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Title: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
Post by: empireaddict on October 27, 2012, 07:59:07 PM: Have been working with my son on an Ogre Kingdoms army for him. Finished it this weekend. First game was won by Empire - Gnoblars failing in their main role as cannonball absorbers. Here are some pics of the minis.
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Post by: frogbear on October 27, 2012, 09:45:35 PM: That is one fantastic looking army!
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Post by: pw on October 27, 2012, 09:53:13 PM: Fabulous, well done!
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Post by: The Siege Tower on October 27, 2012, 09:56:47 PM: What did you use for the Yetis?
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Post by: jchaos79 on October 27, 2012, 09:57:43 PM: Really nice convertions and great display of imagination. This army seems superb!

The giant slave is great! 8)
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Post by: Stormwind on October 27, 2012, 11:38:31 PM: Good work!
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Post by: Big Red on October 28, 2012, 02:44:20 AM: Very nicely done!!

Has given me inspiration to do something similar. Time to start collecting more Ogres and Dragon Ogres.

Your alternate minis used for some units - can you let us know what they are and where you got them from?
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Post by: vincent on October 28, 2012, 04:41:34 AM: Cool army!
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Post by: David Wasilewski on October 28, 2012, 09:37:28 AM: Gorgeous!

You are a great sculptor and painter!

Dave
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Post by: empireaddict on October 28, 2012, 12:14:28 PM: Thanks everyone for the comments; much appreciated by both me and my son. He came up with the conversion ideas and hunted down the alternate miniatures. He then did the block colour painting and I did the fine detail. He also did the hard work of filing and pinning while I did anything fiddly or with green stuff. The army was a good one for a beginner because the minis are fairly large for painting and the high points value meant the financial outlay wasnâ€™t huge.

Starting from the left, the Yhetees are Copplestone 15mm Snow Trolls. No conversion work needed.

Butcher #1 is GW Dragon Ogre torso with normal GW Ogre legs plus boar from the O&G character blister.

Slave Giant is normal GW giant plus picture wire covered with superglue for the noose.

Bruiser has candle from Araby character and has been dubbed â€˜Eltonâ€™ (candle in the wind).

Bull Ogres are normal GW but we decided on 2 per stand to reduce financial cost and so added in plenty of rocks.

Leadbelchers are GW Ogres with assorted Empire cannons (including a couple of spare bombards). Cut off arms. Pinned cannon to body. Drilled through their shoulders. Inserted paper clip and shaped into arm positions and then green stuffed the arms and hands.

Gnoblars are standard GW Goblins.

Gorgers are Magister Militum 15mm Hill trolls minus their horns. One with a weapon added.

Bruiser is on a Copplestone 15mm Cave Bear.

Rhinox riders are GW Ogres mounted on Eureka Woolly Rhinos.

Butcher #2 is GW Dragon Ogre torso with normal GW Ogre legs plus skull pot from O&G character blister and a bigger cauldron from a random bit of plastic that we roughed up and added a spare axe head.

Tyrant is a Dragon Ogre torso with normal Ogre legs on a O&G character blister chariot with Eureka Woolly Rhinos providing motive power. See attached picture for his pet bear!

On the production line we have an ironblaster and a War Mammoth (Eureka Mammupach) with rider.

We have more pictures, so if you want to see something specific, please ask.
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Post by: Lex on October 28, 2012, 01:09:58 PM: How old is your son ?
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Post by: empireaddict on October 28, 2012, 01:53:38 PM: Thirteen. He decided he wanted to get into WM, spent some time looking through the army lists on his new-fangled iPad and said "I think it's going to be Ogres" and we took it from there. His judgement on conversions was better than mine. Whereas I might look at a mini and think "what would be easy to achieve?", he looks at them and thinks "what would look best?". That results in more work but the outcome is better.
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Post by: empireaddict on October 28, 2012, 04:38:16 PM: Having received steerage from Lex, I think I've now figured out how to post photos ...

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8131718356_4a1fd151cb.jpg)

Hmmm ... it appears I haven't. Will work out what I've done wrong and retry.

[edit] JChaos, many thanks. Still haven't broken the code. Will try some other options.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8131718476_0116be2ff3.jpg)

[edit] Thanks again to Lex. Now figured out what I'm supposed to be doing!
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Post by: Kesseki on October 29, 2012, 06:07:23 PM: Awosome!!, your army is unique!
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Post by: empireaddict on October 30, 2012, 05:37:11 AM: Thanks. It was a fun project to do.
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Post by: hetairoiWM on November 05, 2012, 07:42:29 AM: Just... Awesome!
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Post by: empireaddict on November 10, 2012, 09:42:24 AM: Thanks. We're still plugging away at some additional painting and will post up some pics when we're done.
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Post by: empireaddict on July 01, 2013, 09:58:32 PM: It has been a while, but we finally got round to taking some pics of some extras we painted for the Ogres Kingdoms:

Scrap Launcher
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/9187677518_5ae2b138c4.jpg)

Slave Giant (2)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/9187677058_8a1f714258.jpg)

War Mammoth 1
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/9187676224_174473cbff.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/9187675338_094c743612.jpg)

Gnoblar Hero
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/9187678410_181a61d8c8.jpg)
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Post by: empireaddict on July 01, 2013, 10:00:49 PM: And some miscellaneous units which, if used with Ogres as proxies, can form a Chaos list:

Norse General (Copplestone 15mm Dwarf â€“ about same size as a GW Ogre)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7437/9187668868_f4e8ec166e.jpg)

Norse Warriors
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/9187667960_2466378e84.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/9187667332_707f43130e.jpg)

Dragon Ogres
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/9187673028_904ebae354.jpg)

Marauder Cavalry
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/9187669470_d413da220b.jpg)

Horse Archers
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/9187672000_8b8a81a0fc.jpg)

Hounds
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3830/9187670418_f0d2ce53d6.jpg)

Spawn
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3682/9187666864_c619b30a84.jpg)

River Troll markers
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8334386588_05ce9fef68.jpg)
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Post by: Stormwind on July 01, 2013, 10:51:30 PM: Mate these look fab!

Why do river trolls need separate markers instead of bases, though?
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Post by: empireaddict on July 07, 2013, 10:07:47 PM: Thanks. These units were quite fun to paint.

The River Trolls are just markers or to put under bridges for terrain-based amusement. Picked up a handful of trolls in a job-lot and so decided to experiment with them.
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Post by: Stuart Bleything on March 02, 2014, 12:26:35 PM: Really impressive .

Stuart
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Post by: edgar1st@aol.com on March 02, 2014, 04:50:04 PM: Looks even beter in Reality! apart from watching two crazy giants tear my Dark elves apart at Saffrom Waldon. :)
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Post by: marell le fou on March 02, 2014, 11:56:21 PM: Love those troll markers :)
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Post by: Rowlybot on March 03, 2014, 11:15:40 AM: These did look absolutely fantastic in the flesh, as it were.
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Post by: empireaddict on March 03, 2014, 05:48:27 PM: Many thanks. Regarding those crazy giants, their (comedy?) performance impressed their general so much that the next procurement and painting task is to do a couple more. He wants a full brigade of them!
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Post by: fracas on March 03, 2014, 10:01:44 PM: Awesome army!
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Post by: empireaddict on September 14, 2014, 03:50:37 PM: Some new additions to this army ...
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Post by: Stormwind on September 14, 2014, 04:39:24 PM: A brigade of giants? D=

Pardon me whilst I change my underwear.
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Post by: jchaos79 on September 14, 2014, 06:50:17 PM: Very very cool!
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Post by: marell le fou on September 14, 2014, 10:27:33 PM: I really like the ogre keeper of the giant idea :)
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Post by: raia on September 15, 2014, 12:27:27 PM: Quote from: empireaddict on July 01, 2013, 10:00:49 PM
And some miscellaneous units which, if used with Ogres as proxies, can form a Chaos list:

Norse Warriors
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/9187667960_2466378e84.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/9187667332_707f43130e.jpg)

From which producer are warriors please?
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Post by: Dave on September 15, 2014, 01:26:03 PM: Dwarf Axemen:

http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=FM
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Post by: Stormwind on September 15, 2014, 06:49:21 PM: Great work on the shields! That's more work than I put into my 28mm =-D
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Post by: marell le fou on September 15, 2014, 11:10:48 PM: Really fun ! I like them much.