Irbis Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 By which I mean normal bikes. You know, with pedals and stuff. I was looking at feral orks and snakebites the other day and it hit me - if they make steampunky war machines, including steam gargants and steam powered wagons because they lack/don't like the technology, why not bikes? Surely, they must like to go fasta too and chain-and-pedals bike must not be that hard to make, especially with their other war gear showing pulleys and transmission belts, which is all you need for a bike. Though, that also got me thinking, what if the feral orks would capture some runna squigs or something, put them into hamster wheels bolted into bike frame, and used that to power a bike instead of engine? Or hell, skip that step, grab bigger squig, tie it to bike frame so that legs touch the ground and give it a good kick to start running when you want to go? Or maybe even tie it in front, instead of front wheel, to use it both as propulsion and melee weapon once you crash into enemy lines? Would that be propa orky? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingDeth Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I mean, I've never heard of orks riding regular bicycles, but if you want to do that conversion then go for it. The more common snakebite "biker" conversion is riding boars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead01 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I don't know. I'm sure thye're good for around camp but ..... Well, they;re your models do what ever makes you happy. I mean snake bites? really? Not Goffs, not Proppa. I'm just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I mean, I've never heard of orks riding regular bicycles, but if you want to do that conversion then go for it. The more common snakebite "biker" conversion is riding boars. If you do that at least one ork has to ride a penny farthing and wear a monocle and top hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irbis Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 I mean, I've never heard of orks riding regular bicycles, but if you want to do that conversion then go for it. The more common snakebite "biker" conversion is riding boars. That is less of a 'conversion' and more just buying fantasy models. I don't know, boars just don't feel '40K' to me. If that was a squig, sure, but terran animal? I guess I just wondered what people do as bike replacements that doesn't involve pigs, is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azekai Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I mean, I've never heard of orks riding regular bicycles, but if you want to do that conversion then go for it. The more common snakebite "biker" conversion is riding boars. That is less of a 'conversion' and more just buying fantasy models. I don't know, boars just don't feel '40K' to me. If that was a squig, sure, but terran animal? I guess I just wondered what people do as bike replacements that doesn't involve pigs, is all Not every single creature orks interact with has to be part of their biologic race. Orks have had boar riders since 2nd ed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I can certainly see where Irbis is coming from. A squig or other captured beast would seem less odd than what amounts to Orks pillaging Terra for an animal that is probably extinct in the background anyway. Here's a link to a model which hopefully serves as inspiration and the (in my opinion) better concept art a few posts underneath. http://www.frothersunite.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=41842 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanist Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Cyboars go back possibly as far as rogue trader but they are more of a hangover from fantasy in space. Cybesquigs would be better in the modern game but a mix of various propulsion methods would be really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isolia Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XdP6Lp2ceqY/THnZgXrIaVI/AAAAAAAAaXs/Ne0V5gwSyEg/s1600/segway-rough-riders-imperial-guard-warhammer-40k-segway-roug-demotivational-poster-1255553637.jpg If this is possible... I second the idea of the monocled dandy ork :D It could be a nice steampunk theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtoof Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I’m pretty sure somewhere in the 4th/5th edition timeframe there was some lore about the boars feral Orks ride just being a big hairy kind of Squig. They definitely have reappeared in white dwarf articles from time to time (they were in the feral Ork list and available to snakebites the last time clan rules were a thing) since 3rd edition, so they’re not just a crazy 2nd ed thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tychobi Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Love this idea and yes very orky. My vision of 40k orks is more pragmatic than most but going faster is a very orky instinct and they will do it however they can. Also reference the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in ww2 for historical example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I can certainly see where Irbis is coming from. A squig or other captured beast would seem less odd than what amounts to Orks pillaging Terra for an animal that is probably extinct in the background anyway. Here's a link to a model which hopefully serves as inspiration and the (in my opinion) better concept art a few posts underneath. http://www.frothersunite.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=41842 The concept art is pretty slick (and otherwise seems to have disappeared from the internet), unfortunate that they never made it into model form. They're that bit more sci-fi looking than the WHFB squigs. Maybe you could approximate their look with the back half of a WHFB cold one and the face/maw of a squig? They look identical in their equipment to warbikers and would probably fit well. Also turns out Paul Jeacock, the artist behind these and other ork/40k designs, went on to do concept art for Mad Max: Fury Road. Probably shouldn't be a surprise but there we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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