Hi Folks, today's Oldhammer treat is the 'not so' Limited Edition LE1 Space Orc.
From what I believe the first Space 'Orc' to appear in the citadel ranges, there were other Orcs with a sci-fi twist like the Bazooka Orcs, Sleazy Rider and the Orc with machine gun in the Marauder miniatures Orc range but not until the launch of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader where Orcs were renamed to Orks did true Space Orks come along, was this sculpt just a flight of fancy or a test miniature for the early development of Warhammer 40,000, many other miniatures appeared in the limited edition range featuring a sci-fi theme or technology equipped, Space Skeleton, Wizard with machine gun did anyone ever incorporate these into their early Rogue Trader games? I do remember we used loads of Sleazy Rider's.
What I like about this Orc is the primal animalistic appearance of the Orc, gorilla like, hunched over with big long limbering arms, giant tusks, he reminded me of The Planet of the Apes movies so much that I gave him a little U.S. flag on his arm, he wears a Space suit retro fitted with armour plates and a flight pack and armed with a crude combi-weapon of double barrelled blaster and battle-axe!!!
There is a nicely painted example over on Solegends.
These photos appear a little dark I may have to redo them.
LE1 Space Orc - side |
LE1 Space Orc - front |
LE1 Space Orc - side |
LE1 Space Orc - back |
Thanks for coming over
J
I really like this model, far more detailed and nice than what I expected and I loved painting it. I really like yoru version of it with the dark skin, slightly WW2esque colours with added brights spots for sci-fi cred. Works a treat.
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