This was my final entry for Lead Adventure Forum’s Lead Painter’s League. It was a Theme Round again: “Big Brother, Little Brothers”. I was back and forth on this one a lot and eventually settled on the biggest Orc I could find with a handful of smaller ones… Apparently it wasn’t big enough, though, as I didn’t get the bonus points for this round… ah well…
(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version):
An assortment of Orcs – mostly
old Games Workshop/Citadel figures that I’ve had for ever… stripped of paint in
recent years and now finally repainted. The Big ‘un…? I’m not sure where he
came from. I think I got him in a trade…?
All the Orcs I have for my
Orcish Dragon
Rampant warband. That’s two units of Bellicose Foot and a unit of
Light Missiles. The giant is not a really HUGE giant, perhaps I could call him
a single figure unit of Bellicose foot…? I have two more 12 figure units of
Bellicose Foot and another Light Missile. I also have a five more trolls (to
make up a 6-figure – reducded figure – unit of… something…? More Bellicose
Foot, perhaps?) and a few more big orcs to make a 6-figure unit of… something…?
STILL MORE Bellicose foot!? I don’t know… Just trying to organize things into
6s and 12s. haven’t given a whole lot of thought as to how to field them.
I’ve been back and forth on what
to do over the summer – miniature-hobby-wise – I am defninitely going to be
working on all those jet bikes… but I’m a little torn as to what else to work
on. I have units for all the Dan Mersey rules I’d like to finish up (one unit
of Mounted Men-at-Arms for the Green/Yellow Retinue, A few units of Fierce Foot
for the Medieval Irish retinue, an entire retinue of Black & Blue generic
medieval types, and the Saracen and Teutonic Knight retinues for Lion
Rampant, Orcs and Dwarves and Elves and Halflings for Dragon Rampant,
British, Zulus, Martians, Boers and an assortment or European colonilal types
for The
Men Who Would Be Kings, and a bunch more Scots, Irish And Englsih for
The
Pikeman’s Lament). Plus a few other things possibly for A
Song of Blades and Heroes or Fear
and Faith or Song
of Shadows and Dust or Mutants
and Death Ray Guns or similar games or for Role-playing games I hope
to run later in the year.
I backed the Astropolis
II Kickstarter but that won’t be arriving until August. Hopefully
LATER in August so it won’t prove too much of a distraction while I’m trying to
finish up jet bikes!!
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature
Wargaming Blog:
I’m not really sure at this point.
There probably won’t be much for the next week or so as this week is pretty
busy – last violin lesson, and rehearsals and final performances for Irish
Dance and then on Tuesday next week we have our portfolio review with the Home
Education Coordinator – so we have a lot of finishing up of stuff to do this
week… Shortly after that I have some serious cleaning and organizing to do in
the basement to prepare for the demolition and eventual renovation of the
kitchen later this summer…
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You could take the 6 most crazed-looking orcs and create a berserker-style forlorn hope unit (or whatever Dragon Rampant terminology has for it). That would give you a little variety perhaps?
ReplyDeleteI think Forlorn Hopes are kind of like Elite Foot in Dragon Rampant. That's not a bad idea!
DeleteGreat looking orcs!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Michał!
DeleteNice looking orcs, jet bikes hurrah! Although most of what you've mentioned actually sounds pretty interesting too. ...
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain!
DeleteI have quite a collection or orcs and goblins amassed over the years, but I've painted them all green. I like the look of your reddish/orangish ones. They look really good! You've inspired me a bit. I might just paint (or repaint) some of mine in colors along those lines, as a different faction.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, for now, I have plenty of other minis on the painting desk and in the off-desk queue. More sci-fi figures, and then more dwarf musketeers, as well as some odds and ends.
The orange horde looks great!