The Bronzecast Ogrions & the Normalites of Vanillashire.

Hi everyone,

I have finally finished the Normalite Archer Horde.  I still have yet to test it out on the tabletop.

As regards the campaign I am playing, things are going badly.  Out of six games, I drew 2 and lost 4. This means in the next phase of the campaign, I will start out as a subjugated nation. To add insult to injury I am subjugated to Ratmen!!!  The one faction I have never liked.  I hate my life so much right now!

This means my lord and furry commander can order me around and can decide where my army goes and who it will fight.  What a nightmare!

That is all for this week. I might start something more ‘showcase’ and less ‘tabletop’ next.  I also want to get back to practicing my oil painting.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

I haven’t posted in a while, but it was not because of lack of interest.  I actually have just finished a campaign with this army (and lost miserably! One of the worst performances of my wargaming life). Now that the campaign is over, I can start to focus on finishing this project.

I decided to work on the Battle Sphinx (Proxy Goblin Slasher), which I used very badly during my games.  I worked on the armour over the weekend.  Now I have only the face and skin, as well the carriage to paint up.

In between paint layers on the armour, I also worked on the crew.  The plastic cannoneer holding the cannon ball and wearing the splendid crotch guard armor, is a part of an old Warhammer kit.  The other metal archer is also an old figure, but I have no idea from which company.

I cleaned them up, then primed them; and finally managed to block in all the base colours before posting this article. Now I just have to highlight them.

That is all for today.  Hopefully, work permitting, I will finish this sometime next week.  Then I will start some Normalite cavalry.

Until next time, have fun and stay safe.

NR

Hi everyone,

So as I said last post, I worked on this a bit at a time, during a the week in between other projects until I got it done and dusted.

Like all the other miniatures in this project I tried to reach a good tabletop standard, but in the least time possible.  I also painted it in colours that would tie it into the army as a whole.  That is why I painted the armour like the Ogrions and did the livery in the Normalite colours.

My Battle Sphinx (Goblin Slasher) is now ready.  I still have the Normalite cavalry to do – basically 4 units – so I think I will start those next.  As for the monsters, I only have my proxy mammoth left.

Therefore, until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR.

Hi everyone,

A quick post tonight.  I have finished painting up my first troop of four cavalry units for my Ogrion army.

The painting was done in the same way, but the horses were painted in oils, because usin oils is way faster when painting wide areas.

The shields are over 20 years old from Citadel miniatures, and do not come in the plastic set from Perry miniatures.

Now I have to start the second unit of cavalry which I will paint in the same way.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR.

Hi everyone,

The second unit of Normalite LIght Cavalry (proxies for Red Goblin Scouts) is now ready for play.

They were painted up like the previous unit, that is the rider in acrylics and the horses in oils.

Now I just need to field them and put them to the test… or at least to good use!

For the next post maybe I will start working on something bigger!  Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR.

Hi everyone,

So I have had some time this week to work on this army again and I dedicated my time to the Proxy Mammoth.

This model was originally a Cosmo Wolf (whatever that is or means?) from some roleplaying game world.  All I know is that I bought this model, the giant and the sphinx from WizKids for pennies on the dollar so to speak.

The only problem was that all the war-mammoths I saw had armour, so I decided to amour mine up as well.

The putty I use is exclusively Milliput and Magic Sculpt.  I will eventually use Greenstuff for the leather straps and belting.

Below is a photo-diary of the progress.

The next step is to add some details like rivets and belting, but that is for the next post.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

I have been working on several things, but foremost in my endeavors is this army, and especially this monster.

I took the time to sit down and drill holes and add rivets into the armour.  The rivets come from a water filter and they were fixed in place with watered down PVA glue.  You can buy these water filter replacements from hardware stores and they are not very expensive.  Open them up and store the  little balls inside in a container.  It will last you a life time.

The last step is the most time consuming, and that is the belting.  Not only will I have to make and fit belts to the armour, but I will also have to re-sculp a lot of fur due to the cutting and fitting of the said belts.  I am not looking forward to it, but that is for another post.

Until next time stay safe and have fun.

NR.

Hi everyone,

Nearly every time I play with my proxy ogre army, my opponents ask me routinely if the ogre warriors have the phalanx rule.  They ask this question because they see my proxy ogres (Stormcast Eternals) with Spears.

The only reason they have spears is because they are the Stormcast I actually have and I did not want to buy new models.  It would have defeated the point, but I admit they have a point.

So I decided to take all my Stormcast and convert their spears into hand weapons.  It was actually easier than I feared initially.  Most of them I just shortenedthe spear into a hand weapon.  The second type of conversion is a bit more complicated.  I had to cut of the spear arm from the forearm and replace it with another part.

These parts came from 10 cheap older Stormcast I bought off Ebay on a Auction.

Now that this pet peeve has been put to bed, I can focus on other aspects of this army.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR.