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Darned Orcs!

Yup, the HOTT/DBA bug has finally hit me hard. Now I'm reading up on AAR's of conventions and competitions using these rules mainly to understand the mechanics of the rules as well as to ogle at all the miniature eye candy out there.

I've sorted out some of my plastic orcs from the pile I'm using for 1/72 Warmaster and reallocating them to either a HOTT or DBA army. The DBA list comes from David Kuijt's War of the Rings Lists over at Fanaticus:
DBA Misty Mountain Goblins
represents the various goblin and orc forces in the Misty Mountains or in the North of Tolkien's Middle Earth 
  • 1x3Bd or 3/4Wb(Gen)
  • 2x5Wb
  • 3x5Wb or 2Wa
  • 1x5Wb or 4Tr or 3Bw or 2Ps
  • 5x2Ps 
 And my HotT list is inspired by Luke Ueda-Sarson's Middle Earth lists:
HotT Orcs & Goblins 
  • 1 x Blade general - with bodyguard of large goblins with axes
  • 3 x Riders - goblins on wolves
  • 3 x Beasts - giant wolves
  • 10 x Hordes - Goblin warriors
I'm using these lists as reference and inspiration but would most likely come up with something different. Here are some pictures of the 1/72 plastics I plan on using:

Dark Alliance Orcs: Nice poses and look but all the figures have flash that needs to be removed.

Hat Sea Peoples: Meant to be historically based but the facial expressions, the poses and of course the horned helmets make thse suitable as armred orcs. Plus, they look ugly as humans but perfect as orcs -- Uruks maybe.


Some stands of goblins made from Caesar Miniatures' fantasy line.
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