Sunday 4 October 2015

Ruglud’s Armoured Orcs.




Part of the point of Orctober for me is to motivate myself to paint the frankly ridiculous numbers of orcs in my collection and give away some of what I can bear to give away. This will hopefully decrease the orc mountain and increase then numbers out their painted and being played with. 

To that end I have decided to get at least one unit painted this month and the unit I have chosen is a mint set of Ruglud’s Armoured Orcs.  Well near mint the box is a bit shabby but the miniatures are all as originally sold, the plastic bases, shields and crossbows are all present, untouched and on sprue. This particular set has sat on my to do pile for a good many years but my original set has been painted, they were a Christmas present from the very late 80’s and the first big boxed set of miniatures I ever got.



To give these boyz a review some twenty-five years after they were produced I would start by mentioning there are seventeen individual figures. Four sculpts unique to each boxed set com prising a hero, leader, standard and musician/shaman.  There are then thirteen troopers made up of a random mixture of four different sculpts. The mix I’ve ended up with is pretty good with a 2:3:4:4 selection.  In previous Regiments of Renown sets I have ended up with none of a particular type so I can’t complain about the mix.

The miniatures themselves are good clean casts with only a small amount of flash. The details are sharp and show all the equipment the troopers need except the crossbow and shields supplied on the plastic sprues. Obviously the greatest differences are with the unique sculpts but even the troopers show a god variation in armour and equipment.

From previous experience I know they paint up well and rank into units with no fuss. If you were going to look for these on Ebay you ought to be able to get these complete and unboxed for less than sixty quid though patience would probably be rewarded. As I write this a boxed set that needs some love is currently at twenty five pounds.

First step for these boyz is to clean them up, base them and under coat them. Back once I’m done.

11 comments:

  1. Look forward to seeing them completed

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  2. I am preparing to paint his army greenskins and looks forward to continuing

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    1. That sounds great Alex, plaesed to have you on board.

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    2. First post about my greenskin army: http://awiblackpowder.blogspot.ru/2015/10/greenskin-army-pre-paint-ready-for-good.html

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  3. Looking forward to seeing the (many) updates :)

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    1. Many? Thats the plan but I woudln't hold your breath. Nothing from you Chico?

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    2. Already painting up a Hobgoblin force for Tale of 4 Oldhammer Gamers and just finished a Foundry Orc mob for Mordheim, bit burnt out on greenskins I'm afraid.

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    3. All goblinoids are welcome, even a quick post of; here are all this years green skins would be a good post!

      I'm giving out a prize randomly to a single person that posts for Orctober after all.

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  4. Orcs with crossbows are great in game and these are the definitive sculpts for them.
    A very worthy project for Orctober!

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    1. They certainly are, not only did I have these as a kid (still have but I'm not repainting them) but my current 3rd ed army has a unit of 30 crossbow orcs, the ones actually aiming and using their crossbows. A S of 4 paired with a T of 4 is a great combination even against a shooty army like elves. The elves hit more often but fail to wound, the Orcs less often but usually kill what they hit. I'm thinking Rugluds in heavy armour behind a shield wall will be the perfect blocking unit.

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