No voice in our ears but the Maw

Inspired by the amazing Ogre Kingdoms announcement trailer for Total War: Warhammer 3, I found the motivation to finish some Ogres that have been sitting on my shelf half-painted for the last few months.

The Ogres left and right have been converted - something that's actually really easy to do and actively supported by Games Workshop (see the conversion examples in the Ogor Mawtribes Battletome). One of my favorite things about this range is that the bits of nearly all Ogre sets are interchangeable. For example, heads, weapons and gutplates have the same connection points for Bulls/Gluttons, Ironguts, Leadbelchers, the different Beastriders and even Blood Bowl Ogres.

The Ogre with the massive flail wears a gutplate from Blood Bowl and his weapon is actually a wrecking ball from an old Ork Trukk that I got from the Mail Order 15+ years ago. I'm really proud of this conversion, it seems like a fitting weapon for an Irongut.

The spiked mace of the Ogre on the right was taken from the WHFB Orc warriors kit, while his ironfist is orginally from a Mournfang rider.

The Irongut in the middle has a special story. I originally painted him when the Ogre Kindoms were first released (me and my brother got the Battalion for Christmas). Back then I was still a beginner at miniature painting and additionally throughout the years the paint started to come off (back in the day I didn't varnish or even prime my miniatures). That's why I decided to restore the paint while staying true to the original. A great inspiration for this restauration was Goobertown Hobbies' video on restoring old paint jobs.
Let's see how the Irongut originally looked: