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10K!! Dorfs are funded!
That ork ... I'm speechless

 tre manor wrote:
Are the wolves really considered small??

I would say yes, depending on the system. Like in D&D, dire wolves can be ridden by man sized creatures, so they'd need to be about horse sized. They look great for wolves/worgs goblins ride though.

Good news on the split stretch goals! I really hope we climb up to them fast and get some momentum going!

I am thinking that a KS LE will help that happen. I am working on the idea tonight.

More work on the first orc:

Wonderful fearsome beast. Now I really want to see the head options.

Working ont he heads and arms today!

I really love the texture in the skin. This Orc is really coming to life!

I'm in on this but only for the Orcs. I got some of Tre's Orcs when I was trying out Pathfinder and I loved them.

Looking very nice.

Love the mane of fur on the Orc's back, and the general build. Looking really great, excited by the potential for a great end product!

I'm a bit of a nut for Orc and Goblin models, very happy to see something that is this "orcish" while still being original. So much on the market is derivative of either New Line's orcs (which are great) or GW's orcs (which are great but very cartoony for my current tastes).

First option set doen except for the weapons!

Wow, now that is some great sculpting! The muscle is, as always, just amazing.

Just out of curiosity, is that red material wax? It holds the details so well...

the material is Chocolate CErnit. GREAT modelign clay as logn as you condition it properly.

Wow, I really like the face! It brings back the old "pig faced orcs" of old school D&D but without just making them pig men. Its something that looks more believable, and that someone could call pig faced as an insult, rather that just stating the literal.

 tre manor wrote:
the material is Chocolate CErnit. GREAT modelign clay as logn as you condition it properly.

And that proper condition is....?

silent25 wrote:

 tre manor wrote:
the material is Chocolate CErnit. GREAT modelign clay as logn as you condition it properly.

And that proper condition is....?

In Tre's hands.

 judgedoug wrote:

silent25 wrote:

 tre manor wrote:
the material is Chocolate CErnit. GREAT modelign clay as logn as you condition it properly.

And that proper condition is....?

In Tre's hands.

-_-

Now that... that is just awesome

Tre, could you either take a measurement of the height or post a pic next to a ruler? Will that model stand on a 25mm base (I'm guessing yes?) or a 40mm one?

The reason I ask is, I picked up 2 of your metal Bugbear sculpts (made for Reaper) to use as ogre crew for my chaos dwarf dreadquake mortar. Now, it's a little small for ogre-size, but works for my purposes:



If these orcs are big enough to use, instead, I'll probably pledge for a set

The footmen are smaller than that Bugbear, but the brutes will be larger than the footmen. Still probably not as big as THAT monstrosity but big for RBG standards.

@ silent25 and JudgeDoug!

The best way to work with Cernit chocolate is to condition it a little bit at a time and condition it onyl once and only until it is pliable. It is incredibly dry and your skin will actually leach out the oil from it making it dryer AS you condition it. Think of it similarly to putty in that you have certian conditions under which it works bets. It does nto dry on it's own and ocne you hav eit on the figure it does tend to remain softer for longer periods of time ( btu it is NEVER soft like other varieties of poly clay ) It works beterr when it is warm than it does when it is cold.

It really is kind of a PITA until you get the hang of it. One you do it beats the living hell out of other varieties in my opinion.

I am now almost finished with the first of the New Njorn footmen which will be the next stretch goal. Shoudl have pics tonight or tomorrow.

Tre, Mantic should hire you. Your true 28's fit in with their 28's, and you would fix a lot of recent issues they've had with sculpt quality. Plus you're one of the best sculptors on the planet.

Did you see my earlier question? Regarding the goblins. I own 36 of the spearmen, would it be possible to pledge for goblin ranks and get 9x archers (instead of 6x spear and 3x archers in one rank)?

Whoops!! I missed that! Sorry Doug...... Hmm... yeh I need to figure something out there. I would actually very much like to expand the goblin archers ranks. I am hoping that by getting the Njorn footmen in there that we can get a big enough bump in backers to fund through more than 1 other goal. The order I have in mind right now are;

Orc footmen

Njorn Footmen

Dvergr War Staff

goblin wolfriders

I do not want to think too far ahead but I think these will definitely make it before the close of the kickstarter. I guess that there is certainyl nto any harm in makign a rank of goblin archers only though. Let me see what i can work out costs wise.

Thanks for the response, Tre. I really love that WIP, sounds a little small for the first idea I had, so I'll have to come up with another

Also, Njorn footmen will broaden the appeal and are a Great next stretch! An exclusive add-on would do well, too, as you mentioned.

Orc looks great. I second the request for a ruler/scale shot.

First of the modular Njorn bodies WIP.

RiTides, I know you've already posted the big shot witht he 25mm base and the US coins, but could you post another scale shot of the Bonebacks - maybe standing next to a GW goblin? Or even a RBG dwarf?

Ideally, something similar to the blog post pics I took comparing RBG Dwarves to other ranges. Actually, I may as well link the post here as well, since the Dvergr are in this and it may be relevant to people


L-R: D&D Miniatures, Reaper Bones, Old GW (Bugman!), Red Box Games, GW LotR, Recent-ish GW, Reaper Warlords.

http://azazelx.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/how-big-is-that-dwarf-anyway/

Also wanting to clarify for certain - DVERGR BRYNJAR A and B are both 6-model ranks while YMIR'S BAND is a 9-model rank?

And if anyone owns the Wraith Knights, I'd love to see scale and/or ruler shots of those as well. I'd be wanting to mix those in with my LotR Wights, etc.

 tre manor wrote:
Whoops!! I missed that! Sorry Doug...... Hmm... yeh I need to figure something out there. I would actually very much like to expand the goblin archers ranks. I am hoping that by getting the Njorn footmen in there that we can get a big enough bump in backers to fund through more than 1 other goal. The order I have in mind right now are;

Orc footmen

Njorn Footmen

Dvergr War Staff

goblin wolfriders

I do not want to think too far ahead but I think these will definitely make it before the close of the kickstarter. I guess that there is certainyl nto any harm in makign a rank of goblin archers only though. Let me see what i can work out costs wise.

my advice is to swap the Dvergr War Staff and the Wolf Riders. The wolf riders (and bonebacks) seemed to be what most people wanted in the cancelled kickstarter. You have 4 Dwarf ranks available. Dwarf Footman A, Dwarf Brynjar A and B, and Ymir's Warband. The goblin wolfriders offer something radically different. Unless the dwarf warstaff does the same, I'd go that route to offer a wider range of options.

Good point. You're right on the money there.

While true, I think Tre was unhappy with the traction those KS2 goals got... but yes, lots of people were requesting the wolf riders. I'm not sure they realized how small they'd be, though, as it'll be hard to stand in for wolf riders in most other systems! That said, the WIPs he showed did look sweet!

Azazel, I'll try for a comparison shot but I don't own any other goblins other than Tre's and few GW models. I've got FW chaos dwarfs to compare them to (since I got them to use as hobgoblins for my upcoming chaos dwarf army) and some other manufacturer's dwarfs that I'll try to take a pic of this weekend.

A second head and second hands option for the modular orcs. More updates / wips to come.