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Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Orctoberfest (Pt2)

More Missile troops for the Orc army using the archers and crossbows from the  RedBox Dark Alliance goblins set 1 and a couple of new Green Skin archers, two converted from the Caeser Ratmen set and one from the Caeser Orcs with a head swop from one of the Dark alliance orc sets.
The entire Orc army with associated Goblins, Hobgoblin, Wargs and Trolls.
Total 222 individuals.  57 Goblins, 30 Uruks, 24 Warg riders and 5 single Wargs, 90 Orcs, 5 Hobgoblins and 11 Trolls. 

Right wing. Green Skins and Warg riders. The Green Skins are driving captives before them as a Human Shield.
Centre. Orcs, Goblins
Left wing. Uruk Hai and Warg Riders
That´s about half the Dark Alliance Army..Lizardmen, Ratmen, Skellies, Undead and Balrogs not included.

Edit; According to the post counter this is Post number 1000 which, after 9 years,  makes an average of 111 Posts a year and that means..I´m well below average n numbers of Posts for this year. 
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19 comments:

  1. Ray Rousell15 October 2019 at 04:48

    Orctastic!

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  2. X_BriX15 October 2019 at 06:41

    Wow, 222 individuals make it probably the biggest 1/72 orc collection out there, and they all look splendid! Also congratulations on the 1000 post milestone.

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    1. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 13:00

      Thanks :-) The Horde is About (or soon to) get bigger..much bigger.

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  3. Sceavus15 October 2019 at 09:52

    Wooow i Want also to have so maaany
    An army fit for Mordor

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    1. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 13:01

      The army has been built up over a period of years now and I don´t regularily paint Fantasy ..you´ll carth up.

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  4. Sprinks15 October 2019 at 10:30

    Wow that's a stunning looking force. They would be awesome on the table against your medievals!.

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    1. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 12:59

      Now there´s an idea. Maybe I could use the new Arthurians against them..and that has just given me another idea..muh ha ha!!:-)

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  5. Philotep15 October 2019 at 10:43

    Paul, the one Orcpainter to rule us all !!!!!

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    1. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 13:06

      Thanks Phil. To get that many I had to break one of my rules.1. Never paint the same bod pose twice. Still, the next Batch may mean Breaking it again. The other rule? Only ever paint the same bod pose twice if 2a. It has a slight conversion, new weapon, added Shield, head swop and 2b; If the pose will be painted in a completely different Colour scheme, ie; A Knight with a different C-o-A than the last one. But 2b should be avoided if at all possible and only used when 2a isn´t possible.

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  6. Michael Awdry15 October 2019 at 11:14

    My word Paul, that is a staggeringly good army!

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    1. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 13:02

      Thanks Michael..but it´s missing some Elements, now what could they possibly be?

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  7. Daisy Gowan Ditchburn15 October 2019 at 18:40

    I remember, not so many years ago in all reality, when doing fantasy in 1/72 was basically impossible. There were metal miniatures sure, but the cost of building whole armies of orcs would have been so high. Then came Caesars first round of miniatures. Suddenly the impossible became possible but only in a limited way. Then along came Alliance. Who have expanded the horizons not just for 1/72 fantasy in the legacy of Tolkien but also for post apocalyptic and pulp fantasy too.

    This gorgeous horde (an expression not that common one would think) is testament to this development which I am sure many of us here deeply appreciate.

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    1. Sprinks16 October 2019 at 10:40

      Well said!.

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    2. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 12:57

      Well said indeed. If it wasn´t for Alliance then Fantasy would be a no no in our scale, at least very limited.

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  8. The Angry Lurker16 October 2019 at 11:53

    N/ow that's a horde mate, I feel a Waaagh coming on!

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    1. Paul´s Bods16 October 2019 at 12:58

      I had one of those yesterday..did n´alf hurt.

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  9. Paul´s Bods17 October 2019 at 09:14

    Apologies to anon who asked which Colours I used for the Skin.Your Question got deleted by me (accidently)
    1. Base black
    2. Skin Areas a coat of mid Brown
    3. Mix yellow with a bit of white to the mid Brown to get a brownish Skin tone.
    4. Add White to the yellow/ Brown to get a near enough yellowish skintone
    5. Highlight (drybrush) after adding more White to the mix from 4.
    Took a bit of experimenting and practice to come up with this but better than using a shop bought flesh tone

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  10. Alan M20 October 2019 at 15:49

    That really is quite an awesome horde! I don't know how you manage to keep churning the painted models out with such consistent quality!

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