Hi,
Back once again with the ol' Orcs and Goblins. This time from an earlier era!
Naturally, with point values, I've taken them from this army book (so as to be consistent with last years army). Fingers crossed this one will join that Waaargh...
(I have actually just brought more wolf riders, but enough said about that already....)
Hopefully you can kinda see that it nearly mirrors my O&G OWAC8 army!
110 ... 1 x Orc Warlord
72 ... 1 x Orc Big Boss
57 ... 1 x Orc Shaman
30 ... 10 x Goblins (short bows)
24 ... 8 x Goblins (short bows)
30 ... 10 x Goblins (slings)*
45 ... 5 x Goblin Wolf Riders
93.5 ... 17x Orc Boys
11 ... 1 x standard bearer
11 ... 1 x musician
53 ... 1 x boss
81 ... 1 x Orc Chariot
66.5 ... 1 x Small Rock Lobber
46.5 ... 1 x Bolt Thrower
80 ... 2 x Ogres
200 ... 1 x Giant
TOTAL: 1010.5
*Goblins with slings. These were kindly sold to me with the provision I paint them for the OWAC, although horribly, I forget who from. If this is you🫵, then a massive THANK YOU!
As they're monopose, they fit right in, however they are horrendous to prep. So many spikes and bits of metal flash , and terrible mould lines! Hopefully I will do these guys first, along with my Warlord, to get them out the way whilst motivation runs high. Nothing worse than hitting a low ebb and then having to paint a challenging unit. You can probably see that I've already run out of patience with them and have not really cleaned them up too much.
I like the orc chariot (many thanks to Liam (highland_painting on insta) for this model. Primarily as it's actually goblins! I have a 40x80mm base which I'll put them on, but the wolves look challenging to pin, so I will leave their tabs on and hope for the best. I'll dig a slotta in the hardboard with a craft knife, and fill up the gap with milliput. This should be suffice for a stable wolf!
The giant is the original Ral Partha cloud giant, which is very much still available via their website
(https://ralparthalegacy.com/products/49-0308). It'll pair nicely with the 'remastered' Satyr Studio version of last years challenge 👇.
Only two ogres this year (although I do have some more if needed). These ones are my favourites of the set. I brought them from the nearly recent 'made to order' run from GW...
And last but not least, I'm swapping out my planned goblin shaman on gigantic spider, for the Big Boss himself - Gorfang Rotgut. (It's why the handwritten list is different to the typed!)
I remember painting him way back then, and hopefully I can do a better job now 😂
I really hope I can paint all these in the time. I haven't had a rest from hobby this year, as I got proper into painting the Warhammer Quest 1995 set, with a load of alternate heroes. Definitely takes me to the most models I've ever painted in a year... I feel as if I'm very close to burnout, but hopefully a change can be as good as a rest. If for some reason I manage to paint through this lot, there's always more monopose snotlings to paint, or buildings to build!
Here they all are, all based and primed - but the war machines and chariot are not attached to their bases, so that I can paint the underside of the machines and reach the undergrass.
Cheers for reading and hopefully see you again next month for the first daub of paint! 👊
Maurice inspects, and reports the issues 👇
Great project! Awesome to see the Fantasy Regiments Orcs and Goblins appearing in the army. This is going to be an impressive addition to last years' army. What a horde it'll make!
ReplyDeleteI'll be following with interest.
Good luck!
If your giant is anything to go by, your army is going to be absolutely incredible. Though, of course, you always smash it out the park. Best of luck for the months ahead.
ReplyDeleteIt is, of course, The Law that I have to get all excited about the Ral Partha Giant. Or any big old metal mini :)
ReplyDeleteWith that out of the way... I don't feel like we've seen so may of those old white plastic Orcs in OWACs, so that's going to be a highlight.
It looks like you got your chariot wolf basing sorted, good job on that. Always difficult to decide when to pin and when to leave the tabs on, I think you probably made the right choice here.
Good luck with the army! Keep thinking about how they will look combined with the previous efforts, and that might help motivate you :)
What a glorious army, best of luck with these!
ReplyDeleteLove to see some more greenskins in the challenge. Good luck with the painting!
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