Oldhammery Troll Female

[Cubs]

I don't know if this in an old Citadel model, or a Ral Partha one, but it's by Michael Perry and it's pure class. I snapped her up on eBay for less than £3 the other week! Here she is in all her scaly glory, complete with nervous supper.

[Steam Flunky]

VERY nice painting 

[Steve63]

Sexy
Can you introduce me

[Rob_bresnen]

great work on that skin- and a good miniature- very reminiscent of some mages of Grendel's Mother

[jthomlin]

Beautifully done!

(Pretty sure it was sculpted by Tom Meier however ...)

Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson

[Cubs]

Beautifully done!

(Pretty sure it was sculpted by Tom Meier however ...)

Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson

Not according to the 'M Perry' signature on the underside of the base!

EDIT: You got my grey matter intrigued by this, so I did a little digging. According to 'The Stuff of Legends' the 'Fantasy Tribe Trolls' (this one is FTT7) were first advertised in the spring of 1981 as to be sculpted by Tom Meier (I guess they used the old black and white design drawings as they used to back then), but for some reason (possibly because they were overdue for release) the Perrys did FTT7 and FTT8, which were eventually released in the spring of 1982, and Tom Meier did the rest of them. The code was then changed to C20 in 1983 for most of them.

 

[Elbows]

Excellent work, the body (kid?) in the bag is extra creepy.  Well done.

[Hobgoblin]

Superb painting! I have a brace of these kicking around, but I think I'll leave them be for now ... 

On the Perrys vs Tom Meier: I think you might make a dynamism vs detail distinction. Tom Meier's stuff has always been peerless in the details, but if there's one area in which the Perrys may sometimes have had an edge, it's in the dynamism: not just in obviously "dynamic" poses, but in naturalistic "weight shift". I think the troll-wife has plenty of that, whereas the troll discipline master from the same range (also a superb model) is better detailed but a tiny bit more stylised in pose.

[Vermis]

On the Perrys vs Tom Meier: I think you might make a dynamism vs detail distinction. Tom Meier's stuff has always been peerless in the details, but if there's one area in which the Perrys may sometimes have had an edge, it's in the dynamism: not just in obviously "dynamic" poses, but in naturalistic "weight shift". I think the troll-wife has plenty of that...

What 'e said.

Really nice work on that, Paul. I like the slate-blue scheme and all the scaly stippling on the lit areas looks very natural.

And highlighted gums, too!

[dampfpanzerwagon]

A beautiful paint job on a classic miniature.

Very well done.

Tony

[rob_the_robgoblin]

That's great, really like the skin texture you've achieved.

[barbaric splendor]

Great painting on that!

[Hammers]

Very cool and splendid execution.

[jthomlin]

Not according to the 'M Perry' signature on the underside of the base!

I stand corrected, kinda hard to argue with really! 

EDIT: You got my grey matter intrigued by this, so I did a little digging. According to 'The Stuff of Legends' the 'Fantasy Tribe Trolls' (this one is FTT7) were first advertised in the spring of 1981 as to be sculpted by Tom Meier (I guess they used the old black and white design drawings as they used to back then), but for some reason (possibly because they were overdue for release) the Perrys did FTT7 and FTT8, which were eventually released in the spring of 1982, and Tom Meier did the rest of them. The code was then changed to C20 in 1983 for most of them.

Ah! I was pretty sure Tom did the range which is why I commented, but obviously not all.

Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson

[Cubs]

Ah! I was pretty sure Tom did the range which is why I commented, but obviously not all.

Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson

Someone on the Oldhammer FB page did say that he heard Tom Meier had begun sculpting, but that the Perrys resculpted the FTT7 and FTT8, so how much is their work and how much is Tom's ... I guess only they know! I do like the other Tom Meier trolls as well though and I can see myself snapping up a couple on eBay. My brother had the one with the scimitar, with a captive slung over its back, so that is one I definitely have my sights on.