Monday 29 February 2016

Goblins, Snorklings, month and and next month's plans...


So, I'm continuing with trying to get a model a week painted so there's something pretty for people to look at when they come to the blog. Or in this case, ugly. Here's some Snorklings, sculpted by Kev Adams. I got these with the Kev Adams self portrait sculpt I painted a while back that Foundry sold for GoblinAid.

I painted these up to check I was happy with my planned colour scheme for the goblins. Quite happy with that!


The main activity of the weekend was goblin assembly. I spent a bit of time trying to work out how this Goblin Spear Chukka went together before realising that the central piece of it was missing. I bought it cheap, sold as seen, due to a damaged blister. I'm going to have to be creative to sort this one out!



I was hoping to get about twenty or so goblins assembled this weekend. I've managedt complete these four shaman and a squiggly beast familiar. An internet gold star for anyone who can name the company / caster for all of these! (This does really show off the sort of thing I'm looking for with my goblins - a rag tag bunch of greenskins from many different suppliers!)



The plastic GW goblin shaman needs to stay in the pieces he's in for painting, as getting a paint brush into some of the nooks and crannies would be otherwise near impossible! There still needs to be a little work on the mould lines on the staff, but it is super fiddly, and I didn't want to rush it!

So, with the February project having been goblin assembly, I've not been hugely successful. They are at least organised, and I know how much effort assembling and painting them will be. For now, I'm going to keep a handful on the assembly desk as I move through other things, trying to get a few done a week until I've got a couple of units assembled up.

I've also put a little bit of fiction on my goblin project page. As units get assembled and / or painted, I'll get pictures and background put up there.


This is the March target. It does look like a lot when you pile it all together. Not all of it is purchases - due to being away at Christmas, we had a late family Christmas in February, so I have many presents! The idea is to get this lot all assembled in the course of the month.

It can be broadly broken down into:

  • The Chaos models I wanted that went onto Last Chance to Buy
  • An Age of Sigmar force using Bretonnian peasants as survivors of a lost kingdom of the mortal realms (because I was afraid they were going to become Last Chance to Buy)
  • Skitarii (present)
  • Arcane Ruins (present)
  • Arco Flagellants (present)
  • Arcworlde Boglin Bazaar
This is certainly an ambitious target. Some might say "brave". But I'm determined to start dealing with  models as they come in! Hopefully, I'll get a couple of speed paints in as palate cleansers as I slog through the mould line removal and gluing!

Wish me luck...

8 comments:

  1. "Hopefully, I'll get a couple of speed paints in as palate cleansers as I slog through the mould line removal and gluing!"

    How do you balance the work load/speed painting with that sinking feeling you get after you look at a finished model and think to yourself: "Man.. I totally could have taken this model 10 steps farther"? I'm so desperately torn between pushing my skills and splashing colour on my growing collection of primed minis...

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    1. Pretty excited to see this rag-tag army of goblins come together btw! I've got some GW stuff mixed with confrontation myself. Lol the aesthetics don't really mix.

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    2. I still try and push myself with speed paints in a different way. I try and do better in the time limit I've set. Every time I do a non speed paint medium quality I'll try and do something new.

      I can always come back to a model to add things later. I do sometimes get distracted though - my goblin pirate ended up with way more detail than planned!

      I'm really curious as to how the goblins will go. I think it will hit home when I get the first unit assembled and under coated.

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    1. Thanks! Its not a small target, but I feel like I've built up a good head of steam.

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  3. The Snorklings look great. I've got to do something with mine one day. Just painting O&G is way down my list right now for some reason...

    Not that my own advice is worth much, but I'd leave all that other stuff aside (except for perhaps a palette cleanser) and just knuckle down on the goblins first until they're done. Then pick another "force" (or just unit) and go again.

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  4. Good reason to be happy, they look great! :D Cheers!

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