I made up a few of these guys last year, but then I kind of passed them by. I was wrapping up my Middle Earth project for the year and I didn't really get to review these guys. Well, I fancied painting up some orc filth and so I broke open the box again.
These chaps are heavily armoured as the name suggests. They have some great characterful heads, I tend to use the armoured ones but it's nice to have options.
There is a nice bit of Angus McBride influence in the style of the armour which is always good. The poses are also quite energetic and animated, so they work well for an advancing front line.
The figures come with the option of a hand weapon and shield or a double handed affair. There is also a scattering of belt knives and axes to fill them out.
These will be the start of my Gundabad force just to make them different, they will be re-enforced by Wargames Atlantic orcs when they finally get released.
It's always nice to paint a few orcs every now and then, you can never have too many. I will add some green stuff to these once the glue is dry.
A couple of scale shots for good measure.
Short legs and long ape arms, these make great Mordor Uruk-hai.
Creating a standard from a wet wipe. Once the shape was cut out I coated it in PVA so it will dry hard.
Quick, easy and effective. The ragged edge should look good when it's painted.
A simple shape was cut out with scissors and I pulled at the bottom edge with my fingers to make it look torn and tatty.
So simple to do, I'm going to use this style for my Gundabad orcs and paint them red. The red colour will make them stand out from the other orc forces.
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