Orctober Fest

[Fimm McCool]

Some characters to relieve the monotony of the production line... if Orks could be said to be monotonous! Kaptin Komplex and the Borgaaarghz:

 

[Count Von Bruno]

They're looking great Fimm, the Space Crusade, RT plastics and metals in that big mob all work well together!

 

[Asslessman]

Impresisve job FImm ! Must get my fingers out to finish mine !

 

[Blue in VT]

Looking Good! My 1/2 Squad of Ork Boys is under way as well!

Cheers,

Blue

 

[littleleadperson]

Loving the SC orks Fimm! I only have one Orc who is not Citadel and new(er)hammer gobbos unfortunately

 

[Erny]

Loving the SC orks Fimm! I only have one Orc who is not Citadel and new(er)hammer gobbos unfortunately

No reason not to join in. Orctober isn't just about painting give us a list of what you'd like to collect or how you see orcs/orks. Draw us something, show your modern gobbos what ever.

Nice Orks Fimm, yellow, green and purple are always going to work well even without the early 90's reference. To join in fully you should stick the Orctober fest banner up and if you want a chance at any free old lead sign up on the original thread:

http://ernysplace.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/orctober.html

 

[Fimm McCool]

To join in fully you should stick the Orctober fest banner up and if you want a chance at any free old lead sign up on the original thread:

http://ernysplace.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/orctober.html

I have stuck the banner up... it's on the first Orctoberfest post on my blog. It is a pretty thing after all...

 

[Bluey Zarzov]

Orctober challenge for me:


10 Evil Sunz Battlemaster orcs to finish off my 21 strong unit.

12 Arrer Boyz

12 Skull Splitters

10 Big 'Uns - some with with standards

A touch up of the hastily painted Hero Orcs.

A Warboss and his 2 bodyguards and mebbe the scout.

That would actually then be... wait for it... ALL MY ORCS PAINTED! YES! THE WHOLE ARMY COMPLETE!

 

[Bluey Zarzov]

.... course then there's the 1000's of gobbos.....

 

[Bluey Zarzov]

The Evil Sunz Clan with Big Un Standard bearer.

Unit of 21 COMPLETE!

 

[Fimm McCool]

That would actually then be... wait for it... ALL MY ORCS PAINTED! YES! THE WHOLE ARMY COMPLETE!

I think you're forgetting something... no army is EVER complete! Allow me to direct you attention to this page from the Citadel catalgoue...

That unit' looking tasty though. I especially like the banner. Hand-painted?

 

[Asslessman]

That would actually then be... wait for it... ALL MY ORCS PAINTED! YES! THE WHOLE ARMY COMPLETE!

I think you're forgetting something... no army is EVER complete! Allow me to direct you attention to this page from the Citadel catalgoue...

That unit' looking tasty though. I especially like the banner. Hand-painted?

AHAHA Fimm is so right, only tournament players have COMPLETE armies, with models all tight to fit in those limited number of points they have. Nah real men have hoard sof units and pieces for which they have to make their own rules with tons of super bad but super cool characters.

 

[Bluey Zarzov]

Yes, the banner is hand painted.

I did use print outs for the shields. My orc army is mostly composed of Heroquest, Battlemasters and GW standard plastics and the plastic modkit and is really speed painted rather than finely detailed like my other armies.

It really will be complete. It really ... really will.

*Note, please do not send me more orcs..



Don't worry Assless - You will get photographic evidence of the models that require the special rules.

 

[matthewjksullivan]

I've just posted my latest Orctober Fest post --- my last one was about how orcs evolved into the underbitten baldies. This week, I dig into territory even more obscure and meaningless: how did orcs become green?
http://www.oldenhammer.com

Spoiler Alert on my best guess:

 

[Fimm McCool]

how did orcs become green?

My understanding from GW's perspective is that Orcs were a kind of browny colour until one of the studio team painted his green. From then on all Orcs were green. Can't remember who it was who started the trend or where I read that though...

 

[Scalene]

I can't believe I've never noticed that fungus has so many classic orc features: two protruding teeth, small piggy nose, pointed ears, green skin, head wider at bottom than top. Other than the two horns, it's an orc. I think we should start a quest to find the first "anatomically modern" orc to be advertised in a magazine or catalogue. Matthew's blog shows Harboth's from mid-1985, but does anyone have an earlier example?

 

[Bluey Zarzov]

When did GW first start calling them "greenskins"?

 

[Zhu Bajie]

Warhammer 2nd Edition / Jan. 1984

John Blanche cover, green orcs.

White Dwarf 53 / May 1984:

Are they "anatomically modern"? Also Haraborths boys seem to lack the musculature of the contemporary Warhammercraft orc.

This issue also has an article called The Naked Orc for D&D by Rufus Wedderburn, which describes Soldier Orcs having "various skin colours [that] will be darker shades of green, brown and even purple", which was illustrated in glorious black and white by John Blanche that have many features of later citadel orcs.

No mention of "greenskins" in Ravening Hordes, uses the term "goblinoids" for Orcs, Goblins and Hobgoblins (who are usually orangey yellow).

 

[Scalene]

Good post zhu. I think the Wd cover orcs are not quite there. They don't have the two enlarged tusks, and their noses are more of an ordinary shape, rather than the later upward triangle with two horizontal nostrils. I think what I'm trying to work out is what was the first example of what is definitely an "Orc" and not any other type of goblinoid. Looking at the stuff of legends site, I think the C series Perry orcs from 83-84 pass that test. Is there anything from pre-83 that could be a candidate. The WFB2 cover for me also shows what are definitely "orcs".

 

[Scalene]

I think I meant "modern" in the sense of the core oldhammer period, not literally contemporary. In my frame of reference, I got into the hobby in about 86, when most of the available models were post slotta 84-86. For me that's a "proper" orc.