My red Trolls...

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:18 PM

Hi all, I'm updating the thread with some better pictures hopefully, and a few new things I've painted. Hope you all enjoy!

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:20 PM

a few more...

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:23 PM

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:26 PM

Favorite caster. Finally got around to taking some better pics...

Ugh, she's ugly. I don't why I painted her eyes red...

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:29 PM

He's just a tiny little troll that really wants to kick your @&$!

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:32 PM

Probably my favorite model in the entire range.

Haven't used these guys once yet on the table top.

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:33 PM

I'm really happy with the way these guys turned out...

They were a bear to paint.

Finished Bushwackers.

**kneemus** · 11-23-2010, 04:36 PM

Blurry...

Blurry as well...

**teejayv** · 11-23-2010, 04:58 PM

Nice job on all of the trolls, I really did the scheme you went with. The minions aren't my cup of tea, but that's not your painting I'm commenting on. As far as I'm concerned, it's a faction that I find all of the sculpts to be very mediocre, and very run of the mill, similar to "Reaper Dark Haven" sculpts. Either way, Your trollbloods are absolutely awesome!

**notawarmachine** · 11-23-2010, 04:59 PM

They look swell... I really dig red skin on the trolls.

I think the Earthshapers(?) - the trio with swirling rocks, w/e they are called - look especially nice.

**Cleveland** · 11-23-2010, 05:01 PM

I like them. Red is a nice change from all of the troll armies that I have seen at the various stores that I have ever been a regular player.

**trollhead** · 11-23-2010, 08:37 PM

Wow. A job very well done! My favorite is the Runeshapers and the fire on the Pyre Troll's hands. Can you make a better picture of the Slag Troll? I am sure you painted him very well, but I can't see with too much flash reflection, blurriness, and it's too up close.

**The Happy Anarchist** · 11-25-2010, 09:36 AM

Those are amazing!

**ButcherOfKhardov** · 11-25-2010, 09:38 AM

Awesomely painted collection you have there.

BoK

**Loki_333** · 11-25-2010, 06:00 PM

Very cool. The flesh is just about the same color as the clay from around here. (Reminds me of playing in the gravel pit growing up.) It has a really cool contrast with the light grey stone.

**Tyrfing's Third Disaster** · 11-25-2010, 06:17 PM

Wow. Blighted trolls?

**kneemus** · 12-05-2010, 12:16 PM

Updated with Bushwackers and Stone Scribe Elder...

**scotty kahn** · 12-05-2010, 04:06 PM

Wow! thats a lot of nice lookin figs. Well done.

**the_Ravenous** · 12-06-2010, 08:17 AM

very cool looking trolls, that red tone scheme came out quite nice, refreshing to see some alternate colors well executed.

**PG_Nazdrek** · 12-06-2010, 01:09 PM

I also went with the red for my trolls. Yours look great.

**Naahz** · 12-06-2010, 01:20 PM

nice. The choice of grey stone on the dire trolls is really nice, and pops out.

I was initially put off a tad by the grey bases from an asthetic point of view, but then I realized it does for the infantry models what the grey stone on the maulers does for their skin color.

So, bravo.

Really well done, coherent army, and inspiring alt scheme.

p.s. like the black warthog. I was thinking of doing the same myself.

**kneemus** · 01-28-2011, 07:13 AM

Here is my newly painted Skinner. Not super happy with the color choice. The green wasn't right. The base green was too vivid. I was hoping to get a more olive drab result. But all in all, he is a great model. I think my paint job on him looks a lot from better from a few feet away... He is like a holiday X-mas troll...

**kneemus** · 08-10-2011, 12:54 PM

Madrak repaint. I wasn't real happy with his first incarnation, so I clipped off part of his clown collar awesomeness and painted him anew.

Skaldi is coming up next. He's freshly sealed and drying now.

**kneemus** · 08-10-2011, 12:58 PM

Rockwall, before primer... just a gee-whiz pic really.

**kneemus** · 08-10-2011, 01:02 PM

I put down way too much sealer the first time. It really obscured a lot of detail. If you look closely at the bottom of the axe blade you can even see where some of it chipped off because it was so thick...

**kneemus** · 08-10-2011, 01:37 PM

Snuck some Fennblades in...

Because sometimes the guy in charge is shorter than you are...

I have no desire to paint the rest of this unit...

**theHman** · 08-10-2011, 04:06 PM

I love these red skinned trolls. Well done sir!

**Belphagis** · 08-10-2011, 07:14 PM

The first Troll Axer you posted has a beautiful looking axe. How did you achieve that?

**PG_Nemlock** · 08-10-2011, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Belphagis

The first Troll Axer you posted has a beautiful looking axe. How did you achieve that?

That sorta looks like a shadow from the impalers spears you might be seeing.

**kneemus** · 08-10-2011, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Belphagis

The first Troll Axer you posted has a beautiful looking axe. How did you achieve that?

Is it the shadow you're seeing? Otherwise on the blade, it's a Boltgun basecoat, with a Black Ink wash, then a Chestnut Ink wash, then a Boltgun dry brush and Mithril Silver highlights.

**Suddenly_Nik** · 08-11-2011, 12:32 AM

A remarkable stuff you got here. Reminds me of corrupted orcs from WC3.
But the last minis are a little bit too shiny. May i suggest using matt varnish?

**kneemus** · 08-11-2011, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Suddenly_Nik

But the last minis are a little bit too shiny. May i suggest using matt varnish?

I've tried a few different sealers and finally settled with a clear flat. I just like how they look afterwards. Matte seems to be norm by far, but I just didn't like it for this paint job, on these models. I wish it didn't leave them as shiny, but...

**mdiscala** · 08-11-2011, 02:14 PM

Good looking army

**kneemus** · 08-26-2011, 11:39 AM

Super utility solo, outstanding addition to our range...

**kneemus** · 08-26-2011, 11:45 AM

So I was scrubbing up Skaldi before assembly, and low and behold, his head went down the drain. I had an odd Champion head, (not sure where it came from) so I shaved off the quills and used it. It sorta looks like he's burping, so it matches Skaldi's general fat-slobitude...

**kneemus** · 08-26-2011, 12:29 PM

**kneemus** · 08-26-2011, 12:33 PM

Gonna have a go with him tonight for the first time. I'm probably won't use him right, but of one thing I am completely sure of, Mulg will eat your babies...

**mdiscala** · 08-27-2011, 06:02 AM

You could probably take the drain apart and get his head back. You know how the pipe goes down and then curves back up under the sink? Thats to catch wedding rings and toy soldier heads. It comes off pretty easy

**diehard** · 08-27-2011, 07:37 AM

Very nice alternate scheme, the red and gray really work well together. Never was much of a fan of the studio blue scheme (or Trolls in general for that matter) but I like the red. And it looks very cohesive, I'm sure it looks very good on the tabletop. Also, great attention to details, those little things and proper color choice for them really take a model to the next level. Lot of people skip it, but kudos to you it really makes your models a pleasure to look at. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

**Waaargh** · 08-30-2011, 11:19 PM

Janissa's face looks off when the highlights (or photo lights), while all the others have a lot of shades to show their features Janissa's face looks as if you didn't do anything but giving it base colours.

I think I actually like the headswap for Skaldi better than the original

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