Razormage paints some trolls
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:30 pm
Good morning! I know I've been quiet on here lately, so I'm going to place the blame where it lies: the US Warhammer Masters GT. I got nominated to represent the South Region (based on my 2012 tournament results and paint ability), and I've been busy painting the past few weeks as I try to get my BattleMallet Greenskin army to a low-composition score setup. It's let me play with a couple of non-GW models (a Trollblood Dire Troll, then 10 Mantic Flea Bag Riders), but has kept me from painting a lot of Mierce stuff.
Let me tell you, going from Mierce to other manufacturers is a huge difference! The Privateer Press stuff was lower quality but wasn't painful to paint, while some of the Mantic models just seemed painfully flat and devoid of detail!
For the next step in my force, I need a quartet of River Trolls! Fortunately, I've had these bad boys from Mierce just sitting around, begging me to put paint on them!
For more detailed commentary, easter egg mouseover text, discussion of the fermented grain beverages I enjoyed while painting them, and other notes of general amusement, check them out on my blog here. If you just want pictures, keep scrolling!
Originally, I'd intended to do them in a red/grey color scheme, but after doing a high contrast blue/bone paint job on the Dire Troll, I began to play in different directions. My wife finally gave me the inspiration to go with greens, but to "muddy them up". Normally I paint greens with yellow for highlights; this time around I'll be using a brown palette to make the trolls look like they just emerged from the San Antonio Riverwalk.
The base coat is down! I did a mix of 2 parts Cayman Green : 1 part SS Camo Black Brown.
I was extremely disappointed with how bright the models looked after the base coat, so I went back and decided to do a wash to bring them in line with the models in The Beer Waaagh. Those models were completely base coated and then dipped with a pure-black wood stain. For the trolls, I used an eyedropper mix of 1 part Black Ink, to three parts Purple Wood Stain, to 15 parts water/future floor wax. This allowed the dark stain to run into the cracks and crevices, while allowing the base coat to shine through.
For the next step, I re-mixed the base coat and re-applied it, this time letting the wash stay underneath. You can already see the depth it's adding to the models, even with the failure on the Gothi's side where I fell asleep (I fixed it before the next layer).
2 parts Cayman Green to 1 part Bestial Brown and added a drop of water.
2 parts Cayman Green : 1 part Khaki, with my typical drop of water 3:1 with the paint.
I realized that I've only been showing the same angle with every shot, so here are the troll backsides.
Here's the Gothi. you can see some of the feathering on his quads and biceps.
One of the rank-and-file trolls, with horrible lighting.
When this guy's painted up, I'm going to take a picture of him and caption it, "Come at me, bro!"
The fourth of the trolls. You can see the feathering in places on his tummy.
More to come as I keep painting!
Let me tell you, going from Mierce to other manufacturers is a huge difference! The Privateer Press stuff was lower quality but wasn't painful to paint, while some of the Mantic models just seemed painfully flat and devoid of detail!
For the next step in my force, I need a quartet of River Trolls! Fortunately, I've had these bad boys from Mierce just sitting around, begging me to put paint on them!
For more detailed commentary, easter egg mouseover text, discussion of the fermented grain beverages I enjoyed while painting them, and other notes of general amusement, check them out on my blog here. If you just want pictures, keep scrolling!
Originally, I'd intended to do them in a red/grey color scheme, but after doing a high contrast blue/bone paint job on the Dire Troll, I began to play in different directions. My wife finally gave me the inspiration to go with greens, but to "muddy them up". Normally I paint greens with yellow for highlights; this time around I'll be using a brown palette to make the trolls look like they just emerged from the San Antonio Riverwalk.
The base coat is down! I did a mix of 2 parts Cayman Green : 1 part SS Camo Black Brown.
I was extremely disappointed with how bright the models looked after the base coat, so I went back and decided to do a wash to bring them in line with the models in The Beer Waaagh. Those models were completely base coated and then dipped with a pure-black wood stain. For the trolls, I used an eyedropper mix of 1 part Black Ink, to three parts Purple Wood Stain, to 15 parts water/future floor wax. This allowed the dark stain to run into the cracks and crevices, while allowing the base coat to shine through.
For the next step, I re-mixed the base coat and re-applied it, this time letting the wash stay underneath. You can already see the depth it's adding to the models, even with the failure on the Gothi's side where I fell asleep (I fixed it before the next layer).
2 parts Cayman Green to 1 part Bestial Brown and added a drop of water.
2 parts Cayman Green : 1 part Khaki, with my typical drop of water 3:1 with the paint.
I realized that I've only been showing the same angle with every shot, so here are the troll backsides.
Here's the Gothi. you can see some of the feathering on his quads and biceps.
One of the rank-and-file trolls, with horrible lighting.
When this guy's painted up, I'm going to take a picture of him and caption it, "Come at me, bro!"
The fourth of the trolls. You can see the feathering in places on his tummy.
More to come as I keep painting!