It's a Troll, Fol-De-Rol

Not much more to say really.

It's a Mordor Troll.

I picked this chunky lad up at Vapnartak this year for the princely sum of £5.

As Pete and I have been muttering about playing some of the Gondor at War scenarios for MESBG, it seemed like a good time to get him painted.

The kit itself has both the positives and negatives of GW's earlier plastic kits. On the plus side, it was easy to put together and contained a wealth of options, however, on the other hand, it has some horrid seams down its side which I'm choosing to ignore rather than do much about.

I opted to go for a simple coat of Basilicanum Grey for the skin, as in my head that's the colour of these guys as they burst through the gates of Minas Tirith. Reference material seems to disagree with me, but it's my model and Trolls aren't real, so I'm not going to argue about it.

I decided to focus more effort on having a go at a rust effect without spending money on specific products, and I'm quite happy with the outcome

I had a black base which I gave a coat of Typhus Corrosion technical paint to in order to provide texture. Then I sponged on, in decreasing amounts, Mournfang Brown, Tausept Ochre and Ryza Rust before giving all the armour a light drybrush of Leadbelcher.

I've never really played with rust effects before, but this feels like a decent starting point for me to experiment further.

Acquired: -61
Painted: 366
Lead Mountain: 646