Warhammer 40K: Our Favorite Orks Who Need Rules Yesterday
Games Workshop has had a ton of Orks over the years and even more from the lore. Here are our favorite distinctive Ork Characters we wish had rules.
When you think about all the armies in 40k there are quite a few named characters that might pop to mind. For me when I think of Orks it’s Ghazghkull Thraka! Which makes total sense. But there have been a bunch of Orks from the past and in the lore that should also get their turn in the rules department. Here are the five we want to see get official rules for, maybe in that next codex.
Orkimedes
Orkimedes has been a figure in the background of the Orks for a long time. He’s a genius Ork Mek Boy that helped Ghaz launch his tellyporta assault on Armageddon. We know he’s got some other crazy inventions under his orky sleeves but he’s never had rules! GW needs to fix that. Make him a super buffed up Mek, with really over the top Kustom kit, and some way to buff the Orky tek of his army.
Overfiend of Octarius
The Overfiend of Octarious is actually more than one Ork. It’s a title of the Ork who rules over the Ork Empire of Octarius. If that name sounds familiar it’s because we’ve had a whole book about that war zone. Anyhow, I always loved the Octarius War as a theme — it’s Orks vs Tyranids! I always felt it was a shame we never got rules of a full on Overfiend of Octarius Ork Warlord. And at this point it might be a little too late. But we can dream, can’t we?! An Ork with special anti-bug rules could be super cool.
Tuska, The Daemon-Killa
If you don’t know the legend of Tuska then let the Lexicanum summarize it for you:
“Tuska, the “Daemon-Killa”, is an Ork Warboss who, aided by many weirdboyz, managed to bypass the defenses around Cadia and led his Waaagh! in an invasion of the Eye of Terror, in search of Daemons to fight.”
Yep. This mad lad took his fleet and crashed it into the Eye of Terror because he just wanted to fight Daemons. While in the Warp he throws down on a daemon world and has a right-good bit of slaughtering. However, he and his Orks, are eventually overwhelmed and killed. But, Khorne smiles at this destruction and he revives this WAAAGH!!! to fight again. And again. And again… Come ON GW, Tuska’s coolness goes up to 11!
Snagrod, The Arch-Arsonist
Snagrod had his own unit of Burna Boyz but we never really got an official model or rules for him as a character. This is the Ork that launched the attack on Rynn’s World the home of the Crimson Fists. And if we ever get a Primaris’d Pedro Kantor, we need a Snagrod Warboss mini for him to duel with! If you want an Orky counterpart to the Salamanders who is constantly WAAAGHing to “burninate the countryside, burninating all the peoples”… he’s your Ork!
Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub
Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub is an Ork Warlord of the Bad Moons Clan. He’s a contemporary of Ghaz and he’s worth knowing about. He’s participated in a bunch of major battles like the Third War for Armageddon, the Fall of Medusa V, and even battled with the Farsight Enclaves. This Ork gets around. He’s even had rules/a miniature in the past. However, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen this ork get a proper release. Maybe one day Nazdreg will return in all his Bad Moon Yellow glory packing a whole lot of dakka! He’d be the king of the Flash Gitz!
The Beast
The Beast was one of the most powerful Ork Warbosses to have ever lived. In M32 he united much of the Ork race and nearly succeeded in conquering the Galaxy. His Waaagh! was the largest the Galaxy has ever seen and rampaged across the Imperium, eclipsing even the one Horus defeated during the Ullanor Crusade which earned him the title of Warmaster. The Beast was a highly intelligent Ork, capable of speaking flawless Gothic. Embittered by the humiliation of the Ork race during the Ullanor Crusade, he intended to cripple humanity and rule the galaxy.
The Imperium only halted his advance at great cost and desperate measure, devastating the Adeptus Astartes. The Beast was a “Prime Ork”, perhaps the largest Ork Warboss ever encountered, which in Ork society denoted his power, prestige, and lethality. In a transmission, he was estimated 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. So basically, an roided-out Ork the size and probable power of an Imperial Knight. SIGN ME UP for that kit GW!
