A new year means a new 2nd Edition Warhammer 40k Army Challenge! First it was “Kor’s Ork Raiders,” a motley crew of twisted steel and sex appeal. Then it was “Kor’s Speedee Boyz,” a fast-attack force of diesel-fueled lunatics. Now it’s “Kor’s Hell Patrol,” the ground-pounding horde that never says die!

I must admit I never envisioned painting over 4000 points of 2nd edition 40k orks over the course of 2 years, but that’s where we are. My first army challenge was a mix of characters, troops and vehicles. My second was almost entirely vehicles. This installment will be entirely foot troops.

When you think of Eldar, you think of Jes Goodwin. But when it comes to Orks, Kev Adams is king. Sure, he may be the “Goblin Master” in Warhammer Fantasy, but he’s the “Warboss Boss” of 40k. His 40k Orks are unrivaled.

This month we have a mob of 20 Rogue Trader orks. The RT Ork line of models is so extensive, with several variants for each base pose, that you could paint for a long time before you would need to start repeating a model, and this mob is comprised of 20 different poses. My hope is to finish 20 models every month of this challenge, so I’m afraid my writeups and photos will start to blend together. However, at the end of 6 months I hope the final family photo of the horde makes up for it!

Blood Axe Mob: 20 boyz (flamer, heavy bolter, and Nob) 277 points

As usual, you can follow my hobby progress on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pygmyhippo/