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« Reply #75 on: May 08, 2019, 04:58:01 AM »
Finally, another unit of wolfriders done.

This group is a bit of mixed bag. Some Marauder, some Citadel and few on Ral Partha wolves.







I got a little side tracked working on the village in the background.  I'm currently working on some goblin villagers to go with it.

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« Reply #76 on: May 08, 2019, 06:23:53 AM »
Lovely unit!
Different but very coherent :happy:
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« Reply #77 on: May 10, 2019, 10:41:01 AM »
Great unit, very nice flag, and I love the background buildings!  :eusa_clap:

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« Reply #78 on: July 24, 2019, 06:49:24 AM »
Hello!

I have gotten a few things painted over the past couple months I just can't find the time to take proper pictures.

However, this morning I was messing around with a job lot of  goblins in desperate need of repairs. I am a sucker for cheap ebay auctions of busted up minis. Anyways, I finally found a use for all those Reaper Bones models I have laying about.  I must admit I am a little disappointed in many of the Bones models with the exception of the larger models and the price point, but they do prune easily enough.

And now I have seven more proper (mostly metal) Goblins on the painting line.


Hopefully pics of painted minis coming soon.

By for now!
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« Reply #79 on: July 24, 2019, 07:02:52 AM »
Metal ! Go Go
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« Reply #80 on: July 24, 2019, 10:39:36 AM »
I like the wolf riders! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::

Where'd those round stone houses come from that they seem to be riding out from and protecting?
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« Reply #81 on: July 27, 2019, 08:21:16 AM »
As seen in a the background of a few my previous pics here is a little better look at my Goblin village.

The huts are from Scotia Grendal's 'Goblin Stronghold' set, with the taller tower huts created by simply stacking them up. To help bulk them out a little I based the huts either individually or in multiples together and built fences and gardens around them to help give a lived in feel.

Most of the goblin villagers are from Four A Miniatures with a few citadel mixed in and a Reaper Bones pig cart.

















Thanks for looking.

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« Reply #82 on: July 27, 2019, 10:23:18 AM »
Love this!  :icon_mrgreen:

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« Reply #83 on: July 27, 2019, 01:33:04 PM »
Quite the goblin village there! :icon_biggrin:

I went on to the Scotia Grendel site ... love the dwarf fortress scenery too! :icon_cool:
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« Reply #84 on: July 27, 2019, 08:06:04 PM »
so quaint! one could almost forget that goblins are mischievous, mean evildoers out to make life hard for the good peasants of the Empire.  :icon_wink:
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« Reply #85 on: July 27, 2019, 08:27:33 PM »
Never forget, never forgive. We need some exorcism here...
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« Reply #86 on: July 28, 2019, 07:23:52 AM »
I am of course a bit Oldhammer in my approach to Goblins. I'm old enough to remember when Goblin alignment was classified as "neutral" albeit with a lean towards evil, do to their poor upbringing, lack of a stable home and proper father figure etc.  Its their affinity with hanging out with Orcs, those damn enablers, that leads them down the wrong path. 
Under proper circumstances Goblins can be quite congenial and may make outstanding citizens of the Empire some day.  :-P

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« Reply #87 on: July 29, 2019, 02:18:19 PM »
I am of course a bit Oldhammer in my approach to Goblins. I'm old enough to remember when Goblin alignment was classified as "neutral" albeit with a lean towards evil, do to their poor upbringing, lack of a stable home and proper father figure etc.  Its their affinity with hanging out with Orcs, those damn enablers, that leads them down the wrong path. 
Under proper circumstances Goblins can be quite congenial and may make outstanding citizens of the Empire some day.  :-P



that is the best thing I have ever read about goblins ..love it. Im going to start a goblin heritage foundation to rescue goblins who have  wondered down bad paths and try to rehabilitate them.
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« Reply #88 on: July 29, 2019, 02:58:03 PM »
Seems another reason for the Empire to exterminate all orcs. :icon_wink:
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Re: Orcyboy's hobby blog
« Reply #89 on: July 29, 2019, 03:01:03 PM »
Great job on the pig cart :::cheers:::

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« Reply #90 on: July 29, 2019, 06:27:03 PM »
Seems another reason for the Empire to exterminate all orcs. :icon_wink:

Oi! Weez Orczes dindu nuffin'!


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« Reply #91 on: July 30, 2019, 04:42:49 AM »
I also added eight more Orcs to my Orc villagers lot. That puts me at a unit 35 Orc levies.
I got these guys from our very own Zak the mad Viking.  I suspect they might be SteveB jobs so I didnt touch the paint jobs just cleaned up the chipped paint (maybe Zak can confirm?). I did however re-do the bases to match my own.

And I finally finished the big Orc hut. That things been sitting on my hobby desk for 10 years or more, looks like crap but hey its off my desk.


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« Reply #92 on: August 12, 2019, 06:02:15 AM »
 Orc and Goblin boar chariots
I added a couple more chariots to the ever expanding Goblinoid army. The Orc chariot is pieced together from left over job lots. The Goblin chariot is the old Goblin King Chariot, however the Goblin king himself went missing and replaced by an appropriately mean looking gobbo.






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« Reply #93 on: August 12, 2019, 08:29:11 AM »
Look great! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap:
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« Reply #94 on: August 12, 2019, 12:18:33 PM »
love it  :::cheers:::
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« Reply #95 on: August 14, 2019, 10:15:38 AM »
Orcs are people too !
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« Reply #96 on: October 26, 2019, 08:15:27 AM »
Orktober 2019 I got the band together.
Just a quick one for this Orctober (Orktober). After more then 25 years I finally got the band together.  I originally bought and painted these guys when they first came out (1991?) but unfortunately I got a little screwed as my pack was missing the fist pump guy but came with an extra guitarist (bassist?).

A couple year ago I manage to get a hold of the missing dude and this past weekend I painted him up in time to celebrate Orktober.

Sorry, no time for good pics, the phone camera will have to suffice for now.



Shame they never made a proper drummer for the band, but I'm sure I can rummage something up before next Orktober.



The past couple months have actually been pretty productive. I've finished off another unit of wolf riders, expanded my old unit of Goblin infantry from 30 to 42, finished a unit of armored elite Goblins, various terrain and about 10 or so Goblin heroes and what-nots.  I just don't have the time to properly take pics. Hopefully the middle of next month I can find some time.


For the next few months I'm putting the greenskins aside to work on my Border Princes mercenary army.  Since I've got the camera phone out here's sneak peak of what I'm working one.  I'm going for a generic celtic/gaelic look.


These are the Oathmark infantry with a few head swaps from various Fireforge plastics. The couple command figures are Galloglass by Antidiluvian miniatures I think.


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« Reply #97 on: October 26, 2019, 01:26:54 PM »
I like that the shields have a similar style, yet the patterns are different with each person.
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« Reply #98 on: October 31, 2019, 07:18:34 PM »
Once an Orc always an Orc!

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« Reply #99 on: November 01, 2019, 02:57:18 AM »
Yowza!  And greenskin no less! :icon_eek: :eusa_clap: :::cheers::: :icon_lol:
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