Pattus Magnus' Fantasy Armies - 15mm Barbarians and Giants

[blacksmith]

Really like they way you paint your Orcs; one can see your personal style there, and they all make a great army together.

[Old Hob]

Old Hob, you might end up finishing your wolf riders before I do, after all. My hot water heater tank failed yesterday and leaked for hours before I noticed, and by then it had dampened the carpet in my painting area (I noticed the problem when I sat down to paint and wondered why the f-k my feet were wet).

I'm really sorry to hear that. That sounds cold and expensive. Hope you get it sorted without too much fuss.

I haven't bought the wolves yet (got distracted by some Bosch-inspired demons), so you still might beat me to it.

[Pattus Magnus]

Blacksmith, thanks, it is very satisfying to have them coming together!

Old Hob, thanks for the supportive words! I spent a lot of time over the weekend and should have my painting area put back together by tomorrow. In retrospect, it could have been a lot worse. I’m hoping to have more progress on figure to share soon!

[Golgotha]

Great additions I also really like the red/orange natural colour you have done the clothing - makes them look realistic and believable.

[Seditiosus]

Sorry, a bit late. Just wanted to say thanks for the comparison shots. very useful....

I have to think about these possibilities of using lotr miniatures in fantasy further and check some sites, maybe I can figure out any other useful combination. for orcs, it is clearly a very good time so many great kits on the market.

[batu]

The LotR and Oathmark Orcs are really working great together. You made it work tremendously well Pattus. I had to look really closely, and often more than once, in order to make out the different sculpting styles.

[Pattus Magnus]

Seditiosus, you’re welcome, it was no problem to post the comparison shots. I recently bought the LotR Mordor battlehost box (got a very good deal at a local store), so now I have some Mordor orcs and warg riders to experiment with. I’ll have some pics of warg rider conversions soon, and some converted infantry will join the horde eventually!

[Pattus Magnus]

Batu, thanks, that’s exactly the kind of continuity I was hoping to achieve!

[Seditiosus]

looking forward to your creations!

[Belgian]

Inspiring thread, great ideas and excellent execution!

[Pattus Magnus]

Seditiosus, I should have some wolf riders completed over the weekend, and I’ll post some pics when they’re done.

Belgian, thanks! You’re more than a little familiar with orcs, so I’ll take that as high praise!

[Belgian]

Seditiosus, I should have some wolf riders completed over the weekend, and I’ll post some pics when they’re done.

Belgian, thanks! You’re more than a little familiar with orcs, so I’ll take that as high praise!

Thanks, although my paintjobs can´t match yours though!

[DivisMal]

This is really brilliant! 

It makes me want to jump the bandwagon and start tolkienesque Orcs, too!  I love especially what you did with those old Grenadier plastic orcs. They absolutely look great, and to my eyes you kitbashes look even better than what is intended to build with the models.

Absolutely marvelous!

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks! It’s a great time to do a Tolkien inspired army!

Here’s the final installment for Orctober - some wolf riders.

The first pic shows an Oathmark wolf rider hero remounted on a RAFM giant wolf. I built up the base a bit with cork to give him some gravitas. The other pic is an old figure by Alternative Armies, which I got from a local shop’s old stock. He also got a RAFM remount.

The second pic shows the same figure alongside his archer colleague. They’re a little dated, but I like their character.

[Pattus Magnus]

These are the bulk of this batch of wolf riders.

The first pic shows Oathmark riders on RAFM wolves, which works well, in my opinion.

The second shows two GW LotR warg riders on Reaper Bones dire wolves. One got a head-swap with an Oathmark head. I think they work pretty well.