Thursday, 9 July 2026

Just a Big Lug - Scavvy Ogryn

I'm certain that scavvies would try and recruit an ogryn into their gang if at all possible. Assuming they can scrounge up enough food to keep it fed that is!


Lech the outcast ogryn with his trusty chainaxe.

I wanted to include a figure that matched the scavvies stylistically, and happily Jes Goodwin sculpted one of the iconic Warhammer fantasy ogre ranges. The figure is to all intents and purposes the body of one ogre shaman with the head of another ogre shaman spliced onto it. I did also replace the left hand, add the chainaxe head, backpack (from a skaven poison wind globadier) and do a few other minor modifications, but that's about it!




I painted the ogryn with the now established scavvy colour pallette, rendering the lower half of the faceas a rebreather (to match the rebreathers on some of the scavvy sculpts).



When I'd finished painting, I felt that the front of the model lacked 'something'. I decided to add another little icon disc (the little yellow circle under his right hand). It was just enough tie the scheme together.

(Those little discs are a brilliant way to add some interest to a belt or strap - they're just small balls of greenstuff that I flatten out then sharpen up the edge with a clay shaper).


I'm really happy with the way the big lad fits with his smaller mates:




10 comments:

  1. Not that I'm fond of those old ogres but I love that sci-fi vibe you succed to give him ! And as always, really ncid paintjob.

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    1. Thanks! I always like a fantasy > scifi transformation. Amazing what you can do with some bionic implants and weapon swaps!

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  2. That is an absolutely sterling piece of conversion work! I still think the chainaxe head would be better with hazard stripes though.

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    1. Thanks Gretchin! You're not the first to suggest hazard stripes on the chainaxe. I agree with you. I did consider it after I'd finished the paintjob, but decided not to bother because I didn't want to mess up the paintjob (I like the finish as is). Plus, I simply couldn't be bothered 😄

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  3. O yeah, this one looks like a perfect ogryn/mutie for your skavvies for sure. Was the hand-switch intentional to sci-fi him up or necessary due to prior damage or some such?

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    1. Thanks Dai! The hand swap was totally unnecessary - I just wanted to add in some more scifi elements 🙂

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  4. Great conversion, fits in very nicely. Well done.

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    1. Thanks very much! I'm pleased with how the tweaks help tie it to the human scavvies.

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