The Orks are still rampaging over Armageddon, and following on from the awesome launch box, we now have two very cool Getting Started boxes.

In this post we’ll be taking a look at one of those, the Getting Started with Orks box. You can find the unboxing video and review of the Space Marine box at this link.

We’ll be going through the full contents of the box in this post, to see if it’s worth our hard earned cash.

Before we go any further, our thanks to Games Workshop for sending us both of these boxes to unbox and review. You can preorder one of these (or both!) from our affiliates over at Element Games. Not only will you help us out, but you’ll also save money VS RRP!

Unboxing Getting Started with Orks

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What’s in the Box?

Like the Space Marine box, you’ll find returning minis from the Armageddon launch box in here, albeit with some missing faces.

This box includes:

• Warboss
• Weirdboy
• 20 x Boyz
• 10 x Gretchin
• Wartrakk

It does not include:

• Bannernob
• Big Boss
• Dakkarig

Even with the missing bits, that’s still a brilliant starting point for collecting Orks, and easy to expand upon regardless of how you want your final 2k army to look.

That’s not all you get in the box though, as you also get 11 x paints to get you started on your Ork collecting and painting adventure.

The included paints are:

• Runelord Brass
• Mephiston Red
• Zandri Dust
• Orruk Flesh
• Dawnstone
• Abaddon Black
• Wraithbone
• Agrax Earthshade
• Mournfang Brown
• Leadbelcher
• Armageddon Dust

Regardless of if you want to follow the paint scheme in the booklet that also comes with the box or not, these are staple paints for the collection. Real work horses you’ll use time and time again.

You also get a Starter Brush, as well as a Texture Spreader for that basing paint included in the above list.

The Booklet

Models, paints and accessories aside, you also get a glossy booklet in this box.

Aimed at newcomers to the hobby, this book gives you a flavour of the Orks as well as detailed guide on how to build your push fit minis.

It also has a very comprehensive guide to painting your Orks using only the paints provided in this box. You of course will need a water pot of some kind, and ideally a little palet, but you’ve almost got everything you need to get your force painted out of the box.

It covers all the basics, from ensuring you aren’t overloading your brush, to manually undercoats and then bascoating your models. It does also talk about shading, but does not cover highlighting.

Value for Money

This box is weighing in at £105 retail. That’s the price of a Combat Patrol nowadays.

Considering pots of Warhammer paint average at about £2.75 per pot (shades can be more expensive) that gives you approx £30.25 of paints in this box for starters.

Throw in the starter brush and texture spreader, which is approx nearly another £11, and suddenley it feels like you are getting a very good number of Orks for the price you are paying (especally when you consider the cost of individual kits).

It’s hard to value the Booklet, but it’s ideal for beginners and newcomers to 40k.

Summary

If you skipped Armageddon, or if you fancy starting an Ork army, or in fact if you just want to get into building and painting 40k, then this box is perfect.

You get a great selection of minis, two great accessories and 11 staple paints that you’ll use long after your Orks are painted.

Like with the Space Marine version, this is one of the best Start Collecting style boxes Games Workshop have done for a long while.