April got off to a slow and steady start, with me initially splashing a base colour over a few Asgard figures.
Then a friend stopped over on his way to Salute, during his stay he asked if I was able to assist in his quest to reproduce the battle shown in the third edition rule book. To do this he'd just want a selection of Nick Lund's Black Orcs, a few C Series Trolls, C12 Goblins, Black Mountain Boys, C22 Chaos Hounds, a few Monitaurs and a couple of Wizards and following a brief discussion to identify exactly what he wanted we were able to establish what I could provide.
Which then led to a visit to the attic, to ensure what would be available for the planned encounter at this year's BOYL Sure enough, I have enough original lead to provide for most of the figures, but closer inspection found that most of my painted goblins were not C12s, but original C series. Lucky enough I have enough unpainted goblins to make up the short fall, all I have to do is paint them! Ah, and when was this going to happen, certainly not between the end of OWAC and BOYL. So, there's been a change of plan, I'm no longer painting Asgard goblins, but GW goblins, so I set to my task, early slotta goblins and painted up the first batch.
Now all I needed are a few shields and I 've met this month required number (ten figures) without too much of a panic, so, I went looking for shields and found, I don't have any to hand! Ebay to the rescue, not quite, and certainly not in time to meet the dead line of the end of the month. OK, I can do this, I set-to painting figures with shield and preparing others ready for painting.
Thanks to the Easter break I managed to spread a bit of colour over twentyfour figures, which means I've met the target for OWAC, when I've added their basing material and varnished them, and once I find some suitable shield will be able to finish the C12s. Thus, here I am, on The last weekend of the month with a completed unit of goblins.
See you all next month.
Good work Paul - a productive month in a noble cause for the BOYL game, and it's still vintage goblins so it fits perfectly in my mind :)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest when he dropped that on me it was either flight or fight , phew.
DeleteThese are great minis - absolutely awesome! And love your colouring, lots of individuality with a solid theme.
ReplyDeleteI find these chaps really easy to paint, dry brushed skin, block colour, high light, a wash over the top and then in for the detail, jobs a good un. Given what I had left over from this (missing shields) and those I've painted over the holiday weekend I'm looking pretty good to complete May's quota.
DeleteGreat miniatures, even if we have to say goodbye to the purple skin. That image is quite the classic, and it would be amazing to play a scenario inspired by it. A strong start to the final stretch of the project!
ReplyDeleteOh the purple will be back, but the opprtunity to provide figures for a classic recreation game was too tempting.
ReplyDeleteImpressed by the contents of your attic, which always seem to provide what's needed. Very good of you to answer the call to arms, but I can see why you couldn't resist. Good luck to all involved :)
ReplyDeleteAh, the attic, better described as the room of requirement, as far as oldhammer is concerned. One just needs to take a good look, when searching for something in particular, like shields.
ReplyDeleteNuts you can just turn the project around just like that - absolute legend! The BOYL cause is right and just, extra points for answering the call!w
ReplyDeleteA bit of a rush job, but well within what I have available in the attic, just wait and see what I did this month.
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