Inexplicably, the short article I did on Nurgle Chaos Ogres has been the most searched-for thing on the site. So people who like me ranting about stuff will have to bother… erm… I’d have said Yahtzee, but he’s too busy talking too bloody fast these days.  (Yeah, like he really needs more people linking to him).

I thought it might be an idea to look at a few less guys this time, and go into more detail. Since that’s more useful. So we’ll have a look at a rank-and-file Ogre, and have another look at the Standard Bearer, mainly because I already took the pictures before realising I’d done him.

I hate Wordpress. Now, have a look at it there, and come back when you’re done. Click on it too, I’m not going to expound on my bad painting if you’re not going to look at it.

Now then, I’m not going to talk about his skin tone. If you’re going to do something like this for either your Ogre army or your Beasts of Chaos army, you just want to paint your Ogre skin normally, just with some green mixed in there (I used Catachan Green), and perhaps an extra highlight with Bleached Bone for that pale, unhealthy look. Nor am I going to talk about the rust effects on the gutplate and banner pole. If you need to know, find White Dwarf 301 and use their tips, or go consult the Internet.

The standard itself was taken from the Pestigor standard bearer, found on eBay after months of searching. The copper effect on it was achieved in two steps. I started with a white undercoat, all the better for brighter colours. I then coated it with a turquoise shade made of Snot Green, Enchanted Blue, and maybe some others. Drybrushed over this with a bronze colour. I used a mixture of Shining Gold and Bestial Brown, because I don’t have much reason to carry bronze paint around with me. Highlight as necessary. The banner itself was basecoated Bleached Bone, and washed in a mix of Dark Green Ink and Ogryn Flesh wash, thus colouring and shading it at the same time.

As an aside note, I’m sad Games Workshop got rid of the range of inks. Sure, the new washes are excellent at what Games Workshop say they’re designed for, but I used Flesh Ink for many things, because of its inky status. Keeping the inks and introducing the washes as well would have made me a much happier bunny.

The claw hand was taken from the Chaos Mutations spruce, painted Snot Green, and inked Dark Green. Nothig too exciting. The tentacle arm was sinply Green Stuff wrapped round the banner pole. The original hand had to be cur right back, and even now I’m not 100% sure on it.

Gotta love this guy. He’s the first one I made, and sadly still the best. His main feature is his big swelling eye, a wonderful mark of the Plague God. A simple orb of Green Stuff, almost painted the same as the skin surrounding it, just with a bit more Ogryn Flesh and Bleached Bone. Oh, and a slit like pupil for good measure. His other prominant feature, his giant hand, is taken from the Giant spruce. Works quite well as an ironfist, methinks.

His gutplate is mostly covered in sand. The three blobs, in the shape of the Mark of Nurgle, are of course Green Stuff. They’re also shaded up from the rusted metal to Bleached Bone, to look sort of like spots or boils.

His pet Nurgling is a Nurgling.