Just some ideas for converting the new River Troll models. Apparently the pack has sufficient parts to make three trolls, with two spare heads. Two ideas present themselves:
River Trolls as Killer Cans. There are plenty of spare weapons and bits on the Killer Cans sprues; they could be used to arm (and armour) the Trolls. Might even have gretchin (goblins) riding/controlling the beasts. Optionally, they could have wiring and control panels, suggesting that they are cybernetic rather than just big monsters with guns and choppers.
Troll Giant. The Giant with a Troll head. Probably a bit of Green Stuff necessary to convert the body of the giant to show scales, river slime, etc. One consideration: colour. Would I paint the Giant green, to make it some magically created freak (but with the game stats of the Giant), or would I paint it skin colours, but with 'green paint' liberally slapped on by the orks? That would be a trickier paint job to do. I would want to make it look like a messy paint job, but in a way that is clear that it is deliberately applied messy over the natural colours, instead of just my poor brush work. I think adding 'hand prints', or even painting the green in shades like drying pond scum would help the effect.
All pictures in this post are from the GW website.
