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More trolls
May. 4th, 2007 11:42 amI converted these ages ago, and they've sat on the shelf ever since... I finally got around to painting them this week, when I needed a break from the endless Flamer daemons. Sorry about the slightly blurry pictures - the camera seems to have focussed on everything but the centre of the models...
I converted all the models out of the Trollblood starter box, mixing and matching torsos, legs and arms so everything looked a bit different. I also had a mis-cast axe (haft only, no blade) so I decided to make my own out of plasticard and putty.
I painted the flesh tone with Reaper's Marine Teal, shaded with Vallejo's Gory Red, and highlighted with VGC Dwarf Flesh. Teal is a great colour to work with - there are so many different colours that work well with it for shading and highlights. The Reaper paint line has some great colours, but it really doesn't thin very well compared to the Vallejo and Privateer paints - it needs some water added to reach the right consistency, but the pigment seperates quite easily.
Browns were all done with Bloodstone and Bootstrap Leather (P3) and a bit of Scorched Brown (VGC) for shading. I really like the way the P3s handle - I kept changing the colour of the models with thin glazes of paint, whenever I found a new combination that worked. I think I used Menoth White Base for some highlights, too. These are the first models I've really had a chance to play with the new P3 paints on, and I like what they can do.
The metallics were a bit of an experiment in using Bloodstone to simulate rust. I made a mess trying to re-highlight the metals, so I ended up watering down Citadel's Boltgun Metal and using it as a glaze to get some shine back into the speartips... it seems to have worked okay, though it wasn't what I was aiming for. Bloodstone is a great colour for corroded steel and iron, though :)
( Two more pics under the cut )
I converted all the models out of the Trollblood starter box, mixing and matching torsos, legs and arms so everything looked a bit different. I also had a mis-cast axe (haft only, no blade) so I decided to make my own out of plasticard and putty.
I painted the flesh tone with Reaper's Marine Teal, shaded with Vallejo's Gory Red, and highlighted with VGC Dwarf Flesh. Teal is a great colour to work with - there are so many different colours that work well with it for shading and highlights. The Reaper paint line has some great colours, but it really doesn't thin very well compared to the Vallejo and Privateer paints - it needs some water added to reach the right consistency, but the pigment seperates quite easily.
Browns were all done with Bloodstone and Bootstrap Leather (P3) and a bit of Scorched Brown (VGC) for shading. I really like the way the P3s handle - I kept changing the colour of the models with thin glazes of paint, whenever I found a new combination that worked. I think I used Menoth White Base for some highlights, too. These are the first models I've really had a chance to play with the new P3 paints on, and I like what they can do.
The metallics were a bit of an experiment in using Bloodstone to simulate rust. I made a mess trying to re-highlight the metals, so I ended up watering down Citadel's Boltgun Metal and using it as a glaze to get some shine back into the speartips... it seems to have worked okay, though it wasn't what I was aiming for. Bloodstone is a great colour for corroded steel and iron, though :)
