More Gobsmasha and how a game company use to be awesome.

A blast from the past - The Warhammer 40,000 Vehicle Manual. A pretty cool book from 1992 when Warhammer 40K was transitioning from Rogue Trader to 2nd edition. I consider this book part of the 1st edition rules which fit in with the Battle Manual.  There is a definite resemblance and morphing of the rules into what most consider the best version EVER of Warhammer 40K..our beloved 2nd edition.

 

Warhammer 40,000 Vehicle Manual

 The book part itself is actually thin counting out at a whopping 31 pages. There are 30 card datafaxes, card reference sheets and templates that need to be cut out. Also included are 2 clear plastic targeting templates. Back then in 1992 the company that made this book actually did cool stuff like show how to convert a Rhino into a whirlwind. FOR FREE even. aha they didn't charge any extra for it. The modeling workshop originally was published in White Dward magazine issue numer 117. Wow ! The coolest and best part of the book in my opinion is the awesome 4 page instructions on how to make a custom Gobsmasha. Complete with templates to use to cut out of cardstock or plastic or whatever you decide to make a Gobsmasha out of. Ork Mekaniaks everywhere were 'eadbanging overtime kustomizing and tinkering with all kinds of bitz and whatzitdoes to make theirs the best Gobsmasha ever seen (or heard). it also included Banners and tips and hints on kustomizing... good stuff and good times from when a game company threw in the extra tidbits and freebies to there loyal followers.

To try to answer the age old question of How many Orks does it take to drive a Gobsmasha? ... According to the 2nd edition datafax and this article in the Warhammer 40,000 Vehicle Manual..."2 or 3 Wildboys who jump around and try to grab the steering wheel off each other". Here is the conundrum. The datafax in theVehicle Manual states that there is 1 DRIVER and 3 Gunners for the Gobsmasha. The extra 2 gunners are for the option of either a heavy plasma gun or heavy bolters with a 90 degree fire to the front for 25 points each.

 

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Ork - Master Mekaniak 2nd edition Warhammer 40K (house rules)

Home brew rules for Da Ork Master Mekaniak for 2nd edition Warhammer 40,000

Master Mekaniak (39 points)
upgrades to regular mekboy stats-cost already figured in to the 39 pts

• add +1 to wounds characteristic +5 pts.
• +1 to Ld +2 pts
• Mek Repair Roll +10 pts
• Master Mek Tools +5 pts repair vehicle roll: see chart below
• everything else is treated as regular mekboy stats. options, etc

Repairing a Damaged Vehicle
Master Mekaniak may attempt to repair a single damaged hit location on a vehicle, dreadnought, or damaged support weapon per turn While doing so, the model cannot shoot or fight in close combat. The location must be repairable. weapons that have been completely blown off or engines that have been completely destroyed, etc. may not be repaired. At the end of the turn, roll a d6
D6 REPAIR ROLL:

• 1    OOps --- A catastrophic whatzitdo has been broken and the vehicle blows up causing d6 str 5 hits (-2 save) in a d3" radius
• 2-4    hmmm that odd.... y aint it working?  Can try again next turn
• 5    Success !! it works !! successfully repaired
• 6    Eureka ! not only is it repaired but if the location is the:  
• Hull/Body - add +1 to the AV of that location
• Wheels/Tracks/Legs - add +d3" to movement for the rest of the game
• Weapons/Arms - repaired and may fire immediately.
• Turret - add +1 to armor value OR may fire again immediately

A Master Mekaniak may have up to 3 mekboy assistants (As regular Mekaniaks) only 1 wargear card  each.

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How many Orks does it take to drive a Gobsmasha ?

I just thought this was hilarious. How many Orks does it take to drive a Gobsmasha ? ...  evidently 3 !!

Gobsmasha Datafax

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Ork Nobz and Chaos Cult Rough Knight Riders

 

Eat Sleep Play Warhammer

A quick update.
5 more grimacing Gretchen painted
3 "counts as" Nobz painted - these are old Rafm figures from the 90's I have a total of 11 of them. They will work. May or moy not replacew them with actual old RT/2nd ed GW Ork Nobz. Kind of hard to find and spendy to.

"counts as" Nobz

5 Chaos Cult Rough Knight Riders put together out of old Bretonnian Knights, Zombie and misc parts. I added a few extra bits to the lance tips so they look more like "exploding hunting lances". I included a standard bearer. I'm not to clear on the actual rules for them as the Chaos Cult army lists say that you ignore the normal command structure when including Imperial Guard as allies. So I wonder if that means that you can or can't take command squads ? I want to include a Rough Rider Standard Bearer to get the +1 to HTH combat score and a re-roll of failed leadership tests. As well as having a Lt who gets one wargear card. The +1 bonus only applies to the squad with the banner, but any squads of Rough Riders within 12" benefit from the Leadership break test re-roll. It would also be nice to make them veteran fighters to be able to re-roll any single attack dice, plus they can't be parried.

Work in Progress Chaos Cult Rough "Knight" Riders

Warhammer 40K Dark Millennium Box Set

For Those wondering what was included in The 2nd Edition Warhammer 40K expansion set called Dark Millennium I went through my box set and came up with detailed list of the box set contents. This set is just chock full of deviousness, shenanigans and other mayhem.2nd edition 40K games just wouldn't be the same without it. If you have been playing 40K without it, you have no idea of the awesomeness you have been missing.

Sets can usually found on ebay relatively cheap, I managed to snag one a couple months ago. (May 2013) that was complete along with all the books,templates, dice, counters and buildings from the 2nd edition WH40K box set. Wait, it gets better... it also included an Imperial Guard and an Ultramarine codex....all for the winning bid of $1....... that's right... ONE DOLLAR...total score. yep

So without further ado ---
Dark Millennium Box Set Contents List

48-page Dark Millennium Rulebook

24 Vehicle Data Cards

• Ork Warbike
• Ork Nobz Bike
• Ork Dreadnought
• Ork War Buggy
• Ork Wartrack
• Ork Scorcher
• LeMan Russ Battle Tank
• Imperial Guard Sentinel
• Imperial Guard Land Speeder
• Space Marine Bike
• Space Marine Attack Bike
• Space Marine Land Raider
• Space Marine Predator
• Space Marine Land Speeder
• Space Marine Rhino
• Space Marine Dreadnought
• Eldar Dreadnought
• Eldar War Walker
• Eldar Vyper
• Eldar Jetbike
• Squat Heavy Bike
• Squat Bike
• Chaos Space Marine Bike
• Chaos Space Marine Dreadnought

60 Psychic Power Cards
Orks

• Da Krunch
• Waaagh!
• Squish
• 'Eadbutz
• DeathWave
• Brain Bursta
• Kop Dis!
• Power Vomit

Eldar

• Mind War
• Doom
• Battle Fate
• Destructor
• Executioner
• Eldritch Storm
• Guide
• Fortune

Librarian

• Iron Arm
• Teleportation
• Quickening
• Prescience
• Smite
• The Salamander
• Psycjic Shield
• Strength Of Mind

Inquisitor

• Vortex
• Aura Of Fortitude
• Purge Psyker
• Scourging
• Holocaust
• Storm Of Wrath
• Aura Of Fire
• Destroy Daemon

Adeptus

• Displacement
• Lightning Arc
• Hellfire
• Machine Curse
• Assail
• The Gate
• Scan
• The Carmine Assassin

Slaanesh

• Acquiescence
• Fleshy Curse
• Beam Of Slaanesh
• Pavane Of Slaanesh

Tzeentch

• Bolt Of Change
• Pink Fire Of Tzeentch
• Tzeentch's Fire Storm
• Boon Of tzeentch

Nurgle

• Aura Of Decay
• Stream Of Corruption
• Miasma Of Pestilence
• Plague Wind

Squat

• Force Dome
• Mental Fortress
• Hammer Of Fury
• Domination

Tyranid

• Hypnotic Gaze
• Catalyst
• Psychic Scream
• The Horror

 36 Card Warp Deck

• 22 Force cards
• 8 Nullify cards
• 1 each - Reflection, Destroy Power, Psychic Duel, Daemonic Attack, Energy Drain, Ultimate Force

 18 Strategy Cards

• Ambush
• Barrage
• Booby Traps
• Brilliant Strategy
• Crack Shot
• Craven Cowardice
• Delayed
• Divine Inspiration
• Flank March
• Forced March
• Insane Courage
• Look Out Sir - AAARGH!
• Malfunction
•  Reinforcements
• Saved
• Special Issue
• Traitor
• Virus Outbreak

 10 Vehicle Cards

•  4 Imperial - Bulldozer Blade, Heavy Flamer, Hunter-Killer Missile, Storm Bolters
•  2 Ork - Squig Fuel Injector, Kustom ForceField
•  4 General - Null Shield, Reinforced Armour, Searchlight, Supercharged Engine

9 Counters

• 6 Rad markers for Rad Grenades
• 1 Traps marker
• 1 Virus marker
• 1 Slaanesh effect marker

7  Templates - Most are double sided templates

• Da Krunch template
• Eldritch Storm/Force Dome
• Death Wave
• Destructor/Stream of Corruption
• The Gate (2 gates plus plastic stands)
• Hellfire/Machine Curse
• Smite/Firestorm of Tzeentch

55 Wargear Cards

• Armour Piercing Ammo
• Aegis Suit
• Aux. Grenade Launcher
• Bionic Arm
• Bionic Leg
• Cameleoline
• Combat Drugs
• Digital Lasers
• Frenzon
• Immune
• Jump Pack
• Master Crafted Bolt Pistol
• Medi-Pack
• Power Field
• Rad Grenades
• Seeking Ammo
• Stasis Grenade
• Storm Shield
• Targeter
• Teleport Jammer
• Toxin Grenade
• Virus Grenade
• Warp Jump
• Polymorphine - Officio Assassinorum only
• Nemesis Force Weapon - Inqisitors and Grey Knights only
• Psycannon - Imperium only
• Graviton Gun - Imperial Tech-Priests and Squat Engineers only
• Night Wing The Psyber Raven - Space Wolves Rune Priest only
• The Hood Of Gnyrll - Space Wolves Rune Priest only
• The Wolf Helm of Russ  - Space Wolves only
• The Axe of Morkai - Space Wolves Commander only
• The Rune Staff Stormcaller -Njal Stormcaller only
• Frostfang - Space Wolves only
• The Pelt of Wulfen - Space Wolves Commander only
• Force Axe - Psykers only
• Psychic Hood - Psykers only
• Force Sword - Psykers only
• Force Rod - Psykers only
• Daemon Weapon - Chaos only
• Witch Blade - Eldar Psykers only
• Bright Lance - Eldar only
• Lasblaster - Eldar only
• Singing Spear - Eldar Psykers only
• EldarSpirit Stone - Eldar Psykers only
• Seer Runes - Eldar Farseers only
• Executioner - Eldar only
• Teleskopic Legs - Orks only
• Kustom Force Field - Orks only
• Weirdboy Staff - Ork Weirdboyz only
• Kustom Shoota - Orks only
• Gyro Stabilized Monowheel - Orks only
• Steel Skull - Orks only
• Kustom Blasta - Orks only
• Spike Arm - Orks only
• Squig Attack Arm - Orks only

4 Mission Cards -  2 of each- 1 green, 1 blue

• Guerilla War
• Witch Hunt

-enjoy
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Deathskull Boss

Deathskull Boss

 Meanwhile on the Battlefield

Bloodaxes led by da War Boss charge a Chaos Dreadnought

Orks vs. Chaos - small skirmish

2nd edition WH40K Chaos Cult Army - Unoffical Additions and proposed Army List

I'm getting close to finishing up (for now) my ork army and started messing around with the idea of a Chaos Cult Army. I made two new troop types to add based on some WHFB chaos models I had around being unused. I based the Chaos Acolytes on Chaos Marauders and intend on using those models to represent them. I played around with the idea of using Chaos Brethren from the Mordheim range or Necromunda Redemptionists models for them. Those models can be kind of  hard to find at a reasonable price so I decided to just use what I have. For a different look to them I suppose old Empire Flagellants would work just as well and eventually I might add a unit using those models once I get the core of this one built and painted.

Acolyte Cultist Coven:
9 points each
Squad size 5-10
M/4  WS/3  BS/3  S/3  T/3  W/1  I/4  A/1  Ld/8


Weapons: Acolyte Covens are armed with two handed weapons (+2 str)
Armor: may be equipped with Flak Armor +2 points
Special: Frenzy. Acolyte covens are frenzied and follow all the normal rules for frenzied troops as outlined in the rulebook.

1 Acolyte Coven may be included in a Chaos Cult Army for each full unit of 20 Cultist Coven in the army.

Ungors:
4 points each
Squad Size: 10-40

M/4  WS/2  BS/3  S/3  T/3  W/1  I/3  A/1  Ld/5

Weapons and Equipment: Ungors are armed with a single sword, axe, or club

May be equipped with:
Flak Armor +2 points
Autogun +1 point
Autopistol +1 point
Additional sword, axe or club +1 point
Primitive shield +1 point

Special: 1 squad of Ungors may be included in a Chaos Cult Army for each unit of Beastmen..

*note- I based The Ungor stats and point cost on Gretchen from the Ork army list in the Black Codex.


My Proposed Chaos Cult Army List:

Haves:
1 Demogogue - Vor Union Infantry commander in Power Armor miniature (treat as carapace) pretty decent model, may add a sword to be used as a power sword or force sword if upgraded to a Magus.

1 Cult Icon Bearer - old RT Imperial Guard standard bearer

1 Chaos Magus- Mordheim Cult Magister miniature

10 Beastman armed w/chainswords and bolt pistols

1 Beastman Champion w/double handed weapon - I think it was a Ral Partha Crucible Tauren figure

13 Ungors w/hand weapons (may add autopistols to them)

16 Chaos Acolytes- 5th ed WHFB Chaos Marauders w/flails and double handed weapons

Hellhound Tank

LeMan Russ Battle Tank

2 Imperial Guard Sentinels (need 1 more)

Need:
*10 + more Beastman and chainswords. (never enuff chainswords)
*20+ cultists - plan on using a combination of newer plastic Cadians and Zombies for these. 40 would be ideal (eventually)
 *7 Ungors
*4 Chaos Marauders w/flails or double handed weapons

*1 more Imperial Guard Sentinel
*10 Rough Riders - ideally I just need the lance arms, I can make the rest. probably end up making the lances myself. I'm dreaming of Camel riding Knights (rough) Riders.lol
*5 Ogryns - I have some of these somewhere but seem to be MIA

*maybe a  Chaos Dreadnought- I'm being picky here and want a RT era Chaos Dreadnought.I can use it in my Daemon world army as well.