My Bretonnian Ogres

As for the fluff in the book the ogres pick up any culture they are exposed to. My general whilst a man eater campaigned alot in Bretonnia. In that time he met up with some rhinox riders and with them and some other maneaters decided to get their own tribe and turn them Bretonnian.

So here are a few pics of what I have done. I'll post and army list later when I can find a text version of it.

These are my Butchers (Damsels) I have a ways to go with them but I think they are truning out quite well.

This is one of my rhinox riders.

A unit of leadbelchers. I went for the squire look as the cannons just dont fit in (The original tournament I was going in was 2250 but went to 3000pts so I had to thro something in)

And here is my maneaters.

I have done the general yet. I have about 2 and a half weeks to get it all done so I hope I get it finishwed in time. The General will be along the lines of the maneaters with a couple of bretonnian foot knights as sword gnoblars.

So what do you think of the idea so far.

I must congrat you for the fine work. Nice paint job on most models and clean conversions. Keep up the good work !!

I have near 3000pts for this army. When I post the list I will probably post a pic for each unit.

I will also post how they go at their first tournament. Thanks for your kind words.

HOLY SH*IT! NOW THAT'S COOL!

Wrong section though...

I saw your WIP in the coolminiornot forum... sweet job.
cheers

Awesome work, great idea and superbly executed!
 I have been watching your works in progess for your ogres on the cool mini or not forums for some time!

I shall await the pics of your entire army with baited breath!

That's crazy good. I especially love the damsels. Your sculpting akills are awesome.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOL :wink:

DAMN!!!!
thsoe are by far some of the best conversions I have seen IMHO
Absolutely love them
Any tutorials or WIP pics

wow those are really good . oh by the way how did you get that skin color ?

I love the idea and the models look freaking fantastic. I can't offer any suggestions, I'm still gazing at those damsel chests.

Awesome, can't think of anything to add (or change for that matter).  Do have gnoblar units?

They look fantastic.  Very nicely done!

I have 3 gnoblar units. 1 unit of trappers with squire hats.

This guy rides a dog cause his unit killed a dog handler in its first outing on the table. I stole the dog from my mate he was annoyed when he saw it but I think he sees the humour now.
1 unit of gnoblars are like the grail pilgrims. They carry a dead ogre to battle. I havent finished them yet.
The other unit called the toy knights ride wooden ponies to battle and have a retinue of coconut clappers and other various hanger onners.
heres a pic.

Characters

Sur Wretched Thunderguts Longshanks the Tird (Tyrant, General)....................321
Sword Gnoblar (x2), Luck Gnoblar (x1), Heavy Armour, Siege Breaker, Fistful of Laurels,  Longstrider, Gut Maw

Dame Bertha Thunderthighs. (Mistress, Slaughter Mistress)..........................305
Luck Gnoblar (x1), Tooth Gnoblar (x1), Wyrdstone Necklace, Skull Mantle, Biting Blade (Cleaver), Dispel Scroll (x2)

Missy Bang Bang (Maiden, Butcher) Tooth Gnoblar (x1), Bang Stick, Dispel Scroll.....................185

Horrible Hilda Ham Hands (Maiden, Butcher) Tooth Gnoblar (x1), Hell Heart...............................185

Core

Wretched's raiders      (Ogre Bulls x4) Light Armour; Iron Fist, Musician.................................182  .Unit Pic Here .Muso Pic Here .Champ Pic Here
Red ones go fasta       (Ogre Bulls x4) Light Armour; Iron Fist, Musician.................................182  .Unit Pic Here .Muso Pic Here .Champ Pic Here
Wretched's Might        (Iron Guts x4) GW, HA, Musician.................................202
Da Toy Knights           (Gnoblars x24) Groinbiter ....................................50
Da Pilgrims                 (Gnoblars x24) Groinbiter .................................... 50
Da Huntsmen              (Gnoblars Trappers x Snarefinger......................................52

Specials
Storm Call     (Leadbelchers x3)  LA Leadbelcher cannon...........................................................165
Winter's Fury  (Yhetees x3)   Ice weapon ................................................................................195
Cold revenge  (Yhetees x3)   Ice weapon.................................................................................195

Rare

Maw Knights       (Maneaters x4)  Cathayan longsword; Heavy Armour..........................................360
Sir Guy the Gross  (Rhinox Rider x1) Heavy Armour; Iron Fist, Bull Rhinox.................................161
Sur Gweedo the Flatulent and Ill tempered
      (Rhinox Rider x1) Heavy Armour; Iron Fist, Bull Rhinox, Std (War banner)................................210

Summary
Total Army Cost:............................................................................................3000
Casting Pool:.....................................................................................................10
Dispel Pool:.........................................................................................................6
Models in Army:.................................................................................................87

Not the strongest tournament army but I had to use the models I had as well as trying to keep to a them. The Leadbelchers were thrown in as a last minute thing (as well as the yetis) when the tournament went from 2500 to 3000

It is ridiculous how good some of the models I've seen on this board are... These are definately among the most enjoyable I've come across yet.  Post more pictures!

I will as soon as I can gethold of some flat clear coat (they are too shiny at the moment to take good photos)

As an aside I won the Best appearance for my army in a local Tournament.

And another ogre army came 2nd overall so the ogres really did well that weekend.

cool gnobs!

realy sweet! would you mind if i would loot (borrow ) some ideas from this for my new warband? cuz i think its fun to do, i can try to learn to blend and my cloth & chainmail gs will increase

looks great man

fels

Your four maneaters Rock !!!

WoW Sweet paint job! interested to know how the yhetees will work.

amazing. Really amazing. I love your conversions and your painting. The rhinox rider is fantastic, it really carries your theme. Well done. 

The gnoblars are fantastic.. The wooden horses and the coconuts are just priceless. More detailed gnoblar photos please. 

Looks like we've got a necromancer...

 - Kyte

A what?...

A necromancer! A member, that posts in a long-dead topic!

 - Kyte

Fantastic. I love all of ur models!

A necromancer! A member, that posts in a long-dead topic!

 - Kyte

I blame Corai I just checkin a couple times a day and look at all the "Show unread posts since last visit." link.

[I blame Corai I just checkin a couple times a day and look at all the "Show unread posts since last visit." link.

hey, there were a couple of posts before mine today, honest 

I',m a dedicated sorceror of Tzeentch, no necromancy here

WoW until barabas posted days ago, this topic hadnt been touched since may . lmao... this dude still around?

Dear God!!!!

I was thinking of doing a brettonian ogre army but thought it would be too much work...

Damn people and their dedication... 

Just to add a little more to my army. I entered this hunter in the OZ GD but he didnt get thru to the finals. Still I will put him in the army and see how he goes. Maybe the new rules may help him out some more.

Impressive!

could you possibly post a group picture of the whole army?

Very, Very nice. Is the mount based on the Tsar Boris bear? Looks very good.

lol. A goat...

 - Kyte

Sweet! A Goat-Rider!

AArgh World of Warcraft flashback!

The goat is scratch built. Its based on the skull that comes with the bulls. Because I give my hunter the longstrider ability I wanted this represented. Funny thing is the reason it was kicked from the finals of the OZ GD was because it didnt fit in wioth the GW imagry. Oh well better luck next time.

As to a pic of the whole army I do have a couple of pics anI'll post them when I can find them. Thanx for the comments guys.

Funny thing is the reason it was kicked from the finals of the OZ GD was because it didnt fit in wioth the GW imagry.

Dumb asses.... I can't think of anything more stupid than this...
Great mini, Ogrebane... I have been following your work from CMON and you ROCK!!!

cheers

Ok after being told about this thread from ikim.. I just had to bump it to ask if Ogrebane has those pictures and if he can share them.. I was thinking, and still am, of doing a Bret Ogre army.. after seeing this I want to do it even more but will have to really work hard to get even close to this caliber of work.. like most here I would love to see the completed army as one.. and individual shots as well if we could.. would be nice..

cheers

So what sort of pics do you want. I have hundreds of wips but my photo skills are a little poor so the fimished pics dont do the minis justice. Let me know what you want to see.

Great work! Not GW imagery?  What a lame excuse, I thought creativity was supposed to be encouraged, not supressed.  Just ignore them and keep up the good work!

in a word... everything ... did you finish the full 3000 points? what did you do for bulls or ironguts? and any WIPs you have of those maneaters would be cool.. I am thinking of going more full armor, than cloth over chainmail.. but will see as I am just starting with GS atm..

also a nice army shot might be nice crap photography.. pfft please.. look at those shots of your hunter.. beautiful..

cheers and thanks mate

whoa!! nice stuff. love the rhinox/goat riders! maneaters are cool. butchers look like they could pound someone good.

this thread needs a bump

and I would love an update

absolutely fantastic ogre army

I second that, i'd like to see a few more pictures of this beautiful army.

The goat rider is stuuning! The details like the eye .. .WOW!!

This is an awesome themed army, can we see more pics please???

Now that is indeed a superb army, 'em Bretonnian Ogres of yers.

The goat is scratch built. Its based on the skull that comes with the bulls. Because I give my hunter the longstrider ability I wanted this represented. Funny thing is the reason it was kicked from the finals of the OZ GD was because it didnt fit in wioth the GW imagry. Oh well better luck next time.

Well, this is just the sort of bilge ye 'd expect from GW these days. Over at the brewery, I posted a comment on their GD policy some months exposing Alan Merrett's arrogance... Personally, I b'lieve that those Judges who dropped yer mini deserve a short walk across a plank preferably with their noses bunched in and near shark-infested waters. Ye got Sharks down in OZ, don't ye?

As fer Alan Merrett, I envison stagin' a chance meeting between him and a Giant Kraken, with Merrett wearing a Japanese School Gel's uniform, savvy?*

*Disclaimer: This is meant as a parody on certain features of contemporary pop culture...

OK so heres an update. I still cant take photos worth a damn so they dont show the minis as they really are but these should give you an idea.

I may do a couple of wips too if anyone is interested.
Anyway some of the gnoblars

These are from my relique unit.


These guys are from the toy knights.

As you can see they are in the 6x4 layout.

OK so while Im at it here are my Rhinox riders.
They are Sur Guy the Gross and Sur Gweedo the Flatulent and Ill tempered. Gweedo carries the war banner.
......------ Sur Guy ------......



......------ Gweedo ------......



......------ Both Rhinox's ------......

outstanding as always. I love the grail Relique and those rhinopx riders are something else. Are they based on toy rhinos or just an armature. I love the double headed abck banner and the barding

Excellant as always

Thanks
Corai

I used a plastic bull from a czech company called Zedico or something like that, but you cant see any of the original mini anymore.

Fantastic as always ogrebane!

You really have got excellent character in your army and your sculpting skills exceed me by far as well as your spectacular painting! The Grail Reliquae was a brilliant idea and you really pulled it off well.

Looking forward for another update!

Thanks

/bows down to the true holy grail of ogre knights...

Again you have outdone yourself and as stated before you sculpting ability is top notch mate.. did someone mention WIP 

You have once again inspired me mate.. to get the knight theme happening but with a different twist.. love the reliquae gnoblars as well.. very original and well exacuted..

I hope you are still making more models mate.. also any chance for a group photo of everything thus far?

Cheers
Gris

I LOVE the relique Gnoblars and Rhinox Riders. Are u gonna make, a Rhinox-pulled trebuchet?

Niccccccccccccccceeeeeeee !!! Extreme Good conversion !!!

All I can say hehe...

Heres a pic of my three Damsels (Butchers). I like to model the magic items on them so you can see the skull mantel and bang stick. The hell heart butcher is my favorite.

wow love the damsels extremely well done - your army is completely amazing, especially love the Ironskin/Bretonnian maw symbol

This is a pic of the whole army. A little over 3000pts. I have included all the stuff that goes with it, loke a tuen counter, squable and reload marker. Buff spell markers and magic item cards.



Hope you can make out all the stuff most of the close ups you have seen so far.

I got a large round base from I think LOTR. Its about 60mm across. I glued 6 gut plates around the outside and then drilled a hole in the centre. The center pointer is one of the scrappy gnobs glues to a round base. A round piece of sprue is glued to the round base then poked thru the hole in the large round base. I then heated my knife and melted the piece of round sprue so the top part wouldnt fall off but making sure it would still turn.

Add sand to base and paint up as desired. I did it the same way as my bases so it fit in. Last is to paint the numbers on the turn counter and voila.

Heres a bigger pic

That is one beautiful army.  I love the fact that you created all of those custom markers to go with it.  Simply amazing.

that's a great turn counter. I think I'm going to have to 'borrow' that idea this week!

thanks
Corai

AWESOME!

I 'm impress'd, Ogrebane, ye're a bleeding genius and no mistake! I likes the whole of yer army, I wouldn't know where t' start.

Oh, fer all who be interested in the plastic bulls which were the basis fer Gweedo's Rhinox: It's from is from a Russian company called Zvezda. The Bulls are part of their Orc miniatures lines and indeed impressive. By chance I got me dirty pirate paws on some of 'em, but they have a few gaps which need greenstuff...

These are from my relique unit.

This is pure genius.

And the rest is just awsome.

great stuff

cheers

im guessing your a monty python fan from the cocnut bashers all you need now is the 'knights who say ... nee' and 'the machine that goes BING' you could use that as a scrappie if you already havent got one. loving the conversions though great theme and painting

absolutely amazing!!! jaw dropping piece of work!! I love it

So, um, wow... 

This is insane! So much great material in this thread. There is so much greatness here that one can but become dazed. Good paintjob, excellent conversion, and such awesome imagination. You truly have made an outstanding collection of Ogres. Simply amazing! 

can we please see some pics of your tyrant? i think on the back of the group fto you don't see him well

OK so here is my Tyrant. He stands about 2 heads taller than a standard ogre.

As you can see he has 2 sword Gnoblars (Bretonnian hero chained up) A luck Gnoblar holding his helmut. He also has a fist full of laurels (Might be able to see them) and the siege breaker. I will remodel him soon as I prefer to use a GW or CLS.

amazing tyrant mdoel there Ogrebane. I love the siege breaker, puts me in mind of a bret lance with a big chunk of pasonry welded o nthe end. Very ogrish./ the pet 'knight' looks great too

Thanks
Corai

That is a seriously sweet model

That... is... beautiful....

Love the bret knight slave as a sword gnoblar.. and the luck one holding his helm.. not completely sold on his weapon.. but the model itself is fantastic.. any chance we can see him up next to a regular ogre? For size comparison?

Cheers and damn your GS and paint skills 
Gris

Very nice! A great leader for an amazing army. I like his slave and the siegebreaker looks cool.good job.

ceers,Gorg

ps. your army is in my top three favourite ogre army's.

pps. is he a bull with lots of green stuff?and how much taller is he on the base?

That relic's awsome! 1000 thumbs up! Any WIP pics?

 - Kyte

great stuff.

is the damsel with the heart scratch build, or is it from another manufacturer?

The head and feet are from the heroquest ogre

Those are absolutely amazing! Beautifully converted and painted, and really detailed bases too.

i see you have watched monty python and the holy grail...

regards

I think the apinting you've done is great, and the conversion work is amazing !!!!! I think it is awesome. I hope to see you expand (even more so) some time in the future !!!!!

Kind regards,
Josh

These are ALL BRILLIANT, apart from one thing. I don't like Brettonia

Good Lord, what have you done? This is so incredible amazing. Gosh darn it, the lady must has blessed you. I knuckle down my head facing your inspiring Ogres.  I like -no love- your ideas and your passion making them come true. I've never seen such a great convertet, nice painted and extensive conversion of the background. I would be grateful to see the different material in closeup Pics (the magic cards, the charge markers, the magic markers etc.) and hear, how you produced them. And maybe -if it isn't too much work- you could make from every unit and charakter a single closeup and sum them up in one Post.

Wow, really, really great work. Sorry for my english, but beside the lack of knowledge your army took my breath away. Keep on going...

Greetings form the Greenhorn

Nizzre

*walks frustrated and head shaking away, mumbling how unfair the world is*

Your work is absolutely spectacular!  Just seeing such great conversions is inspiring.

Ogrebane this army is outstanding, have you ever thought of trying to get it published in the aussie white dwarf ?.

I sent WD a few pics a couple of years ago but they didnt seem interested. I think my stuff is as good as anyone elses that they have shown. Maybe people are sick of looking at ogres. I dont know why tho they are the only truly pure gamers army.

whats a matter with White Dwarf ?, your army is heaps better than most of the ones they have published.

Ogres are not the brand of the month.. that is what is wrong with it.. and yes Ogrebane's army is a true delight but at times it doesnt fit in with their idea of what Ogres should be ( check out his Goat riding Hunter.. beautiful but not in the GW theme of things.. )

Ive been asked about the comparitive size of my ogres so heres a pic

As you can see each ogre gets about a half head taller. It may be hard to see as the bases are different sizes as well but thats about the level I was going for.

Anyway I hope that helps.

those are some fine looking ogres!

They sure are,
keep them coming please.

Yer results are very nice indeed

I think's it's unfair the way that GD didn't accept his goat-riding hunter, it fits fine into GW theme. He hunted down a big goat so now he rides it, what's wrong with that? Next they'll be saying that Juggernauts are too futuristic for WHFB!

Much Obliged
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