40K RUMORS: More Ork Rumors – Portend Big Changes to Ghaz
There’s a new set of Ork rumors that hit this weekend. Here’s the latest on the biggest baddest greenskin of them all and just how much larger he may be. WAAAAGH!
Say Hello to Prime-Class Orks
First up we get a video and his B&C forum posts from Chapter Master Valrak (Youtube). He says:
- Orks will be returning with a new Ghaz!
- Ghaz will be reimagined at a “Prime Class Ork”
Prime Class Orks were described in “The Beast” novel series. Here’s a summary from Lexicanum:
“The Beast-class Prime Orks were perhaps the largest Ork Warbosses ever encountered, which in Ork society denoted his power, prestige, and lethality. Said to be the size of a hab-block, The Beast made even Nobs appear as mere children in his presence and his mouth was filled with tusks the size of tree trunks. When one was finally was encountered on Ullanor, The Beast was at first thought to be a ten-meter high statue. However when the statue moved, the Imperial invaders realized he was in fact a massive Ork encased inside battle armor.
Another one of the “Prime Orks” encountered by Imperial forces of Ullanor was said to be the size of a small Gargant. A single arm of his massive battle armour was equipped with two Battle Cannons as well as Autocannons, Missile Launchers, Flamers, and other weapons. His other arm wielded a Vibro-Mace as tall as a Space Marine.”
Past Ork Info
Now recall this image from the next White Dwarf:
Hmmm…
Combined with this rumor-schedule from the comments section of Miniwars way way back in January. You will note that it’s not bad for 3 months back. It also lists Ork returning in June, matching up with the previous batch of Ork rumors from last week.
Previous Ork Release Rumors
Thoughts
Overall, this feels like a classic old-school rumormill starting to spin up. We’ve heard little to nothing of rumors for months, and then multiple batches of Ork info starts to spin up within a week. As usual with these, it’s best to not get mired down in the details, but to look at the larger rumor trends that line up. Orks in June is starting to feel more likely by the day.
~ Exactly how big do you think a Prime-Class Ork Ghaz mini would be?
