Expanding the Iron Waaagh

I love Orcs. I even love Orruks, despite the silly, copyrightable name change. I love all sort of Greenskins. The Ironjawz are a particular favourite, and I’ve used them on and off for a while now in Age of Sigmar. I bought my Ironjawz from a friend who was offloading his, and I do not regret it. I had a lot of fun in early third edition with them, before I really focused in on the Gitz and Gargants. It helped that they were beautifully painted, too!

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Now that 4th edition is here, I’m looking to return to them. What excitement I felt upon seeing the imminent release of the new Orruk battletome! What joy!

Yeah, it’s a bit underwhelming. Leafing through the Orruk book makes me really appreciate just how good the Slaves to Darkness book is.

But that’s okay. Not every army needs to be a powerhouse, and nobody plays destruction armies to win. I mean, come on.

So, then, I was delighted when the original painter of my army agreed to paint up a bunch of new minis! Excite! Hype! But what to go with?

Well, I already have some Brutes, the older Ardboyz, characters, Gore Gruntas, and the like. What I don’t have is any of the newer stuff. The perfect box for that was probably this year’s Christmas box…

20 Ardboyz, 6 of the newer Brutes, and a big pig? I’ll take two! And a boss for them! And terrain, spells, and a named character…

All of this will give me the option to build in a number of different ways. I can go Brute-heavy, Ardboyz spam, or a mix. I could maybe use some more pigs in future, but they can wait for a while.

I’m excited to get these guys back to the table. The boxes arrived on Saturday, and I’m hoping to build them over the next few weeks.