tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post6049843307326070073..comments2024-03-28T18:53:54.518-07:00Comments on Realm of Chaos 80s: For Whom the Bell Trolls: Trolls in 2nd and 3rd Edition WarhammerOrlygghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01590080915486192175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-53262926954052546832014-11-27T05:45:51.026-08:002014-11-27T05:45:51.026-08:00Great article! I too love trolls.
I have been con...Great article! I too love trolls.<br /><br />I have been converting a lot of trolls lately, mostly for use in Blood Bowl. Nothing too old or rare, but I had some older ones that were sadly broken and in need of some surgery (or disability benefits). I had not previously noticed it, but it seems like the trolls of yester-year had one more finger (on each hand...) than the modern trolls! Basically it seems the Marauders (I am repairing the top right green fella) lost a finger and evolved into the Stone Trolls from the 90s, as far as I can tell, as these retain the gangly look and muppet-faces that I like (in trolls). <br /><br />I don't mind the more uniform look of trolls, but fail to see why they would all be the same colour, as they often are when people paint units of them. <br /><br />Ormushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175526203515221707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-28182464092254778652014-11-26T15:53:09.661-08:002014-11-26T15:53:09.661-08:00Love them! I have the two on the right of the Aly ...Love them! I have the two on the right of the Aly Morrison set, Shat and Fred now according to Erny's naming table for Warlord.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-57693090444605066862014-11-22T08:21:35.409-08:002014-11-22T08:21:35.409-08:00I love Aly Morrison's early trolls - the spind...I love Aly Morrison's early trolls - the spindly Marauder Trolls less so (although I think Kelvin nailed it when he says they have a Jim Henson look to them).<br />In any case, trolls are a ton of fun in a WHFB game. Very frustrating too. Mine are always on the wrong side of the Stupidity roll. But when eventually they do get around to charging an enemy and puking all over them, dissolving my opponents in fetid stomach juices... well, that's what makes life worth living, no?matthewjksullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126108200355039621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-42813312392742657502014-11-18T13:03:44.991-08:002014-11-18T13:03:44.991-08:00I also like the mid-90's stone and river troll...I also like the mid-90's stone and river trolls. They were full of character -- the stone trolls had a Jim Henson look to them -- and it seems that the stone trolls are popular enough to remain in production today.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-16235579327241002242014-11-18T07:31:17.407-08:002014-11-18T07:31:17.407-08:00I love them!
The CItadel Trolls were great sets o...I love them! <br />The CItadel Trolls were great sets of miniatures, full of character and charm. I personally thought they had more of a 'Fairytale' and 'Folklore' feel to them than some of the other models. They are full of great details and all very individual.<br /><br />I always wondered if the Cave Troll was releated to the C series Ogre Shaman as they have similar looking horned head, also reminisent of the Ogre from the film 'Time Bandits'. <br />Also with the TV/Film theme, the Marsh Troll always fondly reminded me of the late actor John Laurie who played Private Frasier in Dad's army. Every time I look at the model I think of the Troll I can imagine it saying "We're Doomed!". <br /> <br />The Giant Hill Troll is one of my favourite models, and I keep meaning to repaint it. <br /><br />I was never a fan of the Marauder Trolls until I painted them up a few years ago. Depsite thier different style, they have just as much charm as the Citadel ones from the 1980's. <br /><br />I second Blue in VT, another excellent article :) Goblin Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931436821182962785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-63053905217664870752014-11-18T07:07:28.718-08:002014-11-18T07:07:28.718-08:00I too have a great fondness for trolls...though li...I too have a great fondness for trolls...though like many things in the WFB world I actually prefer the slightly more "standardized" look of the Marauder Trolls that you pictured above. Of course I also have that C20 Warrior Troll and he is a real bad ass. In fact I quite like the river and stone trolls that were released during 4th edition....One of which won we first place in the large figure category of the painting contest at OHNW.<br /><br />Thanks for another excellent article.Blue in VThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16420605978612894112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-9115294530366775062014-11-18T06:26:47.295-08:002014-11-18T06:26:47.295-08:00My book was mainly about Ogres (I guess the Ogre K...My book was mainly about Ogres (I guess the Ogre Kingdoms army book ended up filling whatever role it would have played), with coverage of Trolls as a side issue. It was a weird sort of concept for the time.<br /><br />I had been thinking about an article along the lines of Phil's "Out of the Garden" which would cover Ogres as an optional PC race for WFRP. I liked the idea of Ogre mercenaries, bodyguards, and so forth. When I mentioned this, Phil (who was now in management) told me that there was interes in creating a series of systemless sourcebooks to expand the Warhammer background, and that I could write the first one on Ogres and Trolls. Contracts were issued and signed, I wroter a first draft, and you know the rest. I wasn't aware of any particular interest in promoting Ogres or Trolls in and of themselves - it was just that my idea to cover them coincided with another idea for a series of books that had come up elsewhere.<br /><br />As far as I know, no other books in this series were even commissioned. The concept itself seemed rather woolly. Perhaps it was linked to the line of thinking that led to the 3-volume Space Ork series: give the creatives their head (the Space Ork books were art driven) and publish everything even if the project snowballs. I don't really know.<br /><br />Looking back, I think it would have been good to have Trolls better defined. Look at these miniatures, for example - there are various different types of trolls represented here, but the rules only gave one racial profile. I think there are fan-made rules for Ogre PCs in WFRP1, and I'm still sure that Ogres could add something to the racial mix of a big city like Middenheim or Marienburg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com