Surely the Orc and Goblin army list hasn’t changed so much that Goblins are more useful than Orcs on the tabletop!
I think whats is up with the Goblins is that well they got a really decent range of orks and they want to push the new models.Stupid as they may look the humble gobo spider rider is quite tactically use full with its wall climber ability. Hate the model not the troop. find better spiders and convert away.
Ah crap, what were you thinking?!?! Now thats a whole big can of new edition WHFB worms you’ve gone and opened up!
Not to mention I’ve got a handy collection of Orcs all mint on sprue that I dont really need… more of what you got unfortunately but if you decide you need more just let me know.
No no Aaron, we’re sticking with the 6th Edition of WHFB. I’m not going to pick up the new O&G Army Book, but rather play the 6th Ed one I already have.
This is just something I’ve wanted to do for a while, since I started playing the Mordheim Orcs in fact. I did a bit of scrabbling through my bitz and found I can easily assemble an additional 11 Orcs and goodness knows how many Goblins. In addition to the 12 or so I’ve already painted (including a Shaman) for my Mordheim warband.
I think you should go for the orks Stu, they are a well hard army and a true display of ork power (unlike the sadly lacking in numbers Orks from 40k. As for the new ed warhammer its might be the only thing to save your vampire counts
I do like the Orcs I will admit. As anybody has seen me play my Mordheim warband will know :). Funnily enough I find the old Orc plastics totally inoffensive. Nothing wrong with them, don’t know why GW are re-releasing!
Oh? Do you know something about what actually CHANGED in 7th Ed then? How does it impact the VC?