More on Morley

I did ponder - for just one short minute, until I regained my senses, shook off this Daemonic influence and sobered - to create an entire team of Morleys. His orc team (were they ones with a silly name on the box? I forget) could be recreated, using bitz, cooler (inevitably) in almost every way, and yet they could be forced, by knife and by glue, by the grace of Gork and Mork, to strike similar poses as Gary's orcs are forever forced to.

The blitzers! One looks like Popeye, as he runs (?), weight on his front foot, left arm flexed and folded in to protect his torso, while the right is pulled up, contracting his right trapezius intensely, so that he may aim his fist at the ground, winding up a potentially devastating uppercut, or some such. Beautiful. His partner strikes much the same pose, but he is a scrappier orc, and so he challenges the opposition with his left fist, instead of tugging it in. Only a fool would of course approach, for he too has his right hand ready to strike, sort of. He is, presumably, more nimble than the first blitzer, as he gets some good stretching done across his pectoral muscles in this pose. Not as good as the skaven blitzers, but still... he's got some moves.

The black orcs! Where does one begin to praise these Nubian fighting machines? This pose is rarely seen in football, but it is perhaps more often seen at rock concerts or in big protests. There is perhaps a nod to "BLACK POWER!" in the fist pump that both orcs do, or perhaps more of "party on, party people!"-sentiment. I for one have trouble imagining Martin Luther King, Malcolm X or even Farrakhan wearing these somewhat viking-esque helmets though. Indeed, why would they? Naturally, the left fist is clenched, and for variation, one holds up his, while the other is more relaxed about the whole being in a violent game thing.

The thrower! Bare feet and a little dance in his step. Why would a thrower have bare feet? You got me, but it does reflect his lower AV, perhaps. He holds the ball high, as you do in football, while using his left fist to threaten any attacker who might try and prevent his throwing. His helmet is mighty, and should he fancy cookies after the game, he could just flip said helmet and start whipping up a dough in it.

The linemen. They all have a nice, wide stance with legs parallel and clenched fists. They are linemen, and so they are ready to stand, like men, in line. Or on a line. Whichever. The best pose is of course to have one fist on your hip/thigh and the other held out from your body as if you were bullying someone to surrender his milk money. Menacing! Two guys do that, and they are of course identical. Two other, completely different guys do a thing where they hold up both fists, not so that they might punch with their weight behind the fist, pivoting on their (quarter flexed) little legs, but more like... A guy playing ping-pong? There are two more, again completely different, seeing as they are smaller, have a spiked Pickelhaube-esque helmet that would get a nod from Bismarck, should he be inspecting this bunch, AND they have their LEFT fist raised a bit higher where as the other ones had their RIGHT fist a bit higher. See? See what Gary did there? Oh yeah. Smaller. "Punching" up.

And also: Loincloths. Sometimes with dangly strips. Very, very popular among orcs, it seems. One hopes that they are spared from away games in Norsca, or there may be some disappointed lady orcs after the game.

How could I ever replicate this?