I picked these 2 large plastic trolls up a few years ago at Lincombe Barn tabletop sale, for a couple of quid, which was quite a bargain ( although I didn't realise it at the time). They are Citadel Fighting Fantasy figures released about 1984.
I've finally started work on them for the up BOYL game. Firstly by stripping off the flaky poster paint with which they were painted. A head swap ensued and I added a brass nail to the club one of them is holding.
Copious amounts of milliput later, the addition of some underarm hair, and a coat of the very useful Citadel technical Typhus Corrosion , they are primed black and ready for painting.
The one on the right should be bright orange to match the troll in the 3rd edition rulebook, but I'm not sure I want an orange troll in my collection. One orange troll in the world is quite enough.
Nice old figures - they really were a bargain!
ReplyDeleteNot often I get lucky like that.
DeleteI remember those figures from back in the day they were horrible. I salute your bravery in trying to make one usable. Mine went into landfill shortly after buying them.
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DeleteThey are pretty lumpy. I didn't think much of them when released.
DeleteA real bargain definitely jealous 😮
ReplyDeleteDon't be. They aren't very good models tbh. I'm glad I kept them as they are going to be useful for the upcoming game at BOYL, but I wouldn't have paid much more for them.
DeleteWhoopee! Don't worry too much about bright orange, there'll be plenty of stuff on the table which isn't painted exactly as in the pics.
ReplyDeleteHe has been painted orange after all, but not a bright tangerine!
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