Showing posts with label Celtic Mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celtic Mythology. Show all posts

Friday, May 16, 2025

Giant Reaper Bones Troll.

I saw this big brute a few weeks ago and thought he would fit into my Fomorian army. His scaly skin makes him look quite aquatic and I can imagine him clawing his way out of the North sea.
I was hoping he would be quite large, so was pleasently surprised to find he was gigantic. A real sea monster if ever I saw one. He dwarfs the other two sea monsters ( both water trolls) in the Fomorian ranks.
I used super glue and some fine grit to help hide the joins in the model. It did come with the option of throwing a pig, but this rock fits better with my sea folk. 

I will use greenstuff and add seaweed and starfish etc to the rock. I'm not a fan of the mohawk haircut on one of the heads either, so will tweak this with greenstuff too.


The packet was covered in dust so must have sat on a shelf for a very long time.

By painting the top of the rock dark, it should look like it's been pulled from the ground or sea shore.
This is what you need to break a siege and smash down the walls of a manor house. It dwarfs the tiny 28mm figure next to it.

 A real monster from the mists of ancient Erin.

Here we can see a Fomorian next to the beast. The black figure is a troll from Reaper Bones too. Anything goes really in ancient Erin, if it wasn't for the scales, this giant creature would be used for the Furbolg forces.


Saturday, November 02, 2024

Fomorian Coastal Scenery

Here are some rock pools to add to a coastal game mat. I've added some kelp seaweed to make them a bit more North sea.







There are also a couple of other prints that I plan to use as Fomorian shrines. Places where they honour their dead and stack weapons and armour in tribute.
To save on the greenstuff, I switched to Milliput as it's cheaper for bigger pieces. 

I'll add some more skulls and weapons etc to these bases.
Update: So the Fomorians crawled out of the icy North sea in the night and adorned the pools with their burial goods.
Fomorian skulls and weapons now litter the swallow pools, soon to be covered by the rising tide.


Barnacles were just grit stuck with PVA glue. After the glue was dry I gave the grit another wash of the glue. This should make it stand up to a good dry brushing.
One of the new swirly shields gets placed in the pool. I gave the water a coat of PVA glue just to get rid of the 3D printing texture.
I will add a little more seaweed now the skulls are in.

Update: These models were sprayed black then dry brushed with grey and white. Contrast colours were then painted over the highlighted pools.



To make them look a bit more aquatic and fantasy, I included colours like blue and purple into the palette.



Here we can see a highlighted model before the Contrast paint washes.








Update: started to pick out the barnacles and shields etc.