First rank done

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.

The models of the second rank are almost ready for painting... I just need to finish the standard bearer.

 

And four

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... I guess it's the usual fate of unfocused hobbyists.

 

The third man

 well... sort of. Simple conversion using horns from the beastmen plastic sprue.

 The unit so far:

 

My first mutant

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.

My Troll Eaters so far:

 

Second wave of berserkers

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.

Credit: The Stuff of Legends

So...

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.

The Troll Biters (part 4)

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.

• The ninth model is the Giant Slayer MM16/10, to which I simply added a shield, and sharp teeth.

 

• The last model, and the unit's champion, is based on a Marauder Troll Slayer from a later period, still designed by Aly Morrison. Here, I swapped his left hand for the one from Gotrek's model, holding a troll head, and trimmed the axe blade to remove the engraved runes.  

 

And the band is finally complete! For now...

The Troll Biters (part 3)

 No new model here (I'm still waiting for a delivery of giant skulls), but the 8 berserkers grouped together for a family picture.

 

The Troll Biters (part 2)

Second post dedicated to my Chaos Dwarfs fanatics. 

• "Captain Caveman" is based on Chaos Dwarf MM90/5a. I replaced the armoured bits with bare feet from a rather ugly Marauder MM20/1 orc (no regrets!) and swapped the left hand for one from a MM97 Beastman holding a spear. The original axe was replaced with a hook cut from an old Chaos Marauder plastic banner. 

• After the drummer, this warrior is my second use of the Troll Slayer MM16/1. This time, both swords were removed: one was replaced by a gauntlet taken from the Khorne Blood Bowl team, and the other, by an axe from the old Beastmen plastic sprue. The belly piercing was made using a piece of a ghoul's arm, and the mask was crafted from the skull placed on top of the old Beastmen plastic banner. IMO, not my best model: I'll hide him in the second rank.

• This one is my first (and so far only) use of a Giant Slayer miniature (MM16/7). Only minor modifications were made to this model: mainly adding a skull-shaped belly armour, and covering the Celtic patterns on the axe blade.

And here we are with a trio of bloodthirsty berserkers.