Wildcard's Ogres - The Army of the Stronghold!

[Enkiel]

i guess it all depend on what you play against...

here i play about 95% of my games against Skaven, Empire, Dwarf and Beastman... so i kind of learn to play against those...

purple sun (or whatever the name) and Crack's call.... ouch.

[Wildcard]

so far I've played against:

dwarfs
beastmen (using death)
WoC (using shadow)
dark elves (using fire and death)
empire

I'll keep seeing how it goes, but so far, so good.

[Nynx]

May I ask where you put your Tyrant in 2500 and 2999 games, seeing your IGs are pretty full with bellower, standard bearer + 2 chars. What tasks does his unit have to perform?

Why do you boost your bulls in 2999s instead of playing 4 leadies? I found them very devastating in 3 games vs. wood elves.

Many questions from a new ogre player 

Thanks


(This post was well below the standards of the Stronghold. Please do not use "leet" text or other similar abbreviations in your future posts. Thanks. - Randroid)

Edit: I am sorry. I should have read the rules in the first place.

[Wildcard]

But to answer your questions:

My characters all go in the IG unit to benefit from runemaw protection - the BSB and Slaughtermaster sit in the 2nd rank

This unit is my steamroller - it can take a charge from anything (so far!) and still get a lot of killing done.  I throw this unit in harms way and go after the opponents biggest and best.

I boost the bulls as 6 bulls isn't great, but 8 makes a huge difference to the damage they can throw out.

I don't add more leadbelchers in as it makes me less ready to throw them away as a diverter - something I think we still need tactically.  3 leadbelchers can still shoot hard, but can now fulfil other duties.

[Wildcard]

well, I've been making some progress.

I've been painting 10 bulls, 3 leadbelchers and 2 giants over the last 2 days.  I have 2 scraplaunchers sat on the painting table ready to start, but can't see me getting to them today - and maybe not even before my holiday.  This'll only give me a couple of days to get them ready before the Incursion tournament.

I've also done an irongut standard bearer - just part of the standard to finish on this guy so he should be ready today.

So far I'm 95% done on the bulls and leadbelchers - just the basing to do on these.  Hoping to get this done tonight/tomorrow morning.

I've got 2 more layers of sknitone to apply to the giants and I've yet to paint the rest of the model and base them properly - but I may be able to get these finished tomorrow in time for a game tomorrow evening - here's hoping!

[Fantasyfreak]

If you find yourself in need of any models for the Incursion just let me know dude 

[Wildcard]

Ta FF - if anything it'll be 2 giants and 2 scrappies, but I'll be doing my best to get them at least "ready", if not finished

[Wildcard]

well, I got all 10 bulls, 3 leadbelchers and the irongut standard bearer all done.

I got the skintone done on the giants and the basign started on them and the scrappies.  I might see if I can hide these 4 models, and a small painting kit, in the back of the car when I go on holiday....

[drear]

wildcard, how do you find your army holds up at 2000 pts?

ive found that even when i take say..5 units of bulls, im being taken down by sheer force of enemy numbers.
but your 2000 list has only a small amount of core units, does the addition of the 2 scrappys and giants make up for the low amount of core units?

[Wildcard]

I've yet to try the 2000 point list out - most opponents want to play bigger games in 8th ed.  I'm rather grateful for this as I've found that the 2000 point list is a very difficult beast - something I'll have to work hard on as the Throne of Skulls event is 2000 points....

I've just got back from holiday today - still not at my home yet, but should be there tomorrow - but finally back online

Over the break I picked up some windsor&newton series 7 brushes - these are great btw - and I'd taken my 2 giants and 2 scrappies along with me to paint in the evenings.  I didn't mange to get everything finished as I was missing a couple of colours and didn't bring anyflock or dullcote, but I did manage to get all the rest of the work done! 

I should have these 4 models finished tomorrow afternoon andI'll have some new pics for you by then too.

This coming weekend is the Maelstrom Summer Incursion event - 6 games at 2250 - and I'll be taking detailed notes to let you know how my ogres faired in a tournament setting.  Expect a detailed (hopefully with pics) tournament report from this one!

[Skittiez]

Hey Wildcard have you made any revisions to your 2999 list I think Im going to run a few games with it see how it works out, and would you tailor it at all for a 3k tourny

[Ney]

I've yet to try the 2000 point list out - most opponents want to play bigger games in 8th ed.  I'm rather grateful for this as I've found that the 2000 point list is a very difficult beast - something I'll have to work hard on as the Throne of Skulls event is 2000 points....

I've just got back from holiday today - still not at my home yet, but should be there tomorrow - but finally back online

Over the break I picked up some windsor&newton series 7 brushes - these are great btw - and I'd taken my 2 giants and 2 scrappies along with me to paint in the evenings.  I didn't mange to get everything finished as I was missing a couple of colours and didn't bring anyflock or dullcote, but I did manage to get all the rest of the work done! 

I should have these 4 models finished tomorrow afternoon andI'll have some new pics for you by then too.

This coming weekend is the Maelstrom Summer Incursion event - 6 games at 2250 - and I'll be taking detailed notes to let you know how my ogres faired in a tournament setting.  Expect a detailed (hopefully with pics) tournament report from this one!

Sounds cool, looking forward to seeing it.  And good luck. If you meet any skaven, grind them to pulp for me, will ya? 

[IronFist Joe]

ya know even though i have a tiny post count i wouldn't mind being a gnoblar but i just though that a gnoblar who got his hands on an iron-fist would be a funny spectacle.

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edit: oh jees i didn't realise the threadomancy which i just committed