Bill's Greenskins: All Creatures Great and Small (316 points)

 "Eyyy, Squeezit, wozzat you've got?"

"Banna, innit? 'S'got a cockroach on it, show dem 'umies 'ow 'ard we is ta kill!"

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"Franz, can you make out what's approaching?"

"Certainly, Heinrich. A rabble of goblins, marching under a cockroach banner. Seems they've recognized what utter vermin they are."

Rank and File Month #3

Managed a very productive month this month - a dozen Kev Adams-sculpted goblins from Knightmare Games, and four of Satyr Art Studios' delightfully dimwitted Bog Trolls, with a bonus "Orcling" from Wargames Foundry under their Warmonger imprint, and a Warlord Games "Landsknecht Casualty" painted in the colors of the Old World's Averland Province. A buddy of mine locally has been talking about doing an Averland army, so I had to sneak in a little friendly ribbing where I could.

The Trolls were an absolute delight, and it was a challenge to select just four from the nearly-dozen Satyr Art Studios offers. I finally settled on two fairly aggressive, competent-looking trolls and two absolute morons - one standing around picking his teeth, and another knuckle-deep in his own prominent nose.As a bonus, three of the four fit Warhammer's history of satire - they comprise the "Bogsiteers," namely "Nyjull," "Borish" and "Jakubb."

So as to not just have 120mm frontage of empty bases, I adjusted one troll's feet to allow him to stand on a dead Averlander, and "Bogie," the troll performing brain surgery on himself, received a companion in the form of a similarly-engaged Orcling. Adds a pop of color and more than a little humor to them, in my opinion.

"The Contest," a mini-diorama

Not a whole ton to say about the goblins, I went for brighter shades than I did for my orcs with their clothes, but kept them similarly dirty with washes. A lot of these guys have tiny rivets on their tunics and that was time-consuming to paint but honestly I'm very happy with them. And as top-heavy as he is with that sculpted banner, I love the sculpt on the standard bearer. I'm assuming the severed head on the banner pole belonged to the previous standard bearer, who didn't take his flag-waving responsibilities seriously enough.

So totals for March:

• 12 Goblins, light armor, standard and musician - 56 points
• 4 Trolls - 260 points

Total: 316 points