Warhammer - Ogre Kingdoms

Ogre Kingdoms

Getting Started with Ogre Kingdoms

Warhammer Armies: Ogre Kingdoms

Ogre Kingdoms Catalog

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Painting a Bull Ogre

Though Ogres may be rather large and imposing models, you can break them down into a few simple areas for painting. Those areas include the pants, flesh, gut-plate, club, and boots. Of these areas, the flesh is probably the most difficult to paint well. There are many, many skin tones you can choose from – it would be wise to choose one with which you are comfortable. For the skin tone demonstrated below, it will likely take some practice before you get it right (it took us a few tries), so hang in there. Once you master the skin technique, you'll find Ogres are pretty dang easy to paint due to their massive bulk.

Follow the detailed instructions and check out the stage-by-stage images for reference as you paint your models. Don't fret if the model doesn't come out picture perfect in the end; painting takes time and practice to master. Just do the best you can each time and be open to learning new techniques from others. Before you know it, you'll be quite an accomplished painter with models you'll be proud to game with!

WE USED THE FOLLOWING CITADEL PAINTS:

Chaos Black

Codex Grey

Fiery Orange

Scorch. Brwn.

Dark Flesh

Grave. Earth

Kom. Khaki

Bolt. Metal

Brazen Brass

Black Ink

Brown Ink

Scab Red

Blood Red

Scaly Green

Undercoat your model with Chaos Black. Remember that a good basecoat is always the first step toward a nice miniature. Paint the Ogre's skin with Dark Flesh. Water this colour 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 with Boltgun Metal. Get fresh water before moving on.

Begin painting the skin with a 3:2 mix of Graveyard Earth to Codex Grey. Water this mix down and apply several coats over the Dark Flesh basecoat. Build up your layers and leave areas of Dark Flesh showing in the deep recesses. You have to follow your best judgment here – use the photos here for reference as you go. Mix a watered-down, 1:1 mix of Blood Red to Scab Red and use this mix to highlight the pants. Pay attention the folds and ridges in the fabric. Finish this step by panting the gut-plate and upper portion of the gauntlet with Brazen Brass. Again, change your water before you continue.

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 exact areas you want it to go – don't just slather the model with ink and hope it comes out okay! 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! Take a break or work on a Gnoblar while the ink dries.

Time to give the skin some attention once again. Heavily water down Kommando Khaki and apply multiple 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 coats. Work in a deliberate manner and continue to highlight the musculature of the Ogre – you'll get the hang of it quickly.

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

At this point, it's time to 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?) with Codex Grey. You can paint any stitching on the model with Kommando Khaki at this point. Also, add a few well-placed, watered-down Blood Red highlights to the pants. Finally, go back and lightly drybrush/highlight your metallic areas one more time to bring the metallic colours back to life.

Need a few Gnoblar slaves to carry your Ogre club around? Try your hand at painting Gnoblars!