Timmy the Tyrant (Part 1)

 

The Call of the Crown challenge rolls into it's second month. This month I pledge to complete the leader of this mob of hungry ogres, the Tyrant himself. Whom I have nick-named "Timmy" as a kind of goof and I'm thinking that name might stick. Anyway, I am pledging just one model this month due to the Holidays kicking off in a matter of a fortnight, plus other plans that are set to occur during this period. 

He is a big boy though ain't he? He'll probably take about as much paint as half of the Gnoblars unit that I  painted last month. 

Well, you got to start somewhere so I decided to take the "ground up" approach and tackle the base first. Then I just did the rest of the colors in focused blocks. For example the skin was done using Fyreslayer Flesh, the armor and metals were picked out with Black Templar, etc. 

Looking at the images on the kit's box helped figure out what I was painted ting and even informed some of my color choices. However I definitely made some choices that deviated from the box photos quite a bit. For the sake of color contrast I used Volupus Pink on on a lot of the leather straps that appear throughout the piece. 

Another big change was the decision to use Macrage Blue on the big cloak as I went with using Snakebite Leather on his pants. I didn't want the whole model to appear like a walking suit of Snakebite leather so I felt changing up some of these colors would help avoid that result. How this is just a basecoat, I plan to have this blue area be more grey in appearance in the end. 

So this is Timmy the Tyrant at the 'battle ready' stage. But I am not stopping here. As I already said, this is just the basecoats step done. Check back soon for the next stage.

Mastablasta and his 29 Goons (Part 2)

 I managed to get the  first unit of my Call of the Crown pledge done! And I got it done with two hours of the month to spare! 

A wave of 30 Gnoblars.

After I finished the two Groinbiters I focused on the rest of these guys. I did that by pairing them up  and finishing them off six miniatures at a time. Right up to the flock and tufts. 

This was a great way to stay focused and get these guys done. I relied heavily on the Contrast Paints, but on the second stage I relied a lot on Agrax Earthshade. That was washed over on each figure to give them a dirty and earthy look. 

The noses on these Gnoblars was done using Bloodletter with a final, light, highlight of Pink Horror. 

The weapons were mostly touched up with Cryptek Armourshade and highlighted with Stormhost Silver.  And I was particularly conservative with that highlight as I wanted their metal weapons to looks as rusty and weathered as possible. 

And I did it, finished them in a month! And, in case you missed it, I also finished my Dreadtober pledge as well. Hopefully the rest of these Ogres will be fun as well. 

Mastablasta and his 29 Goons (Part 1)

"Who runs Gnoblar town?"

This is my pledge for this year's Call of the Crown painting challenge. As previewed at the end of the Lookout Gnoblar post, I have chosen to paint 1000 points of Ogre Kingdoms, finishing a unit each month for the next six months. For the month of October I am painting 30 Gnoblars. And so far I have made better progress than I expected. 

30 Battle-ready Gnoblars.

Being sick earned me some time I might not have had otherwise, and of course Contrast Paint really made it easier as well. 

A better view of the front rank.

Before I posted this however I wanted to complete the two Groinbiters. The Groinbiters are essentially unit Champions. Technically this is one unit, with the horned one being Mastablasta, the big unit's Groinbiter. But it might be more practical to break this group up into two units, thus the necessity of the 2nd Groinbiter.  

A pair of Groinbiters.

These are the first two of the full thirty Gnoblars fully painted thus far, and I decided to give you all a closer look at them. The next pic shows the other Groinbiter fully basecoated with Contrast Paints. 

Battle-ready. 

And here he is fully painted and flocked. I am going with a cold snowy theme for this army, so I used snow flock and winter grass tufts.I like to think that they are raiding from a high mountain pass somewhere in the Mountains of Mourn. Also, the snow themed miniatures the 'eavy Metal team worked up for their AOS books and displays look really good. Following that track of inspiration I think this is turning out good so far...

Fully painted and flocked.

While painting these guys I realized that the gnoblar on top is, well, missing his lower legs. So the lower guy is wearing a kind of harness to assist his buddy with his desire to fight. A bit twisted but it fits the "Mastablasta" concept rather well. 

The backside.

As you can see here, I think the heads you select for this miniature can really transform the vibe of the whole model. Thus, Mastabla!

Battle-ready!

Some of the metals were pInted using an orange paint, which I the went over with Cryptek Armourshade Gloss  to get a really cool and different rusty effect. 

Mastablasta finished.

The use of Bloodletter on the tips of their noses really sells it to me that these guys are frick'n cold. Hopefully these guys find more scraps to keep them warm! 

Mastablasta from behind.

Ok, so now I have to try to get the paintjobs on the remaining 38 Gnoblars up to the same level as these two Groinbiter miniatures by the end of October. No sweat, right?

Lookout Gnoblar

 A Lookout Gnoblar. 

"Look out sir, dey gotta cannon!"

This is a test piece for a unit of Gnoblars that I will be painting some point in the next few months. It was a bit challenging working out how to paint them as I only had the Original WFB 7th edition era Ogre Kingdoms book and Destruction Battletome Ogor Mawtribes an outdated AOS hardcover (A used book which I only bought for the paint guides) to provide a glue on how to paint these guys. The 7th edition book cited a scheme using outdated paints while the AoS  book seemed a bit odd. So I had a plan...

Prined

Contrast Paints were once again my salvation. I used Black Templar on the Gnoblar's skin. Of course I used Skeleton Horde m on the skull he's standing on. I am imagining that this is a skull from one of the Sky Titans that the Ogres wiped out some time ago. 

Black Templar skin.

I decided to go with a scheme that belies the scrappy nature of the Gnoblars. Colors that don't even begin to make sense, that look like random scraps that were found and converted into garments. The colors used were Snakebite leather for the headpiece, Miliitarum Green for the shirt and Sigvald Burgundy for the... tunic thingy.

Contrst Colour clothes.

The next step was to add Castellon Green onto the flesh. Although I like how the Black Templar looked by itself, it only looked that good under harsh lighting. Otherwise it appeared too dark for the look I was going for. 

Castellon Green skin.

I painted Dawnstone onto the Castellon Green. This was basically me conceding to follow the recipe in the AoS book, and I think it works. 

Dawnstone skin.

Next I wanted to add a bit more character to this fellow, so I reddened his nose.  I did this using a conservative application of Bloodletter. 

Bloodletter on the nose.

To dirty up the clothes, I gave e them a wash if Agrax Earthshade. I really think this does the trick in making things look more grimey. Note that I haven't finished the base yet. 

Agrax Earthshade wash (front)

By the way, I listened to this inspirational podcast on Gnoblars that I highly recommend that you listen too if the subject interests you at all. 

Agrax Earthshade wash (back). 

So, why, you maybe asking, and I suddenly painting a Gnoblar? Well I'm not just painting one, I am about to paint 30 of them! The leader of this massive unit is called a Groinbiter  (find me a unit champion with a better title than that!) who I am calling Mastablasta! 

Mastablasta the Groinbiter.

This unit is part of a 1000 point poi t force of Ogre Kingdoms that I am doing for the Call of the Crown challenge starting on October 1st 2026.  I have to finish one unit at the end of each month. I will probably add another character for a 6th unit unless I have to take a mulligan. To find out what I mean by that, check out thr Call of the Crown rules at the link above. 

The tribe gathers.

I spent some time in September assembling this force which , I must confess, I had a lot of fun doing.  The Yhetee were the only things I had prepared previously, I just never got back to them after that previous post. 

A better view.

Anyway, here's the army list that I am basing this challenge on: 

Ogres CCC 2 [1000 pts]

Warhammer: The Old World, Ogre Kingdoms, Renegade (v1.5.2.2), Open War

• Tyrant, Great weapon, Heavy armour, Brace of Ogre pistols, General, On foot, Potion of Speed - 215

• 30 Gnoblar Fighters, Throwing weapons (Sharp stuff), Groinbiter (champion) - 65

• 6 Ironguts, Great weapons, Heavy armour, Veteran, Gutlord (champion) [Jade Lion], Standard bearer - 285

• 5 Leadbelchers, Leadbelcher guns, Light armour, Veteran, Thunderfist (champion) - 213

• 5 Yhetees, Grimfrost weapons, Greyback - 222

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I will discuss these units more as I work on each one. This is the 6th one of these that have been done, but this is my first year doing it. It should be fun, and I am excited to get it going.