Dwimlin (Orcs), Goblins and Hobgoblins are the most prolific enemy the King`s Britannic army will have to face on a most regular basis, so what better place to start painting the bad guys than with a tribe of Copplestone Casting Hobs. The bulk of my 10mm model collection are Pendraken Miniatures... my preferred choice every time. But I was sent a few packets of figures by Mark Copplestone himself a few years back, and decided to get these painted first so I could concentrate exclusively, thereafter, on my Pendraken miniatures collection.
The Copplestone minis came on strips, so I carefully separated them and based them individually on 1 cent coins. The rules I wrote for my 10mm games very much allow for this individual basing, something you rarely see at this scale (usually you see the miniatures massed together on base trays). I decided early on that 10mm needn’t be any different than the more usual 28mm scale - just the figures are smaller is all. This allows me to maintain a real personal relationship with my little toy men... much like skirmish wargaming does, or even a game a Warhammer or Warhammer 40K. I personally like this `hands on` approach to my gaming, as it allows me to build a feel for my guys on a total one to one basis.
I don`t call my troops Orcs. I feel that title has been done to death a bit. So I imagine my "Dwimlin" (my own made up word) a bit more like the Hobbs and Goblins of English and Irish fairy tale and mythology... not necessarily green skinned and only slightly Tolkien-esque in manner.
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