Ogres to the left of me, ogres to the right…

After being “stuck in the middle” for a bit, I have completed another round of HeroQuest painting. This time I took on the Against the Ogre Horde expansion pack, which, unsurprisingly, consists largely of ogres. It does have a few other elements, including two new Druid figures (a little more Celtic-looking (and realistically dressed) than the Mythic Tier set’s “Earth girl” druid).

Please keep in mind that I paint to an arm’s length get-‘em-on-the-table standard. With that out of the way…

The Little People, and some Ogre Stuff.

For starters, here are the non-ogre elements. In the rear, some nifty vertical doors, some stone monoliths (or maybe doors… I haven’t checked the text yet to know), and a stone throne (with comfy cave-bear skin through— or maybe it’s an owlbear— those could be feathers…).

Our cast includes a goblin “archer” (though she appears to be lobbing a lit grenade!), the Druids’ wolf companion, the Druids (female and male), and another goblin “archer” (with a boomerang… not exactly a dungeon weapon…). Behind these are some skeleton archers.

“About FACE!”

Shake, rattle and roll!

Next up we have two “ogre warriors.” Growl for the camera, lads!

Ya’ know what they say: Some people are just better walkin’ away…

And we’ll follow with two “ogre mercenaries” (who appear to have migrated from a hockey game?), and a bunch of just plain ogres (armed sensibly with axes), the latter of which are actually from the Mage of the Mirror expansion set, but were painted on the principle of “get ‘em all done.”

A penalty box period just waitin’ ta happen.

Backside shuffle. Maybe they were offsides?

Next we have the “Ogre Commander” and the “Ogre Champion”— and yes, they are much larger than our previous runway walkers.

Not what you want to meet in a dark dungeon…

Whew… they’re moving off!

Finally we have the “Ogre Lord,” an impressive fellow with a suitably, uh, “noble” bearing, and… wait, what’s that in the background?

“I want you in the Ogre Horde! For dinner!”

“I see my Mary Ann walkin’ awaaaaay…”

Okay, intruder, you’ve made your point, but your paint job ain’t done. Back to the table with you! And save the nukes for the post-apocalyptic future wasteland.

(These AIs are gonna be a problem— ask any gamer from the ‘80s!)

Well, I’ve got loads more painting to do. But I’ll sign off with wishes for a Merry Christmas to all of y’all!

— Parzival