Warg Riders

[James Morris]

Orc warg riders completed!

This project’s been running for a while so I thought it was high time I got these chaps together for a team photo. I had a load of GW LOTR metal warg riders who had been serving as the cavalry in my Tolkien orc army for some years - lovely models, but more hyena than wolf I’m afraid.  When the Oathmark goblin wolf riders appeared I decided to ring the changes and get a replacement cavalry wing.

Problem was that I was never really ok with the new plastic wolves.  The kit is amazing value and the riders are awesome, but the wolves just didn’t do it for me (I’ve seen some impressive conversions and paint jobs on these, but they just didn’t tick my vision of a Tolkien warg or wolf). 

So, I ended up spending several months researching and ordering various wolf minis.  Eventually I settled on these guys.  The main rank and file wolves (with riders) are plastic boardgame pieces from the Zombiecide: Blood Rage expansion; the big wargs (ridden by the leaders and in the individual warg unit) are OOP metal castings by Mierce Miniatures.  There are also a few extra Reaper and Otherworld Games wolves in there too.

The riders are pretty much all Oathmark with some extra pieces from other kits, most notably Warlord Games orcs.  The fact that these two kits are split at the waist made converting riders great fun, and no two are the same.

[James Morris]

And here’s a few workbench shots of the riders and wolves in construction. I only managed to get two poses of the Zombiecide wolves, hence I ended up cutting several in half to swap components around!  Fortunately the joins were mostly disguised by the riders, and I could greenstuff over any gaps. In these you can also see some of the various kit pieces that I mashed up with the Oathmark figures: Warlord Games orcs, Perry WOTR helmets and arms, Fireforge sergeants’ arms, and one or two Wargames Atlantic Irish bits.

[Will Bailie]

These are fantastic, your wolves look far more like the real deal!

[Historiker]

Wow  ! These are looking feral and fabulous!

Much closer to what I imagine LotR Wargriders to look like than the original Oathmark kit. I can see why you wanted to follow through on your vision!

[Grumpy Gnome]

Brilliant work! They really fit the image I have in my own mind.

[Little Odo]

Great looking warg riders. Excellently converted, nicley posed and beautifully painted 

[James Morris]

Wow  ! These are looking feral and fabulous!

Much closer to what I imagine LotR Wargriders to look like than the original Oathmark kit. I can see why you wanted to follow through on your vision!

Thanks everyone.  It took me a while to get what I wanted, but I’m glad I managed to get there. Now hoping to use these in a few games!

[Swordisdrawn]

Wowser! They look tremendous. The poses and painting are spot on. 

[Munindk]

Great looking wolves

I'll have to scrounge up some zombiecide wolves to mix in with the GW Fellwargs and Fenrisian wolves.