Mountain of Miniatures: Orc

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Orc Trucks and Big Rig

The orc Ultra boss, Deadly D, was not happy with the string of defeats his boys had suffered. In berating Mad Mike he yelled at him "...the boys had to get stuck in sooner and do what they do best. Knock heads together".

He ordered the meks to start building more trucks and one very special battle rig for himself and his bodyguard. Now the whole clan could ride to glory!

Armed with a massive flame thrower the Ultra bosses are sure to arrive in style.

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Orc Heavy Weapons

The orc war boss was tired of fighting the humans and all their armored boxes. The boyz needed some upgrades. With all the teeth left over from the deceased he hired a group of orcs that that took their Dakka, Dakka very seriously.

I wanted to make a comment about flexibility in game systems. I love systems where I can tailor the model count to my tastes. Lion/Dragon Rampant is one such system and I think OPR pulls this off as well.

I like the ability to represent units with reduced model count. In Lion Rampant that elite foot unit is six models standard. But that same unit can be represented by 3, 2, or even 1 model. The stat line does not change. One simply needs to record the wounds.

I think this can be done with OPR. If you look at the models above this is a double strength unit of orc marauder pirates of six models. A orc pirate has 1 wound and carries a heavy weapon. These models are beefier than your standard boy. I can say that one model has 3 wounds and the sheer volume of attacks from this crazy orc is equivalent to 3 heavy weapons going off. If you look at the models I think I have good cause to claim this. A unit is now presented by one or two models.

These six models can fill an army org by representing 18 models. The max that can be taken. Do I have enough unpainted models to fill the org, YES! Do I have to stress about painting more if I wanted to run a really big game, NO! Do I like the look of the smaller model count on the board, YES!

All this to say I really appreciate games that can have this flexibility.

Thanks