*

Recent Topics

Author Topic: Not quite the full orc  (Read 1773 times)

Offline whiskey priest

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 496
    • the Leadpile
Not quite the full orc
« 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.



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



And an old swamp troll for extra seemliness


Offline jthomlin

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 258
    • My Trade site
Re: Not quite the full orc
« Reply #1 on: 27 July 2015, 09:45:16 AM »
Nicely done!

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

Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson
"There is a pleasure sure In being mad which none but madmen know."

~John Dryden, The Spanish Friar, 1681

Offline marrony

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1195
Re: Not quite the full orc
« Reply #2 on: 27 July 2015, 06:12:53 PM »
Some real nice work there
'The night is gone and the sword is drawn.And the scabbard thrown away!' -Cry of the People by John G Neihardt.

Offline DeafNala

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 10333
Re: Not quite the full orc
« Reply #3 on: 27 July 2015, 06:31:18 PM »
The Old Lads & some FINE new brushwork go well together. VERY WELL DONE!
I'd NEVER join a club that would have me as a member.  G.Marx

Offline **GS**

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 948
  • never enough time
    • Spitl.de
Re: Not quite the full orc
« Reply #4 on: 27 July 2015, 06:40:57 PM »
Hey there, nice old figures!

And cool brushwork!

Cheers
GS
"You don't have enough magic in you to make cereals into breakfast!"Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden

Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5441
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Not quite the full orc
« Reply #5 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.

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
8 Replies
2035 Views
Last post 31 January 2012, 11:55:26 PM
by Christian
The Full Hergé

Started by FramFramson « 1 2 3 4 » Pulp

47 Replies
10747 Views
Last post 03 October 2014, 10:58:25 AM
by Mad Lord Snapcase
7 Replies
2224 Views
Last post 14 December 2015, 02:31:44 PM
by YPU
17 Replies
7528 Views
Last post 03 October 2022, 05:46:38 PM
by fred
112 Replies
33835 Views
Last post 28 July 2024, 07:49:26 PM
by PineyPhantom