Trollbloods
Trollblood Battlegroup – Earthborn Dire Troll, Hoarluk Doomshaper, Rage of Dhunia and Dire Troll Mauler (left to right)
The site has been quiet for a while and now you know why. I’ve been working away on a new faction: Trollbloods! More than just a new faction, it’s also an entry into the Hordes system, which means figuring out the Fury mechanic, animi, transfers and all the other differences between Warmachine and Hordes. Rather than reveal each painted model as it was done I waited until I had the whole battlegroup completed, forming a sort of “battlebox” for eDoomshaper. So here are the completed models, eDoomshaper, Earthborn Dire Troll (EBDT) and a Dire Troll Mauler. They will form the core of many troll brick lists coming soon.
So why Trollbloods? I’ve been interested in the Trolls for quite some time. I’ve always liked the looks of the models and the where they are in the fluff. Fluffwise they occupy a similar “good guy” role as Cygnar does in Warmachine. But on the table they are very different from Cygnar. Instead of lots of accurate guns and lightning. they bring massive beasts to fight. I’ve actually had a small troll collection for a while, but it has remained unassembled as I worked on getting more Cygnar done. But I hit a bit of painting slump and decided it was time to shake things up a bit. The final straw in my original purchase of trolls was a Mulg article in No Quarter 10-Year special edition issue.
And now the Mountain King is out, which is undoubtedly the best looking gargantuan. Lastly the Hunter’s Grim is out, which I saw being sculpted back at Lock & Load last year, and what a great looking set of sculpts that is.
Over the next few posts I’ll cover each model above on it’s own, rather than having one enormous post, so stay tuned.