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Title: Orcyboy's hobby blog of fantasy related stuff.
Post by: Orcyboy on March 06, 2021, 08:33:10 AM: Hi all,

Long time lurker first time blogger (here).

Over the past year I put together what I call a Border Princes mercenary army. I am long time warhammer fan so naturally I built a backstory around my own warhammer world (as opposed to GWs warhammer world).

For the core of the army I used Fireforge's Forgotten World northmen, nice generic looking fellas. I tried to go for more subdued colors and was hoping they'd have a little Balkan's look to them.

Here is King Philippos grand army.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003812227_6ecea9d7b3_o.jpg)

The phalanx of 42 spearmen to hold the line. This was my first attempt at printing out decals to decorate the shields and I think it came out pretty well.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003811792_79fb844884_o.jpg)

A unit of halberds to add a little oomph.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003697051_843b845c2c_o.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51002994508_6454d9cc71_o.jpg)

The bowman
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003696831_a689004d6b_o.jpg)

Artillery!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51002994708_efabc535cf_o.jpg)

The vanguard of the army, the Gray Cloak Companions.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003812142_aa78812e88_o.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003697121_4e133eb61f_o.jpg)

The light cavalry. Not the best work. They are pieced together from left over parts and I used toy horses. A little bit of a disapointment, maybe if I added more tack to the horses but I got bored with it and move on.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51002994528_3368e060f6_o.jpg)

If you really need a job done right, hire yourslf some ogre soldiers.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003811827_39fb34db9a_o.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003811847_e7216e0af0_o.jpg)

And last for today. Benny the Bouncer! The coolest giant I own. I picked him up on ebay on whim for next to nothing. I had no idea what I had gotten. All I had to go by was a date and a Ral Partha stamp on the bottom but I couldn't find him in any Ral Partha or Iron Winds Metals catalogs. Eventually I sourced him to a semi-obscure game called Carnage which I also happened to own but I had no idea they made supplements for it. https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/166459/carnage
Now he serves as a bit of muscle in king Philippos' army.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003697241_14bf1aeeeb_o.jpg)

Thanks for looking!

-Orcyboy
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Post by: Nightpaw on March 06, 2021, 08:41:31 AM: Great army. I really like your color choice.
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on March 06, 2021, 08:42:49 AM: Brilliant work! That is a smashing cool color palette you have chosen and some great sculpts. Very inspirational!
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on March 06, 2021, 08:53:25 AM: Splendid. The decals work particularly well 8)
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Post by: AKULA on March 06, 2021, 08:57:47 AM: Great first post, and a lovely looking army.

:)
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Post by: Ogrob on March 06, 2021, 09:04:20 AM: Welcome! Love the decals and banners, you've got some really great designs there.
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Post by: Elk101 on March 06, 2021, 09:06:31 AM: Very well put together army and a great first post.
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Post by: Ranthony on March 06, 2021, 10:29:29 AM: Very nice figures, good choice of colours and a well thought out idea.

Looking forward to more.

Thanks for sharing
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Post by: Too Bo Coo on March 06, 2021, 10:34:58 AM: Very nice project!!
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Post by: Little Odo on March 06, 2021, 10:44:04 AM: Great looking army - and I like the sound of it not being linked into the "official" GW canon. The choice of miniatures fit well together and the paint job really brings them into a cohesive whole. Nice work.

Do you have anyone for them to fight yet, and will we be seeing any batreps or backstories for each unit soon?
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Post by: fred on March 06, 2021, 11:04:20 AM: I really like the look of these, subdued colours, but not dull. The shields are very nice.

Great work.
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Post by: Duncan McDane on March 06, 2021, 11:05:34 AM: Cool stuff, and a very suitable gritty pj. Love 'em.
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Post by: BZ on March 06, 2021, 11:28:28 AM: Really great looking army!
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Post by: HappyChappy439 on March 06, 2021, 12:34:07 PM: Great army! Really like the shield decals too, they've turned out really well
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Post by: Knight-Captain Tyr on March 06, 2021, 07:05:27 PM: Really nice force. Great take on the Forgotten World Northmen, it's good to see them out in the wild. Have you shared on the Fireforge page on Facebook? They'd love to see your work, I'm sure. And as said, the shield decals really take this force to the next level.
Title: Re: Orcyboy's hobby blog of fantasy related stuff.
Post by: Orcyboy on March 06, 2021, 11:13:36 PM: Thanks for the encouraging remarks folks!

When or if I ever find more time I will start filling in the back story of the army but for the foreseeable future real life work is keeping me pretty busy.
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Post by: Mr. White on March 07, 2021, 12:09:25 AM: I love the Border Princes in the Old World and this is a proper army for the region. Fantastic job! love the model choice...those ogres! perfect!
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Post by: Orcyboy on March 08, 2021, 06:43:13 AM: The Highland auxiliaries.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003696816_5fb5b05fa8_o.jpg)

The regular warriors are made up mostly Oathmark men. I can't remember where the command miniatures are from Claymore maybe?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51014343338_6c38767fab_o.jpg)

The axemen are mostly Fireforge Scandanavians, a little disappointing boxset imo.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003696926_8d49ee2efc_o.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51002994398_e0edd9827b_o.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51002994438_e755ef4e5c_o.jpg)

Thanks for looking.
-Orcyboy
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Post by: beefcake on March 08, 2021, 06:47:03 AM: Very cool. Following this one with interest!
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on March 08, 2021, 07:57:22 AM: Talk about knocking it out of the park, I love them! Brilliant work yet again mate. Very inspirational.
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Post by: pieface paul on March 08, 2021, 12:11:46 PM: Fabulous looking army Orcyboy, I would like to see your blog could you give us a link?.
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Post by: Little Odo on March 08, 2021, 02:43:51 PM: Another great couple of units. I lik ethe direction you took the painting.

I second PieFace - any chance of a link to your blog if you have one?
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Post by: Orcyboy on March 08, 2021, 07:50:33 PM: Quote from: pieface paul on March 08, 2021, 12:11:46 PM
Fabulous looking army Orcyboy, I would like to see your blog could you give us a link?.

LOL, I thought this was my blog.

I have http://oldorcsneverdie.blogspot.com/ but I haven't updated it in a while. I'm a little sick of the alphabet company and keeping an eye out for other alternatives.
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Post by: LouieN on March 08, 2021, 08:55:43 PM: A really great look on these humans. Well done on the colors and cloth.
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Post by: pieface paul on March 08, 2021, 09:00:38 PM: Thanks for the link Orcyboy, I'm following now.
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Post by: Melnibonean on March 08, 2021, 09:20:06 PM: Nice work. I like your grimy earthy style.
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Post by: sir_shvantselot on March 08, 2021, 10:27:11 PM: Great painting; great decals. Nice to see the mix of figures.
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Post by: Orcyboy on March 09, 2021, 01:34:57 AM: Quote from: Melnibonean on March 08, 2021, 09:20:06 PM
Nice work. I like your grimy earthy style.

I think its the Army Builder Quickshade that does it. Its definitely given these guys a different feel from my previous stuff.
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Post by: BZ on March 09, 2021, 05:49:50 AM: Superb mix of miniatures, really like it!
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Post by: AxolotlQuestions on March 09, 2021, 12:10:14 PM: Nice work! Can I ask where the lady general with the axe is from?
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Post by: Orcyboy on March 09, 2021, 09:31:48 PM: Quote from: AxolotlQuestions on March 09, 2021, 12:10:14 PM
Nice work! Can I ask where the lady general with the axe is from?

Bronzeage miniatures. http://bronzeagemin.com/Northmen/
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Post by: AxolotlQuestions on March 09, 2021, 10:05:17 PM: Thanks!