Fire and Ice- Fire Cult tribe

EDIT: I am going to join in with the Ogre Achievements.
Sounds like fun and a good motivation for building an army.
I will post and update my achievements right here at the start of my gnoblog:

Ogre Achievements

1. Gettin Started - Play a game of warhammer using the new ogre book
2. Going Large - Play a game of warhammer of over 2000 points using the new ogre book
3. Brace for impact! - During a game, an ogre unit successfully charges and rolls 10+ on the dice
4. I'm in charge! - play a game with the new book using a tyrant in your army
5. Incoming! - during a game, lose at least 3 ogres to a single war machine shot
6. look what we can do! - have a mornfang rider successfully parry an attack
7. Oooo, shiny! - buy one of the models new to the ogre range
8. That's huge! - build a stonehorn or thundertusk model
9. Sigh! - lose more than 3 ogres to any one casting of a spell that involved you taking an initiative test as part of it's resolution
10. I didn't mean it lads - lose a spellcaster to the "snake eyes" effect of grut's sickle
11. Boom! Hur, Hur, Hur - field a unit of 5+ leadbelchers and shoot with them at least 4 times in a single game.
12. Say hello to my little friend! - field an ironblaster in your army
13. Still loving it - play 5 games using the new book rules
14. Crush the thinlings - take a new book ogre army to a tournament
15. getting colder - field a thundertusk OR a unit of yhetees in your army
16. it's freezing! - field more than one thunder tusk AND a unit of yhettes in your army
17. Getting warmer! - field a firebelly in your army
18. Hot! Hot! - field more than one firebelly in your army
19. Unleash Hell! - field 2 scraplaunchers and 2 iron blasters in your army
20. One for the cauldron - paint an ogre model and post it on the stronghold
21. Paint a unit of ogres
22. Here Kitty! - field 1 or more lone sabretusks in your army
23. Win a game using ogres vs. beastmen.
24. Win a game using ogres vs. Dwarfs
25. Does this taste funny to you? - Win a game using ogres vs. Daemons of chaos
26. Win a game using ogres vs. High elves
27. Win a game using ogres vs. Wood elves
28. Win a game using ogres vs. Dark elves
29. franzfurters - Win a game using ogres vs. Empire
30. Tastes like chicken - Win a game using ogres vs. Lizardmen
31. Stake Out - Win a game using ogres vs. Vampire counts
32. Past their sell-by date - win a game using ogres vs. Tomb kings
33. Eat your greens - Win a game using ogres vs. orcs and goblins
34. Win a game using ogres vs. Warriors of chaos
35. Overtyrant - win a game using ogres vs. Ogres
36. Tinned food - win a game using ogres vs. Bretonnia
37. Rats! - win a game using ogres vs. Skaven
38. Convert one of the new range of ogre models
39. Oops! - destroy either a scraplauncher or an ironblaster with a misfire
40. We don't bicker! - field an army containing 4+ units of gnoblars
41. No auto-wounds for you! - have a butcher or slaughtermaster get hit with a poisoned attack
42. What that  coming over the hill? - field a unit of 4+ mornfangs
43. Now you see me - field a unit of scouting maneaters
44. Hunger! - field 3 gorgers in an army
45. Hahahaha! - kill 3+ models in a single use of the gnoblar trappers rule.
46. Fork in the eye! - kill an enemy character with a scraplauncher killing blow
47. I'm special - field any one of the ogre special characters in your army
48. The maw! - successfully use the large template version of the maw spell to kill an enemy model
49. the maw the merrier! - have the large template version ofmaw spell roll a misfire and kill one or more of your ogres.
50. Oh no you don't - use the greedy fist item to consume the magical properties of a weapon
51. I Heart you - use the hellheart to cause miscasts in 2+ enemy wizards in one use.
52. hole is where the heart is - cause an enemy wizard to dimensional cascade and go down a hole using the hellheart.
53. Its mine, MINE! - use the gnoblar Thiefstone to steal an item from an enemy character.
54. Just the lads - field an army containing ONLY ogres, no animals, gnoblars, etc.  Bonus if you also win.
55. You can't touch this - pass a 4+ ward vs flaming with a firebelly.
56. Start a gnoblog for your ogre army
57. Update pics into your ogre gnoblog on at least 4 seperate occasions.
58. Use the thunder mace in a game to kill 10+ models with thunder crush attacks (does not have to be all in one attack)
59. Why do I bother? - lose 3 games in a row with your ogre army
60. Overpowered! - win 3 games in a row with your ogre army.
61. That's no place for a hatchet - roll a 2 on the scraplauncher misfire chart
62. Jugger! - roll a 10+ when successfully charging with a stone horn
63. Re-roll this! - subject 3+ high elf units to numbing chill in the same combat phase
64. Oh shi-! - Have a slaughermaster or butcher die from rolling a 1 on Bloodgruel.
65. Seigebroken - Hit a building with Seigebreaker.
66. OH GOD MY FACE! - Kill an enemy character with  the chaintrap from the Thundertusk.
67. Dancing On Sunshine -. Have a character pass his Initative test from being hit by Purple Sun
68. Sunburned - Kill an Ogre with a Purple Sun that YOU cast.
69. Why Can't I Hold All These Items? - Roll 120pts for Golgfag magic item allowance.
70. Buffy The Ogre Caster - Have all of your Slaughtermasters spells be augments.
71. It's Rude To Bragg - Have Bragg kill a Large Target in a challenge.
72. WHAT THE FU-BOOOM! - Destroy an enemy model with an Ironblaster misfire.
73. Soups on! -  Have Skrag kill enough models to unlock all of his special rules in one game
74. Crusher - play 10 games with the new ogre book
75. Bruiser - play 20 games with the new ogre book
76. Tyrant - play 50 games with the new ogre book
77. Maneater - play with the new ogre book in 5 different venues
78. ker-splat! - kill an enemy unit with just your impact hits alone.
79. Box clever - construct, buy or convert a new carry case for your ogre army
80. Altered beast power up! - boost every unit in your army with a single augment from the lore of the great maw
81. ...and you play Ogres!? - Have more war machine weapons in your army than your opponent.
82.  Small, but many -have a gnoblar horde break an enemy unit.
83. We're all there - have a unit of at least 12 ogres get into the enemy deployment zone with no casualties taken.
84. My horde is bigger then yours - have an ogre horde break an enemy horde.
85. So much power lost - have an ogre unit roll 10 or more and still fail a charge.
86. Rambo or Conan? - have a lone ogre lose a combat but pass his break test.
87. You call that a club?.... THIS is a club - cause 6 S10's with Siegebreaker on a unit occupying a building.
88. Ogre zoo - Paint at least one of the Stonehorn, Thundertusk, Mournfang and Sabretusk models.
89. She's a Maaaaaneater! - paint the female Maneater model.
90. They're not bloody Eagles you know! - Run a Hunter in a unit of 5 or more Sabretusks.
91. But they're soooo cute! - Fill your whole core with Gnoblars.
92. Bird brained - kill an enemy model with a hunter's blood vulture.
93. Timber! - lose an ogre when a giant (yours or your opponent's) falls on one of your units.
94. Thinling roast! - kill 5 enemy models with a single firebelly breath weapon blast
95. Cats paw - Kill a skaven weapon team with a sabretusk
96. Halitosis - use 3 breath weapon attacks in a single game.
97. Billy no-mates - field an army with only 1 character in it.  He cannot deploy in a unit or join one.  Bonus if he survives the game.
98. Steady now! - Use freehand to paint a banner for an ogre unit
99. Da lads! - post a pic of your entire army on the stronghold in your ogre gnoblog.
100. Feast master - place 1st, or best in race, at a tournament.
101. Brrrr! - field more than one thundertusk in your army OR more than one unit of yhettes in your army

So finally I decided on starting a new WH fantasy army!
So far I have Empire, Dogs of War and Dark Elves.
I want to do something different- and played with the idea of skaven for a long while.
Sadly I dont really have the time (and patience!) to paint up millions of the little buggers...
So I thought about shooty ogres!:evilgrin:

I really like the Ogre Ironblaster model with the rhino and the Stone Age feel of the army.
In addition, I was looking for a real change in my play style to spice up my motivation again.
So instead of a lot of infantry and cavalry as in my other armies
(or the traditional empire gun line, where I just sit back and wait for them to come...)
I am looking for a shooty ogre army!:D
Being able to deal death from afar but also being able to strike hard in close combat--
Sounds like a great way of change in my play style!:D

I thought I start out with a Batallion box, 2 Ironblasters, a Tyrant and a Firebelly (for magic),
and maybe some extra boxes of bulls and Ironguts.
The gnoblars that come in the boxes as extras I will use for an additional unit of gnoblars.

From another project I already have a unit of Leadbelchers which I just based and need to be painted in the new colours.
As a paint scheme I am thinking of something similar to the ogre army in the March White Dwarf.
But I am not sure yet if I should go with bright warm colored clothing or more like icy blue...
I would love to give them a "Ice and Fire" theme- so bright colours and flames and flame tattoos,
and based on ice and snow bases (similar to the lichen and snow bases I made for my INFINITY armies).

These guys need to be re-painted:


Camp Fire unit filler (WIP)


gnoblars (WIP)


ogres (WIP)

And here are some of my INFINITY miniatures on the snow bases (for which I mix PVA with snow flock and sparkly kids paint):

Yay, the first load of my new shinies arrived today!:D
Some bases and borders for movement trays as well as some bits (mainly handguns and pistols for shooty maneater conversions).



I also got three metal sabertooth tigers from Reaper. Yes, they are smaller than the Sabertusks, but I like the models, and for just 8$US for one, they are a steal!



I also got my tyrant now, thanks to another ogre player who sold his second one.
Its finecast, and for all the complaints about finecast, it is actually good quality.

So here are the first humble beginnings of the army...



Hope next week some more boxes, my army book and the batallion arrive.
And I also ordered some additional models from Reaper...

Some progress-
I finished the movement trays as well as the sabertooth tigers.
The bases give a good impression of what I am aiming for with my ice and snow theme.
And the ice blue on the bases- I try to make it look like they are marching over a frozen river/lake.
In the sunshine. Thats why the ice and snow is all sparkling.
Maybe not the savest of activities if you (as an ogre) play with fire....:p







The fire is a unit filler for my gnoblar horde- I will add some funny gnoblars to it later.

Good stuff! Looking forward to seeing more. 

Some progress over the weekend .
Finished some models and base-coated some conversions.

Reaper terror birds/ axe beaks as sabertusk stand-ins.





Battle standard bearer



Gnoblars in snow



Converted pistol wielding maneaters



Reaper female ogre butcher

i'm really not a fan of the ice blue base edges....the snow effect is amazing though!!
Could i suggest a cooler blue/grey for the edges if you want the ice lake idea? i've never seen a bright blue frozen lake

great start though matey!

Looking great! I am doing a Fire and Ice theme for my Ogres to! (As soon as I get some time) Where did you get that snow for the bases? When I try and make snowy bases for my models the snow always sinks into the glue and gets a weird color.... How did you get yours to stay so white and snow like? Thanks!

Chris

@dreadboy- yeah, those base edges....I am also not too sure if they are too bright blue...I am still thinking about it. I think I will wait until I have a whole unit complete to see how it looks on the movement tray to see how it looks. In any case, at least base edges are not too hard to fix painting wise...

Edit- as for bright blue ice lakes- just goggled some images:





So it is possible in glacier lakes...

@cmsheats- I was looking for some really realistic looking snow. I grew up in Germany and have some frosty memories of the winters there, so I decided to go with the look of snow at night fall: it has just started melting slightly during the day, but the cold of the night starts to put tiny sparkling ice crystals back onto it...
Here is the recipe for my snow: I mix PVA glue (which dries transparent), Gale force nine snow flakes
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=287&CategoryID=13166&PageIndex=2) and some transparent kids glitter paint from the arts and crafts store. I mix it with a very high amount of snow flakes in it, so it gets very gritty when painted on (I use an old cheap brush for that).
What snow flock are you using? Before starting with my snow, I had a look at different options that are available. I dismissed baking soda- I know its cheap and a lot of people use it, but the grain size is just too small! I also am not a fan of the Games Workshop snow. There is also another company out there (I forgot the name) and their snow flock is not white, but transparent little grains which look like a miniature hailstorm. They are just too transparent for snow!
For me, the Gale Force nine snow has just the right grain size and the right icy white-transparent color.

Ok, thanks for the info! I am not sure what type of snow mine is,(I bought it in a random box from a guy) but it really doesn't work so good. I will have to try the Gale Force 9 stuff. Thank you for helping me out!

Chris

If you mix snow flock with white paint and PVA mixed together it retains it's whiteness better!
That might be all you need to fix it!
Maybe even put a dash of Space Wolf Grey in as snow isn't perfectly white anyway!
Or even better, put a base coat of SW Grey down under the flock/whitepaint/pva mix!

HG

Or even better, put a base coat of SW Grey down under the flock/whitepaint/pva mix!

This is what I was doing, except I used skull white. Maybe I should just try it again and see what I can do. Thanks for the help!

Chris

Some more progress during ANZAC day!

I painted up some more gnoblars-



And I experimented a bit with my frozen lake theme- these unlucky ogres were too heavy and have broken in!

LOL! That's great! I really like that.  Nice job on those.

Chris

looking pretty good! Have you thought about putting water effects on the bases?

Have to echo the sentiment on the bright blue base edging but the bases themselves are brilliant and i really like your unit fillers!

I have a similar idea for more ogre bases....already using the ice blue sides....I think they help catch the eye.
I am considering trying to use some perspex to help with the frozen ice feel.

I really like the idea of your unit fillers....I think ther is every chance that there will but some unfortunate ogres in my army too

Thanks for the feedback!
With the bright blue bases- I still have to wait until I finish more units and see how they look on the movement tray. I really dont want the blue to be overpowering!

@dreadboi: I never worked with water effects before-- therefore I am a bit hesitant using them...

@ warlordsteve: do it, add some drowing ogres- easy and fast to do if you have spare bits!

Finished the Leadbelchers and the tyrant.
The detail on the leadbelchers is not overly fantastic, because they had already been painted several times for another project....

I went for pale skin with dark blue flame tattoos.
This is to symbolize that this tribe (the "Cult of Fire") worships the all-consuming nature of fire.







The broken in ogres also got some treatment:



My tyrant, Lord Abraxas, ruler over dark hills and gloomy mountains.
On his shoulder his loyal pet, the vulture he calls "Laddie".
Now that the snow melt of early spring has come, his time for conquest has begun...





Special attention goes to THE hedgehog-



I know, biologically it should still be hybernating with all this snow, but it was just too cute not to add!

The vulture and the hedgehog are from the Reaper familiars range- I have a few more to add to other
models in the army. I think they are great to add some character.

Love (love!) the tats!

One point of criticism: mold lines on the canon.

Loving the tattoos. Nice job on those. The overall painting is very good to!

Chris

Thanks guys!

Concerning the mold lines- I try to remove them from my new models....
but those guys were pretty old and painted 3 times already- I think I was hoping the mold lines would not show.
Sigh. Didnt work so well, I guess....

Really not a big problem, man. Was just te only thing I could find to criticise

Finished my Butcheress ogre (Shaman ogre model from Reaper).





This is a very fun model to paint with lots of great little details like a voodoo doll,
shriveled heads, deathcap mushrooms and a frog!
It is also a very heavy miniature (all metal) and I had to rest a lot in between painting
to avoid getting a cramp.

Some new toys to play with...
and more are on the way!!!! 



Now I can update my Ogre Achievements....

On a different note....

I also like models of other manufacturers than GW (as you might have noticed with mt Reaper models).
Did any of you have a look at the McVey models lately? They have some awesome stuff...I totally fell in love with Ruby (the cowgirl on the dinosaur) and bought it. Sadly I didnt feel I could do that awesome models justice- so Nuclealosaur/ Nuke Arts (a friend of mine who does professional painting (https://www.facebook.com/nukesarts) painted her up for me. Now she has a special place on my shelf....

That is a awesome mini! Man, I want one now. 

Chris