Author Topic: I need Trolls (Read 4490 times)

Argonor · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2018, 11:20:47 PM »

He's a mean bugger, for sure!

I may give it a shot, next time I am looking to swell the ranks of the monsters - I ordered the Bones troll today (and another type of troll, too, use as a Forest Troll, plus a selection of other monsters), and I am going to re-vamp my archaic Ral-Partha troll. Until I feel that i can justify buying more stuff for SS&SS, some LotR Cave Trolls will have to stand in.

Garanhir · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2018, 11:39:27 PM »

Quote from: Hobgoblin on April 01, 2018, 10:16:18 PM

I wonder why D&D trolls have suddenly started wearing loincloths. It seems a bit out of character for the "horrid carnivores" of the Monster Manual and the bestial Poul Anderson original they're based on. Tom Meier would have had none of it, I'm sure ...

I know what you mean. Not having read Three Hearts and Three Lions until recently, I'd never fully understood the origin of the D&D troll, but I'd always loved the primal nature of them. Clothed trolls who stooped to wearing armour and bearing weapons are used in my own creations as a lesser, somewhat debased form.

Those Otherworld beauties are my favourites, and so ripe for conversion, too. I keep my eyes open for ogre-faced spider heads in the right scale, but no luck so far. Ogre-faced spiders are fantastic-looking critters.

SotF · « **Reply #17 on:** April 03, 2018, 01:15:09 AM »

There is the Nolazur's Troll that Wizkids has which is rather good for a D&D style troll

Argonor · « **Reply #18 on:** April 03, 2018, 09:11:18 PM »

I even found a place to buy it

https://www.magicmadhouse.co.uk/wizkids-d-d-nolzurs-marvelous-miniatures-wave-1-troll-p245849

Thanks, gents!

Katsuhiko JiNNai · « **Reply #19 on:** April 03, 2018, 10:07:10 PM »

I'm looking too for a nice old school Troll for my S&S games

Initially I was looking for an original citadel Troll (3rd edition or older 1984-1991 years), but they are quite expensive and not so easy to find (about 20+euro each), then I think I will consider the RPE Heartbreaker Tim prow Trolls:

these troll sculpted by Tim Prow in the middle of '90 years for Heartbreaker are quite middlehammer and should be fine with other original citadel oldhammer miniatures.
They are quite cheap too, about 4,50 euro for a metal miniature with a troll size is good.

Argonor · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2018, 10:22:11 PM »

They are pretty good, too!

kalebdaark · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2018, 11:24:35 PM »

You should be able to find a large number easily on the internet.

Just post anything political on twitter or on any "comments" section and the results will just come pouring in!

But seriously..... Old Glory maybe?

http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=49

Little Odo · « **Reply #22 on:** April 04, 2018, 12:40:40 PM »

Not seen these before - they are really nice miniatures, especially with that price tag. Now hurry up and get some to paint.

Argonor · « **Reply #23 on:** April 04, 2018, 09:03:47 PM »

Bit difficult to see the details on those Old Glory trolls, but they are probably very old school, too.

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #24 on:** April 04, 2018, 09:34:27 PM »

It's hard to make out the heads clearly, but these Old Glory "monsters" look like they might be better Poul Anderson/D&D trolls than Old Glory's trolls.

Not a patch on the Otherworld ones, though, I reckon: those are proper "horrid carnivores"!

nic-e · « **Reply #25 on:** April 04, 2018, 10:04:01 PM »

"I need trolls."

Have you tried 4chan?

Argonor · « **Reply #26 on:** April 04, 2018, 10:30:37 PM »

Hehe, no, I keep my nose out of flame warzones, other than FB

Argonor · « **Reply #27 on:** April 04, 2018, 10:33:11 PM »

Quote from: Hobgoblin on April 04, 2018, 09:34:27 PM

It's hard to make out the heads clearly, but these Old Glory "monsters" look like they might be better Poul Anderson/D&D trolls than Old Glory's trolls.

Not a patch on the Otherworld ones, though, I reckon: those are proper "horrid carnivores"!

Those would look scary as H** with the right paintjob!

Quite a bit of options - I shall have to ponder which route to take when I have painted the ones I ordered.

Spooktalker · « **Reply #28 on:** April 05, 2018, 04:04:18 AM »

I picked this one up a short while ago and it's a good sculpt cast in nice, stiff plastic, and quite a deal bought singly:

https://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/252352

I particularly like how it's getting away from the awful dwarf proportions of so many tall monsters out there. Tall monsters should have proportions "more heads high" than human-sized figures, with heads no bigger in proportion to their own bodies than human figures. Why must I remind companies that the reason the proportions of human figures were exaggerated in the first place was so we could see the expressions and so legs and weapons would be sturdy enough to game with. On larger figures, there is no need.

Back to this sculpt, I actually plan to convert the face and hair to match the original Monster Manual illustration, but the rest is spot on. And I already cut it off the way-too-big base.

S J Donovan · « **Reply #29 on:** April 05, 2018, 04:31:42 AM »

Have you looked at www.lucideyepublications.com new trolls?

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