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Offline Vongoosewink

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They have a Cave Troll!
« on: December 27, 2012, 01:48:44 AM »
Seasons greetings, my fellow lead adventurers!  The recent Hobbit movie has inspired me to do a bit of painting again... a Cave Troll conversion project!

I started out with a Cave Troll from the GW Mines of Moria box set, but I wanted a different head on mine than that of the movie-Troll.  So I did a bit of sculpting in-between real projects, and a new Cave Troll was born!





He sat around in this state for several months, but I finally got him painted up today.  (Pics in the next post!)

--Fitz
« Last Edit: December 27, 2012, 04:05:26 AM by Vongoosewink »

Offline Vongoosewink

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2012, 01:54:23 AM »
And here are some pics of the end result... hope you guys like him!









If you like him, please check out my Blog (link at the bottom of the first post), there are more & larger pics there!

--Fitz
« Last Edit: December 27, 2012, 04:06:09 AM by Vongoosewink »

Offline Damien

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2012, 02:03:41 AM »
 :o Fantastic sculpting skills, the face is unreal! As for the painting, love the skin tones you chose but I keep getting drawn back to the face (the grimace, the teeth, gums tongue) really nice. Did you sculpt the base as well?

Great stuff
 Damien

Offline Mr.J

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2012, 02:07:55 AM »
Bloody hell! That face is brilliant! What an excellent bit of sculpting and a gorgeous paint job as well.

Offline Rob_bresnen

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2012, 02:13:15 AM »
very nice- both sculpting and painting- great face.
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Offline beefcake

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2012, 02:19:17 AM »
Awesome work. That face is easily better than the GW one.


Offline Faust23

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2012, 02:39:46 AM »
Sunny jeezuz man!  That's kick ass!  :-* :-* :-*
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Offline Christian

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2012, 03:10:15 AM »
That looks like it was a lot of fun to put together :) Great result!

Offline FramFramson

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2012, 03:37:57 AM »
Wooo, that's a beaut! Very nice sculpting.


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Offline DFlynSqrl

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2012, 03:49:21 AM »
That's fantastic.   :-*

Offline Lawful Evil

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2012, 04:02:53 AM »
Sunny jeezuz man!  That's kick ass!  :-* :-* :-*

I agree, your troll is what I imagine trolls to look like.

Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2012, 04:08:01 AM »
Superb, much better than the GW version with the 'village idiot' look.
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Offline Harwood Hobbies

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2012, 04:16:37 AM »
Nice sculpting Fitz!  Looks way better than the original.   :-*

Offline tomogui

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2012, 04:30:21 AM »
Absolutely amazing sculpt. Just great work. Much more human and real looking than the PJ/GW trolls. 

Offline magokiron

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Re: They have a Cave Troll!
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2012, 06:17:51 AM »
OUTSTANDING!  :o  :-*

You're very talented.

Your sculpt and painting skills produced a fine piece of art.

Thanks for sharing.
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