Hordes: 15 pt. Trollblood Campaign Force

As I've said over the past few posts, the Trollbloods I am working on (and reacquiring in some cases) are for a specific, store-based escalation campaign. While also narrative in nature, the campaign will slowly build in points over time. We're starting at 15 pts.

Here's my list:

Madrak Ironhide (+6 beast pts.)
Troll Impaler 5 pts.
Dire Troll Mauler 9 pts.
Trollblood Fenblades 5 pts. (leader + 5)
Whelps 2 pts. (5 solo models)
=====
total = 15 pts.

And here's a couple of shots of the assembled force:

I played one game last Sunday and it was quite fun. It's a neat and balanced force, and the Whelps really allow me to run the Trolls "hot"--I may need to add more Whelps in the future, but I'd like to use different models if possible. We'll see.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: Dire Troll Mauler

I could not make this latest foray into Trollbloods without doing a Dire Troll Mauler. The new plastic kit allows you to make one of three types of Dire Trolls: Blitzer, Bomber, or Mauler.  I chose the Mauler for aesthetic reasons, but I am told by the PP cognoscenti that he is an auto-include in any troll list. This is a rare occasion where my tastes and the best rules converge.

Anyway, assembled and painted him over Friday and Saturday. Love this kit!

All I can say is I want more plastic!  The plastic Swamp Troll news was great, but let's have more! Plastic Pygs would be awesome!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: Trollblood Axer

Got the Trollblood Axer done a few days ago, but I am finally getting around to posting pics of him!  He's a serviceable, 6 pt. light warbeast with a great Animus that adds +2" of movement to a target.

Next post I'll show off the first heavy in my band, the plastic Dire Troll Mauler!  Then later this week I will go a bit into the 15 pt. build I will use for our initial games.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: The Albino Impaler

Here's some shots of the albino Impaler for my Madrak force. The white skin will also make telling him apart from the other Impaler quite easy!

Blurry pic, but Madrak has his escort now!

Next up, the Axer! 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: Plastic Madrak Complete!

First off, Happy New Year!

Been sneaking in some productive painting sessions the past few days, and I managed to get my plastic Madrak Trollblood warlock done, along with an albino Impaler who I envision as his "personal" warbeast.

Having 15 pts. by this coming Sunday should now be no sweat, as I reacquired the plastic Fenblade unit I painted last year for a friend in a nifty trade.

Let's have a look at Madrak, as it all starts with him!

I employed Secret Weapon chalks to weather the armor.

Another look at the weathering.

Incidentally, I'll be photographing my Trollbloods in the War Torn Worlds Ruinopolis terrain system. The reason why is that Andrew and Rico are running a story based Warmachine/Hordes campaign where controlling territory could become important. It's set in the Cryx area of Cain Thornwood Forest, a place rife with swamps thick wilderness and ruins from the old Orgoth empire. I figure Madrak has come south and taken up residence in one of these old ruins until he can win better quarters.

My Ruinopolis set covers a nice 2' x 2' area, so this will make excellent terrain for a section of the battle area. I plan to include some moss and lichen to give it that overgrown look.

In the next couple of posts I will show off the Albino Impaler light warbeast I finished, then the Axer light warbeast after that.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: Plastic Trollbloods

I've always sworn that if PP did the core Hordes forces in plastic, I'd go back and redo my Trollbloods in plastic. So after scoring a giftcard to my local FLGS (Phantom), I grabbed the Trollblood starter set and the new plastic Storm Troll light warbeast (also in plastic).

As this will be my third go-round with Trollbloods, I wanted to do something a little different with the flesh tones. So last night I did a test paint on the plastic Impaler. This mini-project will get me to 15 pts. and allow me to play in the upcoming campaign at the shop!

I used a Reaper 3-step Drow skin for his flesh tone!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Orboros Argus

Sneaked in a bit of painting today and got my first plastic Argus done!  Nice details and a breeze to paint!

I hope to get the second one done sometime this week.  Here you can see my burgeoning Circle band, complete with proxy Warlock!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Privateer Proxy

As I slowly work on my Hordes Circle force, I've decided to work in a few proxies, including a male proxy model for Kaya, the Warlock.  I grabbed a Mage Knight Elven Acolyte model and gave him a quick re-basing and re-paint and voila! A "new" Warlock using Kaya's stat card!

Here he is:

 

I need to come up with some kind of cool back-story for him; I see him as a renegade Elf taken in by the Circle and given a chance at power.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes Circle Warpwolf

When I started with Hordes years ago I went with the metal starter box.  Now the plastic box is out, and I am loving the models!  The plastic Warpwolf goes together like a dream and paints up quite nicely!

I took a break from work on Delves to paint mine up last night.  Here he is!

Next post, back to the Delves designer logs!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: Fenblades and Friend

I've got a small Trollblood army for PP's Hordes game, and for a while I've been meaning to complete these Fenblades, and so I am in the process of doing so!

This post also includes shots of a completed Stone Scribe Chronicler.







Much as I love Madrak and crew, there's a chance this army (when finished) will go to a friend of mine. I love my Minions Barnabas force, and I am finding I can only keep the rules for one PP army in my feeble gamer's brain, so that will be the one for keeps.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes Commission: Mordikaar

Every now and then I like to share pics of some of the commission work I do. I did Mordikaar, a Hordes Warlock, for a friend of mine named Zach who is currently away at school. He'll fit with some of the other Hordes stuff I've done for him, and he happens to be my favorite Skorne warlock.





Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes: Slag Troll

Pound for pound, one of the best light warbeasts for the Trollbloods is the Slag Troll. He performs especially well in play environments where a Trollblood player will face a lot of Warmachine forces. You see, the Slag Troll loves munching on metal, and his acid spit ranged attack enjoys extra effectiveness against non-living models (re: Warjacks!).

I leaned heavily on Foundry's Quagmire for this paint job, and I am happy with my results--note the stippling of rust effects around the ridged protrusions.











And here's a shot of him with his little Trollblood Whelp buddy:



Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

Trollkin Skinner

I am a big fan of Solos in Privateer Press' games, Hordes and Warmachine. I like them because they're mostly a single model, usually fun to paint, and provide some interesting spark to round out a force.

Case in point, the Trollkin Skinner. From his coon-skin cap to his badass Bowie knife, the Skinner means business! He specializes in taking on warbeasts, so he'll prove less effective against Warmachine armies, but I don't care--he's cool! And that's all that matters to me!









Pretty much a stock paint job, but I saw no reason to deviate from PP's excellent example model.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott