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Just out of curiosity...
« on: May 17, 2017, 04:09:33 PM »
Why does everybody paint pink gums and tongues on green blooded Orks? 

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2017, 04:27:22 PM »
Contrast. So the model looks more detailed and appealing to the eye. Otherwise they'd kind of look like army men without the charm.
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2017, 04:37:43 PM »
Have seen one bloke do the three shades of green and it looks amazing when done right. They actually look like fighting fungi.

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2017, 05:00:25 PM »
You may be surprised yet not everyone wants them to be maniac mushrooms. A small but dedicated resistance remembers when they weren't.  ;)
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2017, 05:07:36 PM »
When weren't they? The Lord of the Rings had them as fungi in 1949.

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2017, 05:19:09 PM »
Way back in the dawn of time GW didn't bother to explain Orks. They were Orcs In Space. Then there were questions of where were the female Orks (other than Bloodbowl cheerleaders but we'll pretend they're drag Orks) and Ork children. Space Marines slaughtering Ork dependents would have been a bad optic even in a universe of exploding guardsmen and endless Elf torture. Thus we were given the fungus hybrid story which itself has slowly mutated as edition become edition.
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2017, 05:42:58 PM »
Nice explanation, GrimSqueaker.
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The diagrams of the birth/sprouting of the Orks in the 2nd ed Codex was the exact process Tolkien described in his novel, and was shown later in the movie.

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2017, 05:48:41 PM »
Cool, yet the explanation for why people paint Ork gums and tongues the way they do still stands.
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2017, 06:09:07 PM »
Fare enough!
Have always thought an almost black, green would look mean as.
Oh well. Looks like I'll have to experiment on my own Ork, if and when I get one, to see how it goes.

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2017, 10:59:44 PM »
My 2nd Ed is lost somewhere in the Dreaded Storage Rooms (yes, we have more than one) and Rogue Trader didn't say anything at all about it (being that it was *very* background light, as it were) so I'd say I'm seeing the Ork background through Nostalgia Googles. My bad.  :)
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2017, 11:25:34 PM »
G'day again Grimsqueaker!
LotR did describe their Orks as fungi, aaand GW didn't give THEIR Orks a background till 2nd ed. So we were both right, mate. So put your Nostalgia goggles back on and keep on gaming.

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2017, 06:09:32 PM »
There was an "article" in one of the rule books (I think it was 4th ed) that described why orks have red blood even though they are plant based aliens. So, red blood means red lips, and red tongue, as well as other organs of the body. 
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2017, 06:51:37 PM »
G'day SKEETERGOD!
I skipped 4th ed so that's why it was a mystery to me. Thanks for the clarification.

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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2017, 01:41:41 AM »
If you don't want to paint their lips and tongues red, at least paint your trukks, buggies, coptas, bikes, battle wagons, and planes red.  ;D
"It needs but one foe to breed a war. And even those who have not swords can still die upon them" (Lady Eowyn)
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2017, 01:47:48 AM »
Bwahaha!
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2017, 11:28:17 AM »
And I forgot; looted wagons. Maybe with the new rules they will come back so we can again do what orks love to do.... loot stuff left on the battlefield.
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"It needs but one foe to breed a war. And even those who have not swords can still die upon them" (Lady Eowyn)
     We orks are not about being the hero; We orks are about being the mob.
                         
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Re: Just out of curiosity...
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2017, 05:37:44 PM »
Niiiiice!
Love your work, SKEETERGOD. I take it there's a Space Wolf player in your group. Your boyz have gleaned a lot of their stuff.

 


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