I really liked Bauer’s big noses, so I decided to use that in my interpretation. So I decided that I would also draw from that, as well as relics from bronze age Scandinavia, such as the Troll’s sword: Illustration from “The Troll Mother seeks a Wife” by John Bauer The John Bauer troll illustrations were influenced by the dress of the Sami people of Norway. Using my drawing as a reference, I detailed the fur and the Trolls accessories. I started with a drawing in Procreate, and then a ZSphere armature in ZBrush for the basic form.Īfter sculpting the basic Troll body, I brought in some other 28mm scale objects as a reference, so that I could be sure my finished miniature would look good on the table after printing. The trolls seem to have retreated from the noisy humans and younger races in the same way, and I wondered if that might be a possible origin of their stories, (as well as yetis and jotun and even bigfoot!) I see them as big and shaggy, somewhat beastly in form… As I read some of the stories, I thought about our cousins the Neanderthals, and how they were displaced by our ancestors. I think the biggest influence that I have is the fairy tale artwork of John Bauer. I’ve been researching a lot of artists and Scandinavian folk and fairy tales for inspiration. My newest theme for my 3Dprintable miniatures is Trolls.
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