Hey guys, sorry about the ever-changing looks.. the last one was cool, but sort of gave me a headache. I feel that the newer, more minimalist look is more suiting.

Anyway, there's been a distinct lack of well, anything on the blog lately, and I'll seek to remedy that. I'm working on setting up a 1k game to get my Ogres going in the escalation league, so that should force me to rush and get some stuff done (as well as base the 7 ogres I've already got). The game will be on Tuesday, which begins the 75% (of total wounds) painting requirement-- expect pics before the game tuesday!

Okay, so I've been scouring the Ogre Stronghold for what the community there believes is a formidable list for the Ogres, and after reading a TON, I've settled on the Paradigm Shift list.

Wildcard, who is sort of the Stronghold's resident tactical Guru, posted this list in their all-comers thread for an online battle, and it's something I'm looking to emulate:

1 Tyrant
heavy armour
cathayan longsword
brace of handguns
1 luck gnoblar
2 sword gnoblars
beastkiller
wyrdstone necklace
greedy fist

1 Bruiser
2 sword gnoblars
heavy armour
brace of handguns
tenderiser

1 Bruiser
BSB
heavy armour
2 sword gnoblars
sword of might
2 gnoblar thiefstones

3 Bulls
additional hand weapons
bellower
crusher

3 Bulls
additional hand weapons
bellower
crusher

3 Ironguts

20 Gnoblar Fighters

20 Gnoblar Fighters

9 Gnoblar Trappers

3 Yhetees
greyback

3 Yhetees
greyback

3 Maneaters
heavy armour
brace of handguns

The goal of the list largely focusing around getting the Maneater/Tyrant/Bruisers deathstar unit into combat, and tie the 1000pts+ up in combat where shooting cant get them. The list is only 2000 points, but I figure if I get this soonish, I can play around for a little while and see what I want to do with the 250 points I've got left.

In terms of models, the things I need to get ahold of are-
Another Box of Gnoblars
6 Yhetees (which I'm going to make myself... the current models are UGLY)

The Maneaters and Characters I can convert out of Ogres I have from the battalion box and such, so I shouldn't have to buy any of those, just maybe some green stuff for them.

All of a sudden, getting an army done for this tourney is looking so much more possible.

Alright, I've officially switched to Ogre Kingdoms for the IFL Winter 2010 Escalation League. As far as momentum goes, I'm kicking some major ass- 1 unit (9 wounds) finished (except for basing... but that doesn't count)-- and just got a unit of Ironguts ready for painting. I'll be priming them here in a minute.

I'll try and get a list up tomorrow, and if everything goes as planned, some WiP pics of the 'Guts. This weekend is going to be pretty much nonstop classes and general fire department whatnot, so my early estimate for Irongut completion is Monday night.

Managed to finish up the ogres last night, all except the basing situation, that is. I'm still not sure how I want to accomplish that, as the 40x40mm bases offer an interesting predicament of space. The ogres don't occupy very much of the overall space, so the normal flock and static grass basing that you'd do on a 20x20mm ends up looking really boring. So that's one more thing to figure out

(I figured last night that perhaps starting with the goods was the best plan, so there you go)

3 followers, I'm moving up in the world!

On to the Ogres, I dug a unit of 3 up the other day that I had started painting, and did a bit more work on them last night. I'm pretty happy, I think, with the rust on the metals. The skin needs some more work, to smooth it out some, and I think I might try some wet blending to make some of the shading (on both the skin and the pants) smoother.

This unit will be my compulsory unit of Bulls, and will be pretty plainly equipped-- As such, they don't quite have all the bells and whistles hanging off of them. Their plain-ness should serve to contrast them against the more elite units and characters that will be in the army.