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

Iām 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 Iāll be working on next.

I still have all the Characters, War Machines, and Beasts to update, so thereās still quite a bit to do. However, by far, the Unitās Folder is the largest section of the bunch. Once thatās done, Iāll be well over halfway finished!
The next set of models Iāll be working on are the Orc Saws, the factionās elite warriors. I can reuse the basic Orc models and equipment Iāve 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 armourāor āMore 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 Iām done, which shouldnāt take too long.
Moving away from the models, Iāve also been working on the main rules and the Orc Codex. One of the most exciting things Iāve been developing is the āEpic 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 theyāre fresh at the start of a battle. In reality, they should barely be able to fight back when heavily wounded. Iām hoping the new āEpic Woundsā system will fix this and change the game in three significant ways.
- Characters and monsters will cost fewer points.
- Players will need to be more careful about when to bring their characters and large monsters into play, as theyāll lose their full impact after a few rounds of combat.
- Regular units will get a boost, as they wonāt suffer from Epic Wounds. Even at half strength, theyāll fight just as effectively as they did at the start of the battle.
Happy New Yearāletās hope itās a good one!
Dave
Patreon: Dave the Wargamer