21 Sep 2014
Welcome to the smokeeye camp!
This is partly to motivate myself to paint more, as Im currently suffering from the far too many models and not enough painting syndrome, as well as having returned to Warhammer after 14 years of hiatus. Well that and far too much study related work. The other part is of course to get some critique on my work and hopefully improve on it as I go along.
Now my tribe is of own creation, and in order to stick to the fluff behind it, very light on Ironguts but heavy on the cavalry aspect due to the very nomadic life they live.
The same accident is the reason the tribe to this day only have a handful of Ironguts, Bergolg doesn't trust anyone enough to rebuild the once proud unit. The tribe have instead specialised in heavy cavalry, which is better suited to their nomadic life. They prefer to do a thunderous charge with a flank of mournfangs and rhinox, supported by the monsters the hunters have managed to prod in the direction of the enemy. After the initial clash of furclad somewhat deranged beasts of burden, they march straight into the enemy and smash whatever is left standing to a bloody pulp. Its not the most subtle of tactics but it does serve them well and tends to leave nothing but broken bodies in their wake.
Currently theyre engaged in a series of running battles against the forces of Chaos, as Bergolg has announced that he believes the person responsible for his shame is hiding somewhere in the Chaos Wastes. The rest of the tribe does not dispute this, even if they find it somewhat unlikely, as they love a good fight more than anything else and the northerners are more than willing to give them just that. Therefore, theyre contend with smashing whole tribes of marauders and other things that live in the cold north in their tyrants search.
Now with the introduction out of the way, what am I working on? And whats actually finished?
To answer the last question first:
10 Ogres including a command group are completely done along with 2 Mournfangs.
What Im working on currently:
A half-finished Ironblaster that has been taunting me for the past 3 months and the small unit of Ironguts the tribe have left.
The rest of the to do list is far too long to list Im afraid, but Ill add more as I get to it and hopefully get some pictures of the finished units, and the whole army when it gets to that point.
Pictures!
The Bulls:
The back row:
The Mournfangs:
And the WIP stuff:
This is partly to motivate myself to paint more, as Im currently suffering from the far too many models and not enough painting syndrome, as well as having returned to Warhammer after 14 years of hiatus. Well that and far too much study related work. The other part is of course to get some critique on my work and hopefully improve on it as I go along.
Now my tribe is of own creation, and in order to stick to the fluff behind it, very light on Ironguts but heavy on the cavalry aspect due to the very nomadic life they live.
**FLUFF**
The smokeeye Tribe were not always known as that, however due to an unfortunate "accident" (Bergolg calls it an attempt on his life by a challenger) with an ancient leadbelcher gun, that destroyed much of the Irongut regiment and left Bergolg with a permanent blackened face. They renamed the tribe after the now cloudy right eye of Bergolg. Bergolg himself has never forgotten about the incident and to this day swears revenge on the ogre who traded him the gun. However, the accident left him unable to remember who it was or if it indeed was an ogre. Therefore, they attack anything in their path, while they search for the perpetrator.The same accident is the reason the tribe to this day only have a handful of Ironguts, Bergolg doesn't trust anyone enough to rebuild the once proud unit. The tribe have instead specialised in heavy cavalry, which is better suited to their nomadic life. They prefer to do a thunderous charge with a flank of mournfangs and rhinox, supported by the monsters the hunters have managed to prod in the direction of the enemy. After the initial clash of furclad somewhat deranged beasts of burden, they march straight into the enemy and smash whatever is left standing to a bloody pulp. Its not the most subtle of tactics but it does serve them well and tends to leave nothing but broken bodies in their wake.
Currently theyre engaged in a series of running battles against the forces of Chaos, as Bergolg has announced that he believes the person responsible for his shame is hiding somewhere in the Chaos Wastes. The rest of the tribe does not dispute this, even if they find it somewhat unlikely, as they love a good fight more than anything else and the northerners are more than willing to give them just that. Therefore, theyre contend with smashing whole tribes of marauders and other things that live in the cold north in their tyrants search.
**END OF FLUFF**
Now with the introduction out of the way, what am I working on? And whats actually finished?
To answer the last question first:
10 Ogres including a command group are completely done along with 2 Mournfangs.
What Im working on currently:
A half-finished Ironblaster that has been taunting me for the past 3 months and the small unit of Ironguts the tribe have left.
The rest of the to do list is far too long to list Im afraid, but Ill add more as I get to it and hopefully get some pictures of the finished units, and the whole army when it gets to that point.
Pictures!
The Bulls:
The back row:
The Mournfangs:
And the WIP stuff:
