Orc Witch Hunters!

Da NachtJägers
Orc Witch Hunters and follows of Sigmork!

Hailing from the dark forests of the Old World and working mostly at night, this small band of eccentric Orcs have dedicated their lives to eradicating the agents of the dark powers: Vampires, werewolves, ghouls and other forms of undead; warlocks, mages, witches, sorcerers, illusionists, fortune-tellers, seers, necromancers and any other users of magic; cultists and worshippers of dark gods or daemons, beastmen, skaven, daemons, mutants and other creatures of chaos; and composers of corrupting music are all subject to their attentions.

The NachtJägers search graveyards, forest clearings, deserted villages and ruined castles stalking their prey. They follow up any reports of supernatural activity and mercilessly exterminate any unnatural creatures they discover. They make a habit of breaking into crypts and mausoleums to root-out the foul beasts that inevitably lurk there.

Kaptain Fängmorder and his warband are unusual for Orcs being of dour and somber demeanors. They take their chosen path very seriously and never seem to laugh or joke or even take much pleasure in what they do. Like all Orcs they are deeply superstitious but they have not taken to fearing the signs of bad luck they see in everyday life, but searching for them and using them as guides to lead them to their preferred enemy.

This is my new Orc and Goblin warband. Following the idea that Orcs like to appropriate the customs and behaviours of other cultures I started thinking about Orcs who specialise in destroying supernatural enemies.

So first up, the Heroes:

Witch Hunter Kaptain Fängmorder (Orc Boss)









Witch Hunter Heftig (Orc Big’Un)









Warrior Priest Grimmig (Orc Shaman)

And some Henchmen:

Zealot Hoch (Orc Boy – Hammer & Stake, 'cos it's the only way to be sure...)









Zealot Gräber (Orc Boy – Spade and Lantern, 'cos digging up graves at night is fun!)









More Henchmen and another Big'Un coming soon!

Haha those are awesome

Great concept. I'm really looking forward to following this thread.

Devote followers of Sigmork seems a logical next step from The Fishmen...sort of . VERY CLEVER & IMAGINATIVE STUFF as always. Borrowing/improving ideas of other folk seems a VERY Orc & Goblin thing to do. The Lads look TERRIFIC in their new roles...LOVE the hats & all the Witch Hunter trappings. Following the Pilgrims' progress will be a REAL delight. VERY WELL DONE!

As a fellow ork/ork player, I must say I´m in love...

Te whole mob reminds me some king of medieval Gorkamorka band - if you can imagine such thing.

Thanks guys!

Zealot Wütend (Orc Boy – Hammer & bagage, including Garlic buds)









Zealot Mummfisch (Fishgutz! – Sword and Dagger)

VERY COOL! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the Goblins, if any, in the Righteous Green Band.

Very small yet fantastic conversions! This is always an inspiration to look at.

Please do not stop converting

You are truly an orc-fanatic. Worshipers of Sigmork are great.
I will be waiting for Sisterz of Sigmork, or Carnival of Gork, or... no, maybe Orc Clan Eshin would be too much But seriously, I love the idea to make all the warbands orcish. But are you not bored with that?

Kurgan, your modelling is wicked awesome. Witchhunter orcs are one of the greatest ideas yet. I'm really looking forward to seeing some painted models!

Thanks folks!

Skavenblight wrote:

You are truly an orc-fanatic. Worshipers of Sigmork are great.
I will be waiting for Sisterz of Sigmork, or Carnival of Gork, or... no, maybe Orc Clan Eshin would be too much But seriously, I love the idea to make all the warbands orcish. But are you not bored with that?

I feel like a traitor whenever I play anything other than Orcs, so themed warbands enable me to explore other areas without leaving my favourite race behind.

Though just thinking about the Sisters of Sigmork may give me nightmares!!

Zealot goblins. Just sayin'.
Flagellant orcs.
Squig hounds.
And they's pirates, see? Yeah, they got this ship...

Boss is this the new warband? Like for the next campaign or is it for the NEXT campaign? And Boss, when is the next campaign?

Love it. The conversions look great. They will be pretty sweet on the field when they are done.

Von Kurst wrote:

Zealot goblins. Just sayin'.
Flagellant orcs.
Squig hounds.
And they's pirates, see? Yeah, they got this ship...

Boss is this the new warband? Like for the next campaign or is it for the NEXT campaign? And Boss, when is the next campaign?

Flagellant goblins! I have a plan for them in my head, I just hope I can make them how I imagine them....

Squig Hounds are also planned... I'm thinking about using the front half of plastic Chaos Hounds!

The Next campaign will start VERY soon, and I will be using the Witch Hunters in it.

Flagellant gobbos! Arrg, ye got it bassackwards! Zealots iz da weeds an' Flaggies da big uns! Oy!

Whatever, you will do a stunning job of it I am certain.

Very soon and "thinking about" hounds do not seem compatible... Now are these gits counts as Witch Hunters (using Witch Hunter stats and rules) or Orcs that act like Witch Hunters...

You are doing WH and Dave is modeling a Watch... Who are the bad guys?

Von Kurst wrote:

Flagellant gobbos! Arrg, ye got it bassackwards! Zealots iz da weeds an' Flaggies da big uns! Oy!

Hehehehe!

Von Kurst wrote:

Orcs that act like Witch Hunters...

This one.

Von Kurst wrote:

You are doing WH and Dave is modeling a Watch... Who are the bad guys?

Me! Witch Hunters are the bad guys. They torture, burn and stake everyone and call them heretic after to justify it: It's the Orcy way!

Zealot Streng (Orc Boy – Crowbar, handy for prying open tombs)









Zealot Finster (Orc Boy – Large Holy Symbol, keep those Dead'Unz at a distance!)

Interesting. I totally took this as a counts-as but either way is cool.

Can I jst ask where you get so many plastic crossbows, that don't have hands attached? I'd love some for a couple of warbands I've been looking at doing; my previous experience chopping the arms and hands off empire xbowmen didnt really work out :p

So and I have a small bits-question to. Where You find this cool looking hammers?

Warboss Kurgan, you've perfected creating orc warbands to mastery - very nice to see witch hunters theme this time ! Awesome conversions, as always!

The Ultra-Mega Bob wrote:

Can I jst ask where you get so many plastic crossbows, that don't have hands attached? I'd love some for a couple of warbands I've been looking at doing; my previous experience chopping the arms and hands off empire xbowmen didnt really work out :p

Blessed Knight is working on an Empire army and he gave me a little bag of spare bits which included pistols, crossbows and some baggage.

You can get them here though:
http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/empire-handgunner-crossbow-a-single-p-2474.html

And this one has a single easy-to-clip-off hand attached:
http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/empire-handgunner-crossbow-b-with-hand-p-2597.html

Dwalthrim_Grimsson wrote:

So and I have a small bits-question to. Where You find this cool looking hammers?

The Warhammer building kits! They are from the Griffon gargoyles and Sigmarite statues

Haha cute idea. The conversions look excellent.