Bad Moons

Orks of the Bad Moon clan grow their teeth faster than other Orks. As Orks use 'teef' as their currency this means Bad Moons can afford the most expensive wargear and biggest guns. The Bad Moons like to dress as ostentatiously as possible, just to make sure all the other Orks know who are the richest Boyz around.

In Epic 40,000 terms, a detachment of Bad Moons would reflect this philosophy by taking some of the most expensive troops and vehicles in the detachment list With this in mind, Bad Moons detachments should usually be chosen from the Ork Warband list. No Bad Moon Warboss is going to be seen going to battle without at least a small army of his Nobz, resplendent in their mega-armour, so a couple of Nobz mobs making six to eight units is probably a good start. After that, your next port of call will be the weapons Mek to get some of the biggest, shootiest gunz around, which means lots (LOTS!) of Shooty Boyz. Four Shooty Boyz units give you 8 Firepower (one automatic Blast marker) while 8 units of Shooty Boyz kick out an impressive 16 Firepower (and two Blast markers)!

After your Shooty Boyz have been assembled it's time to look at the Support options. A few Traktor Cannons, Shokk Attack guns and other Big Gunz are definitely a good idea, along with a fairly sizeable battery of Pulsa Rokkits. Four to six Big Gunz and three or four Pulsa Rokkits will be ideal, though you can go for more if you want to pay the points! To protect these expensive troops you'll most likely want a couple of Flakwagons — nobody likes to have their hand-picked force smashed to bits by an unexpected aerial attack! And don't forget the all-important Weirdboy, normally carried in his own towering Battlewagon.

For a more mobile detachment, the Bad Moons take lots of Battlewagons; enough for all the Nobz and Shooty Boyz to hitch a lift, and possibly a couple of spares! This allows them to zoom into an ideal firing position before settling down and taking long-ranged shots at the enemy. As one of the most expensive and shootiest vehicles around, the Stompa makes an ideal centrepiece for a Bad Moon detachment, and quite often the Warboss will save up his teef for such a big display of his wealth and power.