A very slow Middle Earth project.

[Alan Mercer]

Otherwise known as the project drags forever on....

The idea was to produce some orcs to look more like how I imagine middle earth orcs should look, using whatever plastic kits I could think of. Without the oathmark goblins I would have been stuck as they comprise probably 50% of the bodies. Everything else is scavenged from odd sprues of stuff. There's even some perry afghan bits in there somewhere.

I can't remember when I started this little project, definitely pre-covid, but I have reached a milestone as the marching orcs are pretty much complete. I can use them as one big horde, or break them down into 2 units of 36.

Archers are next.

[OSHIROmodels]

They really look the part 

[dadlamassu]

They really look the part 

They certainly do.  Well done.

[Sunjester]

Very nice indeed.

[Dean]

Yep, loving those

[Plynkes]

Yeah, reminds me of old White Dwarf covers from the 80s, and the artwork for MERP. Very nice.

[Basementboy]

Fantastic stuff! Really captures the gritty yet slightly whimsical feel that I always associate with Middle Earth, congrats on finishing them!

[guitarheroandy]

Superbly 'Orcy' in the best possible way! Fabulous!

[Pattus Magnus]

Excellent! As others have said, they look like the gritty artwork orcs of the MERP covers. I really like how your conversions turned out.

[Elk101]

They're great, very much how I imagine Middle Earth orcs.

[LouieN]

looking good

[Elbows]

Yep, that's top quality level stuff right there.  50x50mm bases?

[DalyDR]

That is a great looking group of orcs!  Excellent work.

[Alan Mercer]

Next stage, missile troops, mostly bows, but the odd sling and javelin too. Again, Oathmark bodies in the main with bits and bobs from all over the place. A couple of stock GW LOTR too, they work well enough.

All on 50mm by 50mm bases.

[Pattus Magnus]

Excellent! The painted figures look great and the primed ones will make good additions. Your kitbashes on the missile troops are just as smooth as the ones on the spearmen.