Turning of the (Stone) Tide

"What are young men to rocks and mountains?"

Janissa Stonetide has been a bit of a project. This model was originally released during the game's first edition, and like some other early trollbloods it is small in stature - perhaps more so than any other model in the original line except Grissel. Getting it to match with the rest of the army required a full rebuild of the model's body.

Bold in the Cold

I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice

While the Ravening Kriels project is, nominally, a horde composed primarily of orcs - an Orc Horde, if you will - it was always the intention to include other monstrous allies commonly seen alongside orcs in fantasy fiction.  This includes the ever-popular trolls, obviously, but also such things as minotaurs, goblins and all sorts of other belligerent brutes.

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Sword (and Hammer)

Sword-play is an odd thing; you don't really use your mind, it is much too fast for that. Your wrist thinks and tells your feet and body what to do, bypassing your brain...
Hammer-play, on the other hand, is reasonably straightforward.

The Fennblade Kithkar was a late addition to 'blades, and while the model itself was a bit of a hack (and slash) job, my compatriot channeled everything he learned painting the unit here and produced a really fine result.

Never Cry Troll

"They call me Mad Jack, and if there is anybody in these mountains that knows the real story about the Trollkin Skinner, that'd be me. So I'm putting it down in writing just how it happened in hopes of setting the record straight."

The trollkin skinner is a model for which I knew I HAD to do a conversion as part of this project.  With his Crockettlike coonskin cap and a knife large enough to impress an Australian action hero, it's a goofy model by any measure - but also an endearing one.