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Lovely models. They look quite similar to goblins

They're good, but definitely hobgoblin or half-orc rather than orc.

I don’t understand the love for these at all. The heads seem weirdly-proportioned, the expressions dim, but not in the way you would laugh at in public, the bodies static and tired looking, the proportions neither well done nor committed to heroicism of scale, the detail on the heads soft to the point where you can’t tell what’s hat or hair. Your human armies feel slightly ashamed for slaying them. And they don’t bring much new that the goblin kit or WGA’s orc kits didn’t already bring, except for even dumber faces.

"They're like the goblins but larger" is perfectly fine with me, I'm putting together the goblins for LOTR orcs anyway and am happy to get some matching uruk-hai.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I don’t understand the love for these at all. The heads seem weirdly-proportioned, the expressions dim, but not in the way you would laugh at in public, the bodies static and tired looking, the proportions neither well done nor committed to heroicism of scale, the detail on the heads soft to the point where you can’t tell what’s hat or hair. Your human armies feel slightly ashamed for slaying them. And they don’t bring much new that the goblin kit or WGA’s orc kits didn’t already bring, except for even dumber faces.

FOr me it's the torsos, weapons and shieds. The legs can be fized with some conversion work, but for someone who's not a sculptor getting a good torso to work with as a start is important.

But i don't plan on using them as orcs at all, but rather as a basis for human mercenaries. It's worhpointing out though that Oathmark doesn't get the best heads for whatever reason. I find the heads on the human kit rather lame, and even the elves are just kind of passible. I was hoping the quality of the kits was going to be closer ot that of the recent frostgrave stuff, and am crossing my fingers that this doesn't mean the frostgrave stuff is going to go back down in quality.

More pictures:

I'll admit I like these pics a lot better

Yeah really nice, I love them.

Frame and characters just got posted too:

OK, those pictures are a massive improvement on the first one's we had.

Yeah, like these Orcs. Can see myself getting at least 1 box.

I like them and plan on getting a box as well as the metal sculpts.

 Grumpy Gnome wrote:
I like them and plan on getting a box as well as the metal sculpts.

I like them too. Will get at least a box, though I plan on mixing them with all the cheap GW Hobgrots I got on e-bay.

Damn now that it is possibile to buy those beautiful trolls on some European store is time to start a green skin army

These orcs look about perfect for LotR/MESBG. I've already converted some goblins to be less hunched over but these will save that work.

That does bring up my one complaint which is that they are maybe too similar to the goblins, even if standalone they're nice.

Box art and painty goodness:

They're looking well.
Now I'm waiting for the Elf heavy infantry as there's box art for it and they look ideal for some MESBG projects for myself.

More

Those look brilliant, would like a size comparison of them next to their Goblins.

Now up for pre-order: https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=257&cat=264&page=1

Oh man if only the minis looked anywhere near as good as the box art

Goblin Champion - only on sale during the Orc Pre-order campaign.

Looking good to me. 👍

Some more images of the orcs.

For Tolkien or a truescale WFB where orcs are not gorillas these look pretty excellent to me.

Individual models/characters.

Perfect pretty classic orcs!

I like them as the equivalent of Mordor Uruk-Hai to the Oathmark goblins' regular Mordor orcs.

Some pics

I was just looking at the upcoming Osgiliath release. 24 orcs. 24 humans. 1 troll. Plus terrain and the books.

Oathmark could replicate the figures with just two infantry boxes and one of the metal trolls they produce for less than $100 (doesn’t include terrain or books obviously).

Northstar have just teased that they'll be showcasing the new plastic Goblin Slaves

If you are visiting Colours at Newbury on Saturday, I'll have some samples of the new plastic Frostgrave Barbarians, the new plastic Oathmark Goblin Slaves, Mark's Little Soldiers and the new Frostgrave constructs for you to have a look at, pop by have a look and say hello.

Well that could be neat.