Quote from: Ithoriel on 19 August 2016, 01:38:52 PM
(I am not a number I am a free man!   )

Ha  ha  ha  ha  ha  haa  haaaa....(trails away mockingly)

A bit of deja vu going on here! I am sure Leon will be along in a mo to link us back to  the previous two threads (2010 and 2012) on this topic.

Mollinary

Course I donna use one, but den I'ze a simple sole.

IanS (feeling fishy)

Quote from: mollinary on 19 August 2016, 05:15:32 PM
A bit of deja vu going on here! I am sure Leon will be along in a mo to link us back to  the previous two threads (2010 and 2012) on this topic.

Mollinary

No deja vu here, I only joined in 2013 besides Leon started this thread.

Quote from: mollinary on 19 August 2016, 05:15:32 PM
A bit of deja vu going on here! I am sure Leon will be along in a mo to link us back to  the previous two threads (2010 and 2012) on this topic.

Quote from: Ithoriel on 19 August 2016, 05:26:38 PM
No deja vu here, I only joined in 2013 besides Leon started this thread.

I tend to start a fresh one every now and then as we get more new members on board.  It's always interesting to hear the origins of some of our more random monikers...

No pseudonyms here, me name's me name.

Of the Devonshire Zippee's perhaps?

Quote from: Zippee on 19 August 2016, 06:43:23 PM
No pseudonyms here, me name's me name.

What your the brown Turtle who is friends with George the pink Hippo and Bungle the Gay bear?

For Non Uk readers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zippy_(Rainbow)

It's my name, so i took that. In all honesty, i tend to forget logins, so when i make a new one, i just use my name followed by 123.

also, my friends say 'pieje' or something similar, wich does not come out well in english i think

Quite a few years ago about the time of the first Lord of the Rings film the miniatures company "Vendle" brought out their fantasy range. At the time I was helping Sunjester and another friend at quite a few wargames shows with their company.

Chatting in the van coming back from  a show having seen the  new range , someone said (not me guv) that it would be good to do the Battle of the Five Armies using these figures.  We all agreed to do one of the Good Armies  of about 80 figures and to make up the opposition we would each do a warband of  "just a few orcs".

The arms race escalated, fuelled by Colins genereous trade discount.  I liked the Orcs and Goblins the best and each show I would say " I am just going to Vendle for a few orcs".  My warband  of 28mm Orcs is now  some 600-700 strong plus associated trolls, giants and  characters .  I still have about 100 left to paint and do a few every so often as I like painting them.  

Now when we get them out to play there are often 1200-2000 figures on the table.  You can have a look at the club page to get an Idea.  Its a 12 foot wide table and the Orcs are wall to wall and often 4 units deep

https://sites.google.com/site/tringwargames/batreps/fornost

BATUS Canada August 1976

Cheers Paul

Nice report Orcs!

Sexy piece of kit T13A

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 19 August 2016, 07:29:39 PM
Quite a few years ago about the time of the first Lord of the Rings film the miniatures company "Vendle" brought out their fantasy range. At the time I was helping Sunjester and another friend at quite a few wargames shows with their company.

Chatting in the van coming back from  a show having seen the  new range , someone said (not me guv) that it would be good to do the Battle of the Five Armies using these figures.  We all agreed to do one of the Good Armies  of about 80 figures and to make up the opposition we would each do a warband of  "just a few orcs".

The arms race escalated, fuelled by Colins genereous trade discount.  I liked the Orcs and Goblins the best and each show I would say " I am just going to Vendle for a few orcs".  My warband  of 28mm Orcs is now  some 600-700 strong plus associated trolls, giants and  characters .  I still have about 100 left to paint and do a few every so often as I like painting them.  

Now when we get them out to play there are often 1200-2000 figures on the table.  You can have a look at the club page to get an Idea.  Its a 12 foot wide table and the Orcs are wall to wall and often 4 units deep

https://sites.google.com/site/tringwargames/batreps/fornost

Just a few Orcs on the table then. ( ee what I did there?)

Start the car Mabel!

Quote from: Subedai on 19 August 2016, 08:54:14 PM

Just a few Orcs on the table then. ( ee what I did there?)

Start the car Mabel!

Is that better or worse than "Just a few Orcs" under the table?