Rampage of the Ogres!

14 years ago

I just got out of Fantasy (sold up my Dark Elves army) so I hate the fact I just grinned like a child at christmas seeing that Ogre Stone tusk, Damn you GW…

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eddiechaos

14 years ago

Spectacular

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nogginthenog

14 years ago

Impressive use of horn.

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ade73

14 years ago

One way or another most these models will find their way in to my Warriors of Chaos army. I can see huge potential for conversions.

The Sabretusk? cavalry is pretty goofy looking though, which is a shame as the rest of the models look very nicely sculpted with loads of cool details.

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dais

14 years ago

Not really my kind of thing but I am impressed with how fluid and natural that chain on the sabertusk rider looks. GW’s plastic chains have come a very long way, I remember when they looked melted into chaos marine bodies.

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tinracer

14 years ago

stunning …

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nobzey

14 years ago

The models GW is producing lately is just unreal!!!!

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tony88

14 years ago

No animals were harmed in the making of this produce.*

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tookeywhy

14 years ago

so its just more big expencive monsters for GW… but it is good to see the ogers getting some love.

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orkboy

14 years ago

They look sweet.

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warspawned

14 years ago

I just saw these over on Dakka. They are really impressive – damnable GW! Curse them all the way to Hades, them and their skull fetish!

I feel like Pacino in Godfather III at the moment…”Just when I thought I was out…they put me back in!”

Still, I won’t buy an army – but I’ll have to buy the big beastie and rider just to paint and sell. The top one reminds me of Labyrinth “Sarah! Friend!” 🙂

Darrell will have lots of new cheese-monsters to round-up for sure 😉

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t9nv3

14 years ago

Do we have any idea who sculpted these? They look a lot nicer than the average Tish Camden effort….IMHO the design studio did a good job here…

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quirkworthy

14 years ago

Looking very nice. I always liked the Ogre models, but was sadly disappointed by their lack of quality on the tabletop. Of course, this is talking of the dark time before the Truth and Light of 8th edition, and as Darrell is playing them I assume that they are not the meh force they once were.

Just remember guys, there are other fantasy games apart from Warhammer 😉

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chibi

14 years ago

Steadies self for the flak

Don’t like them very much
The stylisation looks so different to most in the WH universe.
It is difficult to evolve a look whilst maintaining unity in aesthetics and there is a lot of sculpting skill on display.
My problem is the beasts look like they have been rustled from Ice Age III or the Disney Studios
The waistlines of the beasts are ridiculously skinny. Especially on the cavalry.

Realise am in a minority of one but just how I see it.
sorry

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poosh

Reply to chibi

14 years ago

Nah you’re right I think, somewhat, but taking this stuff out of the Warhammer universe (doubt anyone will be able to afford much of this stuff) – they are stunning models.

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lordrao

Reply to chibi

14 years ago

You are of course entitled to not like them, but there’s more going on there than just Orcs and Chaos. There’s a lot of stone age and prehistoric stuff there – Orcs are basically tribal, and the Savage Orcs have stone weapons, but these just feel much more caveman. And the megafauna!
There’s abit of the studded leather and pointy weapons that the Chaos Marauders have, granted, but this is taken to a whole new scale. I guess that’s the word: scale.
And, looking at the cannon, there’s also elements of Skaven and their experimental, prone to breaking wargear in there.
And everything seems to exude the Great Maw, something uniquely Ogrish. But, only time will tell if this is a truly unique army.

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zeno

Reply to chibi

14 years ago

I agree with you. Too much Disney.
And I also don’t like the horns and such beeing designed using a ruler.

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detonator

14 years ago

Big and horny… sounds like something Darrell would say in a Daily Tips vid 😀

Joking aside… wow! They are going onto my shelf definitely!

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llew

14 years ago

I’ve got your back, Chibi. I’m not impressed.

The ogres now come across as a combination of the Orcy and Chaos aesthetics. There’s a ton of detail and a few decent ideas, but by and large these don’t impress me. I mean, there’s a quick flash of interest just for the size of them — and I think the riders generally look really, really good — but when I really examine them, it’s not something I’d be at all interested in playing or even seeing on the table.

It’s clear that GW’s taste and mine are now so far apart that my wallet is utterly safe from them.

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dustonpike

14 years ago

These look good, although I hope they don’t ruin the race by completely overhauling it, forcing collectors to re-buy everything they already have (the early version of necrons comes to mind) although I like the way they look now, much fresher than before I get much less of the “1970’s” feel from them

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poosh

14 years ago

Jaw-dropping … Works of art.

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mrsaturday

14 years ago

I think they look fantastic. My only small gripe is the sabretusk(?) cavalry. Thre riders look a little high in the saddle. But the rest, astounding. The GW studio is on a roll lately, manticore and chimera aside.

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dase1982

14 years ago

I´m completely crazy with this models. What size of base are they mounted? 60×100 mm?? Bigger?? They look so big!!!

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multigeneral

Reply to dase1982

14 years ago

Looks like they’re mounted on the same base as the big O&G spider…

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lordrao

Reply to multigeneral

14 years ago

Yup, looks like it.
Slightly off topic, but is the new Zombie Dragon base twice that?

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dase1982

Reply to lordrao

14 years ago

No, the base of the new zombie dragon is the same that O&G spider.

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bishmeister

14 years ago

A couple of more ounces of plastic crack is so hard to resist. Zamo says, ‘just say no.’

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bubbles15

14 years ago

From someone who paints as if he’s using a roller, larger models rock! And I promised myself no more minis!

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nobbla

14 years ago

I clapped my hands yesterday after seeing my freshly painted up Orc and Goblin army. After a year of non-stop painting Empire, Orcs and Goblins I finally felt I was winning. ‘Just Skaven yet to go’ I thought with glee this morning, before this! This! An ogre on a mammoth!!! An ogre with a big cannon thing! Looks like GW has done it to me again, all I can say is ‘wow!’

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abstractalien

14 years ago

They are good I guess, but like most modern GW stuff – far too detailed imo, i prefer space as it allows the modeller to add their own things to it – for example I like the generic space marines and necron warriors because they have a lot of space to add your own stuff (I sculpted scales on the necron warriors and stuff on their skulls ect). I don’t see what you can really do with ultra-detailed stuff like that.

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troublemaker

Reply to abstractalien

14 years ago

you can for example paint them up very nicely. I prefer these great models with lots of details you can preferably chose from, and these Ogres are awesome!!

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elpotof

14 years ago

How on earth an I going to hide these from my wife….? They’re a bit on the large side to ‘slip’ into my ogre force.

Ah well, I’ll just have to take the heat for them, fantastic models. I love the scraplauncher,and the titan cannon – wow – at long last, a dragon killer!

Roll on September! It can’t come soon enough!

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quirkworthy

Reply to elpotof

14 years ago

@elpotof you just tell her that they’ve been there all the time and you’re amazed she never noticed them before 🙂

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lordrao

Reply to quirkworthy

14 years ago

Works for moobs.

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solaaris

14 years ago

Now they are awesome. no other words for it

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psychoticstorm

14 years ago

Honestly not impressed at all, they are big and that’s about al they have, design is not good, especially on the rider mount interaction, it shows more on the cavalry models.

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jraid

14 years ago

i love ogres always wanted to play them so hell yes

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flipmo

14 years ago

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

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tigernexus

14 years ago

The wee beasties aren’t too bad looking but the Ogres still look terrible.

Yes I know that’s “their style” but it’s never worked for me. Not to mention their stumpy wee legs make the “riders” look like they are surfing the beasts.

The Sabre and Stone Tusk are probably my least favourite looking like some mangled chaos or undead abominations.

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robjohan

14 years ago

More plastic crack from GW. Always wanted to do an OK army, so please push for a OK week Darrel!!

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sigmar13

14 years ago

I’ve played the ogres since the day they were released and seeing this has made my heart skip a beat… ah I’m so glad to see the boys getting some loving.

Also I can’t wait for the new scraplauncher model. The current one is hands down the most difficult to assemble GW kit they make. This will give me an excuse to get 2 more of them and not have to worry about losing my hair.

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caladors

14 years ago

Once again this is Games-Workshop flexing, proving once again why they keep so much of the pie that they have.

I think this models look amazing and I can honestly say that I had no interest in orges before this until I saw those mounts. By the way is anyone else noticing that their pushing these ‘super heavy’ monsters first it was the Orcs and Goblins now these….

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lordrao

Reply to caladors

14 years ago

You could argue that they started it with the last incarnation of the High Elf dragon kit. That was a major departure from their normal design on large creatures. And after the Arachnarok spider came the TK’s big beasties. This is certainly a trend, and even GW staff tell me this.

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heretichammer01

14 years ago

wow, I think all of those look great. I think GW have really stepped it up with their fantasy models recently

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oceangrave

14 years ago

I can honestly say, those sabertusks are givin me and my buds some horn

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carnifexalpha

14 years ago

Well looking at those Ogre Cavalry, I am seeing the potential for thunderwolf Cavalry conversions which don’t all look alike (I forgot his name) Thunderwolf Character [insert name here].

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spaderfish

14 years ago

With all the undercutting on the beasts it’s good to see GW really stretching their use of resin. Will be interested to see if this look is just for the new Ogres, or an overall aesthetic change for their entire line. I think that the reason some figs have had a certain look might have been due to some of the limitations of the mediums that they were using. You have to grow and change sometime or you just start to die. Maybe GW are using the Ogres and Finecast to set a new standard with their product. Considering how much of a cluster #&%^ the Finecast launch was it’s nice to see some effort to bring something better to the table.

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brennon

Admin

14 years ago

Pretty crazy models – very nice indeed. Its good they have shown some loving to these guys lol

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manpug

14 years ago

This looks like a nice line of plastic kits. Much better than what they had before. The leaders better come out like them or its going to make it look off kilter. Just my view on it.

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prospero

14 years ago

On the one hand, they are nice models taking them at face value.

But the cavalry mounts just don’t look right at all, rather misjudged, and the overall design doesn’t seem to fit perfectly. I can’t put my finger on it.

High quality and well-made I’m sure, but leaving me a little cold for some reason.

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xand0r

14 years ago

Interesting that they are being painted in pinkish flesh tones and not the pasty grey colour…

I like the Big Monster; I may get one for my WoC force. Not too keen on the rest.

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quirkworthy

Reply to xand0r

14 years ago

I’d not clicked that they’d done them in pink flesh tones, but you’re right. They look much better like this.

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pedromondew

14 years ago

this is sooooo typical – as soon as I move into Fantasy, select my army….then GW bring out these gorgeous looking models! They look amazing, stunning. The only one that looks odd is the riders….but then again, large ogres riding on the back of something will always look unnatural not unless it’s the same size ratio as man on a horse…at the moment, it looks like a man riding on a dog; but still, class work

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jamesw7

14 years ago

Looks very ogrey-ish, I’m just worried about if they muck up the wood elves, by not sticking to their fluff and back stories

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bloodwin

14 years ago

I love the models, they have loads of character without looking silly. I’d be curious to see what their wizards look like. Can’t afford the models on top of my Beastmen and Skaven but they do look cool.

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detox

14 years ago

Love the models. They look amazing for the most part (Sabretusk? Cav…. meh) Unfortunately I then take a step back mentally and think… but whats the price going to be??? $70-$100 Canadian, per box set, for me most likely… So as with GW products in general for the last year: I’ll have to reluctantly pass.

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netdiver

14 years ago

I have some mixed feelings with the new ogres. The scraplauncher, titan cannon and for the most parts ogre models themselves are not my cup of tea. The big “tusk” beasts on the other hand are look really feral. Colour me impressed. The “tusk” beasts are the first large monsters kits for GW that I might actually buy (if they’re plastic that is…). And I don’t even play Fantasy Battle or any other fantasy minigame apart form occasional game of Mordheim.

But the “tusk” beasts could easily be used for other settings like Star Wars, WH 40K, etc…

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basetheruin

14 years ago

Though the quality of the sculpts is nice, these models look too crammed with fiddly details – really too much distraction resulting in loss of focus. And these ogre cavalry riders look bigger than their mounts! 6/10.

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