Adrian's OWAC3 Orc horde Wrap-Up

-The hand that rocks the cradle behind the orc hordes.

Hi everyone! This was my first OWAC and it has been a pretty fun experience. Honestly, while sometimes it has been difficult to paint all the miniatures, the format of the challenge was a complete overhaul of my painting schedules. It has been also, the first time that I painted an entire pile of old lead in 5-6 months.

In the old days, when you had to paint after classes and ran to your local tournament to play blocks of plastic and lead miniatures, you usually “made up” one or two units that you couldn’t get in time. Now, I am pleased with all of them.

Part of the thrilling of painting all the miniatures each month was also to show them to all of you, which, had pretty impressive armies. I want to thank our beloved Overlod for the opportunity to participate, the support of all the other folks.

The list of orcs in its current state:

Zharkk Facesmaha, Level 20 Orc Hero - 91 points

17 Orc Big Uns with spears, shield, musician and banner - 206 points

15 Orc boys with spears shield, musician and banner - 167.5 points

10 Black Orcs with lots of weapons, musician and banner - 100 points

Harboth, Level 5 Orc Hero + 

9 Orc Arrer boys with shield, musician and banner - 127.5 points

ser Gitfried, Level 10 Goblin Hero +

19 Goblins with spear, shield, musician and banner - 108 points

10 Goblin stikkas - 35 points

Spear chukka with goblin crew - 37.5 points

3 Trolls - 195 points

Total: 1067.5 points

That's it. And it is not the same quantity that our Overlord has calculated. So he may kill me after all for messing with the list.

The right flank, preparared to crush our enemies.

The left flank, prepared to shoot the enemy. Hope that they hit something.

The boys. The bread and butter of every good orc rabble.

The boss, with his retainers.

If everything fails, simply apply more brute force with the black orc shock troops.

The hordes of goblinoids, the light troops of the army.

Finally, three good old trolls, when you need no finesse.

So far, so good. 

I had to admit that I though that the greenskin would be an additional caveat, as they are my first orc & goblin miniatures ever. I am a dwarf and eldar painter, fewer troops, fewer shades of skin. In the end it wasn’t a handicap at all. On the contrary, it was an opportunity to experiment with the greens, greys and browns, looking for a varied bunch of “green”skin tones. That’s one of the aspects I enjoyed the most with this project.

Which also link with the future of this army. I am looking for an army worthy of playing Blood Bath at Orc’s Drift. The black orcs will act as the 10 orc king's retainers, so the next step may be completion of the 40-something vile rune and severed hand units, as well as start painting the third clan. I want to base the third clan using the old charming Ruglud’s armored orcs with halberds. However, as of late this unit has been completely halted by the situation and I had only few of them laying around.

Maybe complete the next batch of orcs and some warmachines for the OWAC IV?. Lets see, because I also had some other space-elf projects in mind.

Stay safe and hope to see everyone in the next challenge.

Until that day,

Adrian’s out!