Old, monopose and chunky. Big, textured and awesome. Just the right amount of detail, a quick and fun miniature to paint.
This sculpt is at leas as old as the box it came in. The funny part is that it is also the current sculpt in AoS. I dare say that it aged quite well! I also have the regular "modular" box, in which the torsos and arms come separate and the bodies don't have the bit to insert into their spiders - the goblins have to be glued to their mounts. These though, can be put onto the spiders without glue.
To boost the orange a little I drybrushed Ryza Rust (Citadel) on the hair after applying Fire Giant Orange.
This miniature completes my current collection of fantasy dwarves (and is also the 100th miniature in projects painted this year ora the 96th model actually painted this year). I do intend to get some more dwarves in the future as I want the dwarf thane on a shield and some firedrakes, but I don't plan on getting them in the near future.
Most of the scheme is exactly the same as for the other dwarven units. The only new elements here are: Blinding Light (AP) for the candles, Averland Sunset followed by Ryza Rust (both Citadel) on the candle flame and Ancient Honey for the lights inside the lanterns.
Those models were really pleasant to paint, as most of those old dwarves are. Just the thane left for the dwarven half of the Battle for Skull Pass box!
They were fun to paint, although I actually liked the warriors more. Either way, it's another unit from the Battle for Skull Pass box, which means that I have only the 8 Miners and Thane left to finish the dwarven "half" of the box. If my math checks out, I should paint the Miners this month (as they are on my schedule as the next project after the one that I start tomorrow). The Thane got stripped of paint and one decorative element of his helm broke off, but after getting him repaired and primed I'll paint him in a scheme similar to the one he was painted in those almost 20 years ago.
Although this is not my favourite goblin sculpt, it was enjoyable to paint (which is nice, as I have a second copy, which will be probably painted almost the same, with the only difference being the colour of the mushrooms).
As for the paint scheme it is basically the same as the one for the crew of the Dwarven Cannon, with some steps ommited, as not all the elements are present (he's wearing only a belt, I had to paint naked dwarven buttcheeks). The only new paint here is Fire Giant Orange (Army Painter) used on the hair and beard.
This marks another finished unit form the Battle of Skullpass box. I have my fingers crossed that all the other models from that box and the accompanying terrain pieces will get some colours on them this year.
Almost all the steps for the miniature were the same, with the obvious difference being the squig. I used Nuclear Sunrise on the body, Ushabti Bone on the teeth and claws, Ahriman Blue on the eyes and then shaded it with Targor Rageshade.
This is one of two Night Goblin heroes from the box, the other one being a shaman. I have two copies of the shaman as I got one from a friend, alongside some Night Goblin archers that will get painted at some point to bolster the existing unit of 20.
If someone still has the contents of Battle for Skull Pass somewhere at home and would like to paint the cannon and crew in a similar manner, the recipes are down below
Cannon:
Crew:
The bases are made in exactly the same way as those of my Skull Pass goblins.
Once again slapchop proved to be a godsend and those little buggers lend themselves splendidly to that technique. I painted them in the same scheme as the Night Goblin Archers from Battle for Skullpass, the only new colour here was the blue (Highlord Blue speedpaint) that I used for the mushrooms.
I'm quite happy with how they turned out, but after 40 Night Goblins I need a little palate cleanser. We'll see what It'll be, but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to tackle some more goblins in the near future, regardless.
I have finally managed to finish painting some more miniatures. This time it's some night goblin archers from a very, very old starter set for WFB - Battle for Skullpass (it featured goblins vs dwarves). Those models were just sitting on the shelf and looking at me menacingly with their grey, unpainted eyes. They did it for years, and then I just put some Octarius terrain in front of them, but I still felt their gaze... So I prepared them for slapchop before Easter, managed to get most of the work done during the holidays and then finished those little buggers over the week and they look like this:
Painting this unit taught me a couple things. First of all, I don't want to paint one colour on 20 models at a time for the foreseeable future. Tackling so many models means more mistakes, tiring easily, and less noticeable progress. I'll try to paint 5 gobbos at once when I pick up the next unit (I have some more goblins on my desk, actually, this time with hand weapons and shields). Secondly, it's good to remember that red is placed opposite to green on the colour wheel - this meant I could easily fix mistakes with speedpaint when I missed an eyeball with red. Thirdly, a whole unit painted to this standard looks good enough (certainly better than bare plastic), it's faster than how I usually paint stuff and having a whole army painted up to this standard will look great on the battlefield!
If you want to know which paints I used, here you go:
Undercoat: Chaos Black
Drybrush: grey overbrush (Administratum Grey), white drybrush (Matt White)
Orc Skinfor the skin
Blood Red for the hoods
Grim Black for the robes
Hardened Leather for leather elements
Pallid Bone for elements such as the fletching, rope, wrappings etc.
Wyldwood for wooden elements
Zealot Yellow for the big moon standard
Leadbelcher for metal elements
Pallid Bone for elements that should be more brassy or bronze
Zealot Yellow for elements that should be... yellow. It doesn't look exactly like gold, but I liked the effect
Nuln Oil for the silver elements
Drybrush Runefang Steel on the silver elements
Ushabti Bone for teeth
Mephiston Red for eyes (I started with Evil Suns Scarlet but gave up)
Base: a mix of electrostatic grass and some old basing materials (like, 20 years old ones)
