Knarthex commits Ral Partha (Not) Love, Orc Archers 02-077

[knarthex]

So I found these guys at the last NEMPA paint day a I attended a few years back, and decided to paint them up...

I have many other orcs from this line, but not these guys...

I even have the Polly S Armor Dark Green paint I used on the others back in High School!

(I,m class of 1981)

 

and a close up

 

So all you Partha lovers chime in with comments and critiques!

 

The Drow

Edited May 30 by knarthex

[Darcstaar]

One of the first minis I painted was a very similar looking Partha Orc spearman.  Anatomically correct IIRC.  Must have been 1990

[knarthex]

lol!

wait for some example pics....

[Madog Barfog]

I love this style of orc, it's my favorite. My first group painting project was painting a group of these guys to be generic monsters until I got more painted. I used enamels...

 

Looking forward to seeing the results!

 

I also graduated in 81. 

[knarthex]

1 minute ago, Madog Barfog said:

I love this style of orc, it's my favorite. My first group painting project was painting a group of these guys to be generic monsters until I got more painted. I used enamels...

 

Looking forward to seeing the results!

 

I also graduated in 81. 

Nice!

 

These were some of the first guys I ever bought, just not these archers!

Polly S AD&D line used throughout on the old ones...

example pics of them later tonight

 

The Drow

 

it's now later....

 

Is that what you meant @Darcstaar? 

[Glitterwolf]

I think you need to link those...😁

[Madog Barfog]

On 5/24/2022 at 10:59 PM, knarthex said:

Nice!

 

These were some of the first guys I ever bought, just not these archers!

Polly S AD&D line used throughout on the old ones...

example pics of them later tonight

 

The Drow

 

it's now later....

 

Is that what you meant @Darcstaar? 

I have all 4 of those guys I painted around 87. I still love that they are anatomically correct. 

 

A few years ago I finished my collection of nearly all of them at an FLGS in Cincinnati when someone decided to liquidate their old collection. So I still have more to paint (not that that's uncommon around here).

 

Thanks for sharing!

[knarthex]

So I discovered some things about these guys...

They are NOT Ral Partha!

They are Reaper!

I thought that they were these guys...

Ral Partha 02-077, and that's what I was told they were....

Lost minis doesn't  list the sculptor...

 

also there are 3 of 1 type and 1 of another, all sculpted by Sandra Garrity, the 3 in 1997, the single in 1999! (Look at the bases in the back shots....)

 

so they got the precious Polly S Armor Dark Green skin, WC One Coat Yellow in the eye sockets, SC 75 Black metal Chainmail, SC 75 Decayed metal helmets and greaves. GW Bleached Bone on the bow staves

.

Now the guys below don't have the bracelet nd their helmets are different...

(One guy used as an example...)

 

 

Thanks for having a look!

 

The Drow

Edited May 30 by knarthex

[knarthex]

So....

These guys got CW Catachan Green as a shadow, then MIG Olivgrun high lit on the skin, 

VMC Bronze on the armor

and SC 75 Thrash Metal drybrushed on the Chainmail

 

Exaple

 

Thanks for looking!

 

The Drow

[Glitterwolf]

Green and Mean!

[knarthex]

Just some Didi's Black Magic Black Ink mixed with Future and water washed on the chain tonight...

(It takes a while to dry....)

 

I know it's wrong, but I always think of Amazon warriors due to the cut of their armor....

 

The Drow

[Darcstaar]

Nice progress!

[knarthex]

Leathers done with SC 75 Black leather

(Why S.G> gave them shoes at all, especially something rather complex like Roman Legionnaire's sandals is beyond me...)

 

Back in the day when the older ones were painted, excempt fore the base and buckles, this guy would have been done....

 

How times change!

 

The Drow

[Glitterwolf]

9 hours ago, knarthex said:

Leathers done with SC 75 Black leather

(Why S.G> gave them shoes at all, especially something rather complex like Roman Legionnaire's sandals is beyond me...)

 

 

The Drow

 

Well, you would not want them to step on a pebble with their delicate feet, now would you?

Or worse, what if the enemy had put down lego bricks!!!???