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| Trev's Trollbloods |
Hello I've Trev and I'm yet another victim of Rich's people grab. We have all been coerced into writing this blog since he obviously can't be bothered any more...
I've been wargaming for about 20 years now and got into it through that wonderful if incredibly frustrating game Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat on PS1.
That was followed up with a painting set bought for my birthday by my Mum who obviously went into Games Workshop looking for the games follow up Dark Omen but came out with a starter set of paints and a box of Saurus. Lets just say my initial attempts at painting have definitely been bettered over time but I still have the first ever model lurking about my parents loft.
I've painted a few Warhammer armies in that time including HE (twice), O&G, Lizardmen and Warriors which I've added a few choice pictures of below. Despite having painted armies these armies I'm not a huge fan of it, since I get really bored painting very similar models over and over again. That said I do like to having most of the options for all the ones I have so never seem to stop!
Hobby goals for the next while is to paint more single models as and when I fancy it to improve my painting if nothing else. I've won a single painting award (in dubious circumstances) and had a couple of nominations but want to try new styles. My current style is very much down to my love of Foundry paints and have ended up moving towards a slightly cartoony 3 colour style which their paint sets really favour. This has recently been encouraged by reading the quite wonderful Figure Painter Magazine.
I don't just paint. I dip in and out of gaming, sometimes I love Warhammer and other times it drives me batty. Despite that I'll end up attending about 5/6 tournaments a year which are mostly Scotland based nowadays and have been to 5 ETC's with Scotland. I'm in a gaming is good phase so expect the next blog post you see from me to be a short tourney report from Storm over Stirling held on the 18th and 19th of April. Don't expect immense tactical wisdom since despite the ETC attendances and the long time playing I've never won anything. I'll also likely be taking a Star Dragon High Elf list to the next one (because Dragons) so fully expecting to be cannoned off at every opportunity.
Finally I'm not against shameless self promotion and will be helping to run the Caledonian Carnage on the 23rd and 24th May. This can be found like every other tournament worth going to on TWF. Linky here :) Grab a pal and come along.
Cheers
Trev
Good to see the maddness continue, this time with trev getting involved. Glad to read some else dislikes the painting aspect. However, trev, having seen at least two of your armies on the table, would like to say both look great. Lizards especially standout well. Where are those the warriors thou, never seen you feild them before?
ReplyDeleteI don't dislike painting, I do in fact really enjoy painting single miniatures or at a push small warbands (or Blood Bowl teams but that may be another post!). Its the monotony of painting elf archer number 27 that I'm not a fan of. I'm always impressed by the likes of Rich and Steve who can hammer out really high quality rank and file.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons I bought the Troolbloods was the (in my mind) low model count and nice chunky models which suit my painting style. The game in practice required a lot more stuff than I was first expecting so they have been put on the back burner.
The Chaos Warriors have been out to play a few times but I don't have all the power choices painted for them so don't always see the light of day. The last time they were used I was rocking at least 6 Dragon Ogres, needless to say that went well...