I like my beastmen.
They are a sort of an "accidental army".
I started out buying a few leader type figures just because they looked good, and then added some GW beastmen fg had lying around to build them into a couple of units for our Strandhogg games. Before too long they are slated to do triple duty as Fomorians in our planned OGAM project, as well as Tharn Ravagers in Warmachines/Hordes.
The latest addition are these two Reaper beastmen woodcutter figures with heads from GW beastmen Gor.
As you can see from the second picture, they are about the size of the GW Gors, but hairier and leaner.
The reason why I painted them with white hair on the top half of their bodies is because I wanted them to represent Tharn Ravager Whitemanes, who are veterans under the rules.
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| Tharn Ravager Whitemane. Picture from the-outpost.co.uk |
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| Well, there is some resemblance... |
I didn't want to paint them completely white because I thought they would look weird, so I googled around and found some pictures of Fannin Sheep, which have white hair on their necks and heads - the other beastmen in my army are painted like Big Horn sheep, you see.
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| Fannin sheep. Photo from anne_shaw.tripod.com |
With two Whitemanes, I can field a "themed" force under the Hordes rules, which gives certain bonuses, which is of course all rather irrelevant at this point in time since we haven't even layed a single game. I just wanted an excuse to get the Reaper figures, really...
3 comments:
He looks great, I think the thinner one looks far better than the GW fig makes it seem more mean
Yes, Simon - I too like that they are mean and lean. :)
Nice looking figures. Great way to get multiple uses too.
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