LoneWolf23
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Been watching my Two Towers DVD, and I suddenly realized, looking at the Battle of Helm's deep: The Uruk-Hai and other Orcs reminded me of recent Orc-depicting art in Wizards of the Coast products.
The most flagrant exemple is the full-page battle illustration on page 125 of The Complete Warrior, showing a horde of orcs rushing a phalanx of dwarves. I couldn't help but note how much those orcs reminded me of the hordes of Helm's Deep's invaders.
And then there's the cover for "The Thousand Orcs"... If that's not a LOTR movie Rip, I don't know what is.
...I can only assume this means Wizards is pushing it's Orcs back to the Tolkien "Dark Hordes of Vicious Minions" Model, rather then the "Green Skinned Badasses" of things like Warhammer and Warcraft...
The most flagrant exemple is the full-page battle illustration on page 125 of The Complete Warrior, showing a horde of orcs rushing a phalanx of dwarves. I couldn't help but note how much those orcs reminded me of the hordes of Helm's Deep's invaders.
And then there's the cover for "The Thousand Orcs"... If that's not a LOTR movie Rip, I don't know what is.
...I can only assume this means Wizards is pushing it's Orcs back to the Tolkien "Dark Hordes of Vicious Minions" Model, rather then the "Green Skinned Badasses" of things like Warhammer and Warcraft...