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[WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« 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.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2012, 09:17:10 PM by empireaddict »
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[WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2012, 09:45:35 PM »
That is one fantastic looking army!

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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2012, 09:53:13 PM »
Fabulous, well done!

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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2012, 09:56:47 PM »
What did you use for the Yetis?

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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #4 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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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2012, 11:38:31 PM »
Good work!
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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #6 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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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2012, 04:41:34 AM »
Cool army!

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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2012, 09:37:28 AM »
Gorgeous!

You are a great sculptor and painter!

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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #9 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 wasn’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 ‘Elton’ (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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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2012, 01:09:58 PM »
How old is your son ?

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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #11 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.
"I cannot believe you when you say [your friend] has identical plastic boxes for his armies, all color coded [...] Don't you think that is being little obsessive?"
"Yes, but not enough to scare us wargamers."
Larry Leadhead (2004)

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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2012, 04:38:16 PM »
Having received steerage from Lex, I think I've now figured out how to post photos ...



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.



[edit] Thanks again to Lex.  Now figured out what I'm supposed to be doing!
« Last Edit: October 29, 2012, 08:20:24 AM by empireaddict »
"I cannot believe you when you say [your friend] has identical plastic boxes for his armies, all color coded [...] Don't you think that is being little obsessive?"
"Yes, but not enough to scare us wargamers."
Larry Leadhead (2004)

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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2012, 06:07:23 PM »
Awosome!!, your army is unique!

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Re: [WM] Ogre Kingdoms army
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2012, 05:37:11 AM »
Thanks.  It was a fun project to do.
"I cannot believe you when you say [your friend] has identical plastic boxes for his armies, all color coded [...] Don't you think that is being little obsessive?"
"Yes, but not enough to scare us wargamers."
Larry Leadhead (2004)