Starting afresh !

Hey there everyone. So I took a big break from war-gaming in general and only recently thought of getting back in to it

I had a decent sized ogre army, roughly at least 2500 points worth. And it got stolen! Yeah I know, sucks right? I'll not bore you with details, suffice to know I had an idea who it may be but when I asked them about the where abouts they said I don't know and without proof there isnt anything I can do!

So that was a kick in the teeth. But I fancy starting a fresh!
I still had 2 built mournfang models sitting in my room so I'll enjoy painting them. And the remnants and extra bits and pieces from a battalion, which, includes 6 unbuilt bulls! Woohooo!

So I'm thinking of using a couple of them to make my SM/Butcher(s).
Was wondering though, are the heroes supposed to be generally bigger? Is there any way to bulk these guys out without alot of GS work or is a simple bull model sufficient (size wise) for my characters?

I look forward to your replies and I'll hopefully get a Gnoblog up and going, Maybe the 'Returned Tribe' or the 'Prodigals'
Shame all that money went down the drain just to spend more now, hope theyr'e at least being treated properly

- May the Maw be with you

My suggestions:

1) Take your six bulls. Convert 1 into a slaughtermaster/butcher. I'd give that model an ironfist and splatter blood all over him. If you can find a hatchet bit, that would be best. Convert a second bull into a bruiser BSB. Give him also an ironfist and give him a banner. Maybe also try to find a gnoblar to put on his base.  Then with the other 4 bulls, turn them into maneaters with xhw.
2) Buy a battalion box. This will give you 4 ironguts, 6 ogres, 4 leadbelchers.
3) Buy an ironblaster.
4) Buy a sabretusk pack.

At this point you will have a slaughtermaster, bruiser bsb, ironguts, ogres, leadies, mournfang, maneaters, and kitties. Enough for probably a 1500 point game with all the core elements of a good ogre army...

If you want to make the characters a bit taller, here is a really nice tutorial I used:

http://www.ogrestronghold.com/forum/index.php?topic=24449.0

Wasn't too hard and makes the bulls stand out just a bit.

My suggestions:


2) Buy a battalion box. This will give you 4 ironguts, 6 ogres, 4 leadbelchers.

Battalion contains 16 ogre bodies so 6IG 6Bulls and 6 belchers, also plenty of random gnoblars.

Hope this makes rebuilding slightly cheaper

When I started I got
2 battalions
Iron blaster
Sabretusks
 Done
 
We really do have one of the best battalion set out there.

Battalion contains 16 ogre bodies so 6IG 6Bulls and 6 belchers, also plenty of random gnoblars.

That's 18 Ogres...

You will get 6 Ironguts, 6 Ogres, and 4 Leadbelchers (IIRC you can make all regular Ogres if you like).