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Troll, 1/72 Converted Into 1/32 Ogre

 A while back I bought a Ukrainian made boxed set of '1/72 War Tolls for catapult', set 4 from Dark Alliance, 033. These figures are 50mm tall (although hunched over). They have very long armored arms and elephant-like feet and legs. That made them roughly human height with non-human physical traits.   My first thought was to make use of them as orcs, but orcs have more human-like hands and feet. Anyhow, I got busy removing arms and hands and making the new bunched fists from the vicinity of the wrists. The arms were repositioned to hold DSG shield with wire and putty pointed hub. Arms were held in place with wire in drilled holes and glued with Suer Glue and baking soda. The legs were also cut off and replaced with wire and Green Stuff shaped into legs and feet. Despite his armor I made him bare footed. His skin scales I'll paint as scale armor.   Speaking of armor, I added some craft bits to make impromptu leg and groin protection. Using Green Stuff, I made a helmet and...

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