Necromunda: House Orlock Gangers 02

Here I showcase all of my original House Orlock gangers, some of which were used in my friend Neil's Murder Inc. gang when I ran my first Necromunda campaign in the mid-1990's.

I start with four metal gangers produced by Citadel Miniatures. At the far left is Danny "The Kid" Orson, who is armed with a Shotgun and a Knife. He started out as a juve and got promoted to a ganger, hence his nickname. He ended up being the gang's medic. Next up is Dean Cray who is armed with a Las Rifle, a Las Pistol and a Knife.

Third in line is an unnamed ganger who was not used in my campaign. He is armed with an Autogun, a Las Pistol and a Knife. The ganger at the far right was also unnamed and unused. He is armed with an Autogun and a Slug Pistol. Note that he is the only ganger who is wearing a leather jacket instead of a leather waistcoat. I don't know why Neil never chose him. I would have made him my second in command.

Moving on, at the far left is Andreas "Hitman" Kazlowski, who is armed with a Las Rifle, an Autopistol, Frag Grenades and a Power Maul. He was the most experienced ganger in Murder Inc. Next to him is Jamie Jacobs, who is armed with twin Autopistols, Smoke Grenades and a Knife. His second Autopistol is in a holster hidden by his right arm. You can just spot it in the picture below.

Second from the left is Damian Cray, the twin brother of Dean. Just like his brother, he is armed with a Las Rifle, a Las Pistol and a Knife. At the far left is another unnamed and unused ganger. This chap is armed with an Autogun and a Club.

The following twelve gangers are all plastic figures, that came with the boxed starter set. These all had separate right arms holding an assortment of weapons. Only the ganger at the far left was named and used in Murder Inc. He is Andy Johannsson and he is armed with a Shotgun, Las Pistol and Sword. His sword came from one of my Goliath gangers' sprues and replaced his knife. The Goliath ganger got his Knife.

Seeing as the other five gangers were not named or used I'll just mention how they were armed. From left to right we have a Slug Pistol and Knife, an Auto Pistol and Knife, a Bolt Pistol and Knife, a Las Pistol and Knife and another Las Pistol and Knife.

These next six gangers were also unnamed and unused. At the far left I slightly converted this ganger to hold an Auto Pistol. He also has a Knife. The next two gangers are armed with a Shotgun and Knife and an Autogun and Knife respectively.

The three gangers at the right are armed with an Autogun and Knife and the two at the far right are each armed with a Las Rifle and a Knife.
The eight metal gangers are very good figures and are well sculpted. The plastic gangers are far inferior. Sure, they give you numbers but quality has been sacrificed for quantity. The new plastic Orlock gangers are in a different league and show just how far advanced the production of plastic figures has come since the mid 1990's.
To me, the Orlocks were a gang with no great strengths but no great weaknesses either. In my original Necromunda campaign they finished ninth out of twelve, losing more games than they won.