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Getting a Tribe Together
GETTING STARTED WITH OGRE KINGDOMS - PAINTING OGRES AND GNOBLARS


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Gnoblar Fighters

Despite being rather large and imposing models, Ogres are made up of a few simple parts. These being the flesh, pants, gut-plate, boots, and club. Of these items, the flesh is probably the most difficult area to perfect. There are many, many skin tones you could adopt but it would be wise to choose one you are comfortable with. The tone presented here will take some practice and patience to get right, so hang in there. But don't be deterred, Ogres are pretty dang easy to paint for all their massive bulk!

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Undercoat your model Chaos Black. Remember that a good basecoat is always the best path to a nice miniature. So do just that with Step 1! Paint the Ogre's skin Dark Flesh. Water this down and apply it in several coats to get a smooth basecoat. Take care to leave areas of Chaos Black showing through in deep crevices and such.

Now, paint the boots, wrappings, and belt with Scorched Brown. Continue the basecoat by painting the pants with several coats of thinned down Scab Red. Finally, paint metallic areas like the belt buckle, sword, and gauntlet Boltgun Metal. Get fresh water before moving on.

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2

Begin painting the skin with a 60% Graveyard Earth and 40% Codex Grey mix. Water this down and apply several coats over the Dark Flesh basecoat. Build up your layers and leave areas of Dark Flesh in deep recessed areas. You have to use your best judgment here, but reference the photos here for help in this area. Mix a watered down 1:1 mix of Blood Red and Scab Red in order to highlight the pants. Pay attention to the trousers and highlight folds and ridges in the fabric. Finish this step by panting the gut-plate and upper portion of the gauntlet Brazen Brass. Again, change you water before continuing.


3

Now it's ink time. First, apply a bit of slightly watered down Black Ink mixed with Brown Ink to all the Boltgun Metal areas. Paint the ink onto the areas you want it to go, do not just slather the model with ink and hope it come out OK! Be precise and sop up any excessive ink pooling. Now, use watered down Brown Ink and apply it to the Brazen Brass areas. It's important to let all your inks dry completely before continuing further! So take a break or work on a Gnoblar while the ink dries.



4

Time to give the skin some attention once again. Heavily water down Kommando Khaki and repeatedly apply coats of the colour to the Ogre's skin. Be careful not to let the paint run all over the place when you apply these many coats. Work in a deliberate manner and continue to highlight the musculature of the Ogre - you'll get the hang of it sooner than later.

Water down some Dark Flesh and highlight the Scorched Brown leather areas on the Ogre. Now, water down a tiny bit of Scaly Green and apply this wash to the Brazen Brass areas for a nice patina effect. Finally, do the same with Fiery Orange, but apply this wash over the gauntlet.

 
5

At this point we'd better finish up all the little details that remain. Carefully pick out the Ogre's teeth (or fangs?) with Graveyard Earth. Do the same for the fingernails (or claws?) using Codex Grey. Any stitching on the model can be painted Kommando Khaki at this point. Also, a few well placed watered down Blood Red highlights on the pants should be added. Finally, go back and lightly drybrush/highlight your metallic areas one more time to bring the colours back to life a bit.


Gnoblars are plentiful amongst the Ogre Kingdoms. So you better learn how to paint the lil' buggers. However, given their small size, Gnoblars are actually a snap to paint. Some flesh, ragged clothing, and a few improvised weapons make up the average Gnoblar model. There's really not much to 'em!

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Undercoat your model Chaos Black. Remember that a good basecoat is always the best path to a nice miniature. So do just that with Step 1! Carefully paint the skin with Catachan Green. The Gnoblar clothing colours are really up to you, though here it was basecoated with Scab Red. (This particular Gnoblar was painted to match the Bull Ogre Step by Step.) Paint the pants, wrappings, claws, teeth, belt, and weapon hafts Scorched Brown.

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Time to start highlighting. Apply a watered down 40% Catachan Green, 60% Fortress Grey mix to highlight the Gnoblar's skin. Pick out raised areas like the bridge of the nose, nostrils, ears, and musculature of the creature. Water down some Dark Flesh and highlight the pants, weapon haft, and wrappings. Mix a watered down 1:1 mix of Blood Red and Scab Red and highlight the shirt.


3

Grab Graveyard Earth and apply a quick highlight to the wrappings. Next, add a drop of Chaos Black to Boltgun Metal and paint any weaponry with this mix. Once you are done with this, change your water!



4

Water a bit off Brown Ink down and apply this to any metallic areas in order to create a rusted look. Wait for this to dry, then carefully paint the Gnoblar's tongue Scab Red.

 
5

Finish up the Gnoblar's skin by adding more Fortress Grey to the mix used in Step 2. This time only pick out a few prominent raised areas for the highlight. Using Kommando Khaki, paint the teeth, claws, and highlight the wrappings one more time. A quick highlight of Blood Red on the tongue and shirt will finish our red usage. Finally clean up any of the inked metallics with Boltgun Metal. Once you get the hang of painting Gnoblars, you can crank them out at a furious pace!


Time to get your freshly painted models onto the tabletop for their first battle.

Next: A Simple Scenario.
Previous: Gathering the Troops.

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