Like All Good Goblins

 Pushing Their Way to The Front

The Three Stooges

Despite having lots of other figures and projects on the go. I some how ended up doing these three goblins first. They all seem to represent an evolution of the design of goblins at Citadel, even though they were released a few years a part. 

'Curly'

The first one (Pre-1984) seems to be in keeping the very early style of goblins sculpted with a lanky look and big nose. With a minimal amount of clutter and a very simple style.

'Moe'

Not surprisingly the second one  (circa 1984) looks more like the classic Citadel goblins, he has bulked up and lost the big nose. However he still quite simply styled. Unfortunately it is not listed who sculpted either of the first two goblins but I would be surprised if it was either Kev Adams or the Perry twins as he still looks very different to the one produced in 1985. 

'Larry'

Finally the third goblin was produced in 1985 by Kev Adams or the Perry twins. But my money is on Kev Adams. He looks very different from either of the two earlier miniatures. He has classic Citadel goblin look. Which was pretty much invented by Kev Adams anyway. Interestingly the design look seems very much completed by this stage even though it is only a year later than the second one. He would fit in nicely with any goblins produced  in the next twenty years.

Curly joins the rest of the Fae Sprites

Moe & Larry rock up with Grog & his spiders.

Anyway all good fun to paint and fit in nicely with the rest of the Fae. 

Rob 

Not Really Sure Why?

 Eighties Goblins

My latest order from a popular auction site arrived yesterday, a group of Goblins described as 'C12 Great Goblins, Games Workshop 1983'.

Spot the odd one out?

When I bought them I didn't think the description was quite right against the pictures but it was a last minute buy and I was happy with the figures. It was the one on the left that didn't quite fit. The sculpt didn't quite look right for an early eighties design. But I didn't bother to look them up on Stuff of Legends  until they arrived.

Thanks Stuff of Legends

As I suspected, the one on the left is actually slotta base figure. The slotta base is still clearly visible but they did go to the trouble of adding a lead base. Which seems a lot of effort to go to on a perfectly good miniature. He is listed as either Perry twins or Kev Adams so a pretty good pedigree. It is still mid eighties so I am not sure what the point of adding a base because they sold for a modest price. I suppose it could be that the owner didn’t like slotta bases. 

Why?

Anyway got them for a price I'm happy with and they are great figures. So it doesn't bother me, I'm just curious as to why! Anyway on to painting. 

Rob 

A Speedy Dwarf & Nineties WH40K Photos

 A Quick Break

Dwarf Quarreller

I wasn't really focussed on painting anything specific for any of the projects I am currently working on. So yesterday I picked a dwarf who has been sitting on the shelf for a little while. Its a really great sculpt. I think it was done Kevin Adams whilst he was doing work for Harlequin. But not really sure. Anyway it was great fun to paint with a simple base colour, wash, highlight and detail approach. So was finished in two short sessions. A nice break from bigger projects. 

I was going for a no-nonsense dwarf miner with a mixture of browns and good quality metals. 

A Bit Dungeon Raiding

A Small Blast from the Past

Some photos of WH40K (1st Edition) games from the Nineties. Must be some time after WD100 Because WD100 had a big article on Dreadnoughts and the Eldar Dreadnoughts were released at this time.  

I was pretty keen on the Eldar and Dreadnoughts
as witnessed by six I had on my side.
Note  - The upturned rhino which was rammed by an ork buggy.
Which destroyed them both. 

You will notice one of the infamous deodorant skimmers in the bottom right of the first picture. This was one of those games where we  put everything we had on the table (or bedroom floor in this case) and then proceeded to bash the other side into submission. For some reason pretty much all of the games seemed to take place on medieval worlds!

The Yellow Space Marines were mine
(from my own chapter - King Makers).
Whilst the other were a friend's.

Rob