Narsty Orcses

[phreedh]

Just wanted to chime in with the lovin' here... I miss my ancient orcs, lots of goodies there. All sold in a lot for a pittance in the late 90s. =(

[Thantsants]

Ah man - feel your pain!

But hey now you get to spend hours searching ebay to but them all back again! 

[Thantsants]

Well thought I'd post these here rather than in the Orc's Drift thread, although as I'm going to need every orc I own they will be conscripted by King Fyaar eventually!

First 4 troopers from Ruglud's Armoured Orcs - only another 13 to go... 

and the command group.... 











Just need to locate 17 of the original plastic crossbows now, although preferably not at crazy ebay prices! 

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Brilliant! The shield designs are perfect as well!!! 

[Erny]

Nice how you've done the shields as old chaos warrior ones.  I used some of the first chaos warrior plastic kit ones for mine but I think I'll have to revisit them.

Do I remember right that you are missing some of the command? I'm sure I saw some  on Ebay recently, couldn't say when as I'm not watching them.

[Thantsants]

Thanks again fellas - this orcy, rusted up kit theme is great for explaining away rough paint jobs... 

I only have to be as good as the artistically challenged orc/chaos warrior who is supposed to have daubed the design onto the shield in the first place - hehehe!

Cheers for the thought Erny but I managed to track Ruglud down eventually and got a few more troopers in the bargain!

[Thantsants]

Drum roll please.....

Dah Dah - I've actually painted a whole regiment instead of mucking about with individual minis!! 

Wonders what a bit of elbow grease can do!

Anyway here's the rest of Ruglud's Armoured Orcs, or as they will be rechristened at some point for Orc's Drift, the Vile Rune Orcs (note emblems on Maggot's totem pole!), the severed hand tribe (Ruglud's shield - really the throttled skull's symbol pinched from Titan (Fighting Fantasy!), or the dreaded Kwae Karr tribe...

...and maybe King Fyarr's bodyguard too!

Here's the background story that came on the original box...

The Crooked Eye Orcs had travelled many miles westward to the Old World, suffering the sniping of mountain Goblins, incessant rain, and the endless whining of Bambrag, their incontinent shaman.

Once, they skirted a ruined Dwarfhold. Fear of spirits kept them from sheltering inside, but, a single Orc Hero named Ruglud had dared to enter. He returned unharmed, but had not spoken since, and stated blankly into space.

The Orcs huddled in the rain before a rough stone wall across a narrow pass, while Chief Gudruk Bonechewer yelled at a figure on the battlements.

'Stoopid!', he screamed, 'Do we look like Chaos boys?'

'Zog off!' echoed the reply.

Gudruk returned to the tribe, dodging the hall of stones and garbage that accompanied this witty riposte.

'Lissen,' he said. 'Them kak-'ead Gobboes reckon the Chaos boys took ev'ryfink over. They ain't comin' out an' they ain't lettin' nuffink through. They got bows an' rocks an' spears an' stuff - if we was to try and get 'em, they'd crump us to bits.' He thought for a while.

'We needs volunteers', he announced at length. His warriors developed a sudden and compelling interest in the ground at their feet.

'Or armour', whined Bambrag, 'Couldn't touch us if we 'ad cans like real Chaos boys.'

'We ain't got cans, 'ave we, Trickle-legs?' snarled Gudruk.

'Cans... jus' lyin' where they dropped... all black an' spiky.'

It was Ruglud who spoke. Gudruk gave him a good shake to speed the recovery of his senses, and he continued dreamily.

'Down this Stunty-hole... lotsa rooms ... lost... big room... big enough to stand up in ... big pile of bones an' gear... spiky Stunties an' reg'lar ones... wiped each uvver out...'

'Yerrrss!' cried Gudruk, 'We'll 'ave some o' that! Come on, boys - it's Goblin-gizzard for supper!'.

A swift expedition returned to the Dwarfhold. The ill-fitting plates were roughly hammered into shape and held

together with whatever came to hand. By nightfall, a small unit of armoured warriors was ready.

As the gear's discoverer and the bravest, meanest and certainly the most stupid Orc, Ruglud was made leader, At Gudruk's suggestion, Bambrag became the regimental musician on the Xylobone, a traditional Orcish instrument, and Maggot - Gudruk's youngest and most irritating whelp - joined the ranks as standard-bearer.

The tribe feasted upon Goblin-flesh long into the night - all except for Ruglud, who couldn't get his helmet off, and was reduced to sucking broth through a straw.

BATTLECRY The most frequent battlecry is a repetitive chant of 'Gobbo fer tea, Gobbo fer tea, Gobbo, Gobbo, Gobbo fer tea!', with 'Stunty', "Uman' and so on being substituted for 'Gobbo' as appropriate.
 






Individual troopers with their freehand shield designs... 







... and the command group -

Gudruk Bonechewer -






Ruglud -



Bambrag



and last and least, Maggot -



http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.com/2010/03/spike-can-commandos-part-ii.html

[LeadAsbestos]

 

Gorgeous! Love 'em!

[Erny]

Very nice, I need to get mine redone now, I first painted them age 13, repainted age 24 and I reckon they are due another repaint now!

BTW Ruglud is the one with the helmet stuck on his head .

[Thantsants]

D'oh!!

Been squinting down the end of my paint brush too long obviously!  


Praise be the edit button!

[rob_the_robgoblin]

These are utterly AWESOME.

Oh My God!

Well done mate. 

[Thantsants]

Cheers Rob -you're too kind!

As a break from the green ones (apart from the Druid Snart for Orc's Drift) I thought I'd have a go at a good old fashioned monster.

Also thought I'd see if I could get it done in a day - painting time is fast running out as our next youngster was due to arrive last Friday and could make an appearance anytime now... 

Anyways here's the piccies - sure there's some rough edges which I can iron out later - think I laid the gloss varnish a little thick in places on his tail... 









What's all this manticore business got to do with narsty orcses I hear you cry....

 



Didn't get time for the Gobbos 
but they might be next...

[Erny]

He is looking mighty fine quick paint job or not! Do you use real slate for your bases, I need to pay better attention to mine.

I just noticed you mentioned titan earlier and out of the pit in another thread. These were my first introduction to fantasy gaming along with the FF books. I love them to bits, did you ever play dungeoner?

[Thantsants]

Cheers Erny - all the scenic bases I use are resin ones - the slate drybrushes up really nice! Can't remember where I got these round ones from...

Looking back Fighting Fantasy must have been where it all started for me too! Had a load of the game books as a kid but could never find a copy of Dungeoneer - or Titan and Out of the Pit for that matter!

They were both ebay purchases in another fit of nostalgia! Dungeoneer is now on the wishlist though... also just found out that there is a sequel to the Trolltooth Wars!!! 

Its called Demonstealer apparently - looks like I'll be looking up ficton books as well as Wargames and Roleplaying on t'bay!

[Tacgnol]

Really sterling work on Ruglud's boyz  . Mine are still in the lead pile, although I think Bambrag may have been lost to the ages.