Nathan’s Ogres

Well another year and another challenge. After significant procrastination and uncertainty I finally decided to paint up an ogre mercenary contingent for this years challenge. In the end what clinched that for me was a couple of points none of my other options (wood elves and orcs) had:

1. Painting ogres will enable me to finish off all the ogre figures I have collected since I got back into oldhammer in the early 2000s (yep it is that long ago);
2. I have a really eclectic group of figures which will be fun to paint. Sculptors like Jes Goodwin and Aly Morrison are well known and I have a few of their figures in my list. But I also have a number of figures from the hands of Bob Olley and Nick Lund which I’m really looking forward to painting; and
3. The small number of figures required (each ogre being worth 2 foot troops) should be manageable. With that in mind I’m adding in some old blood bowl ogres that Bob and Jes did for fun. Finish those and I have an old school ogre team for blood bowl!

Anyway here they are:

Nick Lund ogres

Aly Morrison ogres

Bob Olley ogres

Jes Goodwin ogres

And last but not least here is my offering for our benevolent overlord - a Bob Olley ogre that was done for the Fantasy Warlord game (Folio works minis) around 1991:

I'll include a weapon for this guy but won't attach it; nor will I do the base. That way one could base him up and add a weapon as an ogre or ogryn. Or add a standard as I have done with the other one I had :).