Another Oldhammer Challenge over another unit painted, although I might add another Black Orc to it at a later date. This time its Eeza
Ugezod's Mother Crushers (RR18) one of the first wave of Regiments of Renown released in 1985 I think. No Regiment specific boxes in those days but this is the sketch published with the fluff article in the Autumn 1985 Citadel Journal.
Canny followers of this blog will realise that these boys were undercoated back in 2012 and yes it has taken that long to finish them. Here they are then in glorious technicolour. The photos aren't great so I may replace them in the future.
The front rank with Eeza doing the pointy thing |
The Regiment in its full glory |
Eeza and the Champion |
The Musician and 2 troopers |
Various shades of fur on the troopers |
Eeza from behind. |
(The
following fluff is from the Autumn Journal 1985)
Of
all the Orcish raiders to have plundered the Old World from the
World's Edge Mountains, none have been so feared, or so hated as the
Great Black Orcs of the Mother Crusher tribe. Their Great Raids of
Hunger continued almost completely unchecked for nearly forty two
years, leaving in their wake a trail of butchery seldom equaled In
Orcish history.
Despite
many efforts to capture and destroy them, the Mother Crushers always
managed to avoid traps set for them. On the few occasions they were
brought to battle the outcome invariably favoured the Orcs - using
their famous juggernaut columns to push aside any resistance.
Their
success was due mainly to the inspired leadership of one Orc. Known
throughout the tribes as Eeza Ugezod, Orcish legend abounds with
stories of this huge and cunning Orc. One such story, typical of the
time, concerns the skirmish an the Great Crossing -a huge, natural
span bridging one of the few routes through the mountains to the
fertile foothills and valleys of the Old World. It was upon this
bridge that a group of Orcs led by Eeza Uqezod were attacked by large
numbers of Dwarfs and at least one mountain Giant. An extract from
the Orcish 'Volees Adgitz' translates as follows.
'We
goes miles this day. Last dark we kills many wittering souls, poking
and cutting them - but not having times to make it slow and get them
good and screechy. We gets on the Great Crossing and suddenly all
around there'. Stunty Long Beards (Dwarfs) -trapping us boys and
making pain threats. Then they goes all grinning silent, and crashing
through the crowd comes a Great One, all drunk up, with great iron
boots sparking as it steps, and long spikes and jags hanging off
them, all dressed up for Orc stomping. It comes roaring and swaying
towards us, swinging its club and making us boys windy and tearful.
And the stunties are laughing, saying at last they'll have our pretty
fangs to make their stunty women grin and dance. And us bold boys -
we bunch up close, but cannot help a little wimpering. But Eeza
Ugezod's got no wimper. He waves his axe and swears he's going to cut
Great One's feet off and pop them in its face. With this he goes off
fast forward and sharp hacks the Great One. Its knees goes one way,
its great screaming whiskers goes another. The stunties has one look
and go all quiet and shuffly. Then Guted - our champion - he gives an
honest war shout and we goes off at them cutting up their little
bodies, this way and that, and we collects much headskin with hair on
it and ties it to our belts. We paints their juices all over the
Great Crossing and we calls it the Red Span. We push all the stunties
off it, but keeping a few for screarnings later and food for the
march. We leaves not too many boys deadstiff and continues our way to
make our dearest war and raidings.'
No
one is quite sure what happened to Eeza Ugezod - he certainly wasn't
amongst the hundreds of Black Orc dead after their supernatural
defeat at the hands of the Necromantic Chaos Lord Edis Edis ......
BATTLE CRY The Giant Black Orc battle cry can only be termed as an incomprehensible cacophany of abuse and threat. Each individual does his best to outshout his neighbour. However, against Dwarvern foes they would chorus over and over again the blood curdling battle cry... 'Stomp the stunties - stomp the stunties - stunty stompings fun!'
BATTLE TACTICS On those rare occasions when tribal animosity does not prevail Black Orc tactics are crudely effective. Always consisting of huge columns (juggernauts) led by the best fighters and flanked by archers and wolf riders. Should there be any of the deadly multi-scythed wolf chariots, or mercenary ogres, these would be placed well to the fare. Although cumbersome and easy prey to artillery and magic, these huge formations were well able to plough through and scatter any but the stoutest enemy formations.
SPECIAL RULES Because Black Orcs naturally victimise smaller Goblins and Orcs (occasionally eating them) they are subject to Animosity at +1 on the dice.PROFILES - 2nd edition
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BS
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S
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T
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W
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I
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A
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Ld
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Int
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Cl
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WP
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POINTS
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Eeza Ugezod
Black Orc Major hero |
4
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6
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6
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5
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5
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3
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6
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3
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9
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7
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9
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9
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108 (HW, CM, Sh)
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Black Orc
Champion |
4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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1
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4
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1
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7
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5
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7
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7
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9.5 (2HW, CM)
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Black Orc Warrior
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4
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3
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3
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4
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4
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1
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3
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1
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7
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5
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7
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7
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8.5 (2HW, CM)
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Standard Bearer
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4
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3
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3
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4
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4
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1
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3
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1
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7
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5
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7
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7
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17 (2HW, CM)
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Musician
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4
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3
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3
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4
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4
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1
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3
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1
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7
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5
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7
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7
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17 (2HW, CM)
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