Painting: converted Dire Troll Mauler

[morsla]

I've sculpted 50-odd tyranid beasties over the past few weeks, but I've ended up getting a bit sick of 40k models as a result... for a change of scenery, I've (finally) started to make some progress painting the Hordes models that I've been converting.

There are a few larger pictures under the cut. The green parts on the unpainted model are kneadatite putty (greenstuff), and the troll's gnawing on a plastic genestealer leg that I had left over from the Naga project...

Model was painted from a black undercoat using Reaper Master Series "Marine Teal" as a base colour, with a few drops of Vallejo "Fortress Grey" and "Dwarf Flesh" added to the bottle. I've shaded the muscles by adding small amounts of Gory Red (making a nice purple colour), and the highlights use the base colour with more Dwarf Flesh added to the mix.

The leaves on the base come from Silver Birch seed pods that I picked at my parents' place... unfortunately the glue's still a bit wet in these photos, so there are a few white patches.

I'm pretty happy with it so far, although the high-res photos brought out a few mistakes that I hadn't seen earlier. I'll touch them up when I next have some blue-green paint on my palette, and then I'll add a coat of varnish to stop it getting scratched.

Unpainted shot:


Another unpainted one, showing the troll's dinner...


Mostly finished :) Not the best photo, but enough to see the overall effect.


Top-down shot showing a bit of gore. I'll add a bit of gloss varnish to the stringy tendons, to add a bit of realism to it...


This is probably the most accurate photo of the colours used.


More pictures of the trolls can be found at http://www.pbase.com/morsla/trollbloods

Comments

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They look awesome!

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