Gnoblog: The Beastcaller Tribe.

Hey all! I am pretty new to the Forum but i figured i would start my 'Gnoblog' straight away to help encourage me.



Heres just a short little background on my tribe for now: The Beastcaller tribe is extremely adept at Taming and Hunting the wild beasts of the mountains of mourn. The majority of the tribe was slain by dwarves in a trap set by the dwarves when the Tribe marched to war towards their stronghold. Cast out into the Wilderness, the Tribe is Nomadic and travels through the northern area of the mountains of mourn, inhabiting caves as they move along, hunting as they go. The Tribesmen are known for wearing numerous pelts of Cave-bears, Bull rhinox and other beasts of the mountains.

I will include a more indepth background along with some short stories after i work out all of the details.

Here is the Army list: I also included a short peice of fluff for each unit and how i plan to model them.


Ghrar Ironclaw Beastcaller - 189
Ogre Bruiser w/ Heavy armor, Siegebreaker, Luck Gnoblar, Sword-Gnoblar and Wyrdstone Necklace.

Ghrar is the Tyrant of the remains of the Beastcaller tribe. I plan to represent the sword-gnoblar with a wolf on his base (not the plastic one).



Ragak - 185
Ogre Butcher w/ Tooth Gnoblar, Halfling Cookbook and A Dispel Scroll - 185

Ragak, the last survivng butcher of the massacre at the (yet to be named) dwarven hold. I plan to use the normal Butcher model witha  few alterations


Grok the Colossal - 185
Ogre Hunter w/ 2 Sabre Tusks

Grok the Colossal is the Cheif Hunter of the Tribe, Normaly in Ogre Tribes the Slaughtermaster would advise the tyrant, but instead, The wise and enormous hulk that is Grok the Colossol works as Ghrar's personal advisor. I plan to use the Normal hunter but replace the Mace with either and axe or a skull and more fur and possible change the head too.


Ogre Bulls - 115
3 Ogre Bulls w/ Ogre Clubs. Musician.

THe remains of the different families form up and fight when the Tribe is called to war. The Stormmaws, one of the last 3 remaining families is led by Grik the Cold. I'll use normal bulls with plasticard armor plates, altered gut plates and greenstuff fur pelts, also claw, fang and horn emblems and talismans along with converted and scratch weapons.


Ogre Bulls - 127
3 Ogre Bulls w/ Ogre Clubs and Additional Hand Weapons. Musician.

The remnants of the Frostfang family are led by Hrok the Mean.


Iron Guts - 270
5 Ironguts w/ Great Weapons, Heavy Armor. Musican and Standard Bearer.

The last of the The Beastcaller Family, Ghrars own family, form as a bodyguard around the tyrant during times of war. His brother Grak carries the Banner of the Beastcaller tribe; a collection of fangs, teeth, claws, horns, fur pelts and heads of the many beasts that stalk the grim mountains (along witha  few human and dwarven heads). I'll use normal Ironguts with plasticard armor plates, altered gut plates and greenstuff fur pelts, also claw, fang and horn emblems and talismans along with converted and scratch weapons.


Iron Guts - 318
6 Ironguts w/ Great Weapons, Heavy Armor. Musican and Standard Bearer.

The rest of the Massacred familes have reformed into a single unit during battle, they carry the stolen banner of (the unamed) dwarven hold where there family where slain.



Gnoblar Fighters - 46
23 Gnoblars w/ Hand Weapons and Sharp Stuff

These will eaither be normal gnoblars, convereted from BFSP Night Gobbos or as Warbeasts of some sort.



Leadbelchers - 175
3 Leadbelchers w/ Light Armor and Leadbelcher Cannons. Musician.

No fluff yet. Ill use normal Belchers with fur, armor plates, face guards and fang talismans.


Gorger - 75
Gorger

Known as 'The Beast' or 'The Thing' among the tribesmen, Ghrar found it deep within a cave and out of a strange and commonly unseen kind gesture nursed the beast back to life, it now hunts and follows with the tribe. It will some sort of beast, maybe a bear or wolf or something.


Total: 1500


Any suggestions on fluff (IE. the Name of the dwarven hold or ideas for the leadbelchers) modeling (What to do for the gnoblars and cheap ways to get/make wolf pelts) or the army list would be greatly apreciated.

And i plan to have picures of bulls/leadblechers in tomorrow the the next day.

Feedback welcome and apreciated!
Thanks in advance.

>Ghrar

Right, fur is simple. For clothing, cover the area u want to be fur with GS and then make loads of quick incisions with a modelling knife (which looks something like a scalpel) vertically from the top down. Its surprising how much like fur it actually looks.

Right, fur is simple. For clothing, cover the area u want to be fur with GS and then make loads of quick incisions with a modelling knife (which looks something like a scalpel) vertically from the top down. Its surprising how much like fur it actually looks.

Good advice. I'd only dd that I fins it helps to make the cuts 'S' shaped rather than just striaght to give it a furry look, but with a little practice you'll be surprised how fast and easy it is to get a good GS fur result.

The fluff all looks good to me, I'm looking forward to seeing the Gnoblog develop and some pics of your guys!

Thanks
Corai

Right, names. 1st of all for the Dwarf Hold:
Kazad Kol (Means Black Fortress in Dwarf)
Dammaz Khaz (Means Grudge Hall)
Ogri Dum (Ogre Doom)

Now for the Leadbelchers:
the Thunderbelchers
Cannon Thieves (symbolic as it was the way they managed to gain their cannons by stealing them from the Dwarfs by which they were massacred)
Beardblasters
Stuntysquishers/Stunty Slayers
Khazukan Killers (Khazukan means Dwarf in Dwarf. Lit. means 'tunnel dwellers')

hope these help

I thought Dawi meant dwarf in dwarf? Is that jsut when referring to the Dawi Zharr? I like the names Ghworg came up with, espescially for the dwarf stronghold!

Thanks
Corai

I thought Dawi meant dwarf in dwarf

I thought that too, but the old Dwarf armybook has a huge list of Dwarf words, and Dawi isn't among them. The closest is Dawr which means (in simplest terms) 'like Dwarf'.

I thought Dawi meant dwarf in dwarf

I thought that too, but the old Dwarf armybook has a huge list of Dwarf words, and Dawi isn't among them. The closest is Dawr which means (in simplest terms) 'like Dwarf'.

Maybe it was retconed away? I think there may have been some reference to it in Orcslayer but I can't quite remember. Oh well, live and learn, as they say

Thanks
Corai

The one thing that makes me a little nervous is that GW layed down reasonably obscure rules for speaking Dwarf. Its even wackier than Tolkien inventing Elvish.

Dwai, not Dawi, is dwarven for Dwarf.
Dwai Zharr: Dwarves of Fire (Chaos Dwarves). That much outdates the 6th ed book's little bit on the dwarven language, and as such is much more reliable.

Nice army Ghrar,

Good number for your units this should help in building the entire tribe. I Like the fluf surrounding the tribe history and the background of each units. Will wait to see where your going with it.. If you like convertion I would sugest some sort of spears, halberds, long chaines and nets for your Ironguts as weapon of choice (to make them look more wild beast, instead of sword). For the Bulls go with clubs in both hands or club in one hand but second club in their back to give you the choice of two weapon fighting (help to play different scenarios). If you use Ironfists go with fur on top of them instead of showing the metal (think it would help the look of what your looking for). Last id like to sugest using Gnoblar Trappers instead of normal gnoblar, they cost more but they can be use better on the field, would help toward the fluf of your army in shorth term and would be less to paint in the end (8 instead of 23). 

Look at the Beast of Chaos for ideas toward what fur should look like. Im posting you the link for the greenstuff help.. there is a special post on fur in the first sublink on that thread. http://www.ogrestronghold.com/forum/index.php?topic=2778.0

Good luck
B.

Heya guys!
Thanks for all the feedback. Sorry i am unable to get pics right now. My digi-cam is being stoopid. I updated the fluff for each unit and the army. I updated the Army list and some of the modeling stuff. Once again sorry for no pics yet



Updated Fluff:The Beastcaller tribe is extremely adept at Taming and Hunting the wild beasts of the mountains of mourn. The majority of the tribe was slain by dwarves in a trap set by the dwarves when the Tribe marched to war towards their stronghold of Kazard Kol (Thanks Ghworg). Finding there way through the deep caverns, they eventualy found their way out into the Wilderness, the Tribe is Nomadic and travels through the northern area of the mountains of mourn, inhabiting caves as they move along, hunting as they go. The Tribesmen are known for wearing numerous pelts of Cave-bears, Bull rhinox and other beasts of the Mountains.


Ghrar Ironclaw Beastcaller - 184
Ogre Bruiser w/ Heavy armor, Siegebreaker, Luck Gnoblar and Wyrdstone Necklace.

Ghrar is the Tyrant of the remains of the Beastcaller tribe. Ill use the normal tyrant with a gob of Fur pelts and what not. Not sure what to giv'em for a weapon though. Spear? Axe? Mace? Hammer?

Ragak - 185
Ogre Butcher w/ Halfling Cookbook and A Dispel Scroll - 180

Ragak, the last survivng butcher of the massacre at Kazad Kol. I plan to use the normal Butcher model witha  few alterations. He'll probably have dual ironfists just cus they look sick.


Grok the Colossal - 185
Ogre Hunter w/ 2 Sabre Tusks

Grok the Colossal is the Cheif Hunter of the Tribe, Normaly in Ogre Tribes the Slaughtermaster would advise the tyrant, but instead, The wise and enormous hulk that is Grok the Colossol works as Ghrar's personal advisor. I plan to use the Normal hunter but replace the Mace with either and axe or a skull and more fur and possible change the head too.


Ogre Bulls - 115
3 Ogre Bulls w/ Ogre Clubs. Musician.

THe remains of the different families form up and fight when the Tribe is called to war. The Stormmaws, one of the last 3 remaining families is led by Grik the Cold. I'll use normal bulls with plasticard armor plates, altered gut plates and greenstuff fur pelts, also claw, fang and horn emblems and talismans along with converted and scratch weapons.


Ogre Bulls - 127
3 Ogre Bulls w/ Ogre Clubs and Additional Hand Weapons. Musician.

The remnants of the Frostfang family are led by Hrok the Mean.


Iron Guts - 227
4 Ironguts w/ Great Weapons, Heavy Armor. Musican and Standard Bearer.

The last of the The Beastcaller Family, Ghrars own family, form as a bodyguard around the tyrant during times of war. His brother Grak carries the Banner of the Beastcaller tribe; a collection of fangs, teeth, claws, horns, fur pelts and heads of the many beasts that stalk the grim mountains (along witha  few human and dwarven heads). I'll use normal Ironguts with plasticard armor plates, altered gut plates and greenstuff fur pelts, also claw, fang and horn emblems and talismans along with converted and scratch weapons.


Iron Guts - 174
3 Ironguts w/ Great Weapons, Heavy Armor. Musican and Standard Bearer.

The rest of the Massacred familes have reformed into a single unit during battle, they carry the stolen banner of Kazad Kol.



Gnoblar Trappers - 46
8 Gnoblar Trappers. Snarefinger.

The remainder of the Gnoblars that survived the attack, the long trek through the caves and the many years of nomadic existance in eternal winter, have formed into a group of viscious hunters. Killing rabbits, birds and sometimes wolf or sabretusk pups. They adorn themselves with furs, mocking the apearance of their ogre masters. It'll just be the metal gnoblar trapper models cus i love em so much!


Leadbelchers - 175
3 Leadbelchers w/ Light Armor and Leadbelcher Cannons. Musician.

While in Kazad Kol, the Bearmountain family came upon the dwarf armory, stealing cannons, powder and all sorts of weapons. After lugging the large cannons and supplies through the caves (with the help of a few gnoblars) they have grown adept at hutning and killing using the cannons. Ill use normal Belchers with fur, armor plates, face guards and fang talismans.


Gorger - 75
Gorger

Known as 'The Beast' or 'The Thing' among the tribesmen, Ghrar found it deep within a cave and out of a strange and commonly unseen kind gesture nursed the beast back to life, it now hunts and follows with the tribe. It will some sort of beast, maybe a bear or wolf or something.


Total: 1500


Updated the list off changes and suggestions made in my thread in the armies forum. I am now able to field both the butcher and the hunter and i added in gnoblar trappers instead of fighters to help emphasize my theme. Thanks Ghworg for the help with background stuffs .

I still needs help on few things: I tried to model fur on a leadbelcher but it did not work!!!!!! i am not sure what i did wrong but it looked horrible. Anyhelp with this would be greatly apreciated.

Also, i am at a loss of what to use for my gorger? I want to have some sort of beast.

Thanks in advance!
>Ghrar

(Thanks Ghworg).

Thanks Ghworg for the help with background stuffs icon_biggrin.

Ur very welcome.

Dwai, not Dawi, is dwarven for Dwarf.
Dwai Zharr: Dwarves of Fire (Chaos Dwarves). That much outdates the 6th ed book's little bit on the dwarven language, and as such is much more reliable.

Actually, it is Dawi.

http://uk.games-workshop.com/dwarfs/language/4/

(Following the link)

Ok
Cunning or skilful

MOUWAHAHAhahaha !!!