This is a regiment of old Grenadier UK Orcs sculpted by Nick Lund. I've always liked Nick's style, much more Tolkienesque than Kev Adams.
As I will be using both Adams and Lund Orcs (as well as some old FTO Perry ones) I decided to paint these up with a different skin colour, opting for a red-brown as a nod towards the Red Goblins of yore...
Painting was some rough heavy drybrushing and layering over a black undercoat with some Devlan Mud washes on anything that looked too bright. They are dirty and grubby, but to my mind that is what Orcs should look like.
Hopefully I can get on with the thirty Goblin wolf riders I've had sat around for a couple of decades next! :-)
Vintage minis...nice :O)
ReplyDeleteLooking, and I quote a boy from my class who is, so I am told, 'with it', badass!
ReplyDeleteThey look great. I might have to paint up mine now..who have been sitting about for the last 30 years :-D
ReplyDeleteCheers
paul
Lovely old sculpts
ReplyDeleteI have a few of these chaps! Love what you have done with them, good to see something different from the GW green.
ReplyDeleteLove the old sculpts - loads of character without being overly muscled. I too like the departure from 'Goblin Green' skin tones
ReplyDeleteHi Steve,
ReplyDeleteWell done with these Red Orcs.
I have always liked these old sculpts and even had a few painted-up at one time. Alas - all gone now.
Tony