The Wanderfeast Tribe

Hello!

Inspired by the December Painting Challenge, I've finally registered!


BATTLE HARDENED REQUIREMENTS:
- Field a Tyrant equipped with a Wizarding Hat.
- Field a Bruiser but don't field a Battle Standard.
- Field a Slaughtermaster and 2 Butchers, each using a different Lore.
- Buff every unit in your army with a single Augment from the Lore of the Great Maw.
- Cast Purple Sun with an Ogre Kingdoms model and kill an enemy Monstrous Infantry model.
- Cause at least 2 enemy wizards to Miscast with a single use of the Hellheart.
- Field a Hunter on foot.
- Use a Blood Vulture to kill an enemy model.
- Field 2 Firebellies.
- Kill at least 5 enemy models with a single Firebelly breath weapon attack.
- Field an Ogre Kingdoms special character.
- Field an Ogre Kingdoms army with only 1 character in it.
- Use the Thundermace's Thundercrush attack to kill 10 or more enemy models in a single game.
- Use the Greedy Fist to consume the magical properties of a Magic Weapon.
- Use the Gnoblar Thiefstone to steal an item from an enemy character.
- Equip an Ogre Kingdoms character with an Arabyan Carpet and fly them into the enemy deployment zone.
- If one of your Ogre Kingdoms characters is a hit by Purple Sun, have them pass their Initiative test.
- Field an Ogre Kingdoms army with no Gnoblars, no mounts, no war machines, no warbeasts and no monsters.
- Field a horde of Ogres.
- Field a horde of Ironguts.
- Succeed in making a charge at a distance of 17" or more with a unit of Ogres or Ironguts.
- Have an Ogre or Irongut horde break an enemy horde.
- Get a unit of at least 12 Ogres or Ironguts into the enemy deployment zone having suffered no casualties.
- Have a lone Ogre or Irongut lose combat but pass their break test.
- Field a horde of Gnoblars.
- Field only Gnoblar units in your army's Core allotment.
- Have a Gnoblar horde break an enemy horde.
- Kill at least 3 enemy models in a single charge at a unit of Gnoblar Trappers.
- Field a unit of 8 Leadbelchers.
- Fire at least 4 times with a unit of Leadbelchers in a single game.
- Field a unit of Maneaters with the Scouts rule.
- Field a Sabretusk Pack of at least 5 Sabretusks.
- Field 2 units of Yhetees.
- Field 2 units of Mournfang Cavalry.
- Successfully parry an attack against a unit of Mournfang Cavalry.
- Field 3 Gorgers.
- Field 2 Gnoblar Scraplaunchers.
- Kill an enemy character with Killing Blow from a Scraplauncher shot.
- Field 2 Ironblasters.
- Kill an enemy model with an Ironblaster misfire.
- Field more war machines in an Ogre Kingdoms army than your opponent has in their army.
- Field a Giant in an Ogre Kingdoms army.
- Have an enemy unit lose a model when an Ogre Kingdoms Giant falls on top of it.
- Field a Stonehorn.
- Roll a 10 or more for charge range when successfully charging with a Stonehorn.
- Field a Thundertusk.
- Subject at least 3 enemy units to Numbing Chill in the same combat phase.
- Use a chaintrap to kill an enemy character.
- Field a unit of Grimhorn Rhinox Riders.
- Wipe out an enemy unit with Impact Hits from an Ogre Kingdoms unit.

Behold, the WIP of Tomb Tyrant Tuk'Nom the Eternal Devourer, Eater of the Living, Scarab-Belly, Old Maneater and Lord of the traveling Wanderfeast Tribe!



I started with the Ironblaster driver and then used this tutorial http://www.ogrestronghold.com/forum/index.php?topic=24449.0 using two sprue bits at the belly and one for the legs for the proportions I wanted. I found that it added good height, while not making him look too lanky. He was kinda bow-legged so after I green-stuffed the gaps I trimmed his hips down, giving him that stumpy legged look. If he were alive and not a Tomb King style Tyrant, I would have made him fatter.

For the bandages, I cut thin strips of graph paper, gluing an end and wrapping it around. It was very time consuming. Once I got him fully wrapped - using thinner strips for the arms to match the wrappings all ready on there from the stonehorn hunter arms - I painted it over with slightly watered down wood glue. Regular PVA would have worked but I didn't have any handy. That made the paper solid, so it'll take paint easier and its not moving around while I sculpt on him. So far the gut plate is just greenstuff and the buckles are from one of the Bull gut plates.

Hope this is useful! It would work like a charm if you wanted to add battle damage on a model with a bandage or something.

The Command of my Bulls! Also the majority of my painted ogres, with the exception of my Pirate Maneater. If you hadn't guessed, I'm doing another Maneater themed army. The concept with my army is that I want everything to be obvious, despite the varied appearance. So I want it to be obvious where they've traveled, what unit they are and how they're equipped - in this case Bulls with Ironfists - as well as who the command models are.


I thought a map was an appropriate flag for traveling Ogres.

The warpaint on the Bellower says 'GREEN IZ DA BEST'

They're still Ogres, so I wanted to keep some of that 'Maw' iconography running throughout.

A closer look at the map of the Old World and the Look-Out Gnoblar waving about a Dark Elf sword to match the Standard Bearer

Hello and welcome to the Ogre Stronghold!  Well that WIP Tyrant looks great already can't wait to see more of him.  I simply love your ogre command!  The standard alone is spectacular with a truely unique standard that is really well painted!

I going to dish out a Gnoblar straight away to you for that really cool banner alone!  Keep up the good work! 

Ma first Gnobrar!? Haha cheers! Thanks for the welcome.

Another peak at the Tomb Tyrant's progress. I searched for designs other then a scarab for his gut plate, hoping to differentiate him somewhat from the Mummy Bull made by Lewis Clarke - whose army was obviously an inspiration - but couldn't come up with anything other then a skull-face, which was too generic and not 'Khemri' enough.

Also, my first Mournfang sans rider - he's converted/sculpted but disassembled for painting. Also a peak at my first WIP basing attempt for these goons. Enough chatter!



A mighty mount for an Ogre-of-the-Realm! Fairly simple stuff on the Mournfang itself, it becomes more obvious on the rider. I'm not a fan of the tusks, so I tried my hand at making teeth. They're all right, but I expect I'll improve as I do three more.

The tyrant is looking good I can't wait to see him finished, and the banner is simply stunning. Great job all around.

Different family trees I see. Beides that, great job! Conversition ides, the painting I've seen so far.. Looks solid. The only decline would be the hat on the lad to the right/in the middle. Could use a highlight or 2 more or else me a pair of glasses. Atm it looks quite flat.
On note I do look forward seeing you finishing both these conversions and paintjobs!

Thanks guys! The red hat is a tad flat but I can't be arsed to go back and change it


Update! Sculpting on the main body of the Tomb Tyrant is complete and I'll be moving on to his weapon next. Seen beside him is one of my other bulls - this lad has been wandering around with some dwarfs and decided to let his beard grow out.

The tyrant looks simply epic, nice use of the necrosphinx head. I also think that the dwarf-esk ogre is a executed well too.

Thanks again!

Now that the busy holidays are done and I've finished up a bedroom refurbishing, I can get back to work!

This is an update on my Ogre-of-the-Realm! The freehand stripes were a pain, but I'm fairly pleased with his helmet in particular. I need to do his weapon hand, shield and the decoration on his helm, which I think will be a bronze and turquoise to match the middle section of the gutplate. It's not the best picture, but I got tired of trying because my light isn't great. I'll have better luck tomorrow when the sun is up.



It also shows the late autumn look I'm going for with the base. At first it was just rock and snow, but that seemed a little boring. Hope you like him!

Updated photos!

Not only am I from Canada, but I live in the Rocky Mountains where, much like in Westeros, winter can last for years on end, burying entire mountain towns. I never saw grass until I was eight years old...  So I know a thing or two about snow is what I'm saying. Snow sticks to your boots! So with this Ogre-of-the-Realm, who is the test model for my basing plan, I tried getting snow stuck to his fur around the legs. Not a lot, because it's only a light dusting in the midst of autumn, but enough to add some interaction between the model and his base.

I've got a few details left to do. There's a hanging stone on the horns that I'll do in the same jade green as seen on my standard bearer, and I'll be doing the lion thing on his helmet in the same teal-bronze as the middle part of his gut plate, as I think that'll contrast well with all that yellow.


Then it's just a matter of his sword arm, which is the champions weapon from the Mournfang kit because the breastplate has the Fleur de Lys on it. His shield is a large heater-shaped thing with another large Fleur de Lys made from some hunk of jewelry.

Lastly he'll have a barrel of Brettonnian wine hanging off one of the hooks in the bag for flavour.

He's finished! My first Mournfang! The titular Ogre-of-the-Realm! I've decided not to add any tattoos on this fellow, as he's all ready a rather busy model. Still need to add that barrel of wine, but that can wait.









Which leaves me with the freedom to pick a new ogre to paint! One of my bulls I think, but I'm not sure which one I should go for. I'll leave it to you, my audience!



Should it be the angry fellow who let his beard grow out so he might fit in with the Dwarfs of the Karaz Ankhor? Should it be another Bretonnian, this time a foot slogging Ogre-at-Arms? Or lastly the Ogre Swordsman, who fought for the armies of Karl Franz?

Dwarf! By the way, some very nice stuff here

Second page!? I am ashamed!

So earlier in the Gnoblog I asked for opinions on who I should paint next. Between you fine Tyrants and the folks at home, I ended up in a tie... so I painted all three! Here they are, the next three Bulls, bringing me to six! I'll take a pic of the whole unit once they've received their snow. The Swordsman was painted in the red and grey of my neglected Empire army so I can use him as a unit filler.


I'm particularly pleased with the Ogre-at-Arms' shield, as I tried some highlighting on the quarters, and they're nice and crisp. Also, it's the first time I've used decals, which I stole from our local Bretonnian painter. I also settled on a method for my rusted metal. It is as follows: 1:1 mix of Screaming Bell:Bestial Brown and then a random dappling of Boltgun Metal. I wash the whole thing with Devlan Mud/Agrax Earthshade and then add very few highlights with Boltgun Metal again, usually just feathering along the cutting edges. You can see it on the Sword, or on the axe-headed Ironfist in the previous pic.


I start my basing by gluing the large rocks on, then I remove the Ogres from their bases. I apply glue, then add the gravel in patches, and make sure each ogre fits on his base while its still fresh (I mark the bottoms of the bases so I know which belongs to who.) Then I spray them white, paint the entire thing Mechanicus Standard Grey, drybrush on some Dheneb Stone and give it a solid black wash. Then they get glued back on, and now they await snow.


There's a lot of empty skin on these boys. Once I've got my full unit of 12 built and painted, I expect I'll go back and add tattoos. For now, they're good.

Thanks for looking!

Really like the guy with the pink hat and them baggy trousers, it looks awesome painted (as apposed to the undercoat pic) look forward to seeing the tattoo's etc on these guys.

Thanks! I noticed you can't really see his silly pants in these pics. I need to work on my lighting.

Little update for you readers at home!

Here are my six finished bulls. I've got six more to work on, but they're not very high on the to-do list at the moment. I'm happy with how they turned out, and more so about their bases. I think in the future I'll use more snow now that I'm getting at it.


Also, here's what I'm working on right now. In the back you can see my BSB, who's been hanging out with the Steppe tribes somewhere. Hobgoblins or Hung or whomever I suppose. I just like the model to be honest. Then there's the fully finished Tomb Tyrant, with his beefed up and decorated weapon. Then there's a Firebelly, obviously. I used his legs for the Champ in my Bulls, so I'll be making new ones. It'll be an armoured skirt a la the Forgeworld Chaos Dwarfs. Then in front I've got two members of my Irongut command who're starting to come together. Can you guess what they're supposed to be?

Holy conversion batman...amazing work, love the lizardman and mummy the best.

The WIP's are looking very interesting...i am intrigued to see what is going on with the firebelly, he looks like a very leggy Mr Tickle...interesting.    As for the TK Ogre, i must do one of these myself, it looks really awesome.

Thanks guys! I'm terribly pleased with my 'Tomb Tyrant' as well. He's a full head taller then your average ogre, not even counting his giant death mask... thing.

Well here's what I'm up to currently; the command group for my Ironguts. I'm trying to get the front row of all my units sorted.

There's a Greatsword and a Chaos Warrior. The bellower will be inspired by the Forgeworld Chaos Dwarf Infernal Guard, which I expect to be rather time consuming.

I was asked how I did the poofy pants on the Bull who's served with the soldiers of the Empire. Here was the response!

First, lets have a peak at some regular human sized poofy pants. Humans have long legs, whereas ogres are fairly stubby. That means, whereas this fellow has two layers of poofy things, I only do one for my ogres. Could probably fit another one in, but it looks fine and gets the idea across.



Anyways, the basic shape of the poofs is smooth at the top and rounded at the bottom. I make them by rolling out little sausages of greenstuff (less then you think you'll need) and starting by smoothing the top down. Then I round the bottom and make the gape between each poof smooth.



You'll notice on the top that the poofs don't go all the way around the fellows butt. Same with the ogres. There's a nice easy to follow dip between leg and arse thatill give you a good place to stop and make them look even on each side.




Also, here's a sneak peak of something I've been working on, just to keep you interested.

Thank you 

Update!

Two Ironguts, a standard bearer and champ. Mostly made from Ogre bits, though with some exceptions.


Belakor's sword - and the hand attached to it - go on the Gutlord, and his cloak is made from the flag from the Greatswords. The standard bearer has two shields from the giant kit, and a massive feather from the Greatswords as well.


Also, because I'm a genius, these two guys can come apart for ease of painting! Admittedly, it makes the fur on the big lads cloak a little odd and there's a crease but I figure I can sort that out with some liquid green stuff midway through the painting.


Thanks for watching!

Totally, utterly, awe inspringly, fantastically, superbly, jaw droppingly insane army! Have a Gnobbo on me

High praise indeed! Thanks!

It's been far too long since I've updated! Iv'e had these lads done for a while, just haven't gotten around to taking pictures of them. There's one who's holding a big ol' rattling gun, with the machinery all concealed within chests and kegs. He's a good shot, thanks to the bionic eye clan Skryre installed before he got hungry and ate the Warlock Engineer that did it to him.



The other fellow wields a wrecked Dwarf cannon, and he's done up very similar to the other lad who fought for the Dwarfs, similar added armour to the gut plate. He's got a shield on his other arm (detached for painting) and a rune icon attached to the cannon itself.



They're both good planners, and have thus brought nibbles for midway through the battle.



How you like them!

I really like them  Rattler-boy is excellent and all the way through your builds i am really impressed at your GS work...it makes mine look like a 2yr old with Plastacine! Keep it up, i love looking at these models as they take shape. Incidentally, did you ever post up a "finished" pic of the fire-belly guy with the Mr Tickle style legs? If so, i have missed it...will have to go back and take another look.
Keep up the exellent work 

Thanks! I haven't done any work on the firebelly. His chicken legs are really just so I can field him, usually as a firebelly or sometimes a butcher. The big plume makes him stand out.