CopperOracle II. Introductory Post

My first OWAC was a blast and I have stepped back into the ring for another hit this year!

When I came across the OWAC my Bloodbath project was first thing that came to mind and although I settled last year on my Space Marine force ( a debt owed to my childhood self) this year I have taken a Fantasy Army

Bloodbath at Orc's Drift was my introduction into the Games Workshop universe and was a Warhammer Fantasy Battle Scenario supplement to the 2nd Edition rules.

Loosely based on the Zulu Wars and the battle of Rorke's Drift but with Orcs taking the place of the Zulus and an alliance of Elves, Dwarfs and men for the British.

I played this endlessly as a child, using the card counter armies and dreaming of being able to afford the Army Deal of everything for £90! 

Scroll ahead a few years (to 2015!) and I came across a very battered Guthrum Mane the Hill Giant. Restored and repainted I started to acquire all of the figures and build the buildings to bring the whole Campaign to life!

With each of the factions being divided into unit Command cards I have been working though various cards and decided to focus on the Orcs for this Challenge 

With one of the Orc units, the Vile Runes, already completed I have a painting scheme already planned

The Vile Rune Tribe

The whole collection with painted and unpainted units as well as some additional Orc War Machines

The F'yar Guard will be made up of converted Gudruk Bonechewer models from Rugluds Armoured Orcs 

52 figures including ten Hobhounds and a War Wyvern which will complete three Command Cards  with a planned breakdown

1. January  - Ten Severed Hand Orcs (Troop)

2. February  - Ten Hobhounds and Handler (Troop)

3. March - Ten Severed Hand Orcs (Troop)

4.April - Ten Severed Hand Orcs (Troop)

5. May - King F'yar and F'yarr Guard, Hagar Sheol (Leader)

6. ? 

For stretch goals I also have several Orc Warmachines, two Snotling Pump Wagons and two Balista's which I will try and add along the way and maybe a start on the last Orc Command Card (another 40 Orcs and two leaders!)

For this years Overlord Offering and token of esteem for all of his hard work, the theme was horror and I selected a classic Marauder Vampire. The figure had originally had some detail work on the chest plate but I removed it and added some dents, it looked more like an armoured plate it wore against stakes and now wore it with arrogant pride to show of how it had survived despite the attempts!  The pose had also inspired me to set him bursting out of a coffin.