This tiny fellow is from Grenadier's Orcs of the Black River boxed set. He's on a 20mm base with plenty of room.
An odd thing about Grenadier's orcs is how often they changed design. Even those designed by John Dennett (as here) vary considerably. The Black River orcs match up with much larger horse-mounted orc chieftain, a couple of wagon drivers, the dragon rider and the orcish giant, and there are also a couple of blisters of converted Black River orcs. But the other Dennett orcs are a bit different, with longer muzzles, in line with the Orcs of the Severed Hand. And then there are the ranges by various other designers, including Cliff Linton, Andrew Chernak and Nick Lund, all of which are different again.
In any case, they're all good. The photo below shows the Black River orc against one of Nick Lund's later orcs for the Fantasy Warriors range - quite a contrast in size.
I thought I was quite familiar with the Grenadier minis. But this one is a new one too me. A very different feel to the classic Nick Lund ones. Nicely painted as well 😁.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rob - yes, these are a lot daintier than all the other ones Grenadier did. I've managed to acquire quite a lot of them, so this should be the first of many. I've just realised that my paintwork is being misrepresented by my phone's built-in auto-enhance (which can't be turned off), so I'm going to add a new post with some slightly better photos, achieved through torturous workarounds.
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