I like Trolls in general, but I really like the Stone Troll figures released in 1992 and sculpted by Michael Perry. They really look the part, don't they? I actually prefer them to the earlier Marauder Trolls (which are still great). As a bonus, they can be a real pain to your enemy on the battlefield, not to mention often a good source of entertainment for you and your foe!
So I just had to include a few in my project. Ideally I'd like to add another 2 to make a unit of 6. Which works well enough because I'm missing two models to complete the set.
Traditionally, the stone trolls were painted in a electric blue and white colour scheme, but I went with a green colour scheme to match the rest of my army but also to give them a more Chaotic look. I find the green colour scheme works really well with these guys.
I also
added a tail and some bone spikes as chaos attributes but mostly I
avoided conversions as I just like those figures as they are.
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Looking really nice :)
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about getting a bunch of the old stone trolls for my Night goblin army.
Games Workshop still sell 4 of those 5 variants, I'll have to get a move on before they go the way of all the other classic miniatures.
They do?!? In metal? Man I haven't been on GW website in ages and it shows!
DeleteGreat work, I love the stone trolls too, it is a pity that they are so very expensive, otherwise I would add them to my lead mountain.
ReplyDeleteYes, and there is little logic to their high prices considering they were sold continuously for 20 years (and apparently still available on GW website!)
DeleteOh, nice paints on those!
ReplyDeleteBack in the day they didn't fit my visual opinion of 'trolls'... but since then they've really grown on me.
Every time I've looked to track some down they seem to be going for just that little bit more than I want to pay... and since I don't have a goblin/ork army (though I'm slowly building up a HUGE force of snotlings) I'm not quite sure what I'd do with them if I had them.
Thanks! An army of snotlings must be a funny sight!
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