The Bronzecast Ogrions & the Normalites of Vanillashire.

Hi everyone,

I was working on some Ogrion Chariots in tandem with the Cosmo Wolf. Initially, I wasn’t going to have chariots because they were too expensive, but I found these on Ebay from a seller in Spain.  They were two for the price of one, and in my opinion they are still rather expensive.

Nonetheless, I wanted chariots so I decided to buy them and paint them up as a regiment.  Normally, chariot regiments have 3 models, but these are very big, and only 2 fit properly.

Below are several picture of the work in progress.

Next week or next post, this unit will be ready, and I will most probably start on the last stage of the army – the characters.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

Today, I managed to finishing the modelling on my Proxy Mammoth.  Now I will play a couple of games with it before I start painting it.  Give it a test ride so to speak, and see if it change my fortunes with this game!

Below, is a quick process laid out in pictures of how I added the harness.  If you have any more questions, please leave a comment and I will answer as best (and as soon) as possible.

Next up will be finishing the chariot regiment, then all I will have left is the six heros for this army.

Until then stay safe, have fun and happy holidays.

NR.

Hi everyone.

My first Ogrion chariot regiment is ready.  Chariot regiments should have 3 models on the base.  I do have 3 chariots in fact – I bought them from Spain at 40% off during Black Friday, but they are just too big to fit.

Therefore I went with just two.  So this will be a fixed chariot regiment. I will use the third chariot for my Warlord, Sergeant or Standard Bearer.

My second chariot regiment will be proxied by a Stormcast Vanguard-Palladors box set that I also bought at a good discount from Spain.  I will base them separately so I can use them as a troop or regiment if I so choose to.

Next, I have to start the characters.  I have six to paint up. So that might be my next post.  Until then, stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

Mantic Ogres in Kings of War are great, but there is one unit type they do not have – Monstrous Infantry!  I always found this strange, as the Warhammer Ogre army did have comparable infantry.

To circumvent this, I decided to use the Snow Trolls from the Northern Alliance as allies.  The only problem I had was – which miniatures to proxy?, and that would fit into the theme of the army.

The answer came to me when I was browsing FantasyWelt’s website and found some Rune Wars miniatures selling at 50%!  These golems where amoung the offering on the site – so I bought 4 boxes.

Altogether, I had 8 miniatures, in order to make 2 hordes of monstrous infantry.  Unfortunately, they are too big to fit 3 models on a regiment base. I also decided to do some conversions to give these units some dynamism.

Next week I will post the forth regiment.  The last unit has the most work done in order to diversify the models.  Then I will play a few games with them before painting them up.

Till next year, stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

I went on to diversify my last two golems in a more significant way by cutting them up and repositioning them significantly.

After repositioning the pieces and gluing the joints, I went on to resculp the joints with Milliput.

With one of the golems I decided to add a boulder.  This was made from Polystyrene. I add more pieces of Polystyrene until I had the shape I wanted.  Then I added modelling paste on top and acrylic pumice from Vallejo beneath to stimulate the idea that the boulder was pulled out of the ground.

The two horde units are now ready to play, and I will do just that before putting paint on them. I do not see much difference in the stats from normal Large Infantry, but I like the look they bring to the army.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun, and I wish everyone a wonderful year.

NR.

Hi everyone,

I did not have a lot of time this week, but I managed to do some work on my Ogrion army.  That is the beauty of having an army project.  You always have something to do.

I managed to block in the basic colours of the Cosmo Wolf.  I find this step very important for me, because it gives me a road map on how I want to paint the model, and removes the analysis paralysis that I suffer from.

The stone on the golem is also something I revisited, because after seeing the model in a photo, it looked like a giant snow ball.  Therefore, I decided to re-sculpt the rock by adding some extra angles to it to make it look more ‘rocky’.

The last thing I started were the characters for the Ogrions.  I usually always paint characters last, so now is the time to begin.  I will paint them up a bit differently from the troops, in order to distinguish them.

That is all I managed over the weekend.  Hopefully I will get something ready by next week.

Stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

A quick post this week.  I managed to finish off the first 3 Ogrion leaders.  I have been working on these for the past two weeks – 30mins a day!  That is how busy I was during January.

The figures represent a Boomer Sergeant with two ‘pistols’; then there is a standard Ogre Sergeant with a DHW; and finally a Berserker Bully with two hand weapons.

As always, I kept the weapon load out the same as the original miniatures.

The painting is slightly different from the rank and file, in order to distinguish them.  The leaders simply have less corrosion and are less weathered.  That is it!

I have started work on the next two characters.  One is an Ogre Sergeant with sword and shield and the other is an Army Standard Bearer.  I am also still working on the mammoth (Cosmo Wolf) – it takes more work than I expected.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR.

Hi everyone,

Some more work on the leaders.  I have finished two more.  Now I have four left.

These two took more time that the last three.  The first is the banner man with the army standard.  The real work was in the flag.  It took a lot of time to get it right.

The second is a another ‘Ogre Sergeant’ proxy, but this time with sword and shield.  I bought this model from Spain off Ebay.  It was very cheap and cost me less than half the price if I had bought a figure from Mantic.  That is saying something.

The sergeant, I had to add some reflected light from the torch, so it took longer to do, but I think the extra effort was worth it.

That is all for now.  I am not sure what to do next.  I will see what takes my fancy with this project.  All I know is that I am closing in for the conclusion.  Only the stone Golems are my truly last push.

Until next time, stay safe and have fun.

NR.