My frined and I have been working on a Orc faction for home brew use, he has some pewter orc miniatures we are going to use.

this is just stuff we currently have lots of stuff we need to change to make it feel new and differnt

Race Ability: Ruthless- Hand to when engaging in hand to hand (close) combat if your unit has more figures in it that the defender roll one additional die. Ignore this ability if the unit is Bold. Range weapons do not benefit from this ability.

for the 3 basic troops (Green, Blue and Red) swordsmen I have the basics

Green: move 2 combat

Blue Move 1 combat, move 2 no combat

Red Move 1 and combat

Cavalry

Green Timber Wolf Riders - Move 3 and Combat

Blue Timber Wolf Riders - Move 2 and Combat

Ignores all penalties from forrest Hexes

Archers - Same

Specialist Cards

Orc Raiders

Replace 1 red banner foot units

If this unit has moved and is attacking a foot unit all flags rolled are counted as hits.

Orc Axemen

replace 1 or 2 blue/red units with prespective colors

hand to hand and range weapon of 2 ( roll 2 dice when throwing)

Orc Broad Sword -

Replace 1 Blue/Red with perspective colors

If a Orc Broad sword unit rolls 2 or more of the same banner color that is not of the target it counts as a hit.

Example: A red banner Orc Broad sword is attack a blue banner human foot soldier

Orc Unit rolls

Flag

Lore

Green

Green

The defending unit loses one figure.

Difficult part is coming up with a balanced set of cards similar to the Call to Arms unit cards.

Like the Ruthless ability. An interesting concept that would impact upon the Race's tactics and the way they are played. Concordantly, it would give them a uniqueness and individual style, which is what you want with a new race. Sweet!

Also love the Broadsword idea - two-for-one is a great idea

I think it would be interesting to have Orcs connected to the woods - as with your timber wolves - as opposed to the generic Orcs hate nature and live in hell holes. Love to see them as a force of nature rather than an enemy of it. You could have Green flag Deer Riders, Blue flag Timber Wolf Riders and Red flag Bear Riders. What could be cooler than an Orc riding a Grizzly?

Maybe an Orc riding TWO Grizzlies?!?!