MexicanNinja Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I will be starting an Ogre army for the escalation and after my initial list being posted in the escalation thread I decided to move it to my own thread to show the progress of my army. I made some adjustments to the list as well. Here is what I will be starting with. Slaughtermaster w/Lore of the Great Maw Hunter w/Longstrider, sword of battle, enchanted shield 8 Ogre Bulls w/bellower, standard bearer, look-out gnoblar, iron fists 2 Sabretusks Stonehorn The plan is simple: 1) Slaughtermaster joins ogres 2) Huner joins the 2 sabretusks 3) Vanguard hunter and sabretusks for early game charges and put pressure on my enemy 4) Run the other two units up the gut and get in to the combat early Low model count, a solid magic phase, and some hard hitting units. Lore of the Great Maw is just great at making the standard Ogre kick butt and with the lore attribute it could help to gain wounds back on the slaughtermaster. Yes, there is also the slight chance that he takes a wound as well, but that's the risk I could take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I have a fair amount of left over ogre stuff, some ogres, some gnoblars, including a whole box of mournfang if I recall correctly. Let me know if you want em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Here's the 1500 point list I'm working towards: Slaughermaster w/lore of the great maw, fencer's blades, glittering scales, ironcurse icon Bruiser w/bsb, runemaw Hunter w/hellheart 6 Ogre Bulls w/full command, ironfists, look-out gnoblar 4 Ogre Bulls w/bellower, sandard bearer, ironfists 2 Sabretusks Pack 2 Mournfang Cavalry w/heavy armour, ironfists Stonehorn Yes, I know there are some brutal builds on the Slaughtermaster and the Hunter; however, I have no ironguts, maneaters, ironblasters, or leadbelchers. This army is purely made for close combat which is supported by the slaughtermaster. In order for this army to withstand everything else, I went with the hellheart on the hunter to try and force some early miscasts on my enemy while providing a very real threat to my opponent. WIth the addition of the 2 mournfang cav, who could hold up weaker units, and with the stone horn on a different flank or running right up the gut, I am hoping the bulls will be able to get to combat where the slaughtermaster can go to town. The runemaw will also help with keeping most magic off my main unit of bulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 I have started work on the Stonehorn. I would like to say that this model was a blast to put together This is a very well sculpted model, IMO. I have the pieces primed and will begin to base coat, and hopfully wash, tomorrow.I am thinking of going with a bone color, instead of the standard "stone", for the skull. If I bring this tomorrow, it will be headless and riderless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Lastnight I said, "F it, let's get this thing started".The body has been base coated and washed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 More progress with my Stonehorn. I have base coated and washed the head, trophy rack, and rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophecy Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Is the story for the escalation league in the moot? If you want the moot and ogres perhaps you should try the halfling book. Halfling book is found here: http://warhammerarmiesproject.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 They rose from The Moot and wondered to the desert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Well, I got my first three games with Ogres in tonight and I have to say, it was a BLAST! I love them. They move fast, fight good enough, and have lots of threats. What was the main thing I learned tonight? MORE HUNTER!!!!! My hunter was my MVP for all three games. He's a real threat. He poses a real threat real fast and I like what he adds to the army. I think I may drop my triple stonehorn idea and work out a way to get 2 hunters in the final army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Being that this is the season for escalation, I will be changing up my list to try some things out next week. I will say that 1,150 is a weird point level for Ogres. At any rate, here's the list for next week: Tyrant w/ogre blade, gut maw (S7, Terror, gains wounds back in challenges) Bruiser w/bsb, great weapon, heavy armour, runemaw (spells targeted at the unit are negated on a 2+) 7 Ogre Bulls w/full command, ironfists 3 Ogre Bulls w/iron fists Sabretusk Sabretusk Stonehorn I dropped the slaughtermaster and hunter to test out a tyrant and bruiser. The runemaw makes up for not having a wizard. I have two terror causing units on the charge, and the Tyrant is just as much of a beast as the stonehorn. It should be a fun list to test out. I was going to keep the slaughtermaster and hunter but I decided it would be better to test out some different choices for this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Here's some more pics of my progress. I'm working on some of the random hanging bits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I have three Ogres on the painting table right now. They all have been base coated and washed. After that, I have a firebelly and hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Glad to see they'll be getting use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Glad to see they'll be getting use. Heck yeah I'm using them. Thanks for the gifts. I didn't have plans of using a firebelly until last night. Now I need to try a unit of leadbelchers for him to join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Ogre shooting terrifies me. On a lot of levels, a shooty Ogre list is scarier than a shooty Empire list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Ogre shooting terrifies me. On a lot of levels, a shooty Ogre list is scarier than a shooty Empire list. I know what you mean. Karl's Ogre's would put holes all through my dark elves. I really want to test play a scraplauncher. A killing blow stone thrower? Uh....yes please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romes Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Here's the 1500 point list I'm working towards: Slaughermaster w/lore of the great maw, fencer's blades, glittering scales, ironcurse icon Bruiser w/bsb, runemaw Hunter w/hellheart 6 Ogre Bulls w/full command, ironfists, look-out gnoblar 4 Ogre Bulls w/bellower, sandard bearer, ironfists 2 Sabretusks Pack 2 Mournfang Cavalry w/heavy armour, ironfists Stonehorn Yes, I know there are some brutal builds on the Slaughtermaster and the Hunter; however, I have no ironguts, maneaters, ironblasters, or leadbelchers. This army is purely made for close combat which is supported by the slaughtermaster. In order for this army to withstand everything else, I went with the hellheart on the hunter to try and force some early miscasts on my enemy while providing a very real threat to my opponent. WIth the addition of the 2 mournfang cav, who could hold up weaker units, and with the stone horn on a different flank or running right up the gut, I am hoping the bulls will be able to get to combat where the slaughtermaster can go to town. The runemaw will also help with keeping most magic off my main unit of bulls. Not sure if you're still planning on moving to this list. If so isn't Hellheart an arcane item? If so I don't think the hunter can have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Yeah, I haven't updated the list. I can' take the hellheart on the Hunter. I'm pretty sure the list will change. I'm continuing to test out units during the escalation. During this process, I am also trying to complete gnoblar achievements through Ogre Stronghold. There are two units which will stay though: The Slaughtermaster stays, the unit of bulls stays, and the Stonehorn stays. I will most likely drop the hunter for a unit of 4 Mournfang Cavalry with the dragonhide banner. Who knows though. The main problem I am having with the low points games are units. I'm not used to only have 2-3 units of stuff. Don't get me wrong, they have survivability and great damage output but I'm just used to having lots of models on the table. The biggest learning curve I'm having is that I really need to pick and choose my fights with this list and I need to make sure I can either crush my opponent fast in the combat phase or I can win the gring in roughly 2 rounds of combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 So, I have been modifying and modifying and yup modifying the end goal for a 2,500 point Ogre Kingdoms army. I really don't want to paint 2 more stonehorns so the triple stonehorn list was told to "beat it". Here's what I came up with today: Slaughtermaster w/LoGW, Level 4, fencer's blade's, glittering scales, dispel scroll Bruiser w/BSB, runemaw Firebelly w/RRoR 6 Bulls w/FC, iron fists 6 Bulls w/bellower, standard bearer, iron fists 3 Bulls w/iron fists 3 Bulls w/iron fists 3 Leadbeltchers 3 Leadbeltchers Sabretusk Sabretusk 4 Mournfang Cavalry w/heavy armour, iron fists, dragonhide banner Gnoblar Scraplauncher Giant Stonehorn w/harpoon launcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 If everything goes according to plan, I will be at game night with my Ogres. Here's the list I would be bringing: Tyrant w/Ogre Blade, Gut Maw Bruiser w/BSB, great weapon, heavy armour, runemaw 7 Ogre Bulls w/full command, iron fists 3 Ogre Bulls w/iron fists 3 Leadbeltchers w/bellower Sabretusk Stonehorn w/harpoon launcher Since I'm not a big fan of 2v2 games, I'm just bringing a face stomp list with no magic required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJP Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 STOMP FACE! Did you end up painting the captured empire guy for the stonehorn? Trying to figure out how I want to paint mine...maybe a black/yellow Averland (yellow is my tertiary color). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nothing wrong with a face-smashing list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 STOMP FACE! Did you end up painting the captured empire guy for the stonehorn? Trying to figure out how I want to paint mine...maybe a black/yellow Averland (yellow is my tertiary color). I haven't painted him yet. I'm still looking at possible schemes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I painted 3 Ogres last night and based them as well. I need to paint the eyes but I am still practicing that part and so the eyes are the only things left for the 3 Ogres. I will be picking up some more Ogres today or tomorrow and will begin assmebling them, priming them, and hopefully start base coating them. I'm planning on picking up a box of Bulls, a box of leadbeltchers, and hopefully 2 Sabretusks. I will be proxying my Tyrant and BSB this weekend. I am trying to figure out which models I want to use for my future Bruiser. I am thinking of using the exectuioneer as my BSB because I just really love that model. However, it's a toss up between him and the pay master man-eater model. At any rate, I should have the majority of my models needed for this weekend and will need to proxy a few of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I was able to get some work done on my Ogres tonight. I got 3 leadbeltchers primed and 7 Ogre Bulls ready for priming tomorrow. I am planning on working on the leadbeltchers and hopefully a few of the Bulls tomorrow. After I prime the bulls in the morning, I'm heading out to try and secure two sabretusks. I'm working on possible sabretusk paint schemes. I don't want to do the standard lion which is most commonly seen. I am going to be painting one as a panther. As for the second...I'm still debating. We'll see though. I just want something different. On the plus side, I'll be able to bring my Ogres to game night and secure some painting points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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