Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Collecting John Pickford: Pig-faced Orcs

Prior to the Sporks I showed you Friday, John did a small range of Fantasy Pig-faced Orcs. The range were sculpted during 2010 (I believe), but again unreleased til 2012 when Foundry published the God of Battle's rule set, written by Jake Thornton.
In GoB the Pig-faced Orcs are part of The Thousand Tribes. In here Thousand Tribes are described as a loose confederation of tribal people how share similar believes of animistic spirits.and ancestor worship. The Pig-faced Orcs seems rather useful as such.

The original range consisted of following 8 sets:

  1. Orc Command (Chieftain, Champion, Shaman, Standard Bearer, Musician)
  2. Orc Warriors armed with a mixture of crude hand weapons (5 models)
  3. Orc Warriors Slightly armoured, armed with a mixture of crude hand weapons (5 models)
  4. Orc Warriors armed with a mixture of crude spears (5 models)
  5. Orc Warriors Slightly armoured, armed with a mixture of crude spears(5 models)
  6. Orc warriors with Crossbows and arrows (5 models)
  7. Orc warriors with bows and arrows (5 models)
  8. Orc Warrior characters (5 models - incl. Black Smith, forge, helper)

However, the initial release only included these 4 set - here (all available from Casting Room Miniatures):

TT402 - Pig Faced Orcs
TT403 - Pig Faced Orcs Command

TT407 - Pig Faced Orcs

TT408 - Pig Faced Orc Archers


But with the help of Maria Ansell and David Wood I can now "reveal" the missing codes from this wonderful range:

TT401 Pig Faced Orc warriors with hand weapons

TT404 Pig Faced Orcs with Crossbows

TT405 Shaman and forge

TT406 Pig Faced Orcs (slightly armoured) with hand weapons

So lets open them and see what's inside, shall we?


Wargames Foundry: TT401 Pig Faced Orc warriors with hand weapons







Wargames Foundry: TT404 Pig Faced Orcs with Crossbows







Wargames Foundry: TT405 Shaman and forge







Wargames Foundry: TT406 Pig Faced Orcs (slightly armoured) with hand weapons






All new pig-faced orcs have been added to the Wikia - here: http://collectingjohnpickford.wikia.com/wiki/Wargames_Foundry_-_Pigfaced_Orcs

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