Mercenary Giant

Some armies can hire the services of Giants for battles. These fearsome creatures can destroy many opponents before being killed themselves. But hiring one of them can be a risky bet... because of their alcoholism.

I didn't own any Giant (except the two plastic ones from the Blood Rage game, but they would better fit in a Norse army). I found an interesting mini from Knightmare Miniatures: a two-headed Ettin measuring 7 cm high (enough to be considered as a Giant).

 

 

Even Greenskins need Spellcasters...

Spellcasters, i.e. Shamans, in the Orcish "society" are a paradox. They rarely fight on the front line, hacking at the enemies of their race and shouting at them. They are also often considered by their kin  to be physically "weaker" than the warriors (of course, this is wrong). 

But they are highly respected, or at least feared. Their spells can kill dozens of enemies at the same time. Even the strongest Orc warlord cannot rival with that. They can boost the already high Orcs' appetite for destruction and invoke terrible undead and daemonic beings.

Some Shamans even lead their own tribes, such as Radzog in the Doomstones Campaign (WFRP) who is a very powerful spellcasterr leading the Bloodaxe Alliance, a huge horde of Greenskins.

The one I painted for my O&G army is a 4th or 5th edition mini (I guess). I like everything about this mini: his huge bone staff, his posture, his ragged clothes and I wanted to paint him for a long time. This is now done.

Wild Things

Savage Orcs are a must for any Greenskins army. Their impact on the battlefield (provided that they can reach the enemy units and that they fail their cool test to enter frenzy) can be decisive.

At first, I planned to find some 4th edition Savage Orcs on Ebay. I like those minis and they can be found at decent prices. But then, for my Birthday, I received a gift voucher at my local hobby store and I wanted to spend it in another way than buying paints and brushes for once (because I usually don't buy Citadel minis of the most recent editions for several reasons: their price, their exagerated size, shape, etc.).

But I must admit that the Savage Orcs - although huge (twice as big) and over-muscled in comparison with older Orc minis - are particularly well done. I like their 'stone age' equipment, the bones, beasts' teeth and scales/pelts from monsters lurking in the Badlands.

I wanted each of them to be unique. That's why I have used several skin tones and paid particular attention to assemble them in different postures and equipped them with unique sets of hand weapons and shields. At first, I also wanted to add some (blue and red) war paints, but then I renounced because I feared to ruin my paintjob.

 

 

 

Waaaagh!!!

Hello and Happy New Year !!!

This first port of 2020 is about my second painted unit of Greenskins: 25 Orc Boyz.

For the moment, it is led by a command group that will ultimately be the leaders of a Biguns unit. And I've also painted the famous Harboth.

Eight of the warriors are monopause plastic minis, but they have different skin tones and cloth colours. Mixed with metal minis in the unit, the result is acceptable.