Troll Forged Assimilation Alien Host figs painted (Kickstarter Host added 6/24)

[Hobby Services]

Finally getting some paint on the figures from the Troll Forged Games Kickstarter from back in 2012.



These are among the smallest figures in the range, the basic alien grub on 30mm Reaper bases.



As you can see by the poor Neo-Soviet rad trooper here, they're still about man-sized.



There appear to be six different head variants, and (maybe?  I just grabbed a random sample for test paints) about that many body sculpts, all cross-compatible.



Cast in "troll forged plastic" which is very light and probably some kind of restic, although it's much less annoying to work with than the Mantic variety (not that they required much cleanup work anyway, they were pretty clean outside of needing some pour spouts clipped).



They're a pleasure to paint up and nicely varied, and should work well for fantasy and horror gaming as well as their intended use a scifi alien nasties.

[beefcake]

Very nice. I have a tonne of that stuff to paint up myself. Was there very much mold release that required cleaning from it?
I have the dreadnoughts undercoated from it (I think I got 4 in total by the end) and Just need to decide on a colour scheme.
I'm keen to see more of the big stuff painted up.

[Skrapwelder]

Very nice. Gives new meaning to the phrase "Stand-up Bug hunt"

[Hobby Services]

Very nice. I have a tonne of that stuff to paint up myself. Was there very much mold release that required cleaning from it?
I have the dreadnoughts undercoated from it (I think I got 4 in total by the end) and Just need to decide on a colour scheme.
I'm keen to see more of the big stuff painted up.

This batch didn't require it, but some of the other figs are pretty slippery and are getting a bath overnight to get the release agent off.

I'll get around to more stuff eventually, although they're a low-priority side project for me.

[Hitman]

Wow...those look great. Thank for sharing. I bet they will be a lot of fun to use in many types of games.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[Hobby Services]

A few more done, with the larger Kickstarter exclusive death grub on a 45mm base as a leader/Momma fig.



Pretty large, although still dwarfed by many of the other alien host stuff.

[Momotaro]

Cracking paintjobs on those - they look suitably icky and organic!

[Dr Mathias]

Excellent work on them. I suspect they could be useful for a wide variety of things.

[Hobby Services]

As I said earlier, there are some models in the KS project that dwarf the exclusive grub, and here's the first of them:



That's the "Wyrm" model, seen here with a couple of the small grubs and the usual hapless Vor Neo-Sov Rad Trooper for scale.



Stands just under 4" tall, and fits comfortably on a Reaper 60mm base.



Comes in 14 pieces IIRC, including a separate head, the side mandibles, and the tentacles.



I took some liberties with the build, since I liked the longer clawed-limb bits better up on the head as extra mouthparts than down in the lower body sockets (now filled with some trimmed down tentacles) where the concept art places them.



Had to drill some new sockets for them, but the plastic makes that sort of job trivial.



There were a few mold lines to clean up, but other than that rep was minimal and everything went together easily.

All in all a pretty great miniature, and (allowing for my personal changes) very close to the art from the KS page.  Kind of wish I'd grabbed a couple more of them when I had the chance, they're probably going to be more than the $20 KS price when they hit retail.  I shudder to think what GW would charge for a Tyranid beastie this size.

[beefcake]

Very nice. And this is one of the smaller big models!
Shifting the parts looks like a good idea. I'm not a huge fan of the dreadlocks on this one though (sculpting, not painting)

You made me get out all my ones from the kickstarter and start degreasing them. I've even made a start on a walker.

[Hobby Services]

Very nice. And this is one of the smaller big models!
Shifting the parts looks like a good idea. I'm not a huge fan of the dreadlocks on this one though (sculpting, not painting)

Ah, you remind me, it's actually 15 parts - the "dreads" are separate as well.  I had quite a time figuring out where they were actually supposed to fit onto the model, and after finding out by checking the master image on the KS page I gave serious consideration to leaving them off.  There's detail beneath them, and I agree that they don't add a lot to the model.

[Hobby Services]

And the first of the non-wormy stuff:

Carnage Hound.



Biggish model mounted on a 60mm base, see here alongside a variety of other figs.



Comes in 7 pieces IIRC, and a bit of a pig to assemble.  The limbs aren't especially well keyed, and it required a fair amount of putty to conceal the joins.



It's also not very close to the original concept art sketch, although for the most part I think it's an improvement aesthetically.





Quite a nice model when finished up, and very alien in appearance.



Think it makes a fine Deathworld predator for 40K roleplaying or Kill Team/Necromundageddon gaming, amongst other things.



And a random lot of Swarm Adults, human-sized figures on 30mm bases.



Single piece castings, fairly basic designs.



Weirdly, the best out-of-scifi use I can think of for them is as Sylvaneth Dryad proxies in Age of Sigmar.



They've got a mix (at least in this paint scheme) of plant and insect that sort of fits with the creepy AoS Don't-Call-Us-Wood-Elves sculpts.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

The Carnage hound looks better than the art.

[beefcake]

Very nice.

[Elbows]

Very cool.  Always up for some space gribblies.