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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Cubs on 05 September 2016, 08:27:43 PM
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Another Oldhammer commish, this one is Hagar the Orc Hero, the very rare special edition model from the Orc's Drift collection.
(https://imgv2-1-f.scribdassets.com/img/document/209587650/original/64d24e24fd/1464806583)
The arrows are just pins and paper. This model didn't look like anything special until i started putting colour on him ... as soon as the skin was done, the quality of this vintage model really started to shine.
(https://myalbum.com/photo/MzDB55iSKLxi/540.jpg)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/ZMLcYe4tLCQW/540.jpg)
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Fantastic paintjob! I am a massive fan of your realistic and used looking metal colours.
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Awesome painting :-*
Didn't knew they made that mini, thanks for showing :)
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Cracking paint job and likewise I had no idea the model existed.
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I echo the other guy's comments, lovely naturalistic colours on him - looks like he's stepped right out of Mr Chalk's illustration.
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Great work.
This was one of the scenarios / campaigns that I had back in the day, and always really liked it. Never knew this figure existed though.
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No, I didn't know it existed either. I was horribly jealous that my customer had one. Sadly he posted it to me tracked, so I couldn't even pretend I never received it.
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;)
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we had great fun playing that when it came out, cracking paint job!
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Stunning
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Superb again!
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Excellent stuff. :--)
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Both the figure and your paint job are full of character! Thanks for sharing!
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This model didn't look like anything special until i started putting colour on him ... as soon as the skin was done, the quality of this vintage model really started to shine.
After my crack in the McDeath topic, I have to agree - that's a pretty nice model. Not too shabby with the daubs, either. :)
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Superb painting (as ever)! And a terrific model too. I spotted one on eBay earlier this year, along with a less illustrious orc. They were simply labelled "orcs", and I thought I might get away with buying them for three quid or so. No such luck - they eventually went for nearer £40.
I've always wondered if the Perry orcs from Hagar's companion range were in part a dry run for the 80s LotR figures. Although many of the Orc's Drift-era models share bodies or heads with the preslotta Armoured Orcs, those that don't tend to be squatter and are often armed with bows besides their melee weapons.
Hagar also raises a wave of nostalgia for the fact that he's the chief orc in the campaign but is neither outsized nor equipped with over-the-top armour and weapons. The same's true for his fellow chieftains: Magyar Ironfist, Fangor Gripe and that fellow with the Mohican crest. They're all great figures, but they're all normal-sized and relatively unobtrusive by later GW standards.
Anyway, that's astonishingly good paintwork! I love the blueish tints on the axehead and the rich browns and ochres of the tunic and trousers.
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Superb painting (as ever)! And a terrific model too. I spotted one on eBay earlier this year, along with a less illustrious orc. They were simply labelled "orcs", and I thought I might get away with buying them for three quid or so. No such luck - they eventually went for nearer £40.
I was unlucky on that one too :(
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252290626284?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252290626284?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
Beautiful (can I say that about an Orc?) work.
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I've always wondered if the Perry orcs from Hagar's companion range were in part a dry run for the 80s LotR figures. Although many of the Orc's Drift-era models share bodies or heads with the preslotta Armoured Orcs, those that don't tend to be squatter and are often armed with bows besides their melee weapons.
They certainly did recycle a lot of the sculpting for other stuff back then didn't they? I guess they figured it was mad to let good work go to waste. In collecting the Black Mountain Boys I noticed that variants of the heroes and troopers cropped up as part of the regular Orcs.
Hagar also raises a wave of nostalgia for the fact that he's the chief orc in the campaign but is neither outsized nor equipped with over-the-top armour and weapons. The same's true for his fellow chieftains: Magyar Ironfist, Fangor Gripe and that fellow with the Mohican crest. They're all great figures, but they're all normal-sized and relatively unobtrusive by later GW standards.
Yeah, ditto. When he and the McDeaths (lovely couple, lots of fun) were on my desk I noticed Hagar was the shortest out of the three of them. I sighed and felt that all was well with the world somehow. Orc Heroes don't need to be 7ft tall and built like balloon animals.
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Orc Heroes don't need to be 7ft tall and built like balloon animals.
lol ;)
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Fine work.
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Hagar is most definitely an UBERCOOL miniature when pained to the FANTASTIC standards you achieve, & embellished with all the LOVELY details you lavished on the Old Orc. OUTSTANDINGLY WELL DONE!
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Lovely paintwork :-* And what an awesome figure, I so want one now