Kiki's Goblins

[Kiki]

After the Basileans, I started my secondary army some time ago, and here’s my goal (1250 points):

• Rabble (Infantry) Horde [135]
  • Mawpup [10]
• Rabble (Infantry) Horde [125]
• Trolls (Large Infantry) Horde [195]
  • Det’ Packs [0]
  • Staying Stone [5]
• Mincer Mob* (Chariot) Troop [160]
• War-Trombone (War Engine) 1 [70]
• Mawpup Launcher (War Engine) 1 [75]
• Sharpstick Thrower (War Engine) 1 [60]
• Goblin Blaster (Monster (Chariot)) 1 [65]
• Winggit (Monster) 1 [120]
  • Bombs Away! [0]
• King (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [100]
  • Groany Snark [30]
• Wiz (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [55]
  • Conjurer’s Staff [10]
  • Lightning Bolt (3) [20]
• Grupp Longnail [1] (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [90]

I want to make it a mostly fun army to play with; I’m not sure it will be powerful. So, I’ve started painting them, and here’s the beginning:

Two regiments that will form the first Horde:

The mincers, really fun to paint:

Especially this one, which I wanted to paint without using Speedpaint:

Same for the Goblin King. Such a shame there’s no official model for Groany Snark. If you have any suggestions for an alternative model, I’d be grateful!

The Goblin Blaster, which I miraculously found for a reasonable price. I added a goblin on top inspired by a model I saw elsewhere. I’m not sure it’s powerful in-game, but I think it is very “Goblin”!

The second horde. You need so many of them! I might make a diorama next time!

I have still some units to paint but I’m glad to share this

[V-Dawg]

They look sooo good! Love the green skin!

[Boss_Salvage]

Keep up the great work! The bright green is really nice

[screamingaddabs]

Those are really great - top quality!

[Kiki]

Thanks everybody I write all color schemes if you want.

Do you have any suggestions for funny trolls ? I don’t really like Mantic ones… I love Classic Stone Trolls from Warhammer but they are soooo expensive!

[Boss_Salvage]

Avatars of War makes a nice, slightly grimmer take on stone trolls that you can buy prints of here:

Stone Trolls multi-part regiment #1

Stone Trolls multi-part regiment #2

If you can print them yourself or have a friend do it, the files are here and here.

There are loads of other 3D options, some that straight up copy GW trolls old and new, if that’s what you’d like. Not many multi-part kits that are as nice as AOW.

EDIT: You can find these trolls printed for cheaper on Etsy than AOW’s affiliate link

EDIT2: Looks like Only Games is doing a 25% off sale for Halloween!

[Kiki]

Here is my wizard. I love this model!

Thanks for the trolls! It looks great, I’ll use them for the 2000pts army.

[Kiki]

Here’s some news

I’ve finished the trolls, and I’m quite proud of the result.

Next comes the infamous Grupp Longnail. I love this model. I tried doing OSL for the first time, and I’m not sure it was a good idea. Anyway I have my trio of leaders.

Then I moved on to the artillery. I did the first two fairly quickly, just so I could use them in a game.

But for the last one, I challenged myself to try NMM again. I’m pretty happy with the result, but I won’t be doing it for all the minis

Next up is the giant! I painted it fairly quickly. It’s funny how Mantic reuses parts across different giant models.

The cavalry. I actually hate these models : why do they all have their mouths wide open ? But I wanted a horde, so I went with some speedpainting and added a few doggos. It’ll do the job.

On the other hand, I really took my time with the second giant! I fell in love with this model and had it printed at the same scale as the first giant.

And there it is — my finished army! 2000 points of goblins, ready to take on some dwarfs

In the end, I find goblins really fun to paint. The resin models are excellent (I still have a few left to paint), and you can really see the improvement compared to the old plastic ones.

[V-Dawg]

Congratulations. Thats a really nice arny. I absolutely love the second giant!

[Boss_Salvage]

Congrats! Great looking army, and I appreciate a Goblin force that wants to fight

[FredOslow]

Looks great!