Orc Slingers Released

Hi all,

Iā€™m back and really enjoying my break. As an added bonus, Iā€™ve had plenty of time to work on the Orc models Iā€™m revamping. Iā€™ve just finished the new Orc Slingers, which you can see below. You can download them here: Orc Slingers.

Iā€™m slowly working my way through updating the Orcs, as shown below. The dash, dash, plus system is just my way of marking which models have been updated and which ones Iā€™ll be working on next.

I still have all the Characters, War Machines, and Beasts to update, so thereā€™s still quite a bit to do. However, by far, the Unitā€™s Folder is the largest section of the bunch. Once thatā€™s done, Iā€™ll be well over halfway finished!

The next set of models Iā€™ll be working on are the Orc Saws, the factionā€™s elite warriors. I can reuse the basic Orc models and equipment Iā€™ve already created and simply add a lot more detail. Model-wise, the main difference between Grunts and Saws is that Saws carry their signature saw blades and have a lot more armourā€”or ā€˜More Metal,ā€™ as the Orcs call it. So, all I have to do is add the extra pieces of equipment to the existing model and then Iā€™m done, which shouldnā€™t take too long.

Moving away from the models, Iā€™ve also been working on the main rules and the Orc Codex. One of the most exciting things Iā€™ve been developing is the ā€˜Epic Woundsā€™ system.

One of my pet peeves in tabletop and computer games is that heavily wounded monsters and characters fight just as effectively as they do when theyā€™re fresh at the start of a battle. In reality, they should barely be able to fight back when heavily wounded. Iā€™m hoping the new ā€˜Epic Woundsā€™ system will fix this and change the game in three significant ways.

  1. Characters and monsters will cost fewer points.
  2. Players will need to be more careful about when to bring their characters and large monsters into play, as theyā€™ll lose their full impact after a few rounds of combat.
  3. Regular units will get a boost, as they wonā€™t suffer from Epic Wounds. Even at half strength, theyā€™ll fight just as effectively as they did at the start of the battle.

Happy New Yearā€”letā€™s hope itā€™s a good one!

Dave

Patreon: Dave the Wargamer

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