The Wild Boar Knight is quite something, at any rate.
"Orc" has meanwhile been established as its name, and this figure really is the cream of this series. I mean, philosophically speaking Crash Test Dummy may be unmatched* but I cannot see much play potential there for myself. That is very different with Orc, as is being demonstrated in
another thread. He works best in groups:
I have rounded up a gang of 10, which should be enough for my needs.
Orc's body is the moulded breastplate of the Romans figures, which really only accommodates one type of belt: the sword-belt with loop on front; all others do not fit the body sculpt, including the brown fur one supplied in the bag. So that needs changing.
Orc's arms are muscular, first seen with the Hoplite in Figures Boys 11 and a pirate of around the same time. I didn't like them much on either one, but do enjoy them in this instance. The arms seem to work better here because of his heavier, sculptured body and especially because of the long armguards that cover the skinny lower arms. These look splendid on muscle arms, and should be applied to each and every muscle arm in the catalogue.
I'm having a hard time finding regular bodies of the exact same colour as Orc. So far I have only found one, on a
tomb robber, shown above.
Playmofriends, I need your help: are there more?
Orc's weapon is from the
Temple Guardians. His shield is nice, but not necessarily in great numbers. I don't care much for the helmet.
Pretty happy with this guy!
Best wishes
StJohn
*
Playmobil is unique as a toy concept solidly centred on the human body, so what superb self-reflection to launch a replicated replica of what you have been replicating since the beginning!
