The Time of the Orc has come: the Sykaran Ymirae stalk the battlefields once again!
Added 2023-07-25 18:51:38 +0000 UTCHey there all! Preview number two for upcoming August releases!
This time, we'll take a trip down memory lane, revisiting a previous release that has been long overdue an overhaul. Released back in October of last year, I was really happy with how they shaped up for their premiere, however it took very little time before I became dissatisfied with how underwhelmingly small and surprisingly skinny they were. That now has been rectified, with a new set on the way, of five interchangeable sets of torsos and legs, with helmeted and unhelmeted options for distinguishing their leader.
The Sykaran Ymirae, known colloquially as the Northland Orcs, make up part of the Skjalos Guard shock troops. Though thought by many outsiders to be animalistic brutes, little more than feral killers, the Northland Orcs are intelligent, cunning creatures, and all the more vicious in battle for a sadism only sentience can grant. Though among the Skjalos ranks, the relations between the Guard and Ymirae are, as they have always been, balanced on a tense knife edge, on the field all internal conflicts are put aside and few can withstand a combined charge of the Skjalos Guard accompanied by these Orcs. Wielding their Sykaran Gauntlets as both a shield and a bladed weapon to deadly effect, and using their huge spears to block off and impale swathes of foes, each Ymira is a fighting force on their own, and nigh unsurvivable in groups.
As can be seen below, where one Ymira has effortlessly impaled one of the Kyporii with its claw.
Also, as a size comparison, here are the new Ymirae alongside a Skjalos Legionary (left), and compared with the old Ymirae (right).
As you can see, these guys are absolutely huge, only just fitting onto a 40mm base.
This will be the first set of Ymirae, and I would like to, depending on how these are received, explore further subspecies of Orcs in the future beyond the Northlanders.
