Orctober wrap up

Orctober is over - what did I do with it?  Well, I didn’t take it too seriously, but did use it as motivation to get the bulk of my Orc and Goblin army tabletop ready.

Alongside the Wolf riders, bolt throwers and warlord, that mostly meant a lot of basing. Many of the models are still in old paint jobs, either my own from many moons ago, or as they were purchased secondhand, but they look coherent enough now.

Still about 20 goblins to do, plus I still have some more EM4 orca, and I need to sort some black orcs of some kind, but there is a table ‘legal’ army there now for both WFB and Fantasy Warriors.

Two bolt throwers, including a Notlob original

20 orc boys 

One of my giants (orc for scale)

The Wolf riders - will count as boars for WFB purposes

14 orc archers

Warlord and two shamans

20 more orc boys

A somewhat grisly standard

The three trolls

Another giant

He’s just big boned!

I'm not 100% sure of the origin of this chap.  He was purchased from Forlorn Hope Games, described as a Giant Troll, and cast in resin.  Forlorn Hope have a lot of the old Grenadier Range, and the style of this just screams 'Nick Lund' - from the way the mail of the fists is sculpted to the face, which is a dead ringer for the old Grenadier War Trolls - but I don't recall seeing him before.

The pose is quite static, he's ugly as a welder's bench, and the face detail is very soft and putty like but, you know what, I like that.  He's got a lovely old school vibe, and really has that 'stupid' monster look.  He was also a delight to paint, taking almost no time at all (it took me longer to get around to the base).  He's also pretty big - bigger than the former Grenadier Barbarian Giant.

Here he is with a friend for scale.  A former Heroquest henchman (just painted up and destined for ebay).

And here's that henchman again in a bit more detail

 

What about my chopper?

 Another ogre (I don’t have a problem…).  This time 90’s vintage from Marauder Miniatures.

Barbarian Giant

 Just finished this delightful chap

 

 

 

 

He's the Barbarian Giant, currently sold by Forlorn Hope, but formerly of Grenadier Models Fantasy Warriors Range.  One of those models I've wanted to paint for ages, but finally got hold of and built up the courage to attempt.  Very pleased with the result.  I decided to go with splash of colour on part of the tunic - in my head it's been stitched together from tents.  Exposed skin painted with a combination of GW and VJ paints - no contrast paints this time.

The model comes with a choice of two heads - I went with this one because it fitted without the need for any filler - and two weapons for the left hand; this tree trunk with sword blade spikes, and a spiked club, which I have used to arm one of my Grenadier Trolls. 

He's not really that big a giant (and Grenadier certainly did some BIG giants in the day!), but he'll do the job for me!  Here's a couple of comparison shots.

 

 

And some WIP ones...