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Grissel Bloodsong stands as a bastion amid the storm devastating the lives of her people. Assuming leadership was never her goal, but she has proven worthy of shouldering the burden of Marshal of the Kriels in Ironhide’s absence. She gladly fights alongside her warriors and asks nothing of them she would not risk herself. They trust her to save them whether by shrewd words or the booming of her explosive voice and hammer on the battlefield.

http://privateerpress.com/hordes/gallery/trollbloods/warlocks/grissel-bloodsong-marshal-of-the-kriels

As consul Vayl has achieved a position of regal authority, answering only to Thagrosh and Everblight himself and empowered to explore her mystical arts. She picks and chooses which conflicts require her personal intervention by peering into the mists of the future with her divinatory powers. Vayl has begun to unravel the mysteries of the athanc, and it was by this study that she modified her oraculus to resemble that perfection and then split it into three.

http://privateerpress.com/hordes/gallery/legion-of-everblight/warlocks/vayl-consul-of-everblight

I'm excited to see Grissel's new sculpt, but not all that interested in Vayl. I much
prefer Vayl's prime sculpt.

Nice, those are both suitably epic, I hope Baldur feels embarrassed.

A lot of the Everblight casters are some of the worst models in the Hordes range IMO so it's nice to see a good one every so often.

A rare glimpse at the inner functionings of Privateer Press HQ:

Grissel is cool. Vayl is awful.

Grissel looks terrific. Not impressed by Vayl--pretty awkward pose.

WHAR SWAMP MONSTER, WHAR?!

Pretty surprised by the reaction Vayl is getting here and on the PP forums, I think she's one of the nicest (female) sculpts I've seen in a while.

The quality of the sculpt can be fine, it just doesn't mean anything when the execution of the model isn't that great.

Kanluwen wrote:The quality of the sculpt can be fine, it just doesn't mean anything when the execution of the model isn't that great.

That's what I'm feeling. It's a neat character and a good sculpt, but that pose is jacked up, at best. Why is she holding a starfish and a tambourine, exactly? I like the face, the hat, the cape and the thigh armor though.

The other one, the troll chick, that's pretty cool though.

She's manipulating her magical gubbinz, I think that's pretty clear.

Grissel is awesome! And I play trolls! Mwuahahhahahaha...

Is it an "epic" caster, with new rules, or just a resculpt? Will be getting it either way as it looks fantastic.

Okay, I like her prime pose and her epic sculpt.

RiTides wrote:Grissel is awesome! And I play trolls! Mwuahahhahahaha...

Is it an "epic" caster, with new rules, or just a resculpt? Will be getting it either way as it looks fantastic.

It's her epic version. She's the Troll's epic caster for Domination.

I'm not a fan of either. Neither look particularly epic and both are posed oddly.

Grissel's posing isn't too bad.

Looks quite suitable for a "Marshal", hollerin' at the troops to get stuck in and bash some heads

I might have to pick up that Grissel model just to have and paint. It's quite a lovely miniature.

Kanluwen wrote:Grissel's posing isn't too bad.

Looks quite suitable for a "Marshal", hollerin' at the troops to get stuck in and bash some heads

She's also a fell caller.

Basically her shouts have an almost magical effect on fellow trolls.

AgeOfEgos wrote:WHAR SWAMP MONSTER, WHAR?!

I second that. My luggage tossing crew needs a new big gribbley beast.

At first I was all like, cool, something for legion, and then I saw the sculpt, because of my terrible connection, and was unimpressed at the pose.

like all pp stuff i reserve judgement untill I have the model in hand, they always seem much better 'in the flesh' so to speak. pp really needs to fire whomever takes the pictures of their models.

Grissel is cool, though I still miss the epic bases as they made the casters stick out more. Good sculpt though.

Vayl is, interesting. The model itself isn't bad, the pose just seems very awkward. I never liked Vayl in game, although I've always liked her in the fluff so maybe I'll like her epic version. We shall see.

Wonderful trollblood mini, I need one of those.

Thanatos73 wrote:Grissel is cool, though I still miss the epic bases as they made the casters stick out more. Good sculpt though.

Vayl is, interesting. The model itself isn't bad, the pose just seems very awkward. I never liked Vayl in game, although I've always liked her in the fluff so maybe I'll like her epic version. We shall see.

Now that you mention it, I think I'm definitely going to
get a fancy base for her.

Not keen on Vayl.
Is Grissel's pose based on "Tiger" Tim Henman?


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I guess I'm one of the few who like Vayl. I think both are great sculpts, pose included. Much more dynamic than their prime versions.

I think these two are better than ebaldur and ehexeris imo.

Love eGrissel. I think the sculptor captured just the right amount of defiant matroness and head-crumpin' moxy. I hope the model is physically larger than pGrissel simply to bring her up to the same scale as the rest of the Trollbloods. Maybe Grissel is just a bit of a sylph, by troll standards, though.

eVayl gets a resounding 'meh'. That model in no way conveys the awesomeness of her splitting her athanc and achieving ultimate powah. I get more of a Harry Potter/Narnia vibe.

I think the vayl sculpt would make more sense if she were looking up a bit and tilted back slightly... like... leaning back and looking up at something huge...

and eGrissel is awesome... She'll go into my troll's collection!

I figure that on the right base Vayl might look nice, but at the moment I do not feel the money to spend on that particular model, at least until I see what her rules are.

I think they both look pretty darn cool. I like those things that Vayl has in her hands. It looks cute.

I like both sculpts and pVayl's sculpt looks terrible when compared to this model. pVayl looks awful.

I think both of these sculpts are quite nice. Nothing amazing, but nice.