Ooglorg the Cruel & Col. Vlad |
First up we have ‘Ooglorg the Cruel’ who certainly appears alien in name and appearance with bulging eyes, massive ears and horns on his wrinkly head, I went for a blue skin tone to match the skin colour in the original advert with white hair reminiscent of 2000AD's Rogue Trooper.
Ooglorg wears an armoured gorget/pauldron combination adorned with skulls all appear to be of alien origin, he is armed with one of the strangest and most impractical of all of Olley's weapon sculpts I have no idea what it supposed to represent it looks very top heavy with two barrels and it's trigger appears to be like that of a medieval crossbow, I gave it fiery glows around the barrel area and green glows around the trigger area. Unpainted his tab identifies him as mercenary.
The resin base might be from Black Cat bases I can't remember and the skull I think was supposed to a horses but with a bit of a purple wash I think it looks like a decent alien skull.
Ooglorg the Cruel - front |
Ooglorg the Cruel - front |
Ooglorg the Cruel - back |
Ooglorg the Cruel - side |
Ooglorg the Cruel - side |
Ooglorg the Cruel - side |
Ooglorg the Cruel - alien skull at his feet |
Col. Vlad has an armoured vest and shoulder pads that is a reoccuring theme on many of Olley's Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader sculpts and again a strange alien weapon with a weapon butt that looks like Viking design and could tie in nicely with Bob Olley's space viking. Unpainted his tab identifies him as mercenary.
Col. Vlad - front |
Col. Vlad - front |
Col. Vlad - side |
Col. Vlad - back |
Col. Vlad - side |
Colonel Vlad |
Blue Aliens everywhere! |
Apologies for ramblings on but I feel there is so much more to discuss about these miniatures and am happy to hear your thoughts on these gems. Still struggling with photography too so expect these photos to be update in near future.
Another six Iron Claw Space Pirates on the workbench at the moment so stay tuned for more to come.
J
Awesome, they are great, love your painting of them.
ReplyDeleteI did'nt realise how much Col. Vlad looked like the Enemy Mine alien until you mentioned it. I always thought that Ooglorg the Cruel looked a little like an Andorian from Star Trek.
Hi Lee, I wish I had done Vlad a bit more brown to mimic Enemy Mine and you are right with the Andorian, them antenae would be a nightmare in combat :D
DeleteThese are fantastic under appreciated sculpts, and I love the attention you've given them. Ooglorg is one of my favourite figures from the range, and I really like his blue skin and red gorget. Great work!
ReplyDeletethanks mate, unfortunately I am going to have go out to trade to fill a couple of gaps so this project is going to take a while :D
DeleteI could've sworn I was following this blog, and now I'm sorry I've missed so much great stuff! These space pirates are some of my favourite models of the era, and you've done a fantastic job on them too. Top notch!
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