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Tuesday 2 September 2014

Charge of the Green Brigade!

Time to have a look at the new cavalry wing of my newly enlarged Goblinoid horde and as with any part of an Orc and Goblin army there exists intense rivalries between the tribes and regiments that make it up.

First up is Crudefell Pullover's Lite Brugayd of Wolf Riders, a twenty strong unit of the nastiest, cowardliest and down right vindictive Gobbo's.


 Can't spot them in the front line? Then they'll probably be skulking around the flanks, looking for an opportunity to kick a stronger foe while they're down or otherwise engaged.


Centre of the picture is Pullover himself - a fine figure of a Marauder Goblin. To his left is Bugler Bragget, an enterprising Snotling who's skill (enthusiasm) for blowing his horn has seen him promoted not only to the unit, but to an unenviable slot in the front rank. Having survived both enemy fire, the enmity of his fellow wolf riders and his own mount, Bragget's place as the Regimental mascot was assured!

To Pullover's right is an enterprising young spearman with ambitions of being the unit's standard bearer - once I get round to making it....


An assortment of archers and spearmen that form the bulk of the troopers of the Lite Brugayd. And believe it or not - a Lord of the Rings Warg Rider on a... Citadel Wolf.


Several more Marauder Wolf Riders make up this next group, along with the chap who seems to be a variant of one of the fanatics I mentioned in my last post - though this time with a spiked ball and chain.


Hoorah - finally a Lord of the Rings Warg Rider as God intended him - mounted on a Warg! Behind him is another loony with a ball and chain who was kindly donated, along with quite a few other greenskins, by the esteemed Citadel Collector, Steve Casey. Not sure where he comes from - I'm assuming he's a later Citadel model?



Thanks also to Harry for his excellent tutorial for painting wolves as shared by Phreedh when he posted up some lovely Timber Wolves some time ago! I must see if I can pick some of those up as mounts for the 90's Goblin Wolf riders I have as I can't stand the later plastic wolves.

Perhaps the bitterest rivalry is between Pullover's Lite Brugayd and Lootcan's 'Eavie Brugayd. Apart from Pullover being a mere Gobbo and a damned jumped up one at that, Lootcan is painfully aware of his position in the heirarchy and so takes every opportunity to lord it over his diminutive rivals - especially with Lurd Raglank and his Even 'Eaviers breathing down his neck and giving him exactly the same treatment!


Lootcan (far right) is also plagued by the rumours that he is somehow related to Pullover by the marriage of some distant cousin. Obviously for an Orc to even be rumoured to be related to Gobbo scum is unthinkable and it is a rash trooper who specualtes on the subject over the camp fire within earshot of his boss.


Lootcan's standard bearer - the standard is made up of some of the naff skulls that came with the later 90's skeleton box sets. I think they were supposed to be stuck on shields? Anyhow, painted bronze and with some liberal verdigris added I think they make a nice nod towards the Even 'Eaviers' standard.


God bless Marauder for their moulded shield designs - I really didn't have time for many freehand designs during the panic of getting ready for Boyl 2014!


'Eavy Brugayd Trooper - again with a handy Marauder shield that was very quick to paint!


Lootcan has been accused of many things by his rival, including being all mouth and no trousers - wonder where they got that idea from?



Although Lootcan likes to think of his mob as the 'Eavies, they really are just a skirmishing force of archers, although they have been known to get stuck in occasion.


The cause of Lootcan's many insecurities is, as previously mentioned, Lurd Raglank and his Even 'Eaviers. At the top of the food chain, Lurd Raglank and his boyz form the main mounted shock troops of the army.


A concerted charge from the Even 'Eaviers is a sight to behold - just preferably not from this angle!


Lurd Raglank is a hulking brute of an Orc who's incredibly low IQ means that he is on a par with, and has an uncanny affinity with his Boar mount.  The two are literally inseparable and operate as one on the battlefield, each anticipating the other's intentions in perfect harmony. Not that difficult a feat really when those intentions only include charging at the nearest enemy and eating them.


The Even 'Eaviers standard is rumoured to have been pulled off a Chaos War Altar and doubles as a pretty good double handed weapon!


The troopers who make up the Even 'Eaviers are the bigger and meaner Orcs who are stupid enough to get on the back of the rabid and highly irritable boars that are favoured as mounts.


I realised as I was taking pictures that I had forgotten to do their shields - I'll have to remedy that at some point...


I painted these two years ago - good to finally give them some company!


Detail of the shield - can't beat a flaming skull or two.


I've always been a big fan of these miniatures - the armour looks pretty outlandish on some and the helmets are fantastically over the top!


I ran out of Citadel boars so will have to look out for some more along with the few other riders I need to complete the set - this chap on the Marauder boar will probably have to be transferred to the 'Eavy Brugayd then - sorry mate!


Orc infantry up next...

18 comments:

  1. This is a fantastic pack of greenskins! Awesome job!

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    1. Cheers Jal - must say it's nice to finally have some cavalry!

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  2. What a delightful bunch of goblinoid cavalry. The 3rd ed mounted orcs and gobbos are some of my favourite minis, anjd you have a TON there.

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    1. They are great - still need more Wolf Riders though...

      I have that pic of the huge Wolf Rider army in yellow livery that was on the back of one of the old WD's imprinted on my memory!

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  3. Nice job sir. A pleasure to have my boys join yours on the field of battle, shame they also found cannon to the right of them..

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    1. Likewise my good man - in fact I remember your boys seeing off a rather nasty unit of Wood Elf Wild cats and their handlers before the cannon got them.

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    1. Glad you like them Blacksmith - must get round to getting the pics of the epic game up some time as I know that'll be right up your street.

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    2. I love Epic but also Oldhammer and Warmaster :)

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    3. Good point - I must get back to the 10mm at some point too!

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  5. Loving the work on those greenskins. The goblin with ball and chain you mention (6th pic) is very interesting, its very similar to the goblin with eye patch and toothy ball that is seen in most of the early wolfrider pictures (http://www.solegends.com/citcat1989/cat1989p032-00.htm) but I've never seen that version and now want one !!!

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    1. Thanks for that - hadn't thought of looking there as I just assumed he was a more modern figure. He is very similar indeed - I wonder if the ineffable Citadel Collector can shed any light on him?

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  6. Wonderful! For me, those Kev Adams Goblinoid Cavalry models are the epitome of the Magic of the Warhammer Altschul. Love 'em! I have a horde of my own back in the States. Obviously it'll be awhile before I can get to them, though. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Altschul - like it!

      Sounds like we'll just have to wait to hear the marvellous back stories while ogling your horde but I'm sure it'll be worth it!

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  7. Especially love the goblin Wolf Riders, but the whole hoard is amazing!

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    1. Thanks Justin - who knows they might end up invading a wood near you... ; )

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  8. Very nice old boy! Orktober is coming along well! Shame i have to frequent a wedding this week end :-(

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    1. Cheers buddy - you did indeed miss a good day's gaming. Hope the bar was free!

      Must get my other Orktober posts done before it is all over!

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