Advent Calendar Day-1

When deciding on the first entry for my Monster Manual Advent Calendar I was initially planning on an undead model as I'm currently beefing up my force for Age Of Sigmar as well as painting some Shadespire miniatures, but in the spirit of following the Monster Manual I decided instead to kick off with one of the most basic and prolific D&D monsters; the Orc.

The Orc (along with the goblin) were the staple foot-soldier/bad-guy in Tolkien's writings and as such generally densely populated most old-school D&D campaign worlds and games.  In both role-playing art and miniature sculpting there have been tons of different interpretations of the image of the Orc but the one I've gone with today is a sculpt by Antediluvian Miniatures based on the look of the Orcs from the Dungeons & Dragons Saturday morning cartoon.

For you modern pop-culture types; this is what the kids from Stranger Things picture as an Orc when they play D&D. 

More to come.  Some expected "classic" monsters and hopefully a few surprises.

-Jay