Not a lot of activity this last month

There's been a lot going on in my life this last month, so there hasn't been too much going on on the painting front. Stressful days and also a week of fever and flu has effectively stopped my painting progress. Hope to get started again now though...

The Ogres are still waiting to get their skin painted. There are some exitement attached to this, as this will decide if I end up wih an army of Ogres some time in the future, or just a unit of 6 as decoration in my glass cabinets. I have already decided not to paint on any tattoos on the Ogres, but if they end up looking good, then I might add some warpaint on some of the units (like Mel Gibson and his men in Braveheart) in the future. The only challenge with that is to make it look like warpaint and not weird skin, but I'll tackle that when the time comes. First priority now is to get this unit painted up, and after seeing the result I can choose what to do next. I have decided to have two different hair colors on the troops, terracotta and yellow. Think this will look good, and it also adds some variation that might come in handy.

For Warhammer 40.000, the unit of 3 2-man heavy weapon teams are waiting for assembly and paint. The parts I need are cleaned up and ready to be assembled, but I am not entirely sure what to do when.
Every trooper is laying in a seperate bag, with the gunner with the base and the heavy weapon.
I have decided to make the 3 large bases into sort of mini-dioramas, using sandbags to protect the troops. I was thinking of also adding some ruined walls, but I don't find my 1:35 ruined brick wall set. So instead I will wait with this until I have some small building parts from Warhammer 40.000 buildings that I can use. This won't be a problem, as I know I will need several heavy weapon squads for my army. And making them look different is one of my goals. That is why I am a little dissapointed with the kit, as it seems like there are only one type of arm to use for the person who acts as the spotter or assistant in the duo. That arm is the straight arm pointing at something on the horizon. It gets quite boring to use that for 3 spotters in the same unit. A short look in my bitbox revealed at least one arm that I can use, and I am sure I will find more if I look more closely. Also I recon I will get more arms as I build more units in the future. A lot of the units will be troopers that hold lasrifles in both hands, thus freeing up other available hands in the kits. For now I have an arm holding a helmet, and I also found a head without a helmet to go with it.
I will also add a vox set to one of the bases, as I find it very weird that heavy weapon squads don't have this as standard equipment. It will probably be for diorama purposes only, but at least it will make some variation on the bases.