Orc's Drift - The Grand Finale

[thebinmann]

Thanks

[Thantsants]

The big game is still up for this weekend - although I've now realised it clashes with Recon - a great wargames show in Pudsey - and may have to reschedule... 

Still, I've just enough time to make a few last minute subs.

As most of my Norsemen seem to have decided that hotter climes might serve their fortunes better (more of which later...)  I've had to draft these two likely lads in -

 



Its been that long I can't remeber which LAFer it was who I traded with for these two, but my thanks all the same!

Also realised that I'd convinced myself that this chap was Hendril Merl - the ill-fated Wood Elf Lieutenant who is killed along with his patrol before the Vile Rune Orcs besiege the rest of the Elf garrison at Kachas Pass.

 

He is in fact Fernbreth - the last patient of the Druid Snart, whom I had been keeping an eye out for on ebay! D'oh! 





 Safe to say I won't be following too closely the progress of the Osrim Chardz and Hagar Sheol currenly on ebay for usual silly sums... 

Anyway - bit more prematch warmup for you all - here Fernbreth is, back with his fellow invalids, as he attempts to ward off some attacking Orcs with Bertolac. Snart meanwhile commandeers part of the barricade to cart his unconscious patients away to safety!

[thebinmann]

Great work!

Safe to say I won't be following too closely the progress of the Osrim Chardz and Hagar Sheol currenly on ebay for usual silly sums... 

Yeah you could pay someone to sculpt a figure for those prices!

If GW had the masters they could do a limited run for 50 quid a figure too!

[manic _miner]

 Nice update.Looking forward to seeing the Norse in warmer gear too.

[Funghy-Fipps]

More old-school eye candy for which you are verily thanked!

[Mason]

More old-school lovliness from THATman!

Wonderful stuff!
 

I still prefer those orcs to the new ones.
So much character!

[DeafNala]

VERY COOL as always. I find your posts to be a GREAT source of inspiration; it's like a graphic novel that moves & changes as your watching it. VERY WELL DONE!
As Mason, I find the older pieces have a certain charm to them that much of the newer stuff lacks.

[dijit]

I thought is was about time for another installment Good to see as always Thantsants.

Safe to say I won't be following too closely the progress of the Osrim Chardz and Hagar Sheol currenly on ebay for usual silly sums... 

Just looked at the prices for these, wow, do they really go for these prices?
Duncan

[bridgend_steve]

I thought is was about time for another installment Good to see as always Thantsants.
  Just looked at the prices for these, wow, do they really go for these prices?
Duncan

The seller is a bit optimistic - if he halved those values he'd be in with a shout...

[Thantsants]

Thanks all for your kind words everyone!

I thought is was about time for another installment 

Yep - sorry about that - work and sleep keep getting in the way...

it's like a graphic novel that moves & changes as your watching it.

Cheers fella - can you tell I'm dying to write the battle report up? 

Looks like I'm going to end up as the GM, shepherding some very inexperienced players through the game - I'm sure I'll manage to be totally impartial and not suggest certain courses of action at various key moments that have been going round my head for each scenario for some time now... 

Looking forward to seeing the Norse in warmer gear too.

Me too... 

The seller is a bit optimistic - if he halved those values he'd be in with a shout...

 its getting to the point (which I'm sure is the point at which I should start listening to the wife's views on lead expenditure!) where I'd almost be tempted to start thinking about how to justify spending even that much on a couple of minis! 

Back to the mind numbing task of making fences, hedges and ploughed fields...

My cracked lake is looking better though - just don't mind the bubbles which look much worse in real life... 





Thought I'd try and disguise them a little with some ripples - currently in production -

[Thantsants]

Afraid no battle report yet chaps - I managed to postpone the game and got down to Recon in the end - nice to have a chat and purchase some more Sea Demons from Manic Miner (Four A Miniatures) - thanks again for the Amera fort too mate!  Even bumped into Hetz, who's posted some lovely Orcs and Dwarves here in the past, and who I managed to completely miss last year!

In fact hearing that there were quite a few LAFers knocking round Recon last weekend got me thinking about possibly hosting a LAF rerun of Orc's Drift some time in the New Year if anyone's interested...?

Anyways - the game is scheduled for this weekend and I've just about finished packing all the terrain and the 132 or so minis I'l be needing. Time of course for some last teaser shots - featuring my finally completed fence and hedge section. They aren't particularly exciting on their own so I've put them in the backdrop of Orc's Drift itself...











Hopefully I'll have a battle report up in the next week or so. 

[thebinmann]

Which lucky gitz are playing then?

[manic _miner]

 Great looking set-up steve.Like the hedges you have done.Have a great time with the game.

[DeafNala]

OOH! PRETTY PHOTOS! In the early hours of the day as I'm trying to decide if being awake is worth the effort, it's good to have something interesting to stare at without the need of reading anything...SO the lack of a narrative to accompany the photos isn't necessarily a negative point. BEAUTIFUL STUFF!

[Mason]

 

More lovely pictures, drool, drool, drool...

Great set up and wonderful figures.
Just cannot ever get too much of this thread!