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Nob bikers: a few questions
El ShasOcho:
Hello folks,
I am planning on adding some nob bikers to my army. A couple questions that I have first:
How do people generally model them? I assume regular bikers with non heads and bodies, but just making sure.
What are the best load outs and unit size for these guys? I would plan on running a warboss in the unit and probably 5 bikers, since it would be 2 3 man boxes.
Any other advice regarding them?
Naser Al-Istikhara Cyrus:
Painboy is a must. Cybork is optional, but useful against Power Weapons and Heavy Flamers.
I'd take at least half of them with Klaws, but some Slugga and Choppas is good for crowd control. Big Choppas aren't bad either as they can get some S7 I4 hits on a vehicle or high toughness targets.
If you're including a warboss I'd definately look at a Waaagh! Banner. Means your whole squad hits marines on 3+, and the warboss hits captains on 3+.
For modelling, use Nob arms and heads on the normal bodies and legs. The Nobs box has so many spare arm and head sprues it's hilarious - and the Ork Boy sprue has a few too.
Zambia
crisis_vyper:
--- Quote from: Lord Zambia on July 25, 2012, 03:54:25 AM ---Painboy is a must. Cybork is optional, but useful against Power Weapons and Heavy Flamers.
I'd take at least half of them with Klaws, but some Slugga and Choppas is good for crowd control. Big Choppas aren't bad either as they can get some S7 I4 hits on a vehicle or high toughness targets.
If you're including a warboss I'd definately look at a Waaagh! Banner. Means your whole squad hits marines on 3+, and the warboss hits captains on 3+.
For modelling, use Nob arms and heads on the normal bodies and legs. The Nobs box has so many spare arm and head sprues it's hilarious - and the Ork Boy sprue has a few too.
Zambia
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Agreed. Of course if you have the money, you can always go for the Forgeworld Nob Bikers as they are quite proportionally larger than the normal bikers. The painboy will be the toughest guy to model, but as an Ork player I say go bonkers with the conversion.
Naser Al-Istikhara Cyrus:
Also as an addition, I'd kit out the bikes so they look like they belong to Nobs. A Nob's bike is his pride and joy just as a Warboss's battlewagon - so have each one unique and with its own trophies! (Makes me want to model some up now...)
BigToof:
The wonderful thing about bikes is that they are fully customizable. I made Ork-Jetbikes using the Deffkoptas for my Nob Bikers, the Big Five. I'd also recommend trying to figure out what you want each member to be outfitted with before modeling Or just use magnets extensively. It'll save you a lot of hassle.
Best,
-BT
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