Thursday 4 February 2016

From JohnSh - Slaughterloo Orcs of Albion (20 points)

Slaughterloo Orcs of Albion


These are just a quick four Orcs of Albion to complete a unit for Slaughterloo Fantasy Napoleonic Game. No longer a fashionable game, my friends and I still love to play it as the figures look fabulous massed on the table, the rules are simple and straightforward and the 'nations' are very amusing. Orcs for Albion (England), Elves for Ferach (French), Todorini - Frogs! - of Nepolise (Italians) and many more.


Painted in a deliberately cartoony style with block colours, little shading (only on the faces) and finished with a satin varnish they are done to match an incomplete unit I bought at a 'bring and buy'. I jokingly refer to these models as the ugliest ever made in the metal, with over sized features, odd proportions and leering faces. However they take paint well and the exaggerated details really pop.

                                    

So that is four 28mm figures for another 20 points (woo hoo!). I'm really enjoying the process of picking groups of figures to paint. The Challenge let's me not get carried away deliberating over which army to work on, I can just go into the lead mine and grab whatever I fancy. To paraphrase a coal miner's saying "It's a great life down the pit, you can do whatever you want, all day long, as long as it involves shifting two and a half tons of lead".

I like your coal miner's attitude to painting John. I sometimes feel a bit like a pit pony myself when I'm buried beneath the lead pile! Unlike the poor pony however I've nobody to blame but myself... 
I've never been able to convince myself to buy into the fantasy Napoleonic scene despite the fact I'm very much taken with the miniatures themselves. You're clearly a big fan and it comes out in your enthusiasm for painting them and the cartoony style really suits the miniatures. I'm pleased that despite the system being OOP you and your mates continue to enjoy it and keep it alive. That's a big thing in my gaming, not letting external influences affect the pleasure I take from it so congrats for doing what you enjoy.
20 points added to your total and well done! Cheers, Millsy.

28 comments:

  1. Slaughterloo was one of those games that just past me by. Nice to see it again though. But in retrospect what could be better than Orcs looking "Spanking" in Red!

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    1. Thanks Clint. Yes, the red does rather go well with green skin.

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  2. I played this game once when I was in college and it had potential I it was just too expensive for me at the time.. I liked the figures though I think the Austrian Dog men were my favorite. Good stuff.

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    1. Thanks Adam. Yes, it's a great little game. The "Osterians" are rather appealing. I have a division of them in the painting pile too.

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  3. Not my thing at all but you've done a fine job on these lads. FYI Slaughterloo and Flintloqud are back from the dead...http://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/slaughterloo-game-system

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    1. Thanks Peter. Yes, I like that they are reviving the game.

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  4. Really nice! I dabbled in Flintloque mini's a while back but was not able to make them work like you do here!

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    1. Thanks Sander. The trick to these figures is to NOT try and paint them as well as you would others. Just let the exaggerated details be your guide.

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    2. That does sound like good advice!

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  5. Great work! These figures are really nice.

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  6. Not really my cuppa, but I like your cartoony approach to painting them and can't help but nod to your enthusiasm for the game. Excellent stuff.

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    1. I can understand how you feel about them Curt although they do grow on you (kind of like a fungus). I tend to find games I like and stay with them because it takes me so long to paint armies for them. Doesn't stop me buying into new games however...

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    2. Haha! I can definitely sympathize John, as I have a lot of 'fungus' in amongst my collection as well. :)

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  7. Great idea to match the style of painting with the style of figures. Great job on these strange mixture (orcs and Napoleans). cheers

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    1. Thanks mate. My brain would explode trying to do a "serious" style of painting on these fellas.

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  8. That's a great coal-mining quote!

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    1. Thanks mate. Yep, it says a lot about the realities of working for a living.

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  9. Very nicely done - the style fits the figures perfectly.

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  10. Very cool! I love these guys! I may pick up a few at some point as the whole line is a guaranteed impulse buy! ;)

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    1. Yep, that's how I started. 1,000+ miniatures later...

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