Appearance of Orcs (and other Goblinoids)

[knightkrawler]

I used it as a comparative noun to "nerd", as from every instance I heard an American use the word I got the sense that this is precisely the meaning.
I am sometimes very intuitive in my use of language.

[wolfie907]

that's how it is used kk, but it is a word for horse cock originally

[Goblin-King]

d'cock

[Malcadon]

Wait, want were we talking about again?

hummm...?

Oh yeah, do Orcs [cock/dork/dong/whatever] look better with red or green skin, or something else altogether? And more over, should they seek medical attention for it?

[knightkrawler]

I find them beautiful in a light blue skintone like some of the Confrontation painted ones.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

Over the generations the basic look of the orc has evolved and changed.
The basic HQ orc now doesn't resemble that resemble that of most modern interpretations of what an orc is.
I know there is no right or wrong to what one should look like, but the huge muscular ape like men of the contemporary orc from GW is probably very far from the old celtic folk lore or even Tolkiens visions of what an orc should look like.
Back when HQ first came out the generic orc look was quite slight, with long limbs and a heavy jaw but not overly muscular.
GW design changed during their release of the game "GORKA MORKA" The then sculptor "Brian Nelson" changed the look dramatically and the design seem to change over night from there.
Yet other designs of the orc also work, such as the Elder scrolls version, savage with a noble quality as to the degenerate race within the LOTR.

What do you guys think? What is your interpretation of an orc? What should it be like to you?
Post pics ect. a tell me

[torilen]

I usually think of HQ orc or D&D orc when I think orc. Those are really the only orcs I know or have seen.
I haven't looked much at mythical orcs or anything from legend like that.

I have looked at goblins, and I have varying views on goblins at times, depending what I am using them for.
I typically end right back at the D&D version, unfortunately...though, as of late, I have thought of goblins in
the terms of Magic the Gathering. They seem a little more intelligent, yet awkward and clumsy, instead of simply
creatures that don't think much.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

I always had the idea that goblins thought too much as opposed to too little, very selfish and spiteful, like how some kids behave, like they never got past that point. But differently not child like in anyway!

[Teldurn]

The HQ orc was the first version I was introduced to, so I have a natural tendency to think that's how they all should look. D&D orcs looked different, but were similar enough that I kept the same thinking. Then I watched LotR and those orcs looked way different from what I thought, but through the power of cognitive dissonance, I was like, "Well, movie makeup." Then, there's World of Warcraft, which solidified the orcish look to me. It carried much of the similarities of HQ orcs, but added a bit of humanity. Even still, orcs will always mean to me, jutting lower jaw, larger lower fangs tusks, sloping forehead, greenish-brownish skin, and hunched posture and I'm not sure that will ever change.

I recently started playing TESV:Skyrim and have noticed the orcs in the game look too human for my taste. I understand why that is from a lore and game design standpoint, but for pure aesthetics, I'd really rather they look like how I think they should look.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

I have some really old and really cool looking fighting fantasy orcs, only about 6 of them, but they to me seem more orcish, with the same qualities, long limbs, hunched, large jaw and tusks. I got them second hand as a kid and they have had so many paint jobs, but they to me are still really handsome models, but again are very different from whats on offer in the market today.