Gnoblar Trappers WIP

Progress continues on my Ogre Kingdom warhammer army. I have been collecting models since the Ogre Kingdom army was first released. In the previous ogre kingdom army book the Gnoblar trappers were a separate unit from regular Gnoblar and had a 0-1 restriction unless you fielded a Hunter. At one time my plan for the army was to field a hunter and use the two gnoblar trapper units as cheap core choices. I bought enough gnoblar trapper blisters to build two minimum sized units but never opened the blisters.
Around 2008 I opened the blisters up and they were mispacked. I only had the bottom piece of the gnoblar in a trap and was missing four of the top trap jaws. I called up GW and they sent me a replacement pack that had one complete gnoblar in a big trap.

The gnoblar in a big trap complete.

A comparison from the gnoblar trappers missing the pieces and the completed one. The new Ogre Kingdom army book has the trappers as a unit upgrade but I still need a bunch to show them in several units of Gnoblars. to make a few more to play with I came up with a plan.

Plan A. I took one of the extra bottom trap jaws I had and pinned it to the gnoblars hands

Next, I took a couple pieces of styrene strip drilled.Then I ran a piece of brass wire through the holes to be the hinge. Finally I glued the styrene strip to both jaws.

Then I added some green stuff to cover the styrene strips and thicken up the back of the upper jaw.

Last I added a couple pieces of sprue to be the bolts holding the hinges together. After finishing this first one I decided that I needed another plan to complete the other three with missing parts.

Plan B. I raided my styrene supply and came up with a new plan. I cut several sections of the strips.Then I drilled holes in each end. I bent the strip and ran a brass wire through the predrilled holes and bent the wire to hold the bend in place. Then I cut several strips from a smaller sized styrene and glued it on the outside of the jaw. i let it cure for a while so the everything would be solid for the next step.

Next, I used a file to make notches in the jaw and then sanded the edges down a bit. Then I glued the upper jaw to the back of the bottom jaw.

After the glued had dried, I reinforced the join with some greenstuff and then glued on a couple sprue off cuts to be the bolts for the hinge. Last, I added some green stuff from the gnoblars wrists to the upper jaw.

 I added some more detail to the Gnoblar Trapper hands and called them almost good enough. I still need to add a couple more greenstuff touches but once I get them painted, i think they will fit in well with the gnoblar hordes.

ColKG