This plog is going to start very, very slowly, so my apologies to all you Privateer Press fans out there. I've got a heap of Iron Hands to do, and then even more Tyranids, plus a bunch of smaller commissions threaded in with them. However, whenever I have breath, I'll be putting in a few minutes work here and there on a Trollbloods army.
Here're the first three models assembled; from left to right: Pyre Troll, Hoarluk Doomshaper and Troll Bouncer:
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Finally, I've cleared the decks enough that I can get started on this project. *These aren't the first PP models I've painted, but they are the first Hordes models I've done and they're definitely going to be the largest selection of PP models I've painted in one project.
There's lots and lots still to come but, to get us going, here's the WIP shot of the Bouncer:
The client asked for the blue skin/red nodules etc colour scheme, and also that the armour should have a weather-worn, slightly-rusted look. *Lots still to do, but it gives a good impression of where this project is going.
Incidentally, yes, I realize that the blue lump sticking out of his groin plate looks highly suspicious.
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Finished the first mini!
There are one or two spots I might come back to, but otherwise I'm going to put this model to one side and move on to the next, which will be the first unit of six Trollkin Scouts.
The idea behind the shield, by the way, is that it's been modified with a chunk of armour from a Khador warjack.
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Your client ought to be thrilled. I like the touch of the khador armor on the shield, plus the runes on the front arc of the mini.
Do those translate into anything, or they just there for the coolness factor?
Either way, look forward to seeing more, particularly the Pyre Troll. Keep up the good work.
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The runes are just for effect. I referenced Trollblood artwork for them, but that was the extent of it.
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I know I said I was going to start on the scouts next, but I'd already got the Impaler basecoated:
So I basecoated the scouts, whelps, Doomshaper, Mulg, Pyre Troll, Slag Troll and Axer and, while waiting for those to dry, got cracking on the Impaler:
This is a bit of an experiment. The Impaler has lots of leather about his person, and I decided to paint all of it with Citadel Calthan Brown as a basecoat and then to see how much differentiation between types of leather I could achieve just using washes and contrasting highlights. The process is still in-hand, but I've started by using washes of Badab Black, Devlan Mud, Baal Red Ogryn Flesh and Leviathan Purple on different areas of brown.
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Ah! *Can you tell I'm back to my regular work schedule?
That's two down. *Just 23 left to paint!* As the Bouncer had a trophy from another WM/H faction, I thought I'd repeat that theme on the Impaler, so he repaired his spear sheathe with a Cygnar banner.
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*Fortunately, most of those are at least half the size of this one, so if I start the scouts tomorrow, I should get two of them finished in a day, and when I get to the whelps, I'd hope to do five a day. *Having said that, I do have 24 termagants that need finishing off, too, so they may get priority tomorrow...
So, having spent most of the day painting 24 Termagants (finished 20), I literally had to take some time out to look at the Trollbloods just for the sake of my fragile sanity.
Obviously, still WIP.
I also realized that I'd not posted unpainted pics of the rest of the army, so thought I'd get that out of the way in one go:
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Not much love for Hordes here? Still, busy, busy, busy...
Got those termagants all done, and have now moved back to the Trollbloods while I wait for some Ninja Magic magnetic bases to arrive for a starships project I have going on (see above photos for hints).
Anyway, here's the first scout, all finished:
And here's the second, WIP:
Oh, and I lied before when I said that was the rest of the army. This is the rest of the army:
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Nice stuff!
When you basecoat, is that airbrushing with just one shade of blue?
Will the Pyre Troll be blue as well?
I miss Chris Farley.
Excellent work - I particularly love the runes on the bases. Great idea.
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Airbrushing with two shades of blue, actually. Mordian from a 90degree vertical angle, then Ice Blue from a 45degree vertical angle.
The Pyre Troll will also be blue, but with lots of OSL effects around his face and throat.
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The second scout is finished:
Third one is in-hand. Then I think I'll do the Pyre Troll, because I'll have had enough of brown, I suspect.
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Finished this last night, but the light was too bad to take a good photo:
I'm not quite as happy with this one as I have been with others. I think, once the first six scouts are done, I might have to go back to this one and look at it again. I think the flesh needs a little more care and attention around the red areas, and the metal tags on his poncho need some highlights.
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Output from the last couple of days:
The guy on the right is, of course, and identical model to the one I painted a few days ago, so I decided to do something a bit different and sought online inspiration. Can you guess who I based his colour scheme on?
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Is it the dude from Assassin's creed?
The blue really looks amazing, I'm thinkng of grabbing a few trollbloods and having a go myself.
I miss Chris Farley.
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Here's the squad leader, with a little snack for later tucked under one arm*.
He's still WIP. There's a lot more to do, but I need to take a break from painting shades of brown, so I finished off his base and called him "done for now", while I get to move on to the more interesting Pyre Troll.
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*If it makes you feel better, you can tell yourself it's a pet.
Phew! It's been a seriously busy Summer chez Precinct Omega, but with a new foster child settling in happily, the kids back at school, a ludicrously enormous fleet of scratch-built starships (28 ships) finished and a host of new projects gathering on the horizon like ominous storm clouds, it's time I got cracking on the Trollbloods again.
It's not the only piece of work I have going right now, so I didn't get around to picking up the Pyre Troll until lunchtime, and put it down again just before going to collect the boys from school, so this is a good representation of three hours' work:
I don't mind admitting that I'm pretty solidly pleased with how this is turning out. The theme of red nodules on the trolls works really well on this model, on which I've added super-highlighting to make them look like glowing coals. I'm also really pleased with how the fire effects have turned out on his hands and out of his mouth. As well as finishing the flesh, I still have to add the rust effects to the metal plates and chains, and a little gentle object-source lighting around the flames on his hands and on his face and gut.
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Wow these trolls are superb. That pyre troll is really coming along nicely.
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