Uruk Hai, the return! And more……..much much more
I Pike it! I really really PIKE IT!
I’ve set up the next two core units in my warhammer Uruk hai. And it’s Pikes! So we can stick em right up that stuck up elf’s Jacksy! After all they look like they store a pole up there anyway.
“Make way for the Pile cream!”
Pikes make such a visual impact on the tabletop, and these Perry sculpts work brilliantly. Well they should considering they made such a huge range of historical minis! These skirmish game models rank up beautifully too.
This injection of realism into fantasy models helps enormously in their long term appeal. The stance is correct, the length of pole, the method of shouldering and the scale of the orcs are not overblown either. There’s a plausibility about these models, not like some of the steroid hulks that are out there!
This plausibility is when fantasy is at its best for me, I like Immersive games and the lord of the rings aesthetic pulls this off in spades for me.
Just gotta paint the bloody things now!
nice stuff, can’t wait to see how they come along, a few of us were wondering what you made your movement trays from
Hallo there chap! I too am looking forward to making progress ?. Undercoated and filled gaps, ready to base coat now. I make my trays from high density card stock that comes from all sorts of places, this I think was the back of a pizza from Sainsbury’s. But I have made a few from the kids’ craft box. They use cardboard called Craftboard. I have no idea what the name distinguishes the material as it just seems like good high density cardboard to me. I make em rapidly with hot glue gun and craft knife. Made the above in… Read more »
Congratulations fabulous work on your project figures @jmsstockwell.
Thanks a lot chap, means a lot to get the encouragement! I love it now I’m finished. Looking forward to starting the opposition army with gusto now.