Last year, I posted that I had found some nice, and relatively inexpensive, true 25mm pig-faced orcs, and some shots of them pre- and post-painting.
Well, something I’ve been looking for for years are 15mm pig-faced orcs, to use in miniatures wargaming. Well, Splintered Light Miniatures has finally come to the rescue, with a bunch of truly beautiful casts in 15mm. These figures really capture the feel of the orcs as they were originally in AD&D, down to the weapons and shape of the shields. The detail is really good for 15mm, and the lines are pretty sharp. All in all, these are excellent figures.
By the way, BRW Games will also be carrying these figures at conventions. Not just the pig-faced orcs, but kobolds, bugbears, and a bunch of other figures from Splintered Light. They might just fit in with a product we have upcoming…
Here are some of the orcs straight out of the bag, before I’d done any cleaning up, so these will give you an idea of the flash and mold sprues that were attached. Not bad at all, and I was able to clean it all off of a total of 24 figures in about ten minutes. Only one figure had a base that needed filing to stand straight, so all in all I’m really happy with the quality of the casts. This is the “Pig Faced Orc Warband”, which retails for US$20.
And here they are after I’ve cleaned off the flash, in the box ready to be primed. I’ll be using a simplified version of the paint scheme I used with the 25mm figures, although I’ll be able to use both mustard and purple cloaks, since there are several figures that have them.
Tomorrow, a unit of miniatures to paint, the Jessica Jones series to watch, and my wife and daughter out for the day at a concert. My Saturday is set. More pics when I’m done painting and basing!
I need to pick these up for my Horned Society army. I hope they start separating them by categories like pole arms, Swords, Archers, Characters etc. so I don't have to keep buying the entire sets to fill out a unit or achers etc.