From EvanH: Wildlife of the Fenlands, or A Troll Through The Countryside (12 points)

Monday already? Ouch. If I'm to surpass my target, let alone reach it, I'd better use my time wisely. Still got a few more entries in the pipeline, but here's one to let everyone know I'm still busy at the paint table.

A Reaper Bones Marsh Troll, he comes in at just over 50mm tall. He's clearly got a bit of crocodile in his DNA, and the colour scheme reflects this, based around various shades from olive up to pale grey-green, finished with green and purple washes.

I've gone for a much lighter shade on the front of the body, almost a fish-belly white.

The stegosaur-like plates along his back were inked in black over a purple basecoat, and then drybrushed in a lighter shade of mauve, which was, coincidentally, the original title of Procol Harum's 1967 hit single.

Here we see the back of the miniature, with the matted fur loincloth very much in evidence. Let's be thankful for that. The front loincloth is the skin of some large fish, which must add to his already mephitic stench. 

He is glued to a 60mm Warbases MDF round base, the groundwork built up with Vallejo White Pumice paste. After painting and varnishing, there was a judicious application of some Skullz (this example rates a 3 on the Barks Scale). I mixed a batch of Noch Artificial Water with a couple of drops of Vallejo German Camouflage Dark Green, and poured it into the recesses to suggest stagnant pools in a swamp. Tajima1 Wild Tufts give us the finishing touches (as usual - these things are so damned easy to use!). 

Got to get back to the rest of the pile - more later!

Stay tuned!

Ev

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He's fantastic, Ev!  Certainly one of the inhabitants of a swamp or marsh which one would never want to meet on an evening stroll.  And as for adventurers being lost in the Fenland..... ugh, encountering this brute would give any party of dungeon-delvers a sticky fight, for sure.

Great work on his colouring.  I have to say, the stegosaur-like plates fit perfectly with the purple basecoat - which fits wonderfully well with the overall green/off-white/marsh-water colour scheme.  I also like the way his colouring has an echo in the marshy puddle at his feet - a very nice touch.

Great basing as well - and it's great to see I'm not the only person this year using tufts of all colours and sizes.  They're really versatile, and look wonderful.

So, yes - and marvelous submission, and 10 points, to which I've added a couple for his size and the lovely basing.  Another brilliant model to add to your Challenge VIII Collection, Sir!