Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (orcs for Mordheim)

[Hobgoblin]

Is that Acropolis range still available? Love it!

It appears to be. The "Vorucks" in this range seem to be the Ugrucks, judging by the descriptions. The one with the "clubmace" is really good; it owes a debt to an Angus McBride MERP painting of an Olog-hai. The chief is enormous, and the hound-handler with the whip is a nice variant on the first two. I'm less keen on the crouching one with the crossbow, as the squatting position makes him look as if he has no legs. But I've got one kicking around and will probably paint him up. Some of the smaller goblins are nice too.

I did the concept sketches (if you can dignify rough and childish drawings with that title!) for one or two of the hobgoblinish ones, including the "Trybe chief tusker", I think - they had different names in the original range.

[Hobgoblin]

Here's another troll.

[Hobgoblin]

A brace of lizardmen and a slightly better shot of the last troll:

[Hobgoblin]

And a warband of reptiles of various shapes and sizes:

[Hobgoblin]

The larger, orange ones were from Grenadier.

[DeafNala]

COOL STUFF! The new somewhat smaller Troll is REALLY quite a nice miniature. VERY WELL DONE one & all!

[Elgis]

Lovely.

Is there any chance of a more clear pic of the one in a striped cloak rear right though?

[Hobgoblin]

COOL STUFF! The new somewhat smaller Troll is REALLY quite a nice miniature. VERY WELL DONE one & all!

Thanks, DeafNala! He is, ahem, a beauty of a sculpt: Tom Meier at his best.

[Hobgoblin]

Lovely.

Is there any chance of a more clear pic of the one in a striped cloak rear right though?

Thanks!

I'll try to get one up. I'm terrible at taking photos of miniatures, and the long Scottish evenings don't help: it's always between dusk and daylight when I have time to attempt a shot or two.

I've also added some blueish stripes to the hide of his companion, who was looking a bit drab from behind otherwise.

I have really liked these Trish Morrison lizardmen since they came out. I love the Tom Meier ones equally, but the Morrison ones have a certain not-quite-anthropomorphic quality about them that makes them somehow the most convincing lizardmen I've seen. It's something to do with the posture and the way that they often appear to be using their tails for balance (as with the one in the cloak here).

[Hobgoblin]

Here are some of the first miniatures I painted in my "comeback" a year ago (after 20-odd years out). They're a bit rough, as I refined and speeded up my technique subsequently, but I quite like them:

[Vladimir Raukov]

I like the rough look for those guys. It makes them look dirty and savage.

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, Vladimir!

Here are some shots of the whole tribe. These were my first SOBH warband (and have met many gruesome deaths at the hands of my son's lizardmen). We generally play them as savage orcs (Q4, C3, Savage) with the big, more modern one as a hero and one of the officer types as a leader. For all the talk of its unbalancing effect on the game, their Savage ability seldom avails them against their cold-blooded foes. They've also seen plenty of action as a Lion Rampant troop of fierce foot.

[affun]

Very nice looking! I love the Retro-miniatures and the paintjobs you give them.
And a nice SoBH warband. They do seem to be lacking in some missile support - Perhaps an excuse to paint up a shaman or some goblin-archers?  
At any rate, they are an intimidating bunch, so the savage rule propably fits them pretty well.

I think I've said so before, but I really do enjoy this thread.

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, Affun!

Actually, they do have a little bit of missile support - you can just see the archers peeking out in the penultimate photo. Here they are in a particularly bad shot (much like the archers themselves ...).

[Hobgoblin]

Here are some Mantic orcs. I have a huge warband of these Orcs of the White Serpent almost done, most of which are heavily kitbashed/converted; they're armed, variously, with bows, arquebuses and polearms. I must make an effort to finish them off.