Ogre lovestory..... Bad Santa

[KhazModan]

Hi, this will be my first post on the forum, but I have been luring in the background for quite some time. But I felt that now was the time to take my rightful place in the wondrous place called Ogre Stronghold.

So I have soon been playing Warhammer for about two years. I started player Vampire Counts and built myself a crusader-themed vampire army. But this year I got bored with them, and I soon started looking for a new army to love and cherish. In the end I settled for Ogre Kingdoms. I just liked all the possibilities to theme your own army, and even better you wouldn’t have to paint 200+ models to build your army, hurray 

I might ad at that point I had only seen an Ogre Kingdome army at a tournament. I hadn’t tried playing with them, I hadn’t played against them, I hadn’t even seen the book. But I didn’t let that stop me. I bought my first box of bulls, and fell instantly in love with them.

I knew right from the start that I wanted to do a Christmas themed army. I now know that I’m not the first one with that idea, but come on they where made to be Bad Santas. I quickly ordered a battalion-box and two giants and stared converting. I think that my neighbours must have thought I was mad, sitting in my apartment in the middle of May and June with a Christmas CD playing and singing along with all the carols. But I loved every minute of it. In the middle of June I had painted around 2000pts when I realized that I perhaps should get the Ogre Kingdom army-book also. Painting is fun and all that, but I like playing more.

All of my friend thought I was crazy. Building an army without even looking in the army-book. But I had and idea of what I wanted and went for in. Looking back at things, I maybe should have looked in the book beforehand but what the heck. Who needs scraplaunchers when you can have slavegiants instead 

So I have made a list of Christmas things I want to have in my army:
A Christmas tree: Done, now looking for something to make Christmas-presents of.
A Snowball fight: My leadbealchers fire snowballs, that is the Ogre way
Snowmen: I have made 3 so far and they are awesome. I can use them as bulls or Yettis depending on what I need. I will make several more
Santas wife: Done
Santa
Rudolf: Ogre with rednose and reindeer-horns

To do list:
Carollers
The three wise men
The newborn jesus-gnoblar
Nutcracker
Gingerbread-men
Giant Turky/ham
Gnoblar hocky-team
Reindeer: I have found some toys that might work, now I just must make up a fun them.
Skis/sleigh: I’m going to by some scraplaunchers, and convert the to Christmas-presents-launchers.

I will try posting pics later

[Reg06]

Welcome to the Stronghold KhazModan.
I'm pretty interested in seeing this theme played out, because it truly is new. The only Christmas themed ogre I've ever seen is Wildcard's; http://www.ogrestronghold.com/forum/index.php?topic=4631.0.

[KhazModan]

So while I try and figure out how to insert pictures in my posts, here is a link to photobucket where I have posted some pictures. http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa474/KhazModan/The%20Tribe%20of%20Saint%20Nicholas/

[KhazModan]

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[KhazModan]

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[Clavicusevile]

Very festive! I like them a lot.

[Reg06]

Ridiculawesome. I like this so much.
The only thing I really see that should get fixed is a quick hit of dull coat to cut down on the shinyness.


You're going to continue the theme when you expand with the new book, right?

[jonnyandbex]

that takes a lot of "balls" to make a army like that. i see you mostly use a flat colour to paint have you tryed army painter mid tone. it will give you lots of definition and is easy to use. they have a good website with articles on how to. armypainter.com

[Goretooth]

Very funny and very nice, keep up the good work.

[KhazModan]

I just felt that I had to update my gnoblog since it is the holidays and all. Sadly my painting skills have not improves since last time but I have manage to add quite a few new units to my tribe. I´m still thinking how my stonehorn/thundertusk should look. If you have any ideas plz tell me.
I still have to go over some of the units with washes and stuff but bear with me, I haven´t played one game since my last tournamet in september. So I haven´t even tried out my new units yet 

So first I have added a few more snowmen to my Yheeti/Ogre unit



I have also added two Ironblasters to my army


and the back


of course I have bought some Mournfangs, right now I have two groups of three



As sabertusks I´m using the boars from Boarriders


I have also made a new Bsb that can also work as a hunter


this is an Ogre way of disguiseing oneself during Christmas


here is an overview of what I´ve got so for (except gnoblars)

[Reg06]

Good to see this army continue.
I think you missed an opportunity to get some reindeer in there in place of the sabretusks. Some Welf horses with gs antlers would work well. Although Christmas hams work too.

[Zolas]

That really is an amazing army!  Love the snow ogres!

[KhazModan]

I have bought some toy-reindeers but they where a bit big, but I might just try to squize them in either as Mournfangs or do a big Santas sleigh to use as a Stonehorn.

The Snow-ogres are brilliant since I can use spare-parts to build them 

[Lexy]

Love this.

One point of criticism though: most of your browns could use some depth.
Whether it is with washes or highlights doesn't matter, but I think they bring this wonderful army down.

LOVE THOSE YHETEES! Love 'em

[Brine Bull]

This army makes me happy