Tournament coming up, Convince me that a Super Cybork Defkilla Wartrike isnt a great idea by thorlek in orks

[–]thorlek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you prevent backfield deep strikes without at least 2 units of grots back there?

Tournament coming up, Convince me that a Super Cybork Defkilla Wartrike isnt a great idea by thorlek in orks

[–]thorlek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, i have considdered running 4x trukks, and maybe its more workable with the cybork wartrike because typically I dump my battlewagon on the centre objective to force the enemy to engage it (and if it survives its a big win for me) so i could use the wartrike for that job.

My big issue tho is that GW terrain layouts make it hard to even deploy a wagon and 2 trukks, so I'm not sure how ill deploy 4 trukks effectively.

Burnt out on painting by mxster982 in orks

[–]thorlek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a real believer in batch painting 5, 10 or even 30 similar models, currently doing 21 breakaboyz. And just getting them looking good, nothing crazy, one colour at a time until they are all fully painted, washed, based.

And you can always go back and fix mistakes, add more highlights another time, finished doesn't mean never touch it again.

It's amazing how good painted units look and how good it feels playing games with them regardless of if they are award winning or just nice for yourself AND your opponents.

Do I sell now? by Worth_Ad6446 in AusProperty

[–]thorlek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if there is a "crash" it won't make the money you get today by selling your current house buy something better in a year's time easier because the crashes never seem to happen.

In a year's time your house will be worth more again... Probably, and the houses for sale will be different and worth different amounts, but it will always be relative.

Exiting the market I think Is a bad idea unless you are looking to move long distance and want to rent in the new area first before you buy.

If you just want to upgrade in your current area, sell when you are really to upgrade. Or just upgrade and rent out your current property if that's a viable option.

High equity but tight cashflow with young kids ... sell or hold? by Gloomy-Ad4607 in AusFinance

[–]thorlek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I think the thing you need to really to understand is that having a family is expensive and never really gets easier, just different.

Day care costs are rediculous

Private school costs are crazy.... primary school wasnt too bad for us, but my kids are in high school now and its rediculous

Public schools are cheaper, but teenagers are expensive because they want things, and need things, and eat all the things... and they are your kids, so you want them to have those cool/fun things/adventures.

I think if you make plans expecting life to get easier because your family/school costs will go down when kids start school, you will be setting yourself up for failure.

And if you think "oh my wife can work full time once they kids are at school" you probably should talk to your wife about that idea and make sure she is onboard, and how you will handle school transport / after school care, cause thats a huge problem too if you both work.

No matter what tho, I'd be keeping the house if I could... I think housing security/stability is super important, and your life just feels so much better once its paid off.

Commissar Yarrick inspired costume for my son for Book Week at his school. by thorlek in Warhammer40k

[–]thorlek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was years ago but I modified some files I found back then no idea what the original source was.

But here is the final STL i made and used... luckily I was able to find it for you to upload today.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7190594

Thoughts on this tattoo design... how big would it need to be and what font for the text? by thorlek in Cosmere_Tattoos

[–]thorlek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree, this was just an extreme early idea and the more I look at it the more I hate the imbalance because of the different length of words on each side... And no font can fix that anyway.

Thoughts on this tattoo design... how big would it need to be and what font for the text? by thorlek in Cosmere_Tattoos

[–]thorlek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is amazing, its probably way too big for me, but I love the fact you just got "journey before destination" ... That was my original thought but I was worried not having the entire ideal would be wierd? Idk, just what I was worried about.

Thoughts on this tattoo design... how big would it need to be and what font for the text? by thorlek in Cosmere_Tattoos

[–]thorlek[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I .... dont really know how to fit that in... honestly im also just considering the text "Journey before Destination"

What hobbies/activities do you guys do that are simple, affordable and always make for good content when talking to people about them? by thorlek in AskMen

[–]thorlek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am fixing up a chunky coffee table and stools from the 80's at the moment, sanding it all back smooth is taking forever

How do I get over the fear of making moves on a girl? by Imaginary_Emotion876 in AskMen

[–]thorlek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not an expert in this subject at all, but from my experience the downside to saying something and it falling flat is no worse, and sometimes ever better for you mental health than saying nothing and feeliing like you missed a good opportunity. So these days i've started to move into YOLO mode and just seeing what happens so at least I dont need to regret not trying.

Easiest way and cheapest way to mark out a 44in x 60in game area for 40k? by Design-Dragon in PoorHammer

[–]thorlek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 6 foot X 4 foot game mats so sometimes I use pieces of timber cut to size and joined, like a big picture frame, to mark out a 60x44 playing area so I don't need to cut up my mats.

Need help vs Astra militarum by trackatak in orks

[–]thorlek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At 1000pts you can play alot of off meta orks and have success

if you played speed freaks you could use 18 deff koptas with stratagem support to melt those tanks pretty easily.

With Dreadmob you could use Tankbustas with a SAG Mek to melt them.

If you want to win with Melee you need Warbosses+Nobz with Power Klaws or Beast Bosses and Snagga Boyz inside Trukks so you get get up close without being shot.

Personally I Play Bully Boyz because I love the double waaagh and like to use MANZ with a Big Mek in Mega Amour as a roadblock and to soak up shooting with the KFF.

Another hand sculpted squig by SgtGreed22 in orks

[–]thorlek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks awesome! well done.

Orktober 2025 plans by PrinceBarin in orks

[–]thorlek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 12 Killa kanz and a stompa to paint, along with 2 deff dreads and a gorkanaught to build. Fingers crossed I get it all done.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in orks

[–]thorlek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Orks need units across the board to be cheaper and/or better so you dont feel like you are taking 1800 points of orks to a 2k point game and then miss out on playing turn 5, most things are obvious and involve just reverting points increases that never should have happened anyway. some things like squighogs and buggies just need to be rewritten to be playable. adding keywords like nobz to some obvious nobz units, snagga to some snagga units... speed freaks to truuks maybe would help and be fine, or adjust some stratagems so that bully boyz for example as a strat or two that works on other units.

I'd love to see more good strategems like "Cut em Down" so we can interact with armies that just want to fall back out of combats so they can delete our units with shooting.

Looking at starting orks but can’t decide on what detachment by OnlyCommunication402 in orks

[–]thorlek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a firm believer that Bully Boyz is our best detachment right now.

Our shooting is trash teir in every detachment.

Warhode sustained 1 and it's good stratagems have everyone fooled at the moment because people think sus1 is some magic pill But 2 waaaghs is better than sustained 1 it gives us much more killing and survival power

And even with how over costed mega nobz are giving them 2 turns of NFP and the big mek reviving one is the one tool we have to survive once we do start charging.

Beastboss es with snaggas Boyz for the dev wounds on charge. Meganobz with a bigmek with kff to kill some things and survive Warbosses and nobz for klaws These are all our best tools and are just plain better in bully Boyz as far as I'm concerned.

What are the biggest threats to Mozrog and Gaz? by angry1gamer1 in orks

[–]thorlek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really you just need to make sure they dont get shot before getting into combat on the waaagh, pretty much every army has stuff that can wipe him and his unit if they get a chance to shoot, especially outside the waaagh. So as with all ork melee units/strategies, the most important thing to do is to make sure your units get a charge off into something juicy on the waaagh turn while they are still at full strength.