They came.... from the mountain

I will probably break the Leadbelchers in 2... not sure about the Bulls tho, I will probably break them too...

for Magical item, i though about Gnoblar Thiefstone and Brahmir Statue, since i'm facing Beast of Chaos (that's what beastman are, right?).

Finally, i played my game against Skaven.... in 3 hours, we played 2 turn, but he went thru almost every rules. I've learned alot of things, and even managed to give him a little more trouble than he expected.

A few thing i already noticed :

- Leadbelchers can be really dissapointing... in 2 turn, all i had was 4 shot, that all missed. Sure, the unit forced him to use one of his big missile on a unit, but still, i was hoping for a bit more.
- Sharpstuff is not really worth not charging. Against slave, i didnt get a single hit. I'm sure they can be giant killer, but against "normal" ranked army, meh.
- Butcher with bangstick is... wow. Seriously. He was all happy of having something similar on his guy, but when he realized i had the same thing, his face changed.
- Scraplauncher is a pain to predict... I got a few lucky roll, but always missed the spot by at least 4 inches.
- I'm not a big fan of Bulls with no armor. Even a slight chance to save a wound is better than none.


Oh and the result of our 2 turn games : i killed about 400 pts of his units and stole one banner while he killed 1 Irongut and 1 Leadbelchers.

A small update.

I never really stopped working on my Ogre, but the motivation wasn't really there, and instead of screwing up a few model, i just stepped away from the paint pot.

Last friday i played a game against veteran co-worker and his skaven, it surely gave me the boost i needed to start working full time on my army again. We played for 2 hours and a half, finishing only 2 turn (i never played before, so he had to explain alot of things to me... twice).

Nothing is 100% finished, but its surely getting there.

So first, my test models ; my Bulls

- Warpaint arent gonna be really out of ordinary. My army will have half their face painted a different color per units, and that's about it.
- Base are about 90% finished. I still gotta paint the bottom, and put a good layer of snow to cover it. Basically, what i put on the base will be half covered in snow.
- Also worked on my first "real" blending on my dwarf shield. I worked with many thin layers of paint, but had to start over many times because foundation paint and standard GW paint work really differently, and it screwed me over a few times... I'm not 100% confident about it yet, so i'm definately not trying on bigger surface just yet.
- The Giant Head is my Standard Bearer.












My Bruiser/Tyrant.
- The lion head is just there to give me an idea of what it will look like, and if i liked the result. I think it will be fine.
- I also realized while playing my first game that this 2H weapon really isnt easy to fit between units, so i'm probably gonna try to think of some big base to put my lord on.


Butcher's base.
- Kinda hard to see, but its a cow with its side open, and two bird are gonna be placed around it, waiting for their snack.



First 4 irongut.
- Cold One's head is my Standard Bearer
- Skin color isnt final, its just the first stage of my skin work.
- Base are pretty much final, might just add some snow to cover over it, and that's it.

cool ironguts! that wolf head shoulder is awesome!

Looking really good so far, I love all the details on the bases.  The only thing I could complain about is on the first set of bulls.  The two with lighter colored fur (almost white) could use some darkening or dirtying in my opinion.

played a friendly 1500 pts tournament today.

1st game against a Vampire... despite being friendly, he came with a bunch of banshee (i think it was banshee... one was yelling alot, other were etheral)... And i had no magic weapon. My magic did nothing against his 6-7 dispell dice, coupled with a few bad rolls, and he wiped me completely with his banshee alone. Leadbelchers did nothing, Scraplauncher did nothing, well, nothing did anything.

2nd game was against my mentor playing his beastman. I got a solid victory, even if he managed to get ALL his damn leadership test correct. Leadbelchers didnt blow up once, and got 20 or so shot... maybe 4-5 wound total....

3rd game was against another Ogre. Roughly same army build as me, but he had a giant. Completely misjudged my distance, so he got charge on everything. Gave up after 3 turn, having lost almost everything.


I think i'm not really enjoying MSU that much, i'm probably gonna try bigger units of Bulls, think i'd like them in 6 or 8 more than 3s. I might also have to use a bit less units relying on luck (Leadbelchers, Scraplauncher and Gorger), especially in 1500 pts game.

Haven't stopped painting/building yet, but taking my time. I've played 7 games so far; 2 wins, 5 loss, all but one played at 1500 pts.


First a group shot of my army so far. The only unit that is completed 95% (still need to put snow on the base) are the Bulls, next in completeness (sp?) are the leadbelchers, requiring some paint on the basing, and snow, and rest is at different stage. I've left the whole fur thing for a more scavenger look, on their base mostly, and on the irongut armor...

Scraplauncher need to be completely repainted, as the paint is chipping everywhere, and i'm getting midly annoyed at how hard the wood is to paint.



Here is one of my first few attempt at blending (on the dwarf shield). I'm pretty happy about the result, but havent found any place to reproduce it on my units yet.



Here is 4 modified Bull, that i'm planning on using as either Irongut or Maneater. Technically, they'll be maneater, with hopefully a look of weathered and beated Empire armor.

Well, you've come a long way with your gs skills. Also, the ogre with the flail is awesometastic.

bombastic models

Well, i've been pretty busy painting and playing the past few days, and despite a 2W-1D-8L record so far, I'm still enjoying my Ogres...

I've spent about 20 hours in the past 3 days working my ass off to finish my Irongut, and get some paint on that Gorger i'm planning on start using again.


I'm not 100% happy with him, i think i left too much Brown showing and the final highlight might have needed to be a bit darker, so it looks like warpaint more than skin, but who knows what someone living in a cave all his life would look like.

He's not finished yet, still need to :
- finish painting the bones (god, there's tons of it on this model),
- paint the hair (not sure on the color yet)
- Finish some detail like the nails, teeth, leather straps.






My first 8 ironguts are almost finished. Once again, i'm not 100% pleased with them, but i think they're pretty decent tabletop quality.

I still need to :
-Paint the front of their pants (Under the gutplate)
-Paint their shoes
-Finish their skin
-Finish some details

wow man i really love your paintjobs there great! im not so sure about the brown to white extreme highlighting but as you say its a "thing" from a cave

How have I not seen this gnoblog before today?

You, sir, have mad skills. I am in awe. But what's more, I demand to know your secrets. All of them. Okay, so demanding probably won't work. How about simple, straight-forward begging? A tute on how you did that amazing wolf head would be aces, O Incredible One...

I'm definitely going to be hovering around your gnoblog looking to pick up the scraps of genius you let loose.

Your army looks fantastic. Keep up the incredible work. I'm quite eager to see what you post next.

LL