Orc's Drift - The Grand Finale

[manic _miner]

 Nice additions to the force.Love the armour on the character and the design on the back of his cloak is very well done too.

[DeafNala]

VERY NICE additions...even more impressive considering what you had to work with with the plastic Elves. Brommedir is a really cool mini; you did a FINE job bringing him to life. VERY WELL DONE!

[phreedh]

Checked your FUUK-post over the phone when on a family outing (I've been petting lemures today!) - had a second look on them on a proper computer now. The armour is really really nice on Brommedir - I think I'll pinch the colour scheme when that time comes.

As usual, great shields and banners!

[Aerendar Valandil]

  Really nice.

[Thantsants]

Cheers chaps!

That armour looked a real pain to paint to start with so I'm quite glad the simple scheme I went with turned out alright. 
I did find the crescent moon design strangely difficult to get right - happy wit Brommedir's and the standard bearer's versions but there's a reason why the archers are mostly turned so you can't see their quivers! 

Think I'll have to fork out for another daylight bulb - took these pics with regular bulbs and they don't seem as crisp - could be my photography mind!

Phreedh - sounds like a day well spent!

[Bloodysword]

Beautiful work on the shields and banners.  Where do you store your figures?  I hope they're displayed in a cabinet or shelf.  They are to nice to be stuck in a box.

[Doomhippie]

I can but repeat myself! This is a wonderful tread. And I love your reminisence to Rourke's Drift. That's what I like: being a little tongue in cheek about the atmosphere.

[Thantsants]

Thanks again -Doomhippie - talking of tongue in cheek, wish I'd thought of this when I was painting, but it occurred to me that incorporating a silver leek rather than the feather on the banner might have been another nice reference to those brave welshmen (and others!) 

Thanks to the LPL African bonus round I've ended up with a load of Rourkes Drift minis and some Zulus (came to late to get them entered  ) so I might end up doing all this again for real one day! 

Bloodysword - the dear wife treated me to a (reproduction I think) antique cabinet to store my little men in - she was sick of being unable to use the keyboard on our desk for fear of causing a massacre!

There is an entire shelf dedicated to all my Orc's Drift minis - upon which I am quickly running out of space!

Might take a pic of it once I've got finished...

[Thantsants]

And some close ups of the savage orcs that were also part of my LPL entry that week -

[Bloodysword]

love the guy with the two handed mace. nice war paint.

[DeafNala]

I LOVE the Orc Babe...so to speak. All are VERY COOL &. as always, VERY WELL DONE!
Yesterday I wandered through your entire thread...what a WONDERFUL experience; HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

[Thantsants]

Cheers fellas - got a few more base coated today...

Deafnala - glad you enjoyed it!

[Thantsants]

Finally got a few more savages finished and got another 3 in the post along with a load of Orc spearmen - happy days! 













Had some fun doing the warpaint with these chaps - especially this fella...







Hopefully I'll get the 5 spearmen sat on my desk based and piccies up tomorrow. Then I have another 5 basecoated to finish off quickly over the weekend...

Getting near the finish line -

Left to paint - 9 more placcy Elves for Brommedir's Bows
4 more Skarloc's archers for the Wood Elves of Kachass Pass
and 21 more orcs for the Vile Rune Tribe, including some of my favourite orcy minis!

That light is getting brighter at the end of the tunnel! 

[phreedh]

That light is getting brighter at the end of the tunnel! 

Great job mate! What next - McDeath? =)

[Thantsants]

Nah - I reckon a rumble in the jungle next!