1500 pt first ogre army

I am looking for a little help.  This is my first foray into ogres but own all other amrmies bar DE.

I have picked up an assortment of figures and am looking to build a vanilla army rather then pure fluff or a tourney winning uber stomper.

Reading the site I have started with the list below and would like a crtique plus where the next 500 points should go when I expand.

1500 Pts - Ogre Kingdoms Roster

Slaughtermaster (1#, 348 pts)
. . 1 Slaughtermaster, 348 pts (General; Immune to Poison; Ogre Charge; Level 4 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Ironfist; Causes Fear; Stomp)
. . . . 1 Lore of the Great Maw
. . . . 1 Fencer's Blades
. . . . 1 Glittering Scales

Bruiser (1#, 188 pts)
. . 1 Bruiser (Battle Standard Bearer), 188 pts (Ogre Charge; Hand Weapon; Ironfist; Heavy Armour; Battle Standard Bearer; Causes Fear; Stomp)
. . . . 1 Dragonhelm
. . . . 1 Luckstone
. . . . 1 Crown of Command

Ogres (7#, 254 pts)
. . 6 Ogres, 254 pts (Ogre Charge; Bellower Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Ironfist; Light Armour; Causes Fear; Stomp)
. . . . 1 Crusher (Ogre Charge; Hand Weapon; Ironfist; Light Armour; Stomp)

Ironguts (3#, 129 pts)
. . 3 Ironguts, 129 pts (Always Strikes Last; Ogre Charge; Great Weapon; Heavy Armour; Causes Fear; Stomp)

Mournfang Cavalry (3#, 245 pts)
. . 3 Ogre Mournfang Cavalry, 245 pts (Bellower Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Ironfist; Heavy Armour; Causes Fear; Impact Hits; Stomp)
. . . . 3 Mournfang (Causes Fear; Stomp)
. . . . 1 Standard of Discipline

Maneaters (4#, 294 pts)
. . 3 Maneaters, 294 pts (Motley Crew; Ogre Charge; Bellower Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Brace of Ogre Pistols x3; Causes Fear; Stomp)
. . . . 1 Been There, Done That (Poisoned Attacks; Sniper)
. . . . 1 Maneater Captain (Ogre Charge; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Brace of Ogre Pistols; Extra Attack; Stomp)

Sabertusks (1#, 21 pts)
. . 1 Sabretusks, 21 pts (Running With the Pack; Their Master's Voice; Causes Fear)

Sabertusks (1#, 21 pts)
. . 1 Sabretusks, 21 pts (Running With the Pack; Their Master's Voice; Causes Fear)

Validation Report:
Edition: 8th Edition; Game Type: Normal Game; Army Subtype: Ogre Kingdoms Army; Special Rules: Allow Forge World, Allow Obsolete Armies, Allow Unofficial Units, Allow Warhammer Forge
Roster satisfies all enforced validation rules

Composition Report:
Points of Lords: 348 (0 - 375)
Points of Heroes: 188 (0 - 375)
Points of Core: 383 (375 - Unlimited)
Points of Special: 581 (0 - 750)
Points of Rare: 0 (0 - 375)

Total Roster Cost: 1500

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Hi and welcome!

There should be a lot of other lists around the forum about how to build up a new Ogre army starting at 1000-1500 pt. For ogres that point range is a bit difficult so I'd advise you to read a few other threads to get an idea of the comments people get.

Going from other infantry armies to ogres, a good rule of thumb is that when counting models in a unit divide your normal unit sizes by 3.5 and you will get a good indicating for the 'size in ogre models'.

For 1500 pt too many points will go into characters resulting in too few units in the army. All the units you have included are superb and would be good candidates to be expanded as you move towards 2000 pt.

So without being too specific I'd consider a Slaughtermaster light version - maybe go lvl3 and skip the items besides a dispel scroll and a gw - and then keep him out of the worst combats.

The love the sniper-poison man eaters but in a unit of 3-4 they wont be able to proper character snipe (a unit of 6 is the magical number to aim for) so in 1500 pt Id change their ability to stubborn/scout/shiftstride (pick any 2 and the 3 guys will rock out). Shiftstride increase their average charge distance from 13" to 15.5" and increases the likelihood of a 10+ charge roll for d3 impact hits/model. scout allow the perfect deployment on the flank - excellent with the mournfangs! Stubborn is... stubborn... sometimes you just roll poorly and lose a combat although when you get the ogres in combat they dish out pain.

the points free'd up from the man eaters and the SM can be used for more iron guts - these guys are expensive and die fast but are so worth it!

Good luck and enjoy!