Mister Walrus rolled badly and ended up with a mutation that’s... let’s just say... meh… For this warrior, I used the same model as the leader of the previous regiment, with only minimal changes.
Mister Rhino was luckier (well, sort of) and rolled one four-finger giant hand... not exactly graceful, but more than useful to grab a troll femur and smash enemies.
Still 3 empty slots to fill with the command group!
The latest member of the club of Troll Flesh Eaters is a simple conversion of another Giant Slayer miniature, featuring a basic swap of axe blades using one of the Chaos Troll weapons, and replacing the gems in the beard with miniature skulls.
With this fifth model, the first rank of this new regiment is finally complete.
This is another conversion based on a "2nd generation" Marauder Miniatures Giant Slayer. I shaved his head, tried to reconstruct the back muscles that were hidden beneath the removed hair, and swapped his right hand for that of a Chaos Troll, now brandishing a massive sword.
I'm slowly realizing that my initial intent to paint all the Marauder Miniatures Chaos Dwarfs I own has gradually drifted toward something different. As a result, I bought new models, converted and painted them to support the "real" Chaos Dwarf Warriors... and ended up with more unpainted models than at the beginning of the project.
well... sort of. Simple conversion using horns from the beastmen plastic sprue.
A classic three-armed mutant based on an early-90s Trollslayer, equipped with a second axe, and augmented with the right arm of a Gotrek miniature, and the flail of an old Empire knight.
Fun to build, less fun to paint, since I'm still struggling with smooth transitions on flesh tones.
Time for a berserker break? Or more of the same? While I'm reworking (for the third time!) a caparisoned boar rider, I'm also converting some newer Trollslayer miniatures to complement my first 10 Chaos Dwarf berserkers.
I've recently realised that Aly Morrison designed a few additional miniatures released in the mid-nineties (initially for Marauder Miniatures) that were easier to work with.
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| Credit: The Stuff of Legends |
The idea behind these new berserkers is that, by dint of eating Chaos Troll flesh, they have begun to develop mutations. Of course, nothing too extravagant (after all, they are dwarfs): horns, fangs, the classic third arm, perhaps twin heads, and maybe one or two oversized hands. As for their armament, they sometimes take pride in wielding the massive weapons left behind by their victims.
This is my first converted dwarf: the hair was replaced by a crest of horns, the axe was swapped for a Chaos Troll sword... and that's it.
Ironically, I ordered a new box of plastic skulls to use the giant ones as masks, and ended-up using two bare-faced models to complete my berserker unit.
And the band is finally complete! For now...
No new model here (I'm still waiting for a delivery of giant skulls), but the 8 berserkers grouped together for a family picture.
