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Sunday, May 24, 2020

Old Knutr the Slayer

Next installment of my 'Hill Dwarfs' project - a colorful Middlehammer force with a whole backstory of a hilly, grassy fort no dwarf wants to visit for too long - all to explain bright green bases and vibrant tufts.

While Horik was my favorite model from the whole Dwarfs range, this slayer here was easily the second favorite - and it was like this ever since I saw him on an old GW website. I got him some time ago and now he is one of the three models to kickstart this project - and just like them, I managed to take photos of him a day before I found myself without time for hobbying!

Unlike the Lord Commander, this guy here doesn't have any armor on him, which allowed me to try a little bit harder on the hair, skin and various freehands. Other than trying to devise what is what on this model, he was a real pleasure to paint! Also, probably the first time when I had to paint so much red hair!


Once every few days a grizzled slayer comes down to Karak Valldar from the surrounding hills, dirty and weary, to restock his supplies, tell some stories and go back to the wilderness. While not a part of the ‘Hill Dwarfs' officially, the old slayer Knutr grew to be an integral part of the 'fort' - and one of the reasons why the service here is so unexciting. With a hardened, veteran slayer who spends his days wrestling trolls and busting orc tribes, it’s nothing strange that the younglings here are so bored. Well, at least they can entertain themselves devising various backstories for the mysterious Knutr, every one more colorful than the other - and trying to confront them with the slayer without getting his axe in the face for their trouble.

8 comments:

  1. Portki na +
    Fryz na ++
    Całość na +++
    Uwielbiam ten model, to jeden z moich ulubionych Zabójców Trolli.

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    1. Ano, model jest kapitalny! :) Wielkie dzięki za komentarz!

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  2. Świetny rudy i metaliki, a tatuaże jak u starego marynarza. Dobra robota. :)

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  3. Piękny ludek, spoko dziary, rudy co się zowie. Metale lśnią, kamyczki RGB na toporze przypominają Sony Trinitron, a zielona krawędź podstawki nieodmiennie szokuje i zachwyca. Zadaję sobie tylko pytanie: co się stało z lewym okiem?

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    1. Jak tak o tym wspominasz, to aż żałuję, że nie ustawiłem kolorów w należytej kolejności ;) będę musiał wrócić do tego tematu przy następnych krasnalach!

      A co do oka, masz na myśli jego lewe, to szeroko otwarte? Mozliwe, że nie trafiłem z pędzlem, zawsze się głowię co jest powieką a co okiem.

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  4. Super malowanie i model który sobie też kupię tylko trzeba zapolować

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    1. Dzięki! Ja się cieszę, że udało mi sie go jeszcze upolować rok albo 2 lata temu za niedużą kasę na allegro - dzisiaj jest z tym już gorzej...

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