old school orc close ups

 A few more pics of the Orcs, i'm very happy with how they came out shame my photography skills are lacking...

 All orc drummers know the best skin is dwarf skin!

 2 shots of the standard bearer, with and wiithout the banner.

 Champion with huge cleaver

 and da boyz

OLD SCHOOL ORCS

Love 'em or hate these 80s orcs are great fun to paint!
This is Harboths Orc archers Regiment of Renown box set.
Here is their history as told on the back of the box.

"Oy, boss"
"Wot"
"Bin ter see Notlob, like you said,"
"Yer............?"
"An’ I sez you sez if ‘e don’t find some stunties we eat ‘is boys,"
"Yer?"
"So ‘e sez ‘e’s goin’ ‘untin’ stunty,"
"Do wot?"
"E’s packin’ ‘is spearchuckers, an’ movin’ out. Goin’ ter ‘unt some stunties, ‘e sez,"
"WOT!"
"E’s packin’..."
"SHADDAP!"
"But I woz only...OW!"
"Get packin’..."
"Wot?"
"You ‘eard, Finks ‘e can leave ud behind, duz ‘e? We’ll show ‘im!"

...And so it was that Harboth’s Black Mountain Boys moved out of the Black Fire Pass to terrorise the lands beyond. The uneasy partnership between the Black Mountain Boys and Notlob’s bolt-thrower crews was dissolved, over a trivial misunderstanding due to the limited nature of the Orcish language. The Orcish Word for moving out can also mean deserting, running away or soiling one’s underwear...

EQUIPMENT	Impressed by Notlob’s missile weapons, the Black Mountain Boys armed themselves with bows in addition to the normal Dwarf Tickler and mail coat.
BATTLECRY	The earlier battlecry of ‘Pulp the Stunties’ is still used, as well as various chants about Notlob, his attitude to danger and the state of his underwear.
DEEDS	At the Battle of Bauer’s Farm the Black Mountain Boys were mauled by a force including the 17th (Bafon Olaf’s Own) Regiment of Foot and a contingent of the Stirland Free Foresters. Following this setback, they crossed into the Border Princes in search of easier pickings
UNIFORMS	Their uniforms are generally ragged cast-offs obtained from past victims of approximately the right size.
SHIELDS	From the shields of the adventurers met (and subsequently eaten) by Harboth, the Black Mountain Boys discovered the concept of pictoral art, and now their shields are painted with the faces of particularly noteworthy victims.

PROFILES - 2nd edition

Harboth - Orc Major Hero

	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Int	Cl	WP	POINTS
Harboth	4	6	6	4	5	3	5	3	9	7	9	9	100.5

Yaskin Forit - Orc Champion

	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Int	Cl	WP	POINTS
Yaskin Forit	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	1	7	5	7	7	9.75

Trooper

	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Int	Cl	WP	POINTS
Trooper	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	1	7	5	7	7	7.75 Extra for standard 33.75 Extra for drummer 13.5

the box art

As you can see their shield designs are painted with the "red eye" or a variant of.
more individual pics tomorrow and a little old school story.

prelude

Just a quick snap whilst i work out whats going wrong with my camera so i can shoot the rest of the lads

Giraffes

 

These long necked beasts were something a little different for me to paint and after staring at them for about a month I finally managed to add the colour and I am pleased with the results! I am now back in my comfort zone and have quite a varied collection of goodies on my workbench, pictures soon :0)

Old School Dark Elf Hero

I painted this fine chap from the 80s for a comp on the oldhammer forum called the Golden Gobbo, all good fun as you had to come up with a back story for your entry. this chap is now the leader of my slowly growing band of 80s citadel Dark Elves all sculpted by Bob Naismith. Which i am going to use to play games of Warhammer fantsy battle 2nd edition. Yep i'm that old ! !

Seljuk Turk heavy cavalry

I recently painted these Seljuks for gripping beast and I have to say i love them!When I originally started collecting for my Crusades project I jumped on the Perry miniatures site and pressed buy buy buy! without looking else where. I would of robbed myself of some great looking figures, that paint up real nice if i hadnt of grabbed a few of these.

My lead mountain has just grown with a unit of 12 of these bad boys and 2 units of heavily armoured Ghulams from musketeer miniatures. I now have a decent sized force, all it needs is for me to get painting!

 

 

Figures from GB shield transfers from LBMS. Basing to be done by the Beast.  

Pergamene command set

Philetaerus, an officer of Lysimachus, deserted in 282 B.C., taking control of Pergamon and large treasures deposited there. At first nominally a Seleukid suzerainty, Upon his succession, Eumenes, with the encouragement of Ptolemy II, who was at war with the Seleucids, revolted. Defeating the Seleucid king Antiochus I near the Lydian capital of Sardis in 261 B.C. He was able to free Pergamon and greatly increase the territories under his control, turning Pergamon into a strong and prosperous kingdom. Although he never took the title of king, Eumenes did exercise all of the powers of one. 
   Since he had no surviving heir, Eumenes adopted his second cousin, Attalus I, who succeeded him as ruler of Pergamon.  Loyal allies of Rome in the Macedonian Wars and against the Seleucids, they were rewarded with all the former Seleucid domains in Asia Minor. .
When the Pergamene king Attalus III died without an heir in 133 B.C., in order to prevent a civil war, he bequeathed the whole of Pergamon to Rome.

Figures are from the fantastic Grippingbeast Successors range. Great fun to paint!