Saturday, 24 May 2025

Mithril Miniatures Evil Army: Part 6.

It's time for the Trolls! These form the heavy hitting shock troops of the evil army. I have collected six bases of them, with three to a base, made up of a mixture of different Trolls from the Mithril Miniatures ranges. In the Midgard rules they will count as Heavy Infantry, with Big and Brutal traits.

Painting them was very straight forward. I recall reading somewhere that the Trolls of Middle Earth had a greenish tinge to their flesh (but not in the same hue as GW Trolls!) and so I went for a dark olive green look,. I also kept their clothing suitably drab, and their armour rusty. Again, like all of the Mithril Miniatures, they were fun to paint and looked good when painted due to the good sculpting and detailing. Like their Orc miniatures, Mithril Miniatures Trolls are very dynamically posed. I am pleased with how they have turned out.

Enjoy :)

The column of Trolls advances!
From left to right:
M416 Dol Guldur Troll attacking; M148 Olog-Hai Troll; M284 Cave Troll attacking.
M414 Dol Guldur Troll throwing rock; M295 Mordor Black Troll; and a converted M174 Troll of the Underdeep (he was missing his dagger in his right hand, and so I added a bits box blade in his left).
M148 Olog-Hai Troll; M23 Large Stone Troll; M48 Troll with Morning Star.
Another M148 Olog-Hai Troll; an unconverted M174 Troll of the Underdeep; M415 Dol Guldur Troll with stone axe.
MS471 Troll Drummer; MM443 MERP 'Dagorhir the Warlord'; M284 Cave Troll.
This base is designed to look a little like a command base.
M295 Mordor Black Troll; M148 Olog-Hai Troll; M49 Angmar Troll with cleaver.

The next update will probably be on some of the individually based character models and heroes which I have painted for the army. 

6 comments:

  1. Your Troll big guys, bring an excellent much needed muscle to your army Lee, and great looking bases and very individual looking while still being unified.

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    1. Thank you Dave, they will add more of a heavier edge to support the warrior units. Glad you like the look of them, I tried to mix and match the different sculpts of trolls as much as possible, and to not have the same sculpt in the same position on different bases.
      I'm very pleased with the bases, a lot of people on other forums have commented on them. I wanted to do something different from the usual green bases. They are very simple to do, I might do a blog update on just the basing.

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  2. Impressive output. A formidable looking bunch.

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    1. Thank you. They were quite straightforward to paint. I think their dynamic sculpting by Chris Tubb gives them a fearsome sense of movement.

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  3. What a work! They look impressive and wow, quite a lot!!

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    1. Thank you Suber, glad you like the Trolls and how I'm painting them. It's an enjoyable army to paint, the miniatures are nicely sculpted, and my chosen painting approach I feel has given them a distinctive look.

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