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Title: Not quite the full orc
Post by: whiskey priest on 27 July 2015, 08:59:26 AM
I've been getting prepped for the upcoming old hammer weekend and I was motivated enough to get my Half-Orcs painted.

(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O6t7ze3izoU/VbTXU2Vl2_I/AAAAAAAADaA/IWG56RwrYC0/s640/blogger-image-722006630.jpg)

20 half-orcs, most of them pre-slotta led by Agoroth the unwashed.

I've also got a bunch of Bob Olley Black Orcs to bully the little guys

(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L6W5sljoSmQ/VbTXb1AhiKI/AAAAAAAADaY/WML5W5e24qg/s640/blogger-image--118422165.jpg)

And an old swamp troll for extra seemliness

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g1ZTGVx33Es/VBc12D6Ya3I/AAAAAAAAB60/HyH9MiT2NVA/s640/blogger-image--1958103642.jpg)
Title: Re: Not quite the full orc
Post by: jthomlin on 27 July 2015, 09:45:16 AM
Nicely done!

They sure don't make 'em like they used to ...

Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson
Title: Re: Not quite the full orc
Post by: marrony on 27 July 2015, 06:12:53 PM
Some real nice work there
Title: Re: Not quite the full orc
Post by: DeafNala on 27 July 2015, 06:31:18 PM
The Old Lads & some FINE new brushwork go well together. VERY WELL DONE!
Title: Re: Not quite the full orc
Post by: **GS** on 27 July 2015, 06:40:57 PM
Hey there, nice old figures!

And cool brushwork!

Cheers
GS
Title: Re: Not quite the full orc
Post by: Hobgoblin on 27 July 2015, 08:18:37 PM
Great stuff! Those Aly Morrison half-orcs are terrific models. Oddly, I think the pre-slotta ones with the skull-and-bone shields are the pick of the bunch (though the LotR slotta ones are nice too - I can see a few of those in there).

A thought that I've voiced before elsewhere: miniatures (like those solid-based half-orcs) that were designed for RPGs tend to be better than ones that were designed for Warhammer. The pre-slotta figures tended to have a really wide array of equipment and accoutrements, which makes them much more interesting than the later ones, which tend to be "hand weapon and shield" or the like. Some of those half-orcs have two-handed swords, crossbows, a variety of side-arms and so on, just as the C15 armoured orcs sometimes have darts or javelins. The variety makes for much more interesting models - and, in skirmish games, much more interesting play.