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I'm really enjoying painting the 40k orks, with how wacky and dorky they look and was wondering if any other miniature companies make orks in a similar style. The things I've found tend to be either more human-ish and characterless (like dnd orcs) or like peter jackson's orcs and grotesque. Neither of which I particularly like.

I'm pretty nomadic and very clumsy so resin figures tend not to last long lol (some my poor DnD figures seem to have lost more bits every time I look at them). I've heard metal is also fragile but am unsure.

Thanks so much for the help!

Mantic's Marauders are similar to GW's, but not quite as wacky.

You might also take a look at Kromlech Miniatures or Spellcrow...

JoshInJapan wrote:Mantic's Marauders are similar to GW's, but not quite as wacky.

SKR.HH wrote:You might also take a look at Kromlech Miniatures or Spellcrow...

Thank you both for the suggestions, I seem to only be able to find resin mins though by those manufacturers? Not plastic?

 makeitorky wrote:

JoshInJapan wrote:Mantic's Marauders are similar to GW's, but not quite as wacky.

SKR.HH wrote:You might also take a look at Kromlech Miniatures or Spellcrow...

Thank you both for the suggestions, I seem to only be able to find resin mins though by those manufacturers? Not plastic?

The Mantic Commando Starter set is HIPS, everything else is either PVC or resin.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

 makeitorky wrote:

JoshInJapan wrote:Mantic's Marauders are similar to GW's, but not quite as wacky.

SKR.HH wrote:You might also take a look at Kromlech Miniatures or Spellcrow...

Thank you both for the suggestions, I seem to only be able to find resin mins though by those manufacturers? Not plastic?

The Mantic Commando Starter set is HIPS, everything else is either PVC or resin.

Thank you very much for the information!

Cheap plastic Orcs? EM4's are 48 for £10 or similar.

What was that company that did plastic chaos warriors, did they do Orcs as well?

The_Real_Chris wrote:
Cheap plastic Orcs? EM4's are 48 for £10 or similar.

What was that company that did plastic chaos warriors, did they do Orcs as well?

Oooohhh! Those look great! Thank you so much

I need an Ork facepalming.

NorthernXY wrote:
I need an Ork facepalming.

???

 makeitorky wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:
Cheap plastic Orcs? EM4's are 48 for £10 or similar.

What was that company that did plastic chaos warriors, did they do Orcs as well?

Oooohhh! Those look great! Thank you so much

A word of warning. Those orcs (and dwarfs) were originally produced by Grenadier Miniatures. For some stupid reason, they put the ingate* on the back of the mini! Most sensible manufacturers put them at the base or in the case of metal figures that use slotta bases, on the tab. So if you do buy them, you'll need to file off the obnoxious cylinder protruding from the figure's back. Or hide them with a shield or backpack etcetera.

*The point where the material (plastic or metal) enters the mold to form the figure.

As for the chaos warriors, that doesn't ring a bell.

I just made an order with Em4 (mostly for the OOP Clan War models still in box, but also some of the models with slotta bases). I hope the metals I picked up don't have those ingate issues.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I just made an order with Em4 (mostly for the OOP Clan War models still in box, but also some of the models with slotta bases). I hope the metals I picked up don't have those ingate issues.

I can't say, as I'm not familiar with the origin of their metal fantasy minis. FWIW, they don't look like former Grenadier metals, but ironically, Grenadier did the sensible thing with their metals. It was just their foray into plastic minis where they got stupid.

The Grenadier plastics were released in Fantasy Warriors. The entry at BGG has an image gallery. There are some metal barbarians which were released for the game. You could look and see if any are familiar.

Regardless, good luck with the em4 minis.

Edit: For clarity

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

 makeitorky wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:
Cheap plastic Orcs? EM4's are 48 for £10 or similar.

What was that company that did plastic chaos warriors, did they do Orcs as well?

Oooohhh! Those look great! Thank you so much

A word of warning. Those orcs (and dwarfs) were originally produced by Grenadier Miniatures. For some stupid reason, they put the ingate* on the back of the mini! Most sensible manufacturers put them at the base or in the case of metal figures that use slotta bases, on the tab. So if you do buy them, you'll need to file off the obnoxious cylinder protruding from the figure's back. Or hide them with a shield or backpack etcetera.

*The point where the material (plastic or metal) enters the mold to form the figure.

As for the chaos warriors, that doesn't ring a bell.

Thank you very much for the info. I think I'll have a lot of fun customizing them when I do get them