Mord Hive (Mordheim to 40k Total Conversion)

[TheTrans]

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Good Afternoon All

Reached out to admin to ask where to put it, alas no reply, so mods/admins if it needs to move, please shimmy it!
 

Have just put together a small trial of a Mordhiem to 40k conversion.
 

This started mainly as a thing for myself and some mates to play some small scale 40k campaign based skirmish without sort of learning a new 'core' system.
 

Shadow Wars was just going to be too much (as well as a bit off the mark, Terminators and Grey Knight kill teams certainly increase the 'scale' of the game). We forayed into N17, but not only did that not have the 'death by bottle in back alley' vibe that Mordheim has (hell N17 feels like elite kill teams/navy seals going in to wreck each others face!), Necromunda's are very human-centric and just...vast.
 

N95 was fine, but again different enough that it would be another game system burning out our collective old man brains.
 

Thus Mord Hive.
 

I figured that it may be of some interest to people here as obviously we all love Mordheim. I love the ability to create a small, weird warband that may be a bit off kilter and never evolve into a true army due to the work (Looking at you lizardmen) invovled, but allows a bit of fun or to try something new. As above Necromunda doesn't really do that as it is all/90% humans and is a bit more complicated. So hopefully this can give some gaming groups wanting that 'small 40k but mordheim' feels!
 

This was very much an attempt to keep the Mordheim/OldHammer feels, with the GW turn of the century art and fluff styles (less is more etc).
 

I've created a few trial factions, based heavily off of existing Mordheim Factions (Imperial Guard, Orks, Pox Cult, Ordo Hereticus Retainers and a single Forsaken Astartes (Just added Cult of the Four Armed Emperor), this in its nascent form is meant to just use the core Mordheim rulebook, skill sheets and missions. It has new (mainly renamed) equipment, with new weapons that will no doubt require a heap of balance massaging!
 

Feel free to have a squiz and if you see anything that needs fixing, please yell out, this is very early in its life, but I've at the very least had a lot of fun putting it together and it never hurts getting some fresh sets of eyes on it!
 

Mord Hive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rSFnIEstQpbZh11AdRdanLLqK31RwCsF?usp=sharing

Feedback: https://forms.gle/voZxiSghBGDbFAB79

 

[MoriyaSchism]

I glanced at it and read all the warband rosters, will give it a full read later and to provide feedback. I don't have any experience with Mordheim outside of reading the rulebook and the supplementary material for it from White Dwarf, but this looks really interesting. I really like how the Space Marine warband looks, has a ton of conversion potentials as do all the other lists. I do have a question about the Eldar Weapon roster as the faction still isn't realized. I see the weapon lists has the Imperial Longlas on it, will the upcoming Eldar feature some Storm Guardian, Corsair and Ranger representation? I thought of the Forgeworld Corsair lasblaster variant and the Ranger Long Rifle while reading the weapon list. Then again considering the setting the Eldar roster might be limited in scope like all the others. I think Outcast Path Eldar would be a perfect fit for a Mordheim type setting. 

[Evil Eye]

Oh wow- I definitely need to give this a good look. This looks fantastic!

[TheTrans]

On 7/18/2026 at 8:38 PM, MoriyaSchism said:

I glanced at it and read all the warband rosters, will give it a full read later and to provide feedback. I don't have any experience with Mordheim outside of reading the rulebook and the supplementary material for it from White Dwarf, but this looks really interesting. I really like how the Space Marine warband looks, has a ton of conversion potentials as do all the other lists. I do have a question about the Eldar Weapon roster as the faction still isn't realized. I see the weapon lists has the Imperial Longlas on it, will the upcoming Eldar feature some Storm Guardian, Corsair and Ranger representation? I thought of the Forgeworld Corsair lasblaster variant and the Ranger Long Rifle while reading the weapon list. Then again considering the setting the Eldar roster might be limited in scope like all the others. I think Outcast Path Eldar would be a perfect fit for a Mordheim type setting. 

Hey mate, yeah the dream with this is it allows people to go do a faction they haven't worked on before and really crank up the modelling to 11 as 10-15 models is easier than 50+ as well as tanks etc! 

I've popped the Eldar and Dark Eldar weapons on there to allude to whats coming. I'm still unsure where I'm going to land on the Eldar/Dark Eldar. I don't want this to be a full kill team vibe of elites, but more some guys that sort of got stuck and want out. So yeah, still figuring that one out haha. 

 

7 hours ago, Evil Eye said:

Oh wow- I definitely need to give this a good look. This looks fantastic!

Thanks mate, hope you enjoy it! 

[MoriyaSchism]

I just read the most recent update. Really enjoyed Wayward War Host list, it's almost as if it's tailor made with the miniatures I have partially assembled or own as part of my collection (old metal Rangers and Bone Singer). I was even building a single Wraithguard model based on the old Ghost-Warrior assassin pewter miniature. I like the option of utilizing human weapons, I can imagine someone from the Outcast Path playing with a human weapon. The image of a Ranger messing around with that auto-tracking prototype bolter with BS2 is rather amusing. I assume he'd get more proficient at it as he levels up during campaign. 

[TheTrans]

Thanks mate! Glad you like the Wayward Host, I really wanted to try and have a lot of modelling opportunities available, while still keeping it within theme and like not OP haha. Sounds like you are all set with all the different flavours of warrior available!

Look getting that bolter would take some work haha. Good point though, what I may do is just make it -2 to their ballistic skill or 'to hit' or something, so a higher BS will get better at hitting with the crude weapon as opposed to the flat to hit. 

[MoriyaSchism]

10 hours ago, TheTrans said:

Thanks mate! Glad you like the Wayward Host, I really wanted to try and have a lot of modelling opportunities available, while still keeping it within theme and like not OP haha. Sounds like you are all set with all the different flavours of warrior available!

Look getting that bolter would take some work haha. Good point though, what I may do is just make it -2 to their ballistic skill or 'to hit' or something, so a higher BS will get better at hitting with the crude weapon as opposed to the flat to hit. 

I have a question about the Wraithguard. It says he's equipped with a Wraith Cannon and a club, is that club supposed to represent its fists or it clubbing the enemy with the gun? 

[TheTrans]

Dealers choice mate!