A Clear Winner
After trying out Strong Tone earlier in the year and not being impressed, the Oathmark Goblins sat at the back of the paint bench for a couple of months (See Crooked House, Rangers & Strong Tone ). So it was time to give the goblins another go, this time with a better colour palette and a Nuln Oil wash.
I am much happier with the result. As I have 30 odd to do, this needs to a reasonably fast army style painting scheme. Where I can use the wash to do the heavy lifting. So after a quick bit of dry brushing and a few details picked out. One goblin done (once the shield has been finished)in just a few minutes.
The strong tone coated goblin has been given a coat of Nuln oil and a coat of Agrax Earthshade and looks much better for it.
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| Strong Tone (left) / Nuln Oil (right) |
These Oathmark goblins look more like LotR orcs than goblins to me. Not that is an issue but they were originally bought to bulk up the Black Sun goblins for Thistlewood.
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| A Lonely Goblin or Orc? |
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| Perhaps he was happier alone... |
Rob
A winner? If you're talking about the goblin prowling your scenery, we'll see after he crosses blades with the two elves ...
ReplyDeleteIt seems to us that the fast painting method you have developed by trial and error has produced valid results. The goblin does indeed have an orcish aspect, but could we invoke the fact that for Tolkien orcs and goblins are the same? Similarly to Tolkien we might appeal for a non-greenish colour of goblins/orcs, although we do like greenskin creatures with different shades between green and pink, as you are doing.
personal taste is for goblins to be pretty bright/light shades of green but that looks pretty good, though yeah, very much more Orc-ish with the larger build as goblins are tradietional small mischievous fairies then the larger more human like, but it's still not a bad take. That's the thing with myths and legends, people often do there own version and that becomes what others accept.. Tolkien did his own take on many mythicalcal creature and to many, that is the accepted to many fantasy lines.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, end of the day, do what you think looks best, and trial and error is often a good way to find out stuff ^_^
Personally I love the army painter tones, they're not quite so brutal as nuln oil which seems to kill the colour. If I want a dark tone to be darker a spot of blue and black ink seems to do the trick. Goblins looking tasty though. :)
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