I thought I'd sneak in a small entry to help maintain my plodding pace to the finish (I have a personal goal to see if I can keep among the top 25 on the points roster). For the past month or so I've been running a Warhammer Fantasy Role Play campaign with our local group (including the Lady Sarah). For this past Friday's session I needed a River Troll to use for a planned ambush on the party while they were travelling by river barge.
It was last Wednesday when I came up with the scenario, so I needed to source a troll model, or use something as proxy, which I really wished to avoid. Sure, I could have used one of my LotR trolls, but I find they are too gritty and 'realistic' for the Warhammer setting (if that makes any sense) and besides, they don't have an aquatic look to them. No, I wanted something a little more high fantasy if possible, so I looked to see if there was something suitable on MyMiniFactory.
Bingo! I found this chap digitally sculpted my Onmioji who fit the bill nicely, and, as an added bonus, it was offered as a free download. How sweet is that?! Big kudos to the sculptor! I've called him 'Dimitri'. :)
I quickly printed it off and managed to get him painted after work Friday, before our scheduled session in the evening. Again, Contrast paints came to the fore, with lots of wet blending using Contrast Medium. Super quick and sloppy, but it worked well for this guy. For his fish takeout I used some of the Colourshift paints from Greenstuff World to give its scales a bit of a shimmering quality.
He was duly chopped into bits in the game, but not after giving the party a nasty start, and even managed to vomit on a few characters for an extra bit of fun. It was like a good night out at the pub!
As to points, I scaled him to around 60mm so let's score him as a 54mm foot figure, which should clock-in at 10 points.
Thanks for popping in!
- Curt
Brilliant work as always dude. I totally get what you mean about the "look" of the Troll for WHF vs. LOTR setting.
ReplyDeleteHe does, however, look like something that might also appear in a fountain near the quad at Miskatonic University...
Haha! He could definitely be an impressive garden feature at Miskatonic U. I just cringe at where the water would spout from... ;)
DeleteWhat a lovely looking troll, Curt! And a freebie to boot! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Tamsin!
DeleteSplendid looking troll,lovely finish!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain!
DeleteGood job with Contrasts, they work very well with watery looks like this troll.
ReplyDeleteYeah, these sing for this kind of stuff, especially if it has a lot of relief detail for the colours to grab and pool.
DeleteGreat troll. Definitely a brilliant fins and suitable for the warhammer world
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter!
DeleteHe’s a great piece. I like him better from a distance and with my blunderbuss trained on him. I was glad that I stayed out of vomit range.
ReplyDeleteYour 'Pyotr' played it smart with him. In this situation, a Halfling is just too tantalizing as a munchable for a troll. :)
DeleteWell done Curt, he's full of character (and soon to be full of fish). Amazing work considering you painted him in one evening.
ReplyDeleteCheers, MikeP
Thanks Mike! Being a Big Green Guy, he turned out to be a fairly quick study.
DeleteThat's really well done Curt, looks really slippery and slimy
ReplyDeleteMission accomplished! Thank you Kerry.
DeleteGreat post and love that you painted especially for the game - hope he gets to return and bash up the players later again?
ReplyDeleteCheers Jez
Funny, he actually got back up during the game (only to get schwacked by the party). It was great fun.
DeleteLooks perfect for Warhammer. I like the colourshift fish.
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