Some of you may remember a little game called Warmaster from the early 2000s. Warhammer fantasy
on an epic scale! Today on the Hobby Grotto i'm going to show you my complete collection
all of this was painted back when i was a teenager and some of it was never painted
at all but i have everything from the Orc and Goblin army list represented in some way here.
let's have a closer look starting with the rank and file warriors, i've got the savage boys variant
here, there were two kinds of models for your regular orc warriors i've got the traditional boys
but i never got around to finishing them because i preferred the savage orc boys at the time
and these are the ones i used in my army, i don't quite know why maybe they look a bit
more vibrant in this tiny scale which is 10 millimeter scale incidentally.
i love the goblins even though they're so small they just perfectly encapsulate the
night goblin design from the time although i couldn't quite paint those sweet robe designs!
i love how chaotic the unit looks with the squiggs jumping out, warmaster was
played with these entire unit stands with the mini's cast in strips so they could
create these really animated units for the tiny scale which was fun and impressive and
you didn't need to worry about you know models ranking up or anything like that.
now these were the mainstay of any self-respecting orc army the boar boys. I think the cavalry look
great the way they're based long ways and with everything being kind of unreliable in the
orc army you need some heavy hitters. I like the little guy with the centurion style helmet there.
before we move on to some of my favorites from the range a quick look at some of the unpainted
ones. Black orcs, i think these were these were black orcs maybe they're just regular warriors
and the goblin wolf riders very nice little minis i could see myself painting one of these right
now to be honest, no idea why i never got around to painting these. Going hand in hand with the
wolf riders are the wolf chariots they're a bit hard to see when they're not painted i know but
they've got a nice scale to them. that was what was also really cool about warmaster, they could
kind of adjust the scale a bit more and make some things look a bit bigger in comparison to the rank
and file. Now the rock lobber, i was never much a fan of this design i always thought it should have
looked like the iconic fantasy ones, that would look so cool in this 10 millimetre scale but
it's not bad it did come with lots of neat little crew which is why i put it on the slightly larger
base and you got to have artillery it's just a part of warhammer battles. The bigger creatures
are my favorite models in the army and top of the list for me are the trolls they nailed
the iconic design of the larger fantasy ones which is so good, here's some lovely specimens
facing off against Karl Franz no less, great fun to paint a bunch of trolls like this i
remember they were a bit useless in games as you'd expect with their stupidity but
the entire orcs and goblins army is kind of silly you know you can't take it too seriously.
the Ogre models are awesome, so much character, and both the trolls and ogres were shared with
other armies and you know not unique to orcs and goblins but they do really feel like part
of the theme to me, and they do some clobbering! of course they're also the older design of ogres, the
classic ogre before they took on the more eastern vibes in later fantasy.
now the centerpiece of the army the giant i love this guy i never had the original
giant model because i was adamant i wanted to make my own and the way this turned out with
him bumbling along chasing after the squig was everything i could have hoped for as a young lad.
incidentally made from the old gw zombie sprue i still use that sprue to this day in fact i
have a video on speed painting this very design of zombie, but back to the giant he was always one
of my major motivations to get the army on the table and i'm so glad he survives to this day!
onto the characters starting with the wyvern he's a bit chipped here in there and i never painted
the rider for some reason but it's a lovely model. the wyvern always seemed to be the classic orcs
and goblins monster, they weren't about dragons they're about wyverns, i don't remember seeing it
in any other armies! the one thing that really surprises me though is that the wings haven't
broken off after all these years, i don't remember pinning them but perhaps i shouldn't tempt fate!
this is just a chariot that a character can ride in, i like it though it's my only painted chariot
gotta ride in style. there were lots of different orc hero models you could kind
of mix and match them on the bases which are all just coins incidentally because in warmaster the
characters were just a point on the battlefield for issuing commands. The shaman models were a
personal favorite again so much character and a chance to paint some fun bright colors
his little magic cauldron is awesome. The goblin shaman is great because he's like the smallest
miniature in the entire army but his mind is a steel fortress. also a battle standard bearer
just a you know regular orc hero, love the squig on top of the banner though
10 millimetre squigs they're something i'd say! and that's the collection every unit
from the orcs and goblins army represented in some way and it's always a lovely trip
down memory lane looking at this stuff i painted 20 years ago takes me right back!
thanks for watching and i hope you enjoyed seeing this stuff as well, let me know in the comments if
you like these kinds of showcase videos and we'll see you next time on the hobby grotto :)