Armageddon Ork Hunters (Astra Militarum): Part 1

Armageddon Ork Hunters are elite Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard) units that specialize in jungle and guerrilla warfare. Ork Hunter regiments were formed in the wake of the Second Armageddon War, to deal with the Ork populations in the equatorial jungle regions of the planet. The Ork Hunters are a brutal and wild lot, adopting many of the customs and manners of the Orks they hunt; they are notorious for using captured Ork weapons, preferring the sheer noise and devastating firepower caused by the Ork guns.

Armageddon Ork Hunters (front).  

The 3 Ork Hunters on the left are miniatures I recently completed (February 2020); the 2 Ork Hunters on the right are miniatures I built/painted back in the summer of 2018.

Armageddon Ork Hunters (back)

I created an Armageddon Ork Hunters section for the Old Guard; a modest Warhammer 40K fan site dedicated to the ‘Old School’ Imperial Guard miniature range.  Five Ork Hunters have been added to the site (more are currently being painted and will be added soon). The Armageddon Ork Hunters were built using the Catachan Jungle Fighter’s set, with components (weapons, shoulder pads, etc.) added from the Ork Boyz set.  A Vietnam War era ‘tiger stripe’ camouflage pattern was applied to the combat fatigues worn by the Ork Hunters.

For more images of these miniatures, please visit the Armageddon Ork Hunters section of the Old Guard; a website dedicated to Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40K miniatures, with a focus on the classic range of Imperial Guard models from the 1990s.