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Ouch! Hope you heal up quickly and as painlessly as possible.

Lots of progress in the past couple weeks, nice work archer

I really like the lizard maneater. I think you pulled off that conversion well. He is unique and the green tinged armor really works with the rest of the model. Plus, props on the tattoos. I know how hard free hand is.

Love the background for the gold maneater. I can definitely see an ogre going crazy over shiny things and no one mentioning anything about his odd fashion sense

Looking forward to seeing how the gnobblars turn out. Those little blighters can be frustrating to paint.

Also, as a side note, my bret blog will be starting up in a few weeks once I get my finals done ( trimesters). I'll definitely let you know once I start it up so you can feel better about your own wonderful progress compared to mine.

Hi all,

I am back in my painting chair and have pushed hard to try and get back on top of things. This amounts to me having knocked off the first of my two Gnoblar units (thank god, little green so and so's). I am also around halfway done with my Tyrant, I can't quite get him where I want him on the areas that I have painted, but I am trying to rectify it and have my fingers crossed. But this update is to be dedicated to the Gnoblars, so without further distraction here they are.....


The model eye view definitely looks like a teeming horde of little green blighters, the unit fillers add a little interest to a rather boring unit. I am pretty happy with them, but I won't be displaying any of them on an individual basis as I won't be winning any painting competitions anytime soon.


An eagle eye view, the unit filler on the left is perhaps a little barren compared to the density of models in the rest of the unit, but I am not going to make any changes now.


These guys are blue shirts and red hats with the plan that the other unit will be red shirts (Star Trek cannon fodder anyone?) and blue hats so I won't get them mixed up during setup and play. I have also painted numbers onto the bottom of the bases so I won't have to juggle them about trying to get them to rank up before games.


I couldn't resist a side by side, the Ogres really do dwarf the Gnoblars. it is actually a pretty comical army when you see the Ogres and the Gnoblars together. I can't see how these guys could be a threat on the tabletop even if they charge in to support some Ogres. I will be keen to see if I can figure out how to use this army effectively on the tabletop.


I also couldn't resist having the Ogre Crusher and Gnoblar Groinbiter (Unit Champions) facing off in a heroic duel. My money is on the little guy, they are usually sneaky......

Overall I didn't enjoy the painting of the Gnoblars anywhere near as much as the Ogres. They lack a lot of detail compared to the more advanced plastic kits which was a bit of a disappointment. But they are a two part model (body and head) so I am impressed by the myriad of different poses (12 different models) so that was also good. I am dreading when I get the next box of them, but I am running out of models for this army to paint which I guess is a good thing for getting close to finishing off the army. Would be good if I could manage it before the end of March. But I am working back in my trade now, so I am pretty wrecked by the end of the day and it will probably take me a month or so to get back to being on my feet all day. But I am trying to stay motivated and the finish line is getting closer faster than I anticipated.

For my next army I think I am likely to cheat a little but to bulk up my progress in this project, but I will go into that more when I get closer to the end of the Ogre Kingdoms.

Thanks for reading.

Oooh yay job!

Gnoblars look cool, even if you didn't have fun painting them.

They look great all-together like that.

Hi all,

I am definitely back into the swing of things. Which is amazing as I had to fight off an impending cold/flu which I probably should have taken time off work to properly deal with, but you know the whole new job and want to make a good impression sort of stuff, so I soldiered on and died in the evenings. That being said I went against my prior desires and went ahead and attacked the Tyrant of my army. I had wanted to save him as a motivation to finish off all of the Gnoblars, but I couldn't resist and I still need to secure another box of the little green blighters. I have also started work on the first of my Scrap Launchers against my better judgement, but hey any progress is good progress.


So here he is in all his Ogre glory. It is the Golfag Maneater model, but I changed the weapons and the banner pole (the original appears on my Ogre Bulls Unit) and cut the top off his helmet. I am really happy with how he turned out after a few false starts. Not perhaps as good as some of my other ogres, but I think he turned out well.


My Wife again has been responsible for a lot of the color choices on this guy. I like when she shows an interest so I tend to follow her input, she doesn't so a half bad job. Just wait to you see how she wanted the Rhinox painted though.....


This guy is going to be armed with the "Fencer's Blades" so I though a suitably "magic" look to the weapons would be useful. Also by swapping the original weapons for two swords it helped him look a tiny bit different from the original.


I picked this model up dirt cheap on eBay and it had a horrid attempt at painting and since it was finecast I was a little suss I could save it. But the Dakka knowledge base certainly helped me get that paint off.


If anyone wonders about the skin tone it is because I imagine he and the Gorger are actually related, while one was cast out the other ended up leading, one of the reasons my Tyrant has an issue with the Great Maw and Butchers in general.

Sorry for the post seeming rushed, but am off to my Mother in Laws birthday today.

Thanks for reading and look forward to your thoughts.

Hah that's awesome. Especially the fluff for those two, but the model and paintwork are great too

That's a mighty impressive Tyrant! He's come up really nicely. Do you have any whole-army shots of them?

That looks really cool, that banner is fantastic, excellent choice of colours.

The face on the banner

Thanks all, you will need to wait until I have finished all of the models for the full army shot, have to follow tradition after all.....

I managed a game of Fantasy today (after the Mother in Laws birthday events) and was soundly thrashed by an all Khorne Warriors of Chaos army. I need a more experienced General to explain how I am supposed to beat a regiment of 25 Chaos Warriors with my Knights, they are simply brutal.

My rolling was abysmal (but that is nothing knew) but I just couldn't seem to but a dent in them. Hoping to have the Ogres ready for the next time and see how they fair.....

I think most armies just have to use sacrificial bait units to force the khorne warriors (or knights for that matter!) to go off in a direction that isn't towards your army. Like make them charge you at an angle that puts them back into an empty corner after they charge through, unless something has changed they *have* to charge the closest unit or something right?

They can test to restrain from charging without losing frenzy and with a fairly decent leadership not a hard thing to do. But your tactics do sound like the best option I have.

I did setup poorly that left me at a disadvantage from the beginning. Definitely need more practice.

Huh, that must have changed. You used to have to take small units specifically to blok their LoS.

You can still do it, you rush your diverter unit up to their face so they can spend a turn going AROUND you and exposing their flank/rear, or they can charge and end up where you want anyway.

There are a huge number of changes since I last pulled on the Warhammer General hat. Some I like, some I will get used to and some I will probably continue to complain about. But what would life be like if I couldn't complain about the hobby I like?

Thanks for your thoughts on tactics Grim, hopefully my results will start improving as I get more games under my belt.

Keep a salt shaker around when I spout tactical advice, I'm an armchair general at best!

The tyrant looks great archer. He really looks menacing with those two swords. Though I don't think i'd call them fencing swords

I was also confused about the skin color. But it makes sense with the background you are writing for the army. I always like when people put time into developing their armies.

Keep up the great work man

Ok, I am back posting on my own stuff again. I have been being a nuisance on other people's posts, but I just needed to get back into the swing of working and my Wife has been forcing me to be very social as her best friend is getting married soon so I have had to meet and greet other Bridal party partners and help carry things etc. etc. But I have broken free of those hassles and have a fair few photos to get through so please bare with me and I hope you enjoy the ride.

First up a good friend of mine presented me an interesting challenge to produce some terrain in less than two hours (including painting). I didn't expect much with the time frame and the materials presented to me. But I am pretty damn happy with what I came up with. Let me know your thoughts.


My mate gave me a heap of cardboard tubes. I discarded any of the flimsy ones as I like my terrain to be able to take a bit of a kicking. I made these two pieces identical as it was easier as I was cutting the tubes directly in two and I didn't want to waste any materials.


I figure that there is a ladder or similar contained in the half tube that runs the full height and indicated the ability to ascend to the top with a hatch at the top.


And at the bottom by a nice opening that a model could conceivably duck into. It isn't much, but I think it works.


So these are the first two pieces I managed in the time allowed. But I wasn't sitting idle. I had enough bits floating around to do something else.....


So I came up with this. Not entirely sure what it is, maybe some sort of central fluid sluice or a big thickener to separate solids from liquids, but like the towers, it is imposing and I feel works. I tried to avoid silver in the painting of any of them as with the grey they may just be usable on a medieval board without too much imagination.

It was an interesting challenge and it has spurred me on to make a few more "tube" terrain pieces to go with these and the previous terrain pieces I have done with card tubes. Plus I have a couple of old boxes that used to hold some very nice single malt scotch whisky's that I think could make some nice high towers with a walkway or two between them.

Next up a couple of shots from my most recent gaming attempts. I have only managed a couple of games of Necromunda. But they have been really entertaining. In the previous game my Goliath gang, The Downhive Razorfangs, must have stumbled into the wrong town as a few of the loyal Gangers ended up in a shootout with a few of the members of the Brotherhood from House Cawdor. As is turns out you shouldn't bring a chainsword to a shoot out. Especially when your opponent brings a bloody Heavy Stubber. My poor boys needed to leg it just to stay in one piece. But during the fight my opponents Heavy opened up and pinned all of my fighters in one turn but also shot one of his own Gangers straight in the back. The results on the injury table found the poor Cawdor member captured by my gang and the only thing his Gang could do was try and rescue him.

SO......this leads to these photos, unfortunately I got the minimum number of sentries protecting the captive and my opponent got the maximum number of rescuers.


This unsavory fellow has been with the gang from the very beginning actually starting as a lowly Juve, but through luck and grit he is now one of my most powerful close combat fighters hitting like a freight train and has a serious reputation for brutality.


This slippery looking guy is actually a crack shot with his shotgun (I actually mean it he has the crack shot skill) kind of an odd weapon for a good marksman, but since he gets in close encounters I don't want his opponent getting a second chance at him.


My final sentry was this unfortunate fellow, as you can see my his name plate he is the third person to carry the name (I don't know, Juves just have a nasty habit of dying young). I couldn't be bothered making up new names and I thought it would be an amusing way of tracking how many members of my gang get killed off during my games.

Unfortunately I didn't take any more photos of the game, one I kind of forgot and two my opponents gang may be sporting an all black camouflage scheme and I wasn't sure the photos of our gangs facing off would have come across all that well. Yes i am a snob for painted models, I have always been and I am seeking help about my bias.

So back to my growing Ogre Kingdoms army this time, I realized that I had left something out of my Gnoblar regiment and would have probably left it out of my next one. I have upgraded a musician and standard bearer in the unit (as well as a Champion or Groinbiter, but I already had him) I blame it that the kit doesn't come with the parts to make the upgrades, so I went back and turned two of the little guys into what I needed.


So here is my command group for my first Gnoblar regiment. Like any good Gnoblar they have looted what they needed from other armies.


The "Standard" is from the Empire Mercenaries that I think you get to make free company fighters or of course Mordheim groups. The Horn is carved from the arm of an Empire Knight.

And finally the main reason for this post and a model I am really happy with is the latest addition to the Ogre Kingdoms army.......


The first of my two Scrap Launchers.


It's a horribly detailed kit with bits and pieces everywhere. You can thank my beautiful wife for the color choice for the Rhinox. I figured I would follow her choice as once assembled most of it is hidden anyway.


I usually prefer to fully assemble my models before painting them, but I had little choice with this one and I regret just how much I assembled before hand. I had a lot of trouble negotiating some of the angles that I had created by putting too much together.


What I am really impressed by with this kit is how easy it is to identify the parts that have been "looted" to build it, there are the horns of a Thundertusk, weapons from the Empire and Elves, I am just impressed they went that way instead of just sculpting unidentifiable components.


So there you have my first Scrap Launcher. This one is in the process of firing. I was concerned how to make the two Launchers really separate to each other and was expecting to have to convert the second one a little. But I came across an old metal one on eBay and realized after looking at it that it is actually a very different model than the newer plastic one. Its not as detailed and is on skids rather than wheels, but still a great looking model so I couldn't resist when the seller dropped the price by 15%. I have it all assembled (or at least as far as I am willing before painting and it will be my next finished model).

Sorry that the post is so long, but I hope the pictures have made it at least interesting to skim through, time is getting away from me a little this year and I had hoped to be done with the ogres by the end of March, but I just don't think I will get there. I have my fingers crossed that I can knock them off quickly though so fingers are crossed. Just dreading that final unit of Gnoblars.......

Thanks for reading.

Terrain looks solid, especially for the time investment.

Gnoblar command works too.

That scrap launcher... that looks like something you don't want to try and charge or harass with regular warmachine hunters. Does it get a decent CC statline for having a rhinox pulling it?

Ok, lots going on here.

First, terrain is pretty cool, especially for just two hours. I'm not sure what it is either, but who cares? The galaxy is a big place, and there's all sorts of stuff lying around.

I have a soft spot in my heart for all things Necromunda, and Goliaths especially. Good to see yours getting some table time. I need to get some games in, but I only have one opponent. He is also my only buddy that plays fantasy, and he lives 1-1/2 hours away, so our gaming time is limited.

Finally, I adore the scrap launcher. Both as a kit, and your paint job on it. It is super detailed, and you did a great job picking all of that detail out.

Thanks for the comments. I forgot to mention that I was successful in preventing the Cawdor gang from rescuing their Ganger and I enjoyed selling hum off to the Guilders. I got lucky with one of my Heavies came on with his newly fitted Suspensor (which allows him to move and still shoot) and promptly gunned down a third of the rescuers.

In regards to the Scrap Launcher Grimdork it has a fairly decent combat profile (lots of low strength attacks from the Gnoblars, 7 in total and then quite a few medium strength attacks from the Rhinox, plus it counts as a chariot so impact hits if it charges)

Thats awesome. You can't have your guy back, no ransom, I'm selling his ass to the slavers. Now you can expect NO MERCY!

Ahh, that makes sense about the scrap launcher, kind of like the Hellcannon, not something for just anyone to charge.

Every single time I've captured a ganger in Necromunda I've sold him off. No negotiations from me. Plus, you get to keep his gear!!!

I really like the tube terrain you made. What did you cover it in before you painted it?

Great work on the scrap launcher!!

I did a quick and nasty paper mâché using textured paper towel (simply paint the whole thing in PVA the. Lay a whole sheet of paper on and using more glue and brush work it on). Pretty happy with the texture it took on and I got some strange Geiger style shapes appearing here and there.

Nice work! That Rhinox is as impressive as all hell. The scenery also looks nice as well.

It is time for me to try and get my act back in order and nothing does that like a good old fashion update. I fortunately have actually managed some progress on the much ignored Ogre Kingdoms which means this update will be more photos than my inane ramblings (I here the cheers from the crowds ;-))

However, it is far less progress than I would have hoped this far into the year. But I have committed the ultimate hobby sin (that I had until now avoided) of being distracted by other modelling projects. But I lapsed recently and have been poking around at the next army on the slab before I complete the Ogres; which is something that I had really hoped to avoid. I contribute this momentary weakness to me dropping the ball and actually running out of Ogre models to paint. I have now 27 Gnoblars and 1 Pirate Maneater to acquire and paint to round out the army. Now I need to go and buy them so I can get back to finishing them off.

Anyway, enough talk. On to some pictures......


You can see here that I have finished off the second of my Scrap Launchers. I may or may not have mentioned that it is the older metal model. I am really, really happy with the color scheme on the Rhinox (again, must thank my wife for the idea). The rest of it is pretty basic and far more ramshackle than the newer plastic one. Although I have to admit it has grown on me a lot and I may prefer it to the newer one......


There are even more Gnoblars hanging off of this contraption (I think 9 in total) which I do find strange as the rules say it has 7 riders. Do any old Ogre players no if there used to be more in the previous Army Book? I was tempted to put some on the newer model to even the numbers up a bit, but in the end decided against. it.


I think the Gnoblars have a lot more character on this model as rather than dancing around like little jesters they are actually doing tasks that make sense, which I like. This Scrap Launcher is in the process of reloading which also makes a nice counter to the previous one which is obviously in the process of firing.


I think the color scheme of the Rhinox makes a lot more sense as an animal that lives above the snowline. However, I wouldn't change the tiger stripe version as I like the crazy scheme, plus I wouldn't want to offend my wife......


A bit blurry, but it shows the Gnoblar crew madly scramlbing to fill the bucket with scrap and shoot again.


Seems the idea of a Gnoblar with a telescope is a running theme on the old and new Scrap Launcher. Fills me with confidence that someone is calling the shots of this crazy war machine and can't wait to see how they fair on the tabletop.


I tried to add a little interest by painting a few random planks different colors. It helped to break up the predominantly brown scheme. I felt it especially necessary as this model lacks a lot of the intricate details of the plastic one so needed an extra lift.


Here is a nice side by side of the two Scrap Launchers. I do hope they are as good on the tabletop as I think they look as models. I really do hate when great looking models are a little ineffective in game terms. Not that would stop me using them. I would just keep trying to find the best way to use them.


A potential clash of the titans......maybe I should see how they would fair fighting each other?

So there is my disappointing progress on my modelling. Hopefully I can get at least the Pirate Maneater that is outstanding before this week is out and get back to it. In the mean time I may keep committing the hobby sin and playing with the next army. (Which will be an Eldar Army based around the old Ulthwe concept......of Guardians and Psykers). Or maybe I should get onto finishing off a few more terrain pieces. I still have a heap of cardboard tubes after that original challenge and maybe I should challenge myself again?

Let me know your thoughts on whether I should go with the terrain or with the Eldar. I also do have a special piece I have been working on for a while that if you all misbehave I may post it up as I am close to having it done.

Thanks for reading.

The new old scrap launcher looks great. I do like the naturalistic tones on the Rhinox underneath all of that stuff. I think they work a lot better together as two non-identical models as well, as it makes both look like uniquely-built and distinct war contraptions - from the war machine itself to the beast of burden underneath it all to the crew.

Just a quickie update so it doesn't look like I have disappeared mysteriously.....plus not one of the blogs I am subscribed to has had any activity for a couple of days which is really kind of creepy.

I have on order the last of the Ogre Kingdoms I need (24 bloody Gnoblars and the Pirate Maneater) and I hope to take possession of them before this coming weekend in preparation for a busy painting weekend. We will see if I can hold off on the Pirate to bang out the Gnoblars first.

I haven't been idle though, since I am going to cheat a little for the next army to try and get this project moving in the right direction just a little quicker I have dusted off some of my first ever painted models and have been studiously repairing the paint work. Not repainting mind you, but I am trying to freshen up the old paint work a little.

Thanks for reading my little post that got a little bit too long.....

I missed the update of the with the second Rhinox. I like them both and think they look great together. I don't have any scrap launchers but the models look really sweet. I may have to get one when the Ogre's become my main focus.