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Offline Whitehorn

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Trows (and trolls)
« on: June 15, 2018, 02:13:03 PM »
A new "race" I've started for Creatures Underground - Trows. Small trollfolk, lead my slightly less small trollfolk.

Here's the queen.


Offline Bloggard

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2018, 09:09:10 AM »
superb.
that's a queen-size club for sure!

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2018, 09:16:31 AM »
Very cool  8)

What material is it sculpted from if I may ask?
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Offline FierceKitty

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2018, 04:52:11 PM »
Trows...are they from Nicholas Stuart Grey?
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Offline Whitehorn

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2018, 05:18:59 PM »
Very cool  8)

What material is it sculpted from if I may ask?

It's a mixture of Fimo Pro and Beesputty. I'm experiment with different mixes, but this was largely to add some colour, save on my sparse supply and ultimately became a more workable blend for me.

Offline Andrew Rae

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2018, 05:23:01 PM »
Trows...are they from Nicholas Stuart Grey?

From Orkney and Shetland.

He* looks cool, I've been working on some trows myself so I'm looking forward to what direction you take them.

*Edit: She. Apologies.
« Last Edit: June 17, 2018, 11:59:40 AM by Andrew Rae »

Offline Knight-Captain Tyr

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2018, 11:43:51 AM »
Great sculpting. Although I confess I saw "trow" and was excited for one of these bad mothers from Myth: The Fallen Lords...

" ... the seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."

-Thrall Flavor Text, Myth: The Fallen Lords

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2018, 08:11:44 PM »
I'm doing a series of smaller species and my "game world" is loosely bases on Irish and Albion folklore and pseudo-history, so when I decided I wanted to do Trolls (typically Scandinavian), I leaned on the concept of Trows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trow_(folklore)

Offline Knight-Captain Tyr

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2018, 10:51:32 PM »
And I learned a new bit of folklore/mythology. Nice!

Offline Andrew Rae

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Re: Trows (and trolls)
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2018, 12:14:28 AM »
There are some lovely recordings from Orkney, Shetland and Fair Isle about trows here: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

You'll be doing well to understand some of it though. I'm from Orkney and my partner's from Shetland and we're pretty much stumped for some of what they're on about. Some of my favourite recording are of an old Fair Isle housewife reciting poems and riddles.

Aald Wife: "Does dis interest du any?"

Learned Man up from Edinburgh: "Yes, yes, go on!"

He doesn't have a clue what she's on about.