JOHN'S DUGOUT

Way back in the mists of time when WH40K first edition came out, there were only a handful of vehicle models these were small white metal kits - a landspeeder, two bikes and an ork war buggy. Before the Rhino and Land raider GW suggested you scratch-build your own vehicles, shock-horror. So in White Dwarf 95 Rick Priestly  wrote an 'Eavy Metal article on building the Grav Attack.  This hover vehicle was an light tank-made from spares from your bits box and a plastic deodorant dispenser. It encouraged both thrift and personal hygiene. The latter is always a good thing for wargamers! Anyhow, the Groundhog was a kit bash from a popular toy, a Slitherzoid from Tomy's Zoid range. These were plastic, toy, clockwork, war, robot dinosaurs (well, it was the eighties.) They came with lotsa attachable guns, antenna and radar dishes. Apparently you can still get Zoids accessories box. The Groundhog - a temporary blip in GW history. Note gaps filled with Milliput and Rhino tranfers Obvious...

  Vulture Warrriors Meet Plenty Orks was the best and funniest Rogue Trader scenario for White Dwarf. It was a 40K / Paranoia crossover from by Ken Rolston in WD 112. You could either play it as a Paranioa RPG adventure or a WH40K wargame. Anyway, time-travelling Trouble-shooters from Alpha Complex, materialise in a backwater, Space Ork garrison base, on an algae planet. The trobleshooters are unwitting volunteers for a Research and Development test of a Transdimentional-colapsitron which zaps them into other times and space. This is  Brave New World meets the Time Tunnel. Meanwhile ,some of the space orks are out shooting the algae on flight packs. Back at base the boy'z are watching wrestling videos, breaking wind in hammocks, or bickering about the galley menu. Then the intruder alarm goes off and battle is joined. But who would want to steal an algae planet from some bored space orks? "Bweeet...bweeet...bweeet" The space ork guards begin to investigate the vehicle ba...