Forest Goblin

Way back in 2022 I bought Five Leagues From The Borderlands, a solo or cooperative wargaming campaign system.

One of the foe types are the Fae, and the lowest form are the goblins.

As the Oathmark Goblins in general (and how I imagine them) does not match up with how they are described in Five Leagues, I looked around for some suitable figures.

Though I have had very bad experiences with Shieldwolf figures, I decided I would give them one more chance.

 This is the first painted one.

Undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black followed by Citadel Snot Womble Green.

Headdress and skirt is Citadel Death World Forest shaded with MIG Black Green. The strapping and belt is also MIG Black Green.

The mask, shoes, armour and forearm guards are Citadel Dryad Bark, followed by Citadel Catachan Flesh with a highlight of Mournfang Brown.

Eyes and mouth are Citadel Mephiston Red, teeth and fang necklace are Citadel Morghast Bone. 

The box contains five sprues. two command sprues and three standard sprues.

Standard Sprue

Command Sprue.

The supplied bases are a little odd, blind, shallower than Games Workshop type and with a mounting point for a magnet. I have standardised on Renedra round bases so they have been set aside.

The starter scenario pits your intrepid adventurers against five opponents, five with sword and shield, one with a bow, so the initial build was five figures.

Here is one of them with a North Star Frostgrave Soldier and a Fireforge Almughavar.

They are all undercoated with Citadel Snotwomble Green, thogh there is a temptaion to paint some with a yellow skin tone (and a banana fascination).

I sometimes wonder why I keep buying them...

 At SELWG 2021 I bought the Sisters of Talliareum female paladins

Previously I had bought their Shield Maiden box (back in 2017), and not been impressed, so I am not sure why I bought these.

There are five sprues in the box - two of one kind and three of the other.

I have one partially assembled figure but I am finding it hard to summon the enthusiasm to finish it.

Shield Maiden by Shield Wolf

Well, the Shield Maiden figure shown back in April has finally reached the undercoat stage.

As she is likely to be exploring Frostgrave with her sisters, I added some furry sleeves to her shoulders.

Shieldwolf Shield Maiden Infantry

At the Renedra stand they had the first Shield Maiden plastic infantry box set.

This is the first one I have built. I did remove about a millimetre of neck from the figure.

The shoulder join is not particularly good.

Scale comparison, first one of my Statuesque Frostgrave figures (plastic soldier with a Statuesque Heroic scale female head added).

Another comparison, this time William Killian.