"I've been all over the world and I've eaten everyfing that walks."

Eric again, back with some painted Ogres. I'm still working on my backstory, but I know that these brutes are going to have spent a lot of time in Araby and/or Cathay, so they're going to have dark skin tones. I'm trying out a new method of painting and taking a break from doing crazy amount of highlighting, which is also quite time-consuming. This time, I'm painting Snakebite Leather over a black undercoat and then sloshing on a bunch of Delvan Mud over that. I'm also using Delvan Mud wash over the Brazen Brass on weapons and ironfists. I'm using Badab Black wash over the boltgun metal areas. It will be a lot faster than my usual method.

skin tone of Snakebite Leather applied

Brazen Brass over Scorched Brown for the gut plates, with Brazen Brass and Boltgun Metal weapons and details. And several different hair colors.

the banner for the squad. the image on the banner is the World Maw; more details later as i think them up...

magnets in the Ogre body and banner arm

1/8" x 1/16" magnets

one magnet didn't hold, so i added another.

magnets in the arm

the magnetized banner bearer

My banner is that of the World Maw. I'm still working out the details of these Ogres' story, but they are mercenaries who have been all over the world and are convinced that the Great Maw is but a manifestation of the all-encompassing World Maw, which manifests in different ways for different races. The end of the world will be when the World Maw finally gets so hungry that it eats itself, or so these Ogres claim.

My banner bearer is also magnetized. As I stated in my previous post, I know that banner is going to snap off if I glue the arm in place permanently, so I magnetized it. This will also make for easier transport of the squad. The magnets I used are 1/8" x 1/16" round magnets from amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/104800001X. Shipping was timely and they work great! I used a drill bit and turned it by hand (didn't want to go too deep with an actual drill and the plastic is soft enough) to get the pockets for the magnets. The ones in the arm were sticking together before the glue dried, so I eventually put glue in the sockets, put the magnets on the Ogre body, and then glued the arm in place. By morning, the magnets were glue into the arm socket and no longer sticking together. Viola!

Next step for these guys is to give them their washes and get them some ground to stand on. I've already done the washes, but I don't have the pictures yet. More on that, and a more detailed story, next time.