From Millsy: More circuit breaker fantasy minis (25 points)

G'day All,

Progress is steadily happening with the Late Romans but again there's nothing ready to show this week, largely because the weather has been appalling and both varnishing and basing is a real pain to fit in. There will definitely be a crop for next week though.

In the interim I'm still filling gaps with ancient fantasy lead. This week it's a small batch of Grenadier Models orcs and goblins. Some searching on the truly wonderful Lost Minis Wiki has allowed me to clearly identify four of these five as Lesser Orc w. Sword, Goblin of the Mount 1 w. Sword, Goblin of the Mount w. Axe and Lesser Orc w. Waraxe. I don't have Goblin of the Mount w. Spear unfortunately but a hunt has begun!

The last chap (on the extreme left) I believed was a Denizen Miniatures goblin but cannot locate him online anywhere. Answers on a postcard comment if you can identify him!

5 x 25mm greenskins = 25 points. Importantly (to me at least!) this takes me past my initial 1,500 point target, so I'm upping my target to 1,800 to push myself these last few weeks.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Millsy

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Well done Millsy - this is another lovely little "circuit breaker" while your late Roman troops continue to muster. All of these little green fellows have a classic look that will inspire a jolt of nostalgia for Challengers. The fact that the painting is sharp, and green "just right" is just an added bonus - great stuff!

And well done smashing through your points target!

Greg

From Millsy: Retro goblin circuit breaker (50 points)

G'day All,

Apparently you can only paint so many Late Romans before it starts to melt your head. I've kinda hit a wall and while I still have more of the buggers on the go I just needed to do something else. Anything else.

Having started a new OSR D&D campaign with the family on the weekend I was inspired to get back to repainting some of my stock of late 70s and 80s lead, purchased way back in my early teens when I was first getting into gaming.

These Essex Miniatures goblins were bought sight unseen from an A5 photocopied paper catalogue that you requested from the UK by snail mail with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. You sent of a handwritten list of items with an international money order and waited. And waited. And WAITED. Literally bursting at the seams to see if "FAN79 Goblin: Chieftain" was what you imagined because you had zero chance of seeing one before buying down under. At this time there was one store in Sydney, 2+ hours from home, where I could buy minis directly.

Gobbo Quixote is armed with two maces, short sword, katana and bardiche.

Yes these are a far cry from what you can buy now. Do I care? Not one jot. I still absolutely love them.  I think this is their third or possibly even fourth paint job as old ones have chipped or worn off over time. Amazingly these are still for sale and would rank amongst the longest running lines of miniatures still available. I may just have to buy some more.

The paint job was fast and high contrast as they need to look good on the table, not sit in a cabinet. The details are rough and they're packed with character because of that as much as anything. I have some Grenadier goblins also on the go and may dip into the lead pile again for some Essex "great scaly orcs" or other vintage weirdness before the Challenge is done. 

8 x 25mm goblin infantry (40 points)
1 x 25mm goblin cavalry (10 points)

Total: 50 Challenge points and 1 gazillion nostalgia points.

Cheers,
Millsy

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Well Millsy, I am a huge fan of your late Roman project, but I think we all understand the need to take a break and enjoy a little "palette cleanser" in the midst of larger projects. And you have found a fine one here - nothing cleanses the palette like a little mini project that is worth - as you cite, correctly - 1 gazillion nostalgia points! 

The painting is great, and we can all relate to wanting a little variety, but the best part of this post is the description of the waiting. Reading that I was almost ready to order some goblins myself, just to relieve the tension!

Well done Millsy - 50 points (and 1 gazillion nostalgia points) for you!

GregB

From Mike W - 28mm Orcs & Night Goblins plus more Skaven (245 Points)

 This week I have started on my pile of Orcs & Goblins... There is of course the old adage, that you can never have enouigh Orcs! To which I subscribe whoe heartedly, however, be that so, they still need to be painted.

10 x Orcs, destined to be new recruits for various regiments in my collection

This group of about 50 figures, will hopefully get painted over the next couple weeks, they are part of an eBay bulk buy I acquired three or four months back. They have all been treated to an undecoating process - black spray paint followed by a 'zenathal' white spray paint coating form top downwards. As I am based in teh UK - I use Halfords' undercoat spay paints, which are available in large cans at a very reasonable cost.

A slightly different view

Five Big 'Uns with two hand weapons

This week's batches are a group of 10 x Orcs plus a batch of 21 x Night Goblins. I have described in previous year's my method for pinting Orcs and this has not changed, I'm comfortable with it and it will maintain consistancy with the rest of my collection

Two orcs, heading for a regiment armed with shield & hand weapon.
All my Orc regiments nad white & red shield designs, although
some have red & white designs!

As these figures were pre-owned and already built, they do not actually form a single Orc unit, this suits me fine as they will be conscripted into existing units in my collection to bulk them out.

The green skin was applid over the undercoat, I used Army Painter Orc Skin Speed paint, I used various other black and brown shades t block in their clothes, before using Lead Beltcher for all metal work - be it armour or weapons.

Close up on three of the Orcs, not skull on left hand figure's sword hilt.

Everthing getrs a watered down Dark Tone wash before I spend time picking out details - concentrating on mouth & lips as well as brass / gold work on weapons and jewellry. THen other hight light area is on any bone work! - skulls teath etc.

Then it is time to apply a highlight to the green skin, using GW Warboss Green before adding in nails & claws using GW Elysian Green. 

Bases are my standard Brown paint/glue gloop with fine sand and electrostatic grass added to taste!

Moving on from the Orcs I now bring you a group of 20 x Night Goblins, again whilst most of these are armed with bows, there are a few other odds and ends, these will all be drafted into existing regiments in my collection.

The completed 20 Night Goblins

My approach to painting these Night Goiblins is very similat ro the Orcs, with the same undercoating process being used for the whole of ths group of Orcs & Goblins. I painted all these little guys' robes with black speed paint before picking out all the skintones in GW Warboss Green.

Another view

I prefer my goblins to be  lighter shade of green to my Orcs and I have put together a new recipe for these guys, highlighting the skin with GW Elysian Green and doing claws and nails with a mix of GW Elysian Green. and Zandri Dust - in essence making the goblins a shade lighter all over than the Orcs.

I like th eresults which is good but now I'm feeling the need to go back and highlight all my other goblin figures in a similar way, this will be a big task....

And another...

Bows and spears were painted brown, armour, swords, spears and bow tips etc were done in GW Leadbeltcher Metal and then boots and laces and armbands were done in a leather colour or where it was material in a cream colour thaht was then washed with a light brown for shading purposes.

Close-up on five of the little guys

I blinged-up the figures by adding a lot of brass / gold earrings, lip rings and weapon furniture, additionally as with all greenskins the other feature point is the mouths so teath and lips were carefully added to give contrast to the green of their skin.

And another five!

Bases were my Warhammer standard fine sand and electro staic grass.

At some point I may add a standard to the guy with the spear but I'm happy with the look now

The final five

Next we have 17 x Skaven, painted to the same recipe as described in my previous posting. Not much to add to these in way of commentary but I'm still very undecided about the bases - I may just switch to may standard Warhammer bases as above but in the meantine I'm still experimenting and open to ideas!

17 x Skaven in three ranks

Whilst I'm using a mix of new and old models - I like the esthetic of teh newer figures - I particularly think that the some of teh older models look dated and so have tried to add rome robes to a number of tehse figures.

Another angle

I simply tore off small pieces of tissue paper, soake dthem in PVA glue and then draped them over the figures in an attempt to make raggety old cloth. I'm pretty happy wit hthe results and think this helps tie the older fgures in better.

Closeup of some of the Skaven

Some more...

A view of the home made robes on some of the older figures
when compared to a newer figure (left)

The last of this week's figures.

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SQUIRREL POINTS

Orc, Night Goblins +2 

Skaven +1 (missed last week when I used wrong tag)

SKULL Points

+1 Orcs

POINTS

10 x 28mm Orcs @ 5 Pts ea.                                        50 Points

21 x 28mm Night Goblins @ 5 Pts ea.                       105 Points

17 x 28mm Skaven @ 5 Pts ea.                                    85 Points

TOTAL                                                                        240 Points

From DaveD . Doesn’t everyone have a pile of orcs ? Good to see you tackling yours in fine style sir .I find your new recipe to my liking indeed . Those big uns look like they mean business indeed. Making robes has worked well and is not without recognition . So let’s call it 245 pts. Those old square bases bring back memories , good luck finding an update you are happy with .  That’s a decent uplift for your week well done . I look forward to seeing what is next .

From Kerry T - Waaagh - Goblin Wolf riders (150 points)

Morning, afternoon and evening all

Waaagh (or please substitute your favourite or the most appropriate GW war cry!)

Today is my designated posting day and so for my second post I've painted some Goblin Wolf Riders from the Oathmark figure range. 

The original intention was to have them square off against some dwarves but as usual I set myself too onerous a task and they aren't quite finished

Down by the riverside...

My 28mm Fantasy project is a real slow burn, only really getting added to with each challenge and up to now its growth has largely been confined to dwarves.

These plastic Goblins from Oathmark are somewhat cheap and cheerful, not the greatest of figures but really very quick to paint and very receptive to dry brushing. The 15 wolves probably took me no more than an hour I think. Having said that as the following pictures illustrate they could really have done with some filling beforehand as there is a bit of a join where the two halves are glued together - to be honest though I felt that as these are intended to bulk out the Orc and Goblin army they'd be ok with a quick job and look ok from 4 feet on the tabletop

Painted with the minimum of effort and with good old eighties  GW green

Running away

I presume teef like this are the stuff of a dentist's nightmare

I've been painting quite a bit over the holiday period and initially tried hard to complete the dwarves to accompany them but I quicky realised that the challenge is a marathon and not a sprint, rushing too much to finish an entry makes painting a chore rather than the lovely relaxing time that it should be. Still next Friday's entry is about 80% complete already and consequently being slow to learn, my mind is furtively planning what I can add and cram in to accompany the dwarves now!

In summary then

15 x 28mm Mounted figures @ 10 points = 150 points

1 Squirrel

Blwyddyn Newydd dda i chi gyd

Valleyboy

From Millsy:

And a very Happy New Year to you to Kerry!

Your wolves and riders are very fine indeed. They have definitely repaid your efforts in dry brushing and look very much the wild pack. I particularly like your mix of metallic colours and the rick red on the shields too. Great stuff and a very handy 150 points in the bank.

Cheers,
Millsy

From Mike W: 28mm Arthurian Infantry, Greenskins and others Skullz (278 Points)

This week sees me finish my last of my current supply of Arthurians  I'm already planning for a number of new units but I'm unlikely to get hold of these before the close of this year's challenge. 

Temporarily the last batch of Arthurian Infantry

The batch includes 10 close order Medium Infantry  all spear armed and including an officer, mustard standard Bearer with added cloak, these are all Gripping Beast Late Romans, with Victrix head swaps.

10 x Gripping Beast figures (with some head swaps) painted up with tan tunics, green trim and white/red shields. I need to look for some white/green white/blue transfers to get some more variety.

Rear rank brought to the front

Close-up on the command figures, not very clear in the photo but he standard bearer has had a Victrix cloak added, the musiciuan's horn is, I believe, from the Conquest Figures Norman set.

There are also 5 little guys with chainmail, including a standard Bearer, painted to join an earlier group of similarly painted guys to make up numbers of another unit.

Again these guys are all Gripping Beast with head swaps, I still need to source a suitable transfer for the standard.

Again rear rank to the front!

Next to the Greenskins, 4 x bases of Snotlings, these are mostly old metal figures, though there is the odd plastic guy mixed in with them.

Completed Snotling bases, (with 8, 7, 7, & 6 figures on each)

They were undercoated black  with Goblin Green added as a base coat before being drybrushed with a light tan colour.

Close-up on the left of the unit, I wanted the skin tones to be significantly lighter than the Goblins and Orcs in my army, I'll now have to retro-fit this skin tone tyo my two Snotling Pump Wagon Crews - but that is for another time.....

 

Skin was then given a coat of Army Painter Ghillie Green, leather / cloth with Nazdreg Yellow and wood with Gore Grunta Fur. Metal was done in Leadbeltcher Silver before mouths, teeth and other details added.

I have scored them at 1 point each as they are all about 10mm tall.

And the right end of the line.

I have also painted up  two Bolt Chukkas to give some long range heavy support,  each with a crew of 3 goblins. These were old eBay purchases that have floundered in the loft for many years, finally ready for the tabletop.

Goblin Bold Chukka battery

Close up of one of the Bolt Chukkas

And the other one! Note skull on this weapon.

To this is added a few Goblin odds and end infantry that I dragged from the bits and spares boxes, to add to the ranks of existing units.

5 Goblin odds and ends, painted to fill out the ranks of exiting units that have had real life casualties (well 2 were broken and 3 went AWOL!)

Another view

And another

Finally for this week's Greenskins are 10 more Wolf Rider, having enjoyed painting last weeks unit, it was a simple decision to paint up another unit in the same vein.

Completed unit with 2 Skullz on the standard!

Another view

I tried to give this unit much darker wolves,
this was only partially successful as the drybrushing ended up lightening a number of these beasties.

Final view

SKULLZ                                                                           +3

POINTS

15 x 28mm Arthurian Infantry @ 5 Pts ea                     75 Points

28 x Snotlings # 1 Pt ea                                                  28 Points

11 x Goblin Foot @ 5 Pts ea                                          55 Points

2 x Goblin Bolt Throwas (Artillery) @ 10 Points ea     20 Points

10 x Goblin Wolf Riders @ 10 Points ea                     100 Points

TOTAL                                                                          278 Points

A great final Friday post, Mike! It's good to see more of your ARthirians, tyhey look as good as the earlier ones. As do the wolf riders, you must have a veritable army of them now! The snotlings look good too, I have never quite grasped the concept but they are quite adorable. A rather respectable 278 points for you!

Martijn

From QuinnM: Droggz Da Sunchompa for The Ambitious (35 points)

 This week I worked on a single model and I spent almost the entire week painting it. As goblins are my favorite faction, some new goblin models came out for Age of Sigmar recently including my submission today: the leader of the Gitmob Droggz Da Sunchompa 

He fit perfectly for the theme of ambition as what is more ambitious then a single goblin that is trying to kill the Sun.( Also I wanted to paint this model up and put it for the competition because damn is it a good model).

He is also a big boy here he is next to a night goblin for scale 

so for points 

1 28mm Rider@ 10 points 

The Ambitious @ 20 points 

 

Sylvain: Looking at your "rider" I can understand how you spent a week painting it. There are lots of little details that are slowly revealed as one gazes at the model, like the scars or the pattern on the shield. For this exceptional work, I will throw in 5 extra points. Great job!

From MikeW: Warhammer Fantasy Goblin Wolf Riders and 28mm Arthurians Skullz Squirrell (150 Points)

When your Greenskin army already has 40 or so Goblin Wolf Riders the question is do you need another 10 of the little guys!

Completed unit, wolves were undercoated grey, drybrushed white and then give a coat of Army Painter Rune Grey to give them some depth.

The answer is No! I don't need them but I do want them! And I have more to get painted...

Another view of the unit focusing on the command group, in my opinion focusing painting time on some obvous details such as the wolves' mouths, teeth and tongues distracts the viewers eyes away form the less detailed parts!

Over the last few months I have been pulling together Goblin and Wolf parts from eBay and combined with old spares sprues in the loft and garage  I have been able to put together a new unit for the Wolf Rider wing of my army.

And another view, note two skulls on the banner.

Here is that new unit, 10 x Wolf Riders, in the past I have armed my Wolf Rider units with spear and shield and shunned their lighter bow armed brethren. This unit has been given a bow as well as spear and shield, so I can field them as either type. 

The Command group - musician, standard bearer and boss.

Three of the unit, close up

I'm also looking to raise a purely bow armed unit as well if the spare parts allow me to put enough suitable figures together but at present I'm short of what is needed.

The remaining four goblins, you can clearly see they are armed with both Spear and Bow.

Next up is a unit of 10 x 28mm Arthurian Archers, constructed from the Gripping Beast Late Roman Infantry kit.

The completed group of 10 figures

Another view, from the left

And from the right!

I have fixed things up by swapping out some of the Gripping Beast Heads for Victrix counterparts as well as adding a couple of shields to vary the look and feel.

I'm not sure if it is accurate to show the archers placing arrows in the ground ready to fire, but I had some of the Perry arrows in my bits box - so used them

Another close up of three archers.

And the last four.

I painted these figures in grey tunics with blue trim to allow me to add a couple of figures I had painted earlier in this Challenge to give a tabletop strength of 12. Next week more Arthurian Infantry and more Greenskin Odds & Ends and maybe a surprise item, if I have time.

I'm claiming A Squirrell Point for the Goblins and 2 Skullz for the Goblin banner

POINTS

10 x 28mm Goblin Wolf Riders   @10 Pts ea      100 Points

10 x 28mm Arthurian Archers  @5 Pts ea             50 Points

TOTAL                                                                  150 Points

A fine addition to your armies, Mike! I do not think you can ever have too many wolf riders, and they look terrifying! The extra attention you paid to their mouths and tongues definitely paid off. The Arthurian archers are also great, the extra arrows are a nice detail. Good job, 150 well-earned points!

Martijn