Dragon Ogres Project - Part 1

A few years ago (alright, it seems that it was five years agao during COVID...) I made myself a wonderfully indulgent big unit of old metal GW Minotaurs that were super fun to paint up:

https://tasmancave.blogspot.com/2021/03/ahpc-xi-snarl-of-minotaurs.html

Known as the "Minobus" it was brutally effective (espeically if pumped up with magic effects) and I had a few memorable games with them (including this one) before they were laid to one side in the name of sportsmanship.

Anyway, its now time to make another similarly indulgent and nostalgic unit, enabled by a surprise find at a local players' bring and buy held on Father's Day: metal GW Dragon Ogres from the late 90s.

Now I already have 3 of these beasts, plus the magic-using Shaggoth character...

2 of the 3 I ready have, acquired from an estate sale and also in need a strip & repaint

...and the maximum unit size is 9; so I'm thinking I can now field a maximum size unit OR 2 units each of 6 figures. That's rather terrifying!

Here is their entry in the Citadel Miniatures' 2000 Annual - looks like I have all the combinations but not in equal amount. The cool spiked mace I have isn't one of the original weapon options so it must be a conversion.

In the original WHFB these were on much much smaller square bases, but now in Old World they are on larger 50x75mm bases more suited to their length. Those are now on their way via EvilBay.

I'll get these models stripped and prepped but they may have to be a Christmas painting project - can't wait!

Michael Perry figures no less!

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Some inspiration for me to come back to later:

The model-painting workflow is:

Hyrex Brown undercoat → green skin → flesh → green shading/highlights → flesh highlights/wash → metals → leather → bone → scales → gold/brass → red plumes → final bone/eye highlights → leather highlights → base drybrush.

Paints used, in order

#	Paint	What it was used on	Stage
1	Colour Forge Hyrex Brown	Entire models, including the base	Warm brown basecoat/undercoat
2	Yellow Green – Dark	Lower half of the Dragon Ogres: legs/body sections	Green skin basecoat
3	Yellow Green – Standard	Lower green skin	Second green layer
4	Yellow Green – Bright	Lower green skin	Initial/highlight layer
5	Shadow Flesh	Human/flesh areas: face, chest, arms, belly and inner/sides of body	Flesh basecoat
6	Dark Warm Flesh	Same flesh areas	First flesh layer/highlight
7	Aonian Camo Shade	Green lower body/skin	Dark green shading/lowlights
8	Yellow Green – Bright	Green skin	Final bright green highlights
9	Darkest Flesh	Flesh areas	Flesh highlight
10	Warm Flesh	Flesh areas	Further flesh highlight
11	Wraith Flesh Shade (transcription uncertain)	Flesh areas	Wash/shade over the flesh
12	Leadbelcher	Metal: armour, weapons and other metal components	Metallic basecoat
13	Dark Umber	Leather straps and other leather parts	Leather basecoat
14	Black wash	Leather and metal; also used later to tidy areas around horns/metal	Shading
15	Sandy Dust	Teeth, horns, claws and back spikes — all bone-coloured areas	Bone basecoat
16	Green (specific colour not stated)	Individual scales, including scales on the back	Scale colour
17	Screaming Bell	Brass/gold areas, specifically the Chaos Star/sword and associated gold/brass details	Metallic basecoat
18	Retributor Armour	Same brass/gold areas	Gold highlight
19	Mournfang Bone	Horns and other bone parts	Bone highlight
20	Pale Yellow	Horns/bone highlights and pupils of the eyes	Final bone highlight + eyes
21	Golden Brown	Leather straps, including skirt/belt areas	Leather highlight
22	Bugman's Glow	Bases/sand texture	Drybrush/highlight of basing