Golgfag (yes it's another ogre) - and intimidating shields

Did you know I like painting ogres 😁?

This one, whilst perhaps not my favourite pose by any stretch, is a bit special, as it's Golgfag himself!

For those of you not steeped in far too many years of Warhammer Lore, Golgfag's Mercenary Ogres were one of the original Regiments of Renown produced by Citadel Miniatures, and Golgfag himself is a now somewhat legendary figure.  Boxed sets of a whole unit (well, kind of, they'd have barely been noticed in the table in later editions), typically complete with leader, champion, standard, musician and, usually, one type of regular grunt.  They were given backgrounds and stats in White Dwarf.  The first (pre-slotta base) regiment had a pretty good Golgfag, in a rather inspired pose holding his mace aloft (which I wish they'd taken inspiration from for this one), but some frankly really quite poor rank and file models, so they were duly given a second edition.

 

The third edition were horrible campy grotesques from GW's worst period (when everything got painted red), yeugh! 

There's a pretty good write up and history of the models on Stuff of Legends (and here's version two, we don't talk about version three).

This chap is from the second edition.  They came with the plastic slotta bases and were sculpted in the style of the rest of the 'C' series ogres, albeit slightly smaller (originally coming with 25mm wide bases rather than the 40mm I've used here).  The special bit is that fact that he is now the last model from that set that I've collected!  From my brother buying the standard bearer in the '80's to this one being competed has only taken just over 30 years, well worth the wait!

The face was painted with contrast paints, highlighted.  I went with three coats this time and I think it was a little too much, he looks slightly 'oily' in some of the creases, but you live and learn!  The base is a little bare as I ran out of my usual static grass, and the new batch I got looks a bit more artificial than I would like.  I can just about cope with that on single models, but it would stand out here when ranked up with the other models of the regiment.

 

 

 

Rear view.  You will note that the shield is bare.  Do you find that there is some particular thing about models that you find intimidating?  For me it is getting started on any large, flat surface that needs decorating, particularly shields or banners.  It's not that I can't do them (that A Level in Art has to be useful for something), I just get a bit panicky about coming up with an idea for a design, and then suffer a lack of confidence in my ability to pull it off.  I know I will come back to this and sort it, but it will be another day when I feel inspired. 

 

 

Pleased with his chopper (ooer!).  The edge highlight was achieved by scraping my fingernail along the edge to physically remove the paint.

 

And here he is with the rest of the gang.  Painted at different times, with varying paints. techniques (and indeed levels of skill) and materials, but I think they hold together pretty well all the same.

And no, I do not have an ogre problem.  I can stop whenever I want...

 

Finally...

As for the latest version of this fine mercenary...  WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU THINKING GW?? (Go on, google it and wonder!).