*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 28, 2024, 09:59:18 PM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Recent

Author Topic: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff (Resurrection October 2022 - Rackham Confrontation)  (Read 17940 times)

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Hello fellow LAFers. In this thread I'll present you some of my Fantasy collection. It's mostly old GW and Rackham 28/32mm with 15mm coming in from Copplestone, Demonworld & Co.

I'm a thematic collector. I own quite a lot of stuff, but nearly no playable armies. Therefore if I play, I like to play systems with a low model count. SoBH, Mordheim etc.

Apart from GW's Old World, I'm very much into Moorcock and Conan.

Gentlemen, please excuse my aweful photography, and I hope, you enjoy the following.
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 06:34:28 AM by DivisMal »

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2017, 10:09:20 AM »
One of me ladz for an Orc warband. He is still missing his shield.
« Last Edit: June 06, 2017, 10:11:13 AM by DivisMal »

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2017, 10:13:09 AM »
Another Oldhammer Orc. He's somehow angry and doesn't care so much for armor and stuff.

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2017, 10:22:48 AM »
Grom the Paunch. He's got a speeding ticket on his chariot, which he cannot pay (damn gobbo police!), and therefore joins the fight on foot. Needs some more lights on the helmet.

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2017, 10:26:03 AM »
Orc with polearm. He's a really cunnin' git, yet is also missing his shield.

It's so difficult to get those plastic shields for Oldhammer minis. On ebay their price is only slightly less than gold, it seems.

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2017, 10:34:39 AM »
Another Orc without shield. This one is a pretty clever one-piece-casting that still looks pretty dynamic and looks week even next to new minis.

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2017, 10:37:22 AM »
A still glorious Rackham Orc, painted by shades and lazes only over a grayscale foundation.

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2017, 10:39:46 AM »
Nasty Black Orc in armor.

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2017, 10:42:34 AM »
Frenzied Orc boy. I think, he'z just been told, that GW doesn't produce metal orcs with character anymore in favor of legions of poorly designed plastic orcs.... ;)

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2017, 10:45:28 AM »
Armored orc with heavy morning star (flail).

Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2017, 10:47:51 AM »
And finally an orc in chainmail holding either a spear or a ballista bolt.

Offline Bergil

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 765
  • Toy maker
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2017, 11:29:48 AM »
Always good to see a oldhammer stuff.

It's so difficult to get those plastic shields for Oldhammer minis. On ebay their price is only slightly less than gold, it seems.

You can get resin shields from other places though I think? Must be something out there that fits the bill.

Offline Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 4911
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2017, 12:25:31 PM »
Great stuff! I like the Perry orc (with the club) the best. I always find Perry orcs much easier to paint than Adams ones, for some reason: something to do with the facial detail, I think. Did you experience anything similar?

For shields, it might be worth looking at the GW beastman ("gor") ones: they're the right size and suitably hung with gruesome trophies. You'd have to cut down the bosses, though. Example here (sorry, the shots of the shield could be better!). They're relatively easy to pick up on eBay if you look for "beastman shields".

Offline Mason

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 21222
  • Eternal Butterfly!
    • Blind Beggar Miniatures
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2017, 12:35:14 PM »
Great selection of old Citadel classics.
You have really brought the character out of them.
 :-* :-*

I like the greyscale shaded orc.
It is a technique that I have used in the past and something I should use more often as it is pretty effective.
 8)


Offline DivisMal

  • Scatterbrained Genius
  • Posts: 3216
  • Ghazkull‘s Favorite Brainboy
Re: Florian's Oldhammer Stuff'
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2017, 12:39:18 PM »
Great stuff! I like the Perry orc (with the club) the best. I always find Perry orcs much easier to paint than Adams ones, for some reason: something to do with the facial detail, I think. Did you experience anything similar?

For shields, it might be worth looking at the GW beastman ("gor") ones: they're the right size and suitably hung with gruesome trophies. You'd have to cut down the bosses, though. Example here (sorry, the shots of the shield could be better!). They're relatively easy to pick up on eBay if you look for "beastman shields".

Same here; the Perry orcs also have the advantage, that no one seems to produce similar sculpts anymore, while the Adams orcs have been copied all over the places, it seems.

Thanks for the advice with the Beastmen shields. I didn't know they would work that well; need to get some.

PS
Awesome painting on that orc, dude. It's from the Claymore Saga, isn't it? That game, Hero Quest and the old Fantasy Warriors box made up 90% of the wargaming collection in my group back then.

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
5 Replies
1955 Views
Last post May 25, 2012, 11:50:04 AM
by **GS**
2 Replies
2414 Views
Last post June 04, 2012, 09:58:52 AM
by robh
5 Replies
1397 Views
Last post March 04, 2017, 11:27:36 PM
by DwarfTinker
348 Replies
52368 Views
Last post September 16, 2021, 06:20:27 PM
by Bloggard
5 Replies
604 Views
Last post March 14, 2024, 06:12:13 AM
by Timotl