I BET YOU THOUGHT I FORGOT ABOUT THIS

so i am STRONGLY, STRONGLY considering getting into warhammer 40k as a miniature hobby instead of just the books and computer games. i've almost definitively settled on running an Ork army, probably a mix of these two Klanz (info courtesy of wikipedia):

Death Skulls

The Death Skulls (also known as Deff Skullz) are looters who grab whatever they can from corpses on the battlefield, although they aren't above taking things from other Orks who aren't watching. This has earned them the name of "Thieving blighterz who take anyfing dat izn't nailed down" by the other Orks. They collect anything that might be useful, as well as various lucky trinkets and charms. They are superstitious even for Orks, and often paint themselves blue (which Orks feel might give them Gork and/or Mork's favor in battle).It is not uncommon to find looted vehicles in Death Skull armies, such as Chimeras and Rhinos. Their symbol is the horned skull. Deathskulls have a larger number of gretchin compared to other clanz, as the grots are used to scout around, helping their ork masters to look for gubbinz they can steal. In battles these gretchin will often be fielded right in front of the orks themselves, for obvious reasons. Painters often use the "Braveheart-style" of facepaint when painting Death Skull models. According to older background, the Death Skull clan produced more Mad Doks than other clans and in that vein Mad Dok Grotsnik was a Death Skull before his 'accident.'


Evil Sunz

The Evil Sunz love loud, rumbling engines, the smell of gasoline, and above all, going as fast as Orkily possible - arguably even more than splitting heads (Of course, going as fast as Orkily possible while splitting heads is a dream fulfilled). Usually, an Evil Sunz band will consist almost entirely of Speed Kult members. Even warbands that haven't given completely over to their love of speed will often have many bikes or vehicles in their force. The clan also contains more Mekboyz than most, and therefore they often field more mechanical creations than other clanz. What little footsloggers they do have are saving up their teeth for a good bike, or perhaps a group of Ork mates are pooling in for a flash truck. Their symbol is a red sun with a grimacing face, often with yellow or orange flames. The Evil Sunz symbol is also found in Warhammer Fantasy. Most vehicles of the Evil Sunz are painted red with flames down the side to tie in with their main belief that "Da red wunz go fasta!" Often, the Evil Sunz are envied by the slogging footboyz of other klanz for their ability to get into the battle quickly, especially the highly mobile Trukkers, who charge into the fray aboard a large and shoddy truck that is poorly armored but very fast and armed with big shootas. Warbikers in this klan are the best of all the other Orky bikers, often refitting their hull-mounted shootas with menacing mega-blastaz. Their horridly crude engines deliver a sickening plume of smoke wherever they travel, granting them cover. Wazdakka Gutsmek, a renowned Ork biker, is from the Evil Sunz klan.


lots of conversions and potentially sculpting my own models. plenty of info about them on the internets. i might also run an IG army on the side, but that's not so much a priority right now