Snizzle's Greenskin Ogre's

Sooo finally decided to start a blog, mainly as I have seen so many great ones here. One day I will have great pictures to post!

This blog will host army list ideas, battle reports and any painting I get around to doing.

1. Every model I have brought has been secondhand.
2. I wouldn't consider myself a painter, as in I do it more out of necessity than enjoyment.
3. I do enjoy it a bit though 

Anyway when I first started with Ogres in 7th I was still a 40k player and brought a cheap battalion box from a mate, they ended up looking like this.




Green just seemed the right colour for them, probably as I played Orks in 40k.

Decided that as my collection grew and I had a large mismatch of coloured ogres I should start to repaint them looking like this.



Darker colour, more shading, and based... getting better and taking more time. Alas life got in the way and with an increased workload and enjoying being a Dad the idea of getting my paints set up to paint became a chore.

Then I sold my Orks, spent some of the dosh on my daughter and some on myself and got this.



The majority of the actual beast named "Cannon face" has been painted and the top half has only been done this week, the leather, metal and basically everything that isn't blue or white needs to be inked and dry brushed. Hopefully this will be done tomorrow before I head away on Christmas holiday more likely not though.

My Thundertusk has gotten me back into painting, hopefully I will find it fun and with some time off spend a bit painting up some ogres to an acceptable level.

Thanks for the look in, any questions or any comments welcome, I hope to keep this thing going.

Thought I might some new photo's above and post some thoughts.

MY next tournament I want to go to is in April, Natcon, Lower hutt NZ. A three day event over easter that should be fun.

It's 2500 points and your allowed special characters! Also there are not many restrictions for each army or at all so it seems like it might be cheesy as hell.

As well as that it sets a nice time frame as my whole army must be painted in order to enter it.

I have been playing around with the idea that since I always blow up my Slaughtermaster I could either take a tyrant or two wizards instead.

So far I have came up with this list:

3 Heroes: 544 Pts.   22.6%
2 Core Units: 685 Pts.   28.5%
5 Elite Units: 681 Pts.   28.3%
3 Rare Units: 590 Pts.   24.5%


Bruiser   105 Points, HA 4 Pts., Warrior Bane 5 Pts., Crown of Command 35 Pts., Luckstone 5 Pts., Enchanted Shield 5 Pts., BSB 25 Pts. - 184 Pts.
Firebelly   120 Points, General free, lvl2 35 Pts., Seed of Rebirth 10 Pts., Scroll 25 Pts., Lore of Fire - 190 Pts.
Firebelly   120 Points, Hellheart 50 Pts., Lore of Fire - 170 Pts.

8 Ogres 240 Pts., Handweapon & Ironfist 16 Pts., Lookout Gnoblar 5 Pts., M 10 Pts., S 10 Pts., C 10 Pts. - 291 Pts.
8 Ironguts 344 Pts., M 10 Pts., S 10 Pts., C 10 Pts., Lookout Gnoblar 5 Pts., Standard of Discipline 15 Pts. - 394 Pts.

4 Mournfang Cavalry 240 Pts., HA 20 Pts., Ironfist 20 Pts., S 10 Pts., Gleaming Pennant 5 Pts. - 295 Pts.
1 Sabretusks 21 Pts.
1 Sabretusks 21 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers 172 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers 172 Pts.


Thundertusk   250 Points
Ironblaster   170 Points
Ironblaster   170 Points

Total: 2500

The other version dropped the Lead bealchers for Maneater scouts but I found that they weren't a big enough presence on the table.

I have played two games against different dwarf opponents, first one was a no war machine list and I wiped the floor with it and the second was a cannon heavy thunderer list that I only won by 500 pts because I had the watchtower.

Think I might play test some more and try to think up some alternate lists, maybe a Maneater heavy list. Not sure if i should go all cheese with death magic and have mass mournfang etc as i might be facing a bit of it myself. this list is more fun for me and hopefully the hellheart will stop a few shenanigans.

Update 23.12.12 - Didn't finish the Thundertusk last night, inked it but it still needs dry brushing. Got distracted packing for trip and a bit of Farcry 3- turns out people don't enjoy being shot, who knew.

Got back from the holiday trip and finally finished my Thundertusk!



I based him with sand, did a bit of dry-brushing on the armour and totem at the back. I played around with the chestnut ink and I liked the effects on the pants and wood.

Happy to leave this guy for a while and work on a list or two for some games this week and start on the other Ogres ready to be redone and those that just need their pants changed.

So I have a 2400 game against Jonathan today, he is building up his WoC army and Empire army. Have no idea what he is bringing out to play.

I will try to get some pics and a battle report, might have a 1200 pt game on for tomorrow as well.

On other news I have started on painting my Mournfang after finishing 14 ogres of assorted professions.



One set of four I brought had a brown airbrush done to them and the other two were not based. Did you know that painting Glacier blue over a black basing can be a pain in the posterior. Serves me right for not having more paints.

The idea is that they are in the snowy mountains and as such have gone white to help them hunt. My hope is to make that white look all dirty and motley since they have been in the lowlands fighting.

So I didn't get the 1200 pt battle but here is the report from the 2400 with Jonathan.

In the report you will notice I don't mention the Thundertusks shooting because it was horrible the whole game. 

I used:

Bruiser – HA, Biting Blade, CoC, enchanted shield.
Firebelly – Lvl2 (General) – Tormentors sword, Earthing rod
Firebelly – Lvl 2 – Warriors bane, Scroll
8x Bulls – Std and Musician
7x Iron Guts – Std and Musician – Std of discipline
4x Leadies
3x Leadies
4x Mournfang – HA, IF, Musician
Sabretusk
Sabretusk
Thundertusk
Ironblaster
Ironblaster

He had:

Lvl 2 Sorcerer – Nurgle, Deaths head (thrown weapon wounds on a 2+)
Lord on Jugger- hid the whole game from Cannons
12x Woc, Nurgle, Rage banner
12x Woc, Korne, War banner
5x Knights
5x Marauder Horsemen
Hounds
Hounds
24x Marauders, Nurgle, Flails
Ogre Shaggoth that he wanted to try out.



Deployment: As above, I was a bit wary of the WoC units and was hoping that the Ironblaster could dent the knights and get rid of his lord and Shaggoth as well.

Magic he got a large template spell that caused 3d6 st 1 hits against a unit it was touching and could be cast in combat. The other one he didn’t use. I got Flaming sword, Fireball, Firestorm and Flame cage.



OK Turn 1: Everything moved up, Magic saw everything fail. The Ironblasters lined up the Shaggoth but only managed to get a knight instead.



Woc Turn 1: Lots of moving up and trying not to be in charge range, Magic didn't work for him either, no shooting either.



Ok Turn 2: Charges into the hounds by Sabretusks, two irresistible forces on the marauders, first with flame cage then a 2d6 fireball causing one ogre to pop and a wound on the general and taking down 11 Marauders.

Shooting saw the knights lose another from the Ironblaster, while the other Ironblaster got two WoC and it bounced through to the Lord to give him one wound. Then four Leadies opened up on the Marauders causing them to lose another 6 models and made them flee, the other 3 Leadies took out the Horsemen.

Combat was a win on the left for the Sabretusk and on the right it was a draw.



WoC Turn 2: More Moving up, no charges. The WoC on the Left moved out of the way of the Sabretusk and everything closed in. In magic he got off his spell and took out a Mournfang failing to panic them.



OK Turn 3: Mournfang charged the marauders, the Ironblaster charged the Sabretusk and the Ironguts took on the Shaggoth. The pic doesn’t show it but the ogres were out of range. Magic was a dud. Shooting saw the BsB and last of the other Marauders died.

The Mournfang didn't realise the Marauders were S5 from their flails but didn't care and only took 2 wounds, the Marauders however , were taken down to 5 ran and allowed the Mournfang to run into that pesky wizard and get revenge. The Ironblaster made short work of the hounds and the Ironguts killed the Shaggoth from impact hits alone.




WoC Turn 3: No Magic or shooting for him this turn, He did a sneak and moved the knights into the way of the ogres trying to prevent a charge next turn, turned one WoC to face the Ironguts and the other to face the Mournfang. His lord moved back a bit too.

Unfortunately the Mournfang over ran 11" after crushing the wizard and were well away from the WoC.




OK Turn 4: This is what I moved into place just before he waved the white flag, he saw that i had won after the defeat of the Knights and called it. I had lost three or four Ogres a Mournfang and a Sabretusk

Felt a bit sorry for him as he is still learning the game, helped him think of different ways to combat my ogres and he is thinking of a Hellcannon and a Slannesh giant with big blocks of guys that can survive some hits first and dish them out. He has also joined a WoC forum and hopefully keep building up his skills and teach me some ways to hate his army.

Sine it's the end of my holidays this week I hope to get a game in this Thursday against some filthy dwarfs and possibly on Saturday night against some Vamps.

Nice report.  Gratz on your win.  Your opponent certainly took a beating.  But we all have to learn somehow and sometimes just taking a beating is one of the best ways to learn!  Good luck for your 2 up coming games as well. 

Thanks Zolas.

The next two games are going to be 2500 with little or no restrictions. I really liked the list I had last time as I am currently liking fire.

Anyway here are the two lists I have come up with on Lamekh'sOnlineCodex, liking having Leadbelchers, the first one is a copy paste job on the 2400 list above and the second was my thinking of what I could get better instead of Leadbealchers.

Bruiser, HA, Warrior Bane, Crown of Command, Luckstone, Enchanted Shield, BSB - 184 Pts.
Firebelly, General, Seed of Rebirth, Scroll, Lore of Fire - 155 Pts.
Firebelly, lvl2, Hellheart, Lore of Fire - 205 Pts.

8 Ogres, Handweapon & Ironfist, Lookout Gnoblar, M, S - 281 Pts.
8 Ironguts, M, S, Lookout Gnoblar, Standard of Discipline - 384 Pts.

4 Mournfang Cavalry, HA, Ironfist, M - 290 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers - 172 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers - 172 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.

Thundertusk - 250 Pts.
Ironblaster - 170 Pts.
Ironblaster - 170 Pts.

Total: 2496



Bruiser, Lookout Gnoblar, HA, Warrior Bane, Crown of Command, Luckstone, Enchanted Shield, BSB - 189 Pts.
Firebelly, General, Seed of Rebirth, Scroll, Lore of Fire - 155 Pts.
Firebelly, lvl2, Hellheart, Lore of Fire - 205 Pts.

8 Ogres, Handweapon & Ironfist, M, S - 276 Pts.
8 Ironguts, M, S, Standard of Discipline - 379 Pts.
10 Gnoblars, Gnoblar Trappers - 50 Pts.

3 Mournfang Cavalry, HA, Ironfist - 210 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
4 Leadbelchers - 172 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
1 Sabretusks - 21 Pts.
3 Mournfang Cavalry, HA, Ironfist - 210 Pts.

Thundertusk - 250 Pts.
Ironblaster - 170 Pts.
Ironblaster - 170 Pts.

Total: 2499

So I had a game and a bit.. (basically two) against the dwarfs today. Sorry no pics, we were playing fast.

He had a grudge thrower and two cannons each with an engineer and organ gun. A horde of greatweapon S5 guys and  two big blocks of Hammerers? They were greatweapon strength 6. His Bsb had a 1+ save and he had 3 dispell scrolls and the challenge rune on his lord.

First game was watchtower, I used the two unit of Leadies list. He marched his horde into the watchtower by turn three but by then I had shot out and fireballed his artillery Losing one Ironblaster and a sabretusk. I focused on the two hammer blocks and took them out. Losing the Ironguts in the process and the other Ironblaster to a misfire.

The below tries to show what happened in one snapshot, with the mournfang overrunning and the block of dwarfs killing the Ironguts and then dying to the ogres.



In the end he just had the horde in the watchtower and I had won by about 1200 pts.

The start of the second game we did 2500 and I tried the list with two units of three Mournfang.
My magic was good against him and the shooting was ok, not great though, I found that the ogres did really well with the firebellies in the first combat but the Ironguts needed support, The Mournfang were a real threat to him as well. Now the Leadbelchers didn’t do squat but I was ok with that as they are really for dealing with chaff.
I lost that game as I closed in too fast and didn’t allow the Mournfang to get into the side. If I had played for points denial, shot his war machines and let him come to me I would have come out with a 11-9 possibly to me instead?
The recent Maneater lists have gotten me thinking into trying them on Saturday with the vampires creating a all comers list to trial.

Edit: I took out the list and am starting from scratch.

Hey all, quick update. Got in a game against VC last night, he had a screamer list with 6-7 of them in the list.

The main thing I was trying out was taking a 8 Maneater block to see what damage they could cause.

The game was going really well for me, Terrorgeist gone and cannons were going to be working on Mortis Engine and Corpse cart. We got into an argument as he said that his block of Graveguard could run into the Maneaters flank after making the impossible charge against my Ironguts as he had said that he had accidentally moved them. I disagreed and he got very upset wanting to roll off, and basically wanted to start the game from scratch in turn 3. I gave in  . I lost from the flanking and went on to lose the game by 300 points.

Without the flanking I would have creamed the zombies I was in and it would have been a different game. That said I think I played really well and like the Maneaters enough to want to keep them.

Played another game against a Vc / High Elf alliance today.

Unfortunatly I lost badley but in all honesty I deserved too. I focused on killing the small highelf units when I should have focused fire and combat on the crypt ghouls and horrors. Damn poison attacks.

I still like my dual firebelly list and the addition of 8 scouting/ stubborn maneaters in there.

The maneaters did great on one flank but through lack attention the crypt ghouls got the better of me and took out both my IG and bull blocks =(.

Still eager to playtest and modify my play style, here's thinking about a win next game.

Cheers