War Hog

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I decided to increase my Helblitzen from 15 to 25 models.

But with my own project rule of no duplicate figures and all the soldiers and villagers having to be oldhammer GW models, finding another 10 different old models was not especially easy or cheap.
Having said that I did manage to pick up 4 more for £10.00 which was a bargain.

After having a ponder and reflecting a bit, well, a lot, I decided a unit filler may be fun and cheaper.
Now, with the unit filler not being a soldier or a villager, it did not have to be an oldhammer model.

This is handy as I had a modern model pig lying around which I was going to use in Mordheim.

So.
I set about converting the pig into a unit filler, a War Hog.
I wanted to have something a bit daft and also something that sort of reflected my love of Hammer Horror films.

(I have the Karnsteins in my undead and also have a banner with Ingrid Pitt on it.)

I have been tempted to buy a goblin fanatic and lend it to my main WFB 3rd edition opponent for his Orcs as they are good for a laugh.

I actually gave him most of the models to encourage him to play 3rd and our forces are pretty much a direct match.
This made me think, the unit filler needs to make sense for my backwater village, but wouldn’t it be cool if it could also be an Empire equivalent of a goblin fanatic?

I doubt I will use any special rules for it, but modified goblin fanatic rules could work, as could using the Run Amok rules for chariots.

 

Anyway my War Hog:
















Ingrid Pigg.

With a wooden halfling made of a barrel, some bits of wood and a pumpkin, tied to the saddle, Ingrid Pigg is let loose from the ranks to stampede and trample those foolish enough to get in her way.
On the odd occasion, Dieb the ‘halfling’ falls off which is handy as the barrel is actually full of highly flammable spirits and on the occasions when Dieb has come loose, the Armbrustschutzen have tried to ignite it with flaming quarrels, alas they never managed it.

One day maybe eh?





Just the rest of the Helblitzen to paint now, normal service has resumed.











Comments

  1. FreeXerjin3 September 2026 at 20:32

    Brilliant stuff I love to concept, also nicely painted.

    Whats most interesting is your creativity juices thinking this up, all I will say so far the non GW stuff is most amazing 😉

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    1. Mike3 September 2026 at 20:34

      Thanks chap.

      It seemed a suitably laddish Stirland thing to do?

      :D

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    2. Dr Freakenstein3 September 2026 at 21:14

      Fun and very creative...loving it 😊

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    3. Mike3 September 2026 at 22:27

      Cheers chief.

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  2. Andy McMaster3 September 2026 at 22:55

    That's a splendid idea and nicely executed.

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    1. Mike3 September 2026 at 23:02

      Thanks. I did think about a flaming animal, but someone has that covered?

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    2. Andy McMaster3 September 2026 at 23:04

      Indeed. Flaming Pigs are so last decade...

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  3. Victor Honrado6 September 2026 at 08:39

    I think it's a fantastic idea that doesn't look out of place with the rest of the unit or the Third Edition aesthetic.

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    1. Mike6 September 2026 at 10:39

      Thank you.
      However I decided I don't think it feels right somehow so I have removed it from the unita and will be using oldhammer sculpt billmen to fill it up.

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    2. Victor Honrado9 September 2026 at 07:30

      Well, I love it. I hope that even if it isn't in that unit, it can still be part of the army.

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  4. Suber6 September 2026 at 15:08

    You totally made my day with this one! What a cool concept and execution!

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  5. Dai8 September 2026 at 18:27

    Love the idea of this little oinker! Almost Roman-esque with her barrel of flamables on her back. Beware evil Heffalumps!

    Shame she won't get used though (Reading above comments).

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    1. Mike8 September 2026 at 18:47

      Not as a unit filler, but maybe as something else.

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  6. Old Hob9 September 2026 at 11:27

    Ingrid's a stunner. Interesting idea about using her as a goblin fanatic. Another idea might be as a kamikaze bomber (p.98 of the Orange Bible), but with a boar profile? Could be nasty.

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    1. Mike10 September 2026 at 07:06

      Thanks, I shall investigate, not sure though, sounds like she will defo end up as sammiches that way?

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