It’s been awhile since I painted any Ogres, and so while looking for something else I found my little stash of RPE models a couple of weeks ago, and what with this month being home to the Monster MAYhem challenge, I thought “why not?” and pulled out the Heavy Assault Axe model, since with all that armour he looked like he’d paint up nice and quickly. Turns out – I was right, and he did. So shortly after completion a week or two ago, I went back to the well and grabbed out another one that also looked like he’d paint up quickly and without any trouble.
His mate also painted up quickly and easily, and I have to say this pair of models was one of the easiest pair I’ve worked on in some time. Detailed, but not over-detailed, and just nice. Ironic in a sense, as I usually can’t stand Bob Olley’s sculpts – but his Ogres, and his Ogryn – I love. Funny, that.
They’re not huge ogres by modern terms. They really fit in best with the earlier Citadel line – the C23 and earlier models – so these are much closer to 28 or even 25mm scale rather than the current heroic 32-36mm models put out by Games Workshop. I mounted the pair of them on 40mm round bases, and they’re probably not much taller than a Stormcast (I really need to paint a Stormcast model, if only for scale shots!) There are a couple more of these I’d like to pick up, though I do have several more of these in my stash. Since I’m not really actively working on my Ogre army, it’ll probably be awhile before I get to doing more of these as I have a whole pile of Ogre-sized models in the queue (on bases, and with primer and stuff) and this Monster-themed month is about to expire – and once that’s done I’ll need to refocus much more on my painting tasks at hand – Zombicide, Journeys in Middle-Earth, and Flames of War….
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nice work on the ogres, and I agree, the level of detail is just right, plenty of character without being overdone
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Thanks Dave. I’ve got a few more of these but I’m not sure when I’ll have more of these on the desk, unless I make a special effort to get another pair of them cleaned up at work this week during meetings…
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Can’t deny they are full of character!
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Cheers Angelos!
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They are gorgeous mate – you know I love Bob’s work anyway, but yeah, his Ogres definitely stand out… these are no exception. The face on the sword fella is amazing!
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Thanks Alex! I’ve got a fre more of these to get painted yet – and speaking of Bob’s work, I’m looking forward to seeing some Pestigors and Tzaangors painted up on your blog… 😉
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They are actually done mate! Photos soon 😉
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oooh.. I am excite!
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Excellent pair of Ogres mate, the details you’ve picked out on the faces really bring the models to life.
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Thanks Dave! Not much to do on the armoured one other than his face, but the sculpt works well for it!
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Lovely painting mate, I too am a massive Bob fanboy, I love his stuff! they have a real classic fairy-tale style to them that I find really appealing.
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger! I’m still a bit scarred from his models and things like the Iron Claw Squats back in the day! 😀
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I think you have hit the nail on the head, they do have a classic fairy-tale vibe to them. I was wondering why I liked them and thought they were kinda cute looking.
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I think you and I have very different ideas of what “cute” means…
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Absolutely marvelous. I especially like the B.O.O. with the greatsword.
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Hahaha thanks mate!
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These are some cool vintage sculpts, mate! I like that they aren’t quite as big as the current minis though I can’t really tell you why 🙂
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That they are – I’ll have to get some Ogre group shots done again so the sizes stand out a bit more, but probably not worth it until I get some more Ogres painted…. including some modern ones!
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Fantastic- he certainly did ecpressive faces.
Cheers,
Pete.
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All too true, Pete – and they work on creatures like Ogres! 🙂
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Very nicely done! 🙂 You might find this hard to believe, but I have the figure on the left with the axe (well, I think he’s still around somewhere)! He’s still unpainted of course – I bought him years ago to use as an ogryn bokur in Warmachine, giving him a shield retrieved from a Cygnar warjack, but since the group of people I used to play against are long dispersed I can’t see him getting finished!
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….or you could just get him done for fun and camaradrie! I’d love to see your take on such things!
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Nice, I’m glad that these were more of a breeze than a chore for you. It sucks when you get bogged down with a bunch of belts and bits. Since I’m doing a lot of 28mm, that guy with the armor, looks like he would make a nice addition! 😃
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Yeah, that model in particular was so easy to get done! I’d love to see your take on him. 🙂
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Looking good. The scale creep of fantasy games is really noticeable when you pick sculpts up from an old-school artist like Olley.
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Thanks mate. I’m pretty sure that these were sculpted after his GW Ogres, but are also considerably smaller. I know that these size differences can often come down to the brief from those commissioning the sculpt – or them wanting the models to fit in with their ranges. Tre’ Manor’s Reaper stuff is much larger than the relatively tiny stuff that he does for his own lines!
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These are great. I do like GW’s “fat ogres” but I’ve always had a soft spot for these and once again you’ve done a cracking job with them.
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Cheers Wudu. I’ve still yet to actually get a single of GW’s “new” “fat ogres” painted, funnily enough. And despite owning quite a few of them. I guess the older more generic style just appeals to me a more, even though I like the new ones as well.
That and I haven’t been painting as many ogres as I really “should”….
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Cute!! Just love that one Marouda! Ha Ha!
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Haha thanka Pat! 🙂
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