Ork Scenery

We all like to see a table covered in terrific looking scenery. This old What's New Today post may go alittle too heavy on cover and potential blocking of TLoS. But that doesn't stop it from looking awesome. The original commentary has been added in...

Back at the beginning of January I showed you some pictures of an Ork-themed Warhammer 40,000 board that Blake Spence from the Warhammer World scenery team was working on. Here it is for those curious. After talking about the forthcoming Imperial Armour 8 in yesterday's post, which features a campaign on an Ork held Imperial world, I was reminded of Blake's board. So this morning I popped up to Warhammer World to see how the board was coming on and found it finished and ready for use in the gaming hall. Here's a look at how it turned out.

Blake wanted the board to represent an Imperial world that had been overrun by Orks. All of the structures have been made using parts from the plastic building sets and various Space Marine and Imperial Guard vehicles.

Blake made this by combining parts from an Ork Battlewagon, two Leman Russ tanks and a couple of Basilisks. I love the way this vehicle doesn't have a clear front - very Orky.

Notice the Valkyrie hull that Blake's added to the side of the building. It's the only entrance to the building as the Orks have cunningly boarded up all the actual entrances...

Blake refers to this piece as 'the crusher' and said 'it's where the Orks mash up vehicles into smaller, more usable pieces. Well, after they've used some Grots to test it's working correctly'.

This piece adds to the board's narrative - imagine the Orks heading underground to collect fuel and then loading it onto the Trukk. There is though, a certain irony in using an Imperial Guard air unit as the entrance to an underground bunker.

Disclaimer - Images taken from the Games Workshop website. Ork scenery creaded by Blake Spence. Images will be removed if requested.