Orc's Drift - The Grand Finale

[Thantsants]

Cheers for the thought fellas - must say I've never seen a softback 3rd ed book but then again there's a lot in this wide world I haven't seen yet... 

Phreedh - may well have to take you up on that offer if something I've got my eye on doesn't come off in the next few days - very kind offer by the way! I've already got Ravening Hordes by the by. 

I do love 3rd ed though - the book that is, I seem to remember games being a bit long winded - and I too have a copy by my bed but its not a particularly pungent one so maybe I'm missing out there?  )

Anyway must stop procrastinating... must paint... 

[rob_alderman]

Cheers for the thought fellas - must say I've never seen a softback 3rd ed book but then again there's a lot in this wide world I haven't seen yet... 

Phreedh - may well have to take you up on that offer if something I've got my eye on doesn't come off in the next few days - very kind offer by the way! I've already got Ravening Hordes by the by. 

I do love 3rd ed though - the book that is, I seem to remember games being a bit long winded - and I too have a copy by my bed but its not a particularly pungent one so maybe I'm missing out there?  )

Anyway must stop procrastinating... must paint... 

I have 3rd ed in Hardback AND softback! Also have ravening hordes! Not as cool as the 3rd ed Warhammer 'Armies' book, and I need the Siege book for 3rd.
I only have them because they are nice to own, from what I've heard, they are terribly long winded, so I will probably never play them. My softcover one is particularly dog-eared, and has some guy's address written on the inside in blue felt tip pen.

WHFRP 1st edition (or 2nd edition, which was a reprint of 1st) is great to own as well if you are into old school Warhammer, it's where a lot of the background was written. What I find the most interesting is the Ogres, which are said to have a real lust for eating and worship 'The Great Maw' a concept which GW put BACK into the background in 2005 with the 'Ogre Kingdoms' army.

Funny really. 

[Thantsants]

What I find the most interesting is the Ogres, which are said to have a real lust for eating and worship 'The Great Maw' a concept which GW put BACK into the background in 2005 with the 'Ogre Kingdoms' army.

Well I never!

Is there still hope for the Zoats, Fimir, Gnomes, the Norse and Nipponese then?! 

[rob_alderman]

The Norse are back in the background and swamp beasts that dwell on albion (i.e. the fimir) are too.
Oh and Nippon, Cathay and Ind.

Gnomes and Zoats go unmentioned. Can't have everything though! 

[Thantsants]

Mmmm interesting - I've always fancied a Fimir raiding party but been put off by the sky high prices on ebay - some new minis could be good! 

Sure it'll never happen though - wasn't there some aprocaphyl tale of them being dropped because of the unsavoury back story of how they reproduced? 

[Argonor]

I'm pretty sure I saw a thread with some not-fimirs from another company not so long ago.

[white knight]

Bloodmoon miniatures do the not-fimirs.

[Thantsants]

Yeah remember across these chaps a while back - really nice minis...

... but green is good but only with two eyes, green is good but only with two eyes, must paint more orcs... 

Finished my first batch of orc archers and nearly done the rest of the Hobhounds... 

Pics to come soon!

[Thantsants]

... and here they are!







Some villagers next methinks... 

[VoodooInk]

Is that an Orc with a Centurion Plume?

[Delaney]

Sure is- a Perry sculpted, pre-Kevin Adams orc leader.
If you check out heroes for wargames book, there is a picture of the same model that someone converted by filing away the helmet, leaving him with a cool mohawk!

Love those orc archers...  hey... was it you who outbid me on that block of archers a month back? 

[phreedh]

Nice stuff Thants, really like the pack of hounds!

[Thantsants]

Cheers fellas!

Hey that's no ordinary leader orc - that's Grashak Kra, fearless but slightly chewed Handler of the Hob Hounds of the feared Severed Hand Tribe!  Like the sound of that conversion by the by!

I got most of my Harboth archers a while back off Hetz and had a few random 80s archers from when I were a lad so not guilty Dave! 

I wouldn't like to say how long some of them have been waiting for a lick of paint...

[Thantsants]

Well I reckon I've earnt me a beer or two by now with this project!

Come on down to Ye Olde Slann in Space - a finer Ale House you will not find this side of the Northern Wastes..



Run by a friendly crowd -

Arthur Bitte, the Landlord -



His old Dad, Aulden Bitte (so wanted to call him Uncle Albert!)



His young daughter, Fancia Bitte (sorry!  )



Helga Fästman, the barmaid/bouncer -



And life-long denizen of the old Slann -Elwin Presslay - busker and general ne'er-do-well -



He also comes complete with Barnabuss - his faithful dancing monkey and a complicated love triangle between him, Fancia and Helga!? 

According to the scenario notes if he is killed then the two ladies become subject to frenzy - hell hath no fury and all that! 

While we're on the subject of Helga - thought I'd wasted a few quid on her when she arrived and I reread the description on ebay to find I'd bought a 30mm mini by mistake! Not to be deterred I promptly placed an upturned shield (dropped platter) by her feet along with some bread rolls so she could be my rather large, half-ogre, baker! Then I procured the actual baker mini so green stuff came out again to add a spilt beer tankard and she found employment at the Alehouse instead! 



Loads more background/rambling on the blog - http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.com/2010/09/for-every-wound-balm.html

[VoodooInk]

I'm loving the Slan in Space placard!

He also comes complete with Barnabuss - his faithful dancing monkey and a complicated love triangle between him, Fancia and Helga!?

Hmmm, I think I have spied an unclear pronoun antecedent! Is it Barnabuss or Elwin Presslay that involved in the complicated love triangle? My money is on the monkey.
I mean... come on... just check out that dapper red hat.