Today's lesson will answer the two age old questions of the serious ork hobbiest: what do I do with my left over torsos, heads and arms, and when can I introduce an obscure literary reference into my army?
The answer to both questions is to create a small regiment of Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rollents, or Wheel chair assassins, from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Soon your opponents will also, "hear the squeak" as a squad of differently abled orks careen down the battlefield.
I made the chairs out of plastic from a cd case with pieces of spru, ork decals, matchbox car wheels for the big wheels and screws for the tiny front wheels. Fake-out legs were also made from spru. From there it is simply a matter of affixing an ork as if he were a slugga boy. Add a little extra green stuff in the shoulders, and above the legs to make a comfy blanket, and you're ready for priming.
Final analysis:
Materials
ork bitz negligible
tires 25c
total: 25c
time: 1 hour extra for original design. Painting, etc. equivalent to store bought model
I find this a highly worthwhile way to make use of your extra dudes. There is always other ways you can incorporate extra mostly-complete orks into your army: piloting a vehicle, poking out of a booby trap (objective), poking out of a barrel (kommando). Unless I play with these fine dedicated masters of throat slicing and someone takes offense, I would encourage everyone to make a few wheelchair assassins.
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