Green Stuff conversions to Reaper Bones Trolls and Ogre

[kericmason]

I am still very new to green stuff, so if you have any suggestions for how to improve, please feel free to share. I was using miniatures from Reaper Miniatures Bones line. They are amazingly cheap, less than $3 each.

This is the ogre chieftain, I removed the club from the shoulder and hand, carved out that fist, scraped off the mammoth from the belly plate, and gave him a leather helmet.

The original:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77005





This troll is going to go with the orc team I converted from some old mono pose black orcs, and some 3rd ed 40k orcs. The plate with the horn on it I did in 3 steps, the other pad I did in one step, and it's not terribly smooth. The straps and belly plate were done in several steps.

The original:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77004





This is one of the trolls for the goblin team I would like to make soon. One of the spikes on the wrist band has fallen off. It didn't harden for some reason, so I'll have to sculpt another one. The knuckle spike thing was done in one step, next time I'd do it in at least two steps. The spike on the helmet isn't great, any hints would be great on this tricky item. The plank on the stomach nailed to him was inspired from the Cyanide game.







This is the other troll for the future goblin team. Leather helmet, with knee and elbow pads, makes for a pretty simple conversion, but hopefully he is suitable.





Any advice, or suggestions are welcome. Please be gentle. I am still new to green stuff, and I've never converted flexible miniatures (Bones are sort of rubbery) before either. Not being able to file, and needing to use a knife for everything is very weird.

Eric

[axiom]

You may be new to greenstuff, but these look very neatly done. Inspirational choice of figures. You've got very crisp edges on the straps, do you sculpting these directly onto the fig or are you cutting and bending to shape?

[kericmason]

Thank you Axiom

Most of the straps are done on a flat surface, trimmed with a craft knife, pealed up, lain on the model, trimmed to fit, and then shaped as needed. However the v shaped strap on the orc team troll's front which goes from the shoulders to the belly plate was done completely on the model from little snakes of green stuff. This was because the area was too close to the head to allow for pre-shaped straps. I was pretty pleased with how they turned out. Things definitely got easier as I went.

Eric

[bound for glory]

they look very good!

[RogueThirteen]

These all look wonderful. I've been meaning to pick up one of the Bones Trolls for awhile, and will definitely be adding some of your inspired additions to my own.