I just can’t help myself. I am of an age where, I see the Ork Deff Copter Squadron and I hear the Ride of the Valkyries playing in my head*! These are such brilliant little models. The are so dynamic, so nicely proportioned and so blooming Orky. Again, they were brilliant candidates for the Mediocre Hobbies (over on YouTube, check them out) rust treatment. It worked a charm, at least I think so. They were a breeze and a delight to paint. And you get six of them!
Obviously they came as part of the New Ork Battalion Set, which includes a Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy and a Deffkilla Wartrike. Again these two models just scream; ORKY! They are fantastic. Painted rusty and red and Bob is your uncle, if he is a very nice uncle he’ll buy this set for you. At the time of going to press it was still available, but only while stocks last.
Just as a word of warning though, the rotor blades, on the Deff Copters, are a bit on the flimsy side. Be wary of over eager dry bushing. I managed to snap one off and it required some serious pinning to get it back on again. I saw that someone had the clever idea of magnetising them. I wish I had the patience for that; it seems like a very cunning solution for storing the darn things too.
The set was a lovely Birthday present, it helped to flesh out my burgeoning Ork army and fill so more time while waiting to Armageddon too release.
*Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola
Grumpy Old Orc 