A small contingent of Forest Goblins joins the mighty Waaagh. The spider riders are stock while the infantry unit is based on the old metal models from 30+ years ago with a big tree unit filler.
Tag: Orcs
A couple more Black Orc heroes. Can’t ever have enough animosity fixers!
Black Orcs are the epitome of brute force. A nice block of 30 though I am basing many of them on 50x50mm or 75x25mm bases with fewer models per base than technically required. This creates a bit more space between the models which otherwise are really wedged tightly together.
Leading the force is the mighty Grimgor Ironhide and a generic Big Boss. Still working on a Black Orc Battle Standard Bearer to complete the line-up. They are based on 50x25mm bases to line up with the rest of the mob while having some space around them. It’s physically impossible to fit these models onto a single 25x25mm base in a formation…
Work on my “new” Orc army is progressing. I am going through these in thematic blocks. The regular Orcs are mostly done – baring some characters – in the few previous posts. This now adds the Savage Orc contingent.
The group is lead by Wurzag Da Great Green Prophet in both mounted and walking format. He is joined by two fellow shamans and a Big Boss to add some punch to the mob. I just love the old shaman models!
The main mob is 25 strong including a unit filler of a simplistic icon carried on the shoulders of the boyz.
A mounted group of ten boar boyz rounds out the Savage Orc contingent.
More Orcs. One of the chariots has boss-like model in the back just in case I want to ever uses it as a character mount. Both have been upgraded to the “modern” boars to fit in with the rest of the horde. At the bottom is an old school Orc Shaman. 
More core formations for the mighty Waaagh.
When the Warhammer World was killed by Games Workshop, I impulsively bought all the armies that I didn’t have yet (and all available models for each such army…). So now I am stuck with a few thousand Warhammer models. Slowly working my way through the pile with the Orcs first in the lineup. First some core infantry units – one of 30 (including a looted cow…), one of 25 (including a pig carrying barrels which is hard to see in the back now that I look at the photos 😦 ). I decided for irregular basing which fits with the wild style of the Orcs.
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Wave 3 – Back to Blogging
After a few years in hiatus, I will give blogging another try. This will be the third attempt after the initial burst in 2010-2012 and the revival in 2014-2015. Maybe the third time is the charm!
To inaugurate this third wave, I purchased a nice macro camera with fancy backdrops. I will be taking pictures of newly painted models as well as some of my existing collection. These will be updated over time – there are literally thousands of models to photograph – but the updates will come (12,000+ actually at current count :)).
On the painting side, will be fighting my way through a few major projects:
Warhammer 40k: I have a Blood Angel army to complete. Mostly vehicles and specialists which will take some time.
Warhammer: After the collapse of the Warhammer World, I bought a bunch of armies before they disappeared entirely. So now I have a whole bunch of unpainted Warhammer armies: Orcs and Goblins, High Elves, Ogre Kingdoms, Skaven, Chaos (Nurgle), and Vampire Counts. My Empire army also needs finishing while my Bretonnia and Dwarf forced need refurbishing. So there is plenty to do in this category. My first goal will be to complete two new armies – selected by my older kids as Orcs and High Elves – and ideally finish up the missing Empire units.
Specialist Games: I have tons of warbands, gangs, fleets, teams and even a few EPIC armies still to complete. I will paint these as fillers in between the big lots. My near term goal will be to finish up at least 5 skirmish groups and one of the missing EPIC armies (probably Tyranids).
Historical: I made a pretty decent dent in my SAGA list during the last wave of enthusiasm, but the unpainted pile is still large. Moreover, a recent birthday gift resulted in a whole Early Imperial Roman army for the Hail Caesar game system waiting for me on pristine sprues. So I will try to make a dent in that pile as well.
So, 3 full 28mm armies, finishing up two more, and topping it off with a handful of smaller warbands. I have a small head start – a few Orc units are painted already from a paint scheme test – but this will still keep me busy for a while.
As a teaser of what is to come, here is a new photo of some Forest Goblins that will be part of the above-mentioned Orc and Goblin army. More to come soon!
While waiting for various washes from Maelstrom Games, I finished up the Orc boyz on my desk. Last year I had a grand ambition to build a Warhammer Orc army (or rather another one since I already have a very old Orc force from 3rd edition). The year before I was planning (and buying) a Warhammer 40k Ork horde. I guess I am attracted to green somehow. For once, I was prudent enough to make a small “trial” first: a Mordheim Orc warband. A modest 30 models to give me a feel for the drudgery of painting green skin. I finished the skin for all 30 and then stalled very quickly. A year alter, the core boyz are finally done. Not a very successful trial…
The Green Horde in all its completed glory. A solid 12885 points of greenish glow. The trays are occupied by Clan, so we have:
Top tray, left: Bad Moon Clan with lots of Nobz, a Big Mob, many Big Gun formations with Mekboyz, a dozen Gun Wagons including Wierdboy Towers, and a Stompa Mob with Supa Stompa
Top tray, middle: Blood Axe Clan with Stormboyz, a Mob, Kommandoes and Objective
Top tray, right: Goff Clan with Stompas, a Huge Mob with Dreadnoughts and Kans, and a dozen Gun Wagons
Bottom tray, left: Evil Sunz Clan with Bikes, LOTS of Buggies, Wartracks and Scorchas, some Deathkoptas, a dozen Gun Wagons, Gargant, Fighta-Bombas, Landa and Objective
Botom tray, right: Deathskullz Clan with a Huge Mob, Battle Wagons, Stompa Mob with Supa Stompa, a dozen Gun Wagons, Flak Wagons, two Gun Fortresses, a Battle Fortress, Objective and Great Gargant
Hidden at the back of the tray are the Snakebite Clan Boar Boyz, Squiggoth and Squig Catapults (in the middle)
My 40k Ork horde is still unpainted, so I added a snapshot of their less technologically advanced cousins from the Warhammer world instead. This was my very first Warhammer army (and thus first miniature army at all). From the glory days of 1988 to 1992. They actually got replaced by my first wave of interest in Epic in the early 90’s (a huge collection that I regrettably sold at the end of the 90’s – only to slowly buy everything back at inflated prices now 😦 ).
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