Full Krielstone unit
The primary support unit in most Troll lists, the Krielstone Bearer and Scribes are now painted. As with all units they were kind of a drag to paint. There is a surprising amount of detail on the scribes once you factor in all their scrolls and pouches and embossed leather armor. (more…)
Horgenhold Forge Guard
I’ve completed the min-unit of Forge Guard. I purchased the repackaged max unit, but painting units is painful enough without doing all 10 at once. Also I only need 6 for the list I have in mind. The thought is to have these guys screen for my Storm Strider. Weapon Masters with reach should discourage models wanting to take free strikes to get past them. Though at SPD 4 I’ve got to make sure they get out ahead of the Strider enough to screen for it without significantly slowing it down.
Initially when painting began I though they were wall Hammerfall Khaki and this was a simple unit, but once you get brush to model you realize there’s a lot of detail here. There’s the green shoulders and elbow armor, the gold chest piece, which I them matched to the rear armor piece which isn’t shown in the studio scheme. There’s leather straps, green pants beneath the armor plates, red insignia and so on.
Backpacks, lots of backpacks
Each model in the unit sports an identical backpack, topped with a bed roll and hung with a mug. For the bases I consulted the old IK World Guide to see what Horgenhold was like: mountain and cold. So I went with larger grit for the bases, dry brushing the Battlefield Brown with Bloodstone Red, then Morrow White. I then used Army Painter winter tufts and snow flock to complete it.
The leader
The only model with a fully exposed face is the leader, and I enjoyed painting it. It came out well, especially the eyes.
I’m looking forward to getting these guys on the table and I really should paint up the other 4 eventually….someday… Have I mentioned I don’t like painting units?
The Mountain King – finished at last
And here is the Mountain King, completed. He came out better than I had hoped. It also didn’t take nearly as long as I was starting to think it would. The problem was just not having time to paint, which seemed to drag it out. In my last update I had attached all the extra chains, since then I primed them (brush on primer), then painted them using the standard metal technique shown in the Trollbloods book. One thing to keep in mind before painting the chains is to bend them into positions that will allow at least one additional contact point for more glue. The chains are pretty sturdy, but giving two glue points makes them even stronger.
The King, with head attached!
Since update #4 I got the leather loin cloth painted and painted all the metals directly attached to the MK. For the chains, attachment plates for more chains and the main collar I used the standard metal formula from the back of the Trollbloods book. For the medallions dangling from his waist I went with Brassy Brass and washed it with some greens and browns to age them. I used Brass Balls for the riveted plates on the collar to add something different, and washed it in greens to age it. I then glued on the head which made it feel so much closer to completion.