Merciinarys Of The Empire v2

welcome everyone, this is my second gnoblog to date-the first is long delited now due to loads of random crap on it. ive been painting these ogres for well over a year now so thought it time to get them on here. i dont play much so the army is not so much an army more a colecion of loved models.
hope you enjoy whats on there so far
jonny

my absolute fav model-hes a heavily converted hunter, all the way from lustria. i cant take credit for the converting that accolade goes to mr W Enefer. to be fair hes done most of the buiding work in this blog-big thanks for that.
he does need a couple of sabretusks so for that im going to use the new finecast coldones, i did fancy a pair of razordons but sadly they are still in metals

the same hunter but from the other side

slave giant, armed with a great sword!!

ahh mournfang how i love them so. ive built and painted a unit of four of these babys.  take carefull note of the scraplaunchers rhinox heads on them so now they are rhinox riders, on a similar note does anyone have any spare heads as my scrappies are missing some

a close up of the rhinox, such a easy convrsion. works realy well too. the only problem is no one realy notices the swap

unit champion with ogre pistol

the unit alltogether

the next few pics will be of my various "great swords" aka ironguts. this guy is the unit standard, these guys look very impressive when they are all together.

the unit champion-it was a very difficult choice to select a champion from all the lovely ogres mr W made.

this guy gets a lot of looks too, quite an original piece.

what could be better than a nice tidy unit of six complited greatswords, each one takeing about two days of painting

also ive since tidyd up the base edges of the models. feel free to coment on the models. they do look a little un highlighted but thats mainly due to the camera and lighting. currently im working on my entry for the painting comp in gw york for feb. its one of the ice storn horn thingys, more on that later

so in order to beat six great swords in greatness eight are needed-is it possible to beat eightt??

just because i love ogres soooo much. theres even a cheeky charicter in the front rank, more on him later

i cant top this lot-its the biggest unit ive ever seen assembled let alone painted. will dig out bragg too take some good pics of him too.

Those are some big Greenskins Ogres!
Excellent work! 

ive got my entry into gw in good time, good insperation realy as the dead line made me push a bit harder to get him done. results will be in on sat. i was too rushed today to take any pics of him at the store. also did a little shopping and now have a tyrant, butcher andfire belly. i could do with somehelp with the butcher as he needs to be empired up somewhat, definatley a head swap as the current one is dire, tho what weapons is a issue to keep with the theme?
on a unrealted not ive also got some ork tankbustas and some troolbloods for hordes. should keep me busy

You could model the empire butcher a little like Friar Tuck - A big fat monk style character with a big meat-stick weapon of sorts, Firebelly I'd be tempted to do some sort of engineer with goggles and a flamet hrower type device.

Great looking tribe.

K

flame throwers and  monks, thats a hard one to pull off-tho would look ace. will google some images n see what comes up

bragg the gutsman

the only leadbelchers in the whole army. they were also very nice to paint up may well do another three at some stage for a jucy unit size

the start of my bulls, the shields have came out great along side the short swords, as the bulls/swordsmen have not had the training or indeed have the intrest in there weaponry it has become much more rusted than the great swords

a shot of the other three

job done

Overall great work !

I kinda envy your straight Empire type swords, and your painting is as good as any I have seen, I would make me some cool swords like yours if I knew how.

ive nearly painted all my assembled ogres!! just got skraggs pot and a thunder tusk with riders left to do.
i will be makeing a new unit of empire bulls-this time ive settled for flagelants, theres a few people asked about makeing the swords so i will post some howw to pics up there also.
ive also finished my stand in sabertusks using cold ones.
more pics will be following

my two cold one sabre tusks

the ginger beast.

10 strong unit of bulls, these are meant to be flagelants, ive taken off all the hands and replaced them woth punch daggers. they still dont seem to downtrodden yet,

any thoughts on how to make them look more like the empire variant would be appriciated-if not they may end up as regular bulls

Long ragged brown robes with the fronts open on their chests, and with holes in them.

What Gundehar said and maybe something to make them more fanatical to the maw. The flagellants have books and scrolls so maybe come up with an ogrified "great Maw" worshipping equivalent. Some recipe scrolls? Pots chained to them?

 Perhaps an ogre warrior priest in the rear of the unit whipping them into a frenzy?

i must admit im at a loss on this one, i can do conversions but the gs work eludes me/ ive since poped empire hats on four of the guys, its coing to rely on the paint scheme pulling it into the empire theme to match the rest of the army

Fantastic work sir!

could not resist painting him up first!! very nice conversion and pretty easy to do too.

work on this unit is coming along nicely, nearly half way done

Looking very "uniform" there, keep 'em coming!

HG

Some really good ideas in there!

thanks for all the feedback, am chuffed you all like them.
currently im still working on the bellower, theres only the huge horn left to do on him. its a slow job

I love the colors that you use.  What kind of paint is that if you don't mind me asking?

Thar she  blows, finaly got the front rank all dusted off now.

@ sigmar. all the paints are from gw. the ogres have been painted in an old school way by watering the paints down lots then adding succsessive layers onto them. its easy to do just takes ages for each model. the yellow on the trousers is about 7 layers.

well it seems the end is in sight with this army of empire ogres, its taken almoast two years to do, granted there have been gaps here and there, but theres been an ogre on the desk for tha amount of time.
project "o" was dispatched ages ago so i eagerly await there return.
the thunder tusk has been glued to his base, meaning all the paints dry on him-the riders are still black at the moment. whitch leaves me sadly with only one iron blaster to do. the second rank of my ogres to complite. a lone leadbelcher-makeing the unit upto 4.
i dont have enuf parts to build my maneaters as the ogre pistols seem to be as rare as unicorn poo. once some funds are available i will get titan forges anchor bashers and two of gw veryown maneaters-the pirate and the paymaster-tho possibly the one with the hammer too.

from humble begginings a army shall grow

this is the tusk all complited, minus the riders. its an average paint job-i did try but cant win them all i guess

I really love the big bold colour schemes!

Saw a couple of these boys on the facebook photos for Games Workshop Crawley... you from my neck of the woods?

ive complited one of the back rank of bulls, whitch leaves me these four to do. just got the base layers started-theres plenty left to do.

@tbone. i used to live down in brighton so when crawley got the ogres released i figured i would post them up there. now im back in the not so sunny north. i do go down every so often so will meet you for a game one day

ive a little more progression with the last four. hope to complite one of them tonights

put a little order in from gw today as ive had some vouchers burning a hole in my pocket. got three maneaters, the hammer guy, the pirate and the paymaster. thats a big milestone in my army done-all models purchased. Also orderd the ogres from titan forge, the guys with the diveing helmuts. that will make a nice little unit of 6 maneaters

my gw order arrived today, 3 man eaters ready to build. also the titan forge order has arrived too.

heres the unit of bulls all finished. onto the man eaters next

Still liking this blog!  Your blue and yellow work really well with your green flesh.  Very nice units, too.

3 of the new ogres from titan forge

a much more traditional fromt rank for the man eaters, titan forges anchor bashers will make a nice second rank for these guys

the sizes on these guys are very good match, just need to start painting them up now-it could be a little time as ive got some other projects on the go this month. i will endevour to paint something green to swell the ranks

Wow they really are a nice size and the pics you have taken really show their detail indeed!  Very nice models!  I may even purchase 1 for myself as a maneater having seen these pictures now.  Thanks.   

Those Anchorbashers are awesome! I am playing with the idea of getting some too...
they just dont fit very well with my army theme....

ive got the last leadbelcher done, he is in the unit with some of the other guys that ive allready uploaded

Loving the ACME lead belcher there!

Those guys  do look pretty awesome. 

Chris

ive been a little sidetracked with some other projects, gonling, commisions and orks-not to mention some grey knights arriving today. the next step will be to work on those anchor bashers from titan forge.

ok ive been away for some time and the ogres have been belowing out for a coat of paint. ive had a good days painting today and so far ive got threw a full ogre, a anchor basher and got some colours on gw pirate too. Think i will get some more painting done then add some pics

Hoy did You made the yellow?

I want a similar tone, does army painter demonic yellow do any good?

@ ramos, ive not used the army painter stuff much-when i did use it i found the primers to be very waxy and a bit ao a problem to paintover As to the colour match im also unsure. Ive used gy paints for the yellow its over a black undercoat-starting with the old foundation yellow, darksun? two thin coats will add a nice base to work from then adding in some sunset yellow to create highlights

ive just finished painting all the man eaters, the three from titan forge alongside the gw three. will add some pics asap

Nice I really want to see the titan forge maneaters.

heres the empire/pirate theme man eaters.

the very sexy maneaters from gw, note a little conversion in the form of a gut plate swap. Ive not done any other work on these guys in the form of converting, kinda felt they were good out of the box

man eaters from titan forge. these guys will form the second rank, im going to push the boat out and get a movement tray for them all

so just a little re-cap, ive still to finish a butcher, fire belly and a tyrant. a couple of riders then 2 unit fillers and its job done

Lovely stuff !!!

these guys look good....I like how your colour scheme has come out on the 2nd rank.

im getting a little withdrawl from not painting any ogres up. i may treat myself to some mournfang next month-perhaps a unit of 10 will do niceley!

got me some new toys-well toy realy, its the tyrant from scibor, realy good model and a superb scenic base for him, seems a little taller than the gw one. going to get him cleaned up and do a little conversion work to his weapon and hes ready for a lick of paint

a quick weapon change and a huge shield from the lord of the rings troll.

ive also finished off one of the riders for the thunbdertusk, sadly the other ogre is complitley broken, anyone have a spare from the stonehorn set?

I can now formaly introduce the tyrant for this horde. Red Thumb Griffon Plucker. so far hes only got a couple of base coats and some wash on the metals

ive had these guys kicking around since the start of the army. in fact  i think they are the first unit ive done. once they were finished and i had a few other units made i felt that they did not realy fit into the empire theme. Now in hindsight i quite like them so i figure they are a bit like flagelants so they can stay.

another of the ogres that did not fit into the unit

ive got the tyrant complited now, standing beside him is scibors butcher-another good model. To be fair its a lot better than gw version, and i picked it up on ebay for a tenner. ive taken off the body over his sgoulders anf done a little resculpting, added in a gut plate too

the same guys from the front. the butcher is ready for a few minor tweaks too

oh yes that came togethr perfectly, hes got a great pose, especialy with his off hand guarding the loot.

reverse of the butcher, as im typing this hes getting a chaos black undercoat ready for painting. going to name this guy the griffon roaster, no i think i will keep that name for the fire belly....mmm no name yet but am sure it will come to me during painting

so ive nearly got his base done, a  nice solid base coat on the flesh and a little work on his sword.

most of the work is done on this guy now, just the chest and some highlights  and a few details to go

thats the butcher done. mr griffon chewer

What a horrible horrible monster, tell him I hate him!

But on a serious note great stuff, the Butcher looks like he has been mutated by the Ruinous Powers more than a little bit.

ive been trying to finishthese guys for nearly 7 months, trying to find the parts i needed has been a real pain, thanks to anyone who donated there pistols. there is a fourth member of the unit-sadly i made a real mess of greenstuffing and decided to put the whole thing in the bin. so there is a vacancy for the position of leadbelcher available to make the unit four strong. I would like to make them more empire looking than they are now so i may add in a couple of handgunners to the unit.

Motley crew of riders and drivers and even a stunt double. sadly these guys may be grey for the near future.

nice little converted mournfang rider, the horns are from the scrap launcher kits

yet more Wip, theres a rhinox in there too.

this a shot of the mournfang nearly finished, just a couple of details here and there to do.

WIP theres the first couple of layers going on to get some solid colour.

Massive and impressive work you have undertaken - respect for following an alternative color scheme 110% through.

My only point of criticism would be to use washes or do more work for skin/cloth highlights to create more depth to each model. All the weapons got nice details of rust and other effects, but of course it is a lot more work to each model.

Keep it up : )

works progressing steadily at the moment, heres a little wip

Great work! Thats very very impressive. Keep it up, very inspiring . Have a gnoblar!

Theres a small amount of paint on these two, still very much WIP

Wip, three of the four strong unit are now complited. The unit as a whole has been good fun building and painting. I now find that the army is coming to a close in the fact that ihave nearly everything i need for it. Still to do is a butcher, firebelly and a tyrant. Some sabertusks and a unit of halflings to use as gnoblars.

Awsome stuff! Lots of great conversions, Bragg looks SO GOOD.

Your painting is very crisp but I cant help but think every model would look a lot better with a good splash of Earthshade or a nice Armypainter dipp.

Keep up the good work.

The scrap launcher is now finished off, also the ogre has been done, now just the empire loader to do. This project has been a lot of fun-finding all the parts for it tho has taken me about six months, but theres just a few more brushstrokes to finish my most awesome iron blaster

same model but from the other side.

Now as ive finished off the mournfang (pics to come) its time to start work on some more heros-ive gone for gw ones this time so should i enter the army into tourneys or painting comps it will be no problems. This guy i got from a FB site for £4 plus postage. This is how he arrived.

So in true Red Thumbs style i quickly smashed the  model into its component parts and started it anew-Personaly i realy disliked the flames so i needed something that would represent it  so ive gone for a pistol.

After trying out a few diffrent heads ive gone for this one, From cork floor tiles i built up a slightly higher base and added a bit of spare models onto it for a subtle conversion. Currently im looking to get hold of a bull banner for his off hand, Whitch one of the other members is sending me out. Right now hes on the dest with the skin painted up and most of the metal work started.

Job done!!! plus this guy only cost £4 sterling to startwith and now is a top notch fire belly

As promised the unit of mournfang

i got some abused bulls from a swap site, pulled them apart and ggave them a new lease of life. not they are part of a five strong maneater unit

WIP

thats all for now folks, i will be back soon tho with a few new additions .......

I love your Firebelly!

last of the maneaters finished up

Red Thumb Griffon Plucker and his band of merry ogres have reached as far as the Moot. After not so fierce battles with the little folk they have persuaded a small unit to join them as they have ran out of gnoblars.

captured

Haha! Great stuff!

Can I ask where you got your Hobbits Halfling models from? I was thinking of trying a Halfling warband in Mordheim (as part of a narrative campaign I want to run) and those models look very characterful. Do they all come with bows and staves, or did you convert them yourself?

Looking forward to seeing more

They are from battle forge minatures, via ebay. all metal with no work done on these guys.

WIP. started a unit of sabretusks. they are actualy at the shadeing stage on my desk right now, more pics once they are finished

Finished after being sat on my desk for about 3 months. Not totaly happy with them but at least they are finished all be it to a game standard

So whats next, theres no new kits come out recently sadly, no updates out soon. Ive allready got a realy nice scibour tyrant and butcher but they wont be gw legal and at some point i will be playing a game or two, the next logical ster is to get a new tyrant and a butcher, The ones i did have have gone wandering and i seriously dont think they are coming back. May even dip my toes in on the mantic ogres too. time for some research and ebaying i think

Its been decided, i cant find any new kits to build from, so im going to do a fresh ogre army, these guys will be allied with the main force, but perhamps a smaller tribe thats been accepted to the larger tribe. so far all ive got is the idea that they will have plenty of armour on, gut plates on there sholders as extra armour, oh and i realy want a slave giant so to do something realy cool its going to be a gorgon from the beastman range. this could give me chance to do a beast themed force but im not too into that idea right now. possibly an ork styled force may work but thats just ideas im throwing aroun at the moment. im quite excited at the thought but nothing is too solid at the moment

Sounds like the army will be taking an interesting new direction, so I will watch this one with excitement

JJ

Ive got a couple of kits for the army, the ghorgon and a unit of dragon ogres. a good start im sure u will agree, but i want to get a bit of a theme going on. im a little stuck on this to be honest, so any feed back would be helpfull. a chaos alighned theme could work more specificaly beastmen, but i remain unconvinced. the only thoughts i have at the moment would be to do them vanila but go all out on the details.

What a way to start a new army. this model it one of the best ive seen in ages, hes a proxy slave giant. Im still no further foreward with a theme for this army, hopeful it will come soon