"Why are orcs green and/or look like pigs?" Topic
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| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jun 2009 2:54 p.m. PST |
Norscaman: "Recently, I did a group of albino orcs who lived under ground." PLEASE share some pics! Please, please!! CC
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| Dayglo Sword | 03 Jun 2009 3:50 p.m. PST |
I first saw the pig-faced orcs on the cover of the 1979 D&D module "Keep on the Borderlands." Likely this was designed as the AD&D Monster Manual was in 1979.link
Contrast and compare with 'The House on the Borderland' link
and the description of swine-things. I think the orcs from 'keep' were an homage. link And a quote from later on in the story…
I am looking at a vast, misty swine-face, over which fluctuates a flamboyant flame, of a greenish hue.
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| Norscaman | 03 Jun 2009 5:26 p.m. PST |
Ha ha CC! If I get a chance, and some decent photos, I'll post pics. But no promises for the next two weeks. I got a hell of a busy time at work right now. |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jun 2009 9:14 p.m. PST |
No rush. Whenever you are able to. Thanks so much. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Jun 2009 10:56 p.m. PST |
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| Wheldrake | 20 Jun 2009 8:20 a.m. PST |
My gut feeling was to blame the brothers Hildebrandt, as in this pic, "Captured by the Orcs", from a '76 Ballantine books calendar:
picture Note that the big orc on the left has *very* green skin, a But I have a feeling that traditions of beast-man hybrids go back pretty far |
| Wheldrake | 20 Jun 2009 8:25 a.m. PST |
My gut feeling was to blame the brothers Hildebrandt, as in this pic, "Captured by the Orcs", from a '76 Ballantine books calendar:
picture Note that the big orc on the left has *very* green skin, as does the guy in the centre with his back to us. I vaguely recall posters from that calendar being distributed at 1977 Playboy club GenCon, or perhaps it was the 78 U Wisconsin one. But I have a feeling that traditions of beast-man hybrids go back pretty far, predating Tolkien by a long shot. Why worry? pig-faced orcs look good to me. Cheers, --- Wheldrake |
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ponders getting some of his 28mm fantasy figures off the shelves and onto the tabletop.
