Sunday, 29 September 2013

Nurgle Warband Update: Troll

This is an old Ral Partha Troll from I think mid 80's. Great sculpt with a lot of very fine details and definition.

I really enjoyed this one, much due to that he is nude - or actually closer to the truth -  it was only the skin to focus on. Really like this kind of simplicity.

I chose blue as the core color and circled around the blues with a bit of green and tiny amount of red. I rarely use blue as the main color (don't know why) but wanted something that really contrasted (for a change) the orange and red of the base.

Typically I paint the hair in the same way as the skin but do some deviations in the shadows and highlight. On this troll though the hair and skin got the same treatment.

As the base was quite large my standard paint job wasn't enough (looked a bit flat) so finished off by adding a bit of red in a few places. Originally I also thought of adding some nurglings or familiars, but in the end went for simplicity.


Nurgle Warband: Ral Partha Troll

Nurgle Warband: Ral Partha Troll

Nurgle Warband: Ral Partha Troll

Nurgle Warband: Ral Partha Troll


T-t-t-t-that's all folks!

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12 comments:

  1. Ana Polanscak29 September 2013 at 15:39

    So great. I really like how you painted the face.

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    1. Don Hans29 September 2013 at 16:10

      Thanks Ana! Happy you like it. There is a great level of detail to the face in the sculpt so it was pure pleasure splashing some paint on it.
      /Hans

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  2. Gareth29 September 2013 at 16:27

    Classic miniature + classy PJ = happy me. Beyond cool.

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    1. Don Hans29 September 2013 at 21:08

      How fortunate as I am: Classic miniature + nice scuplt = must paint ;)

      Thx Gareth/Hans

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  3. painted stuff29 September 2013 at 16:31

    Lovely work! Unusual colour combi but it works! Great to see some of the very old troll figs, reminds me of buying ye olde Hobol Firebreath on ebay!

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    1. Don Hans29 September 2013 at 22:05

      Thanks! There will be at least two more old Trolls to come for the army. Hobol is cool! /Hans

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  4. Minitrol29 September 2013 at 22:03

    Love it reminds me of proper Swedish trolls - need a mercenary regiment of Gnomes now eh? ;)

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    1. Don Hans29 September 2013 at 22:09

      Thanks Minitrol!
      A Swedish Troll by a Swedish Troll :)
      You like the stuff of John Bauer?
      Some gnomes would be nice - unfortunately don't own a single one :(
      /Hans

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  5. Asslessman30 September 2013 at 09:03

    Such a fine model indeed and your ethereal paintjob makes the best of it.
    H elooks even scarier than the normal average troll.

    Well done !

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  6. ATOM30 September 2013 at 15:06

    Nice, I really like the paintjob, makes a change from the usual green Troll skin. Diggin the mini too. Great base work. What was your painting procedure on this bad boy? Did you use GW paints?

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    1. Don Hans30 September 2013 at 19:22

      Thanks ATOM! Happy you like him.

      Yeah, have gone over to the new Citadel paints which I really like. Huge improvements the last version.

      The Painting was all done with layering of very diluted paint. Stared with something like a dark bone color and then into blues, mixing blue with greens, blue with reds and then highlighing up to a bone color

      Thanks for stopping by / Hans

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