Paint schemes

by Wlshman

A trio of Ork-based stories on why certain colours matter. Now, while everyone know the yellow means your rich and that being red makes you go fasta, what about the lesser used colours of blue, pink and purple. Authors note: It's not that my grammar is awful for these but your average Ork doesn't tend to speak in fluent English. If it's hard to understand that's cause it should be

1. Blue makes you lucky

Dagbaz "Da Pilfergit" was stumped. The Ork had no idea what was wrong with his brand new deffgun, and neither did the Mek who'd made it for him. It just wouldn't fire. Seemed fine as a makeshift-choppa, as the squashed grot underneath him attested to, but he hadn't looted that much scrap and teef just to get a faulty weapon.

It certainly looked roight and proppa, lots of flash and bitz and…and…The Deathskulls Orks breath caught in his throat. No Blue Paint! Well no wonder it wasn't firing, he grumbled to himself, "S'not blue enough".

Rummaging through the nearby paint cans Dagbaz came upon a deep blue shade and liberally pawed the paint over his new gun. "Dere we go", he thought, "Lets try dat". He pulled the trigger and was blown off his feet with a loud bang. Shaking his head, the Ork staggered upright to find his lucky new gun still in one piece and yelling from the humie trenches across the way "Ork snipers! They shot the Commisar!" Laughing, Dagbaz grabbed a handful of teef out of his pouch, passed them to the Mek and grabbed the rest of the paint can. As the Boss called for a new charge the Ork poured the paint over himself and thought "Damn, it's good to be blue"