My Orcs - (New Blorcs and turn marker 30/9)

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My Orcs - (New Blorcs and turn marker 30/9)

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Hi everyone, first post here...

I've been away from BB för well over 10 years, but since tanks and stuff no longer seem to appeal to me, I feel it's time to come back to my all time fav GW game.

Started with some orcs, since I already had an old 40k boys box in the attic, and built my way from there.
I hope you'll enjoy 'em.

The plan is to paint a team logo and maybe a number on each shoulderpad, at the moment they are only numbered at the back.

First off some linemen. Nothing fancy, just old boys.

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On to the blitzers, who's arms are on my painting desk as we speak. Looks a lot better with arms, I must admit :P
Made from Nobz, cut at the waist and legs to show some kind of movement. Arms will be a mix in with Blorc lower arms.
I think it worked out alright.

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My only finished Blorc so far, with three of his mates standing basecoated on the desk.
Since regular Blorc legs are so tiny and silly looking, I had to give them nobz legs. I'm not the best GS artist, but I feel it went aight.
The heads are all from the nobz sprue, since I feel the helmeted ones are too commonly used. I want my orcs to have some character, and covered helmets are, well, boring.

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Next is the semi finished (eyes not done, etc) Troll, from Neomics. Lovely miniature, but a tad small for my liking, will have to find a new one eventually.

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Thanks for looking, C&C appreciated.

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I love how the 40k orcs convert into such an awesome team. I love the color scheme to contrast the darker skin of the orcs. They look great to me, can't wait to see the team completed and together.

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Really like the colours and conversions. The 40K orcs are so good for BB. I've already converted one, but often think I'd like to do a second when I have a better budget to buy more box sets for pads, etc.

Looking forward to seeing them completed.

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ohhh really nice models I hope I can paint mine so nicely. are you going to post a team pic?

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Thanks for all the nice comments, very much appreciated :D

More pics coming after the weekend I hope, and he's a team pic. Not much to see atm, but it's something.

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Hi!

Very nice team and nice choice of colors (Actually I have chosen something like those colors for my WIP Neomics goblins; light blue and white look cool with greenskins)

I'm just thinking maybe you should do something with the closed hands. Right now, there is nothing separating the thumb and the upper "pointing-finger" (Is that the right word?). You should add some shade or maybe even drill/carve a little cavity to crate separation.
(I have trouble finding the right words, I hope you see what I mean)


Good luck with the rest of the boyz!

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Quite cool and unusual colour choice!
Very nice painting!
Congrats!

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A very nice team indeed, gorgeous looking models.

But... they look too clean and crisp for orcs. Looks like they JUST stepped on to the practise field for the very first time.

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Crisp painting!
Color scheme is totally working for me, spells "Fantasy Football" all the way!
Keep up the good work...

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Awesome. I love 40K Ork teams and your colour scheme is great. Kudos.

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@ Brage97: I hear ya, and I agree, there are some problematic areas with the fists, I'm aweare of that, but I don't really know how to fix it. I've seen people carve a hole in the hand, but what I've seen looks rubbish, so I'm not sure how to do it "properly" tbh.. :/

@ GreyKnight: Hehe, who said they didn't? :) What I like about "Fantasy Football" is that you can stretch the general idea about "orcs". Mine are colorful and clean, other orcs are dull and red/black. I guess everyone has their idea about orcs, and mine is cartoony. Orcs should be fun, imho, that is ;)




If I've mispelled stuff, sorry, it's my last day at work and my vacation starts NOW! I'm drunk, yes, good night. And oh yeah, thanks for all the lovely comments, more pics coming this weekend!

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Let us know if the paint job and colour choice are as lucky as they look! ;)

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@ Cirrus
Lucky? I'm not sure I understand... :)

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Great! Love the helmets! And the clean lightblue-white colour-scheme.

Shiny Orc-Heroes! Perfect!

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I'm blown away by your comments.. Thank you so much everyone.

Finished Blorc #2 today, but my camera's gone missing, so it'll have to wait.
Next up is finishing my thrower, and doing all the tedious first layers on the last couple Blorcs.

Also got a bunch of random Skaven incoming.. I'll keep you posted...

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^^ Vorgash New Order, tLoEGBBL silver followed by 4th place. Third times the charm! (or whatever!)
Something Ice Cold - In Progress!
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