Saturday, August 10, 2024

Pre-slotta Citadel Goblins - Post 4

Night Goblins

First Compendium C13 Night Goblins 1983
and
C27 Goblin Fanatics (Set of 7) 1984

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When I started this set I mounted them in recessed 25mm round bases, the same most of my pre slotta figs not destined to line up on a battlefield, thinking they would not number enough to make up a unit for play.

Then TOW came out with its bigger base size and I thought - Ok I can can set them up as a unit with a custom tray and include the fanatics.

I had started painted them in typical warm green tones (go back a couple of posts to see). But I decided these should be special and distinctive. I went with a much colder, jewel tone, black light, dark cave color scheme with glowing mushrooms in very light blue green that seems difficult to photograph.

The mushrooms are 3d prints from Epic Basing

Since releasing fanatics doesn't reduce the unit size I needed some fillers for the goblins careening across the battlefield - more mushrooms painted larger. As a testament to my slowness I understand the recent TOW addenda nerfed the number of fanatics before I could get them to a game and I now only need two fillers.

Anyway, please pay attention and be distracted by this crazy unit of night goblins and its amazing potential to cause havoc (while I line up the perfect charge for my 12 wolf chariots).

The miniatures are all pretty much as they came (apart from the bases and basing) except that one of the C27 fanatics had a boomerang. I decided this didn't fit my theme and sculpted it into a moon with green stuff.

That's 52 Pre-slotta Citadel goblins painted so far and about 30 based and started, but I'll be taking a break from goblins to keep that fresh. Also on my paint table at the moment - more monsters mostly old ones, NPCS of various vintages and scales, gaming plastics old and new and a project I'm calling Mordheim the Restoration - taking my battle worn Mordheim buildings and giving them some love.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Citadel's Preslotta Goblins - Post 3 - Box sets

It nice to start the year with a couple of sets that get you solidly into your annual painting goals.

Regiment of Renown - RR3 Groms Goblin Guard

1984 (4 unique figures)

Box set - SS4 Goblin Raiding Party (10 figures) 1982

Eight of these figures have shields

Two other preslotta goblins have exactly the same shields

Evil Leaders 1982 Goblin Chieften

and the C13 standard bearer shown in the first compendium

Which make a raiding party (or regiment) of 12

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Citadel's Preslotta Goblins - Progress

Preslotta Goblins - Update 1

Progress - a little aquisition, lots of basing goblins, a smidge of painting, and several happy autumn distractions like fixing my old Mordheim buildings, and printing and painting buildings for a small less damaged city, also paying some attention to a couple of trays of neglected NPC figures to populate cities and villages, ruined or otherwise.

Here's where I've got to on the gobbo's:

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FF20- FF23 Goblins 1980

FF64 & 65 Goblin Girl and Children 1981

FF Series Goblins - Replacements

FF21 Night Goblin with Morning Star 1982 (also released in the first Dungeon Monsters Starter Pack box set)

FF63-2 Goblin Commander 1982

My entire set of painted FF Figures can be seen here: https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2014/09/

Box set - SS4 Goblin Raiding Party (10) 1982 - based 20mm for regiment

A couple of FTE - Evil Leaders 1982

Night Goblin Warlord and Chieften

Grimgong the Goblin Chieftain

Dungeon Monsters Box set 1983

Chorsheema the Impaler, Goblin Champion

Box Set CP1: Bryan Ansell's Chaos Marauders 1983

C21 Wolf Rider 1983 (I dont think this one belongs with the gnolls)

For reference the gnolls are here https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2020/11/ftg-tribe-gnolls-citadel-miniatures.html

First Compendium C13 Night Goblins 1983

These 4 goblin figs were FTN Gnomes in the US catalog

Additional First Compendium C13 Night Goblins 1983

Also Added among the goblins in the first compendium:

a standard bearer that fits nicely with earlier releases

Goblin Priest with Mace - FTG15 in the 1984 US catalog

Regiment of Renown - RR3 Groms Goblin Guard 1984 (4 unique)

C27 Goblin Mutants 1984 (set of 10)

C27 Goblin Fanatics (Set of 7) 1984

Second Compendium C13 Night Goblins 1984 (set of 10)

Gobbledigook from White Dwarf Personalities box set 1984

Not just a goblin, The Goblin

Not based - he is still kept with the rest of the set in the box in the plastic liner celebrating the 50th issue of White Dwarf

Regiment of assorted goblins

Who made the list

Once a goblin like figure is named as a trollkin, a giak, a red orc, a gnoll or a lesser goblin it does

not become a goblin just because it was bundled into the C13 night goblin range.

Once a goblin is released as a goblin it does not become a gnome because its labled that way in the US catalog a few months later

If on the other hand it was released as a gnoll and it looks like a goblin and is unlike all the other gnolls then as far as I'm concerned its a goblin.

In other words it all comes down to personal perception, memory and general inability to accept change.

Monday, August 7, 2023

Citadel's Preslotta Goblins - A Start

I'm moving on to Citadel's Preslotta Goblins

Trying to compile a complete list of Citadel preslotta goblins released after Fiend Factory is something of a challenge. It includes the following:

Box set - SS4 Goblin Raiding Party (10)

Regiment of Renown - RR3 Groms Goblin Guard (4 unique)

C21 Wolf Riders (the ones that are not gnolls)

C27 Goblin Mutants (set of 10)

C27 Goblin Fanatics (Set of 7) (possible overlap with C13)

A couple of the late FTG/C12 figs that are more goblin than gnoll

A couple of FTE - Evil Leaders

A couple from assorted monster box sets (overlap with FF)

Second Compendium C13 Night Goblins (set of 10)

FTN Gnomes/Night goblins

(4 goblin figs of the 6 listed in the Ral Partha Imports catalogue US)

and then we get to

First Compendium C13 Night Goblins

Which are a mess!

The Dragon Catalogue listed them but didn't illustrate them

and the First Compendium shows relatively new night goblins mixed with goblins from at least 7 other sets

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I thought about trying to label the catalog page as provided but decided it would be better to reorganize as follows:

So... Have I missed any?

I'd be interested to hear if I'm mistaken about anything listed above

(I'm not including the Runequest Trollkin or the Lesser goblins)

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Creatures large and small

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Creatures, monsters, critters, creepy crawlies etc. just like with dungeon accessories, I'm decidely not picky. This means I can still walk into a gamestore and come away happy.

I'm super picky about humans and fantasy races - particulary proportions - Just as well I'm rarely looking for these... sigh.

At the beginning of the year I filled two trays with a selection of monsters I wanted to paint (in a few cases repaint) and have been graduly working through them. Being able to switch around keeps larger projects like the orcs from my last post from becoming a chore.

In the spirit of this blog I'll start with the Citadel preslottas but further down you find a mix of old and new metals, plastics, and some resin prints.

Citadel Miniatures

C22 Cave Lion, 1984 (40mm base)

C22 Giant Shrew, 1984 (30mm base)

C22 Chos Hound, 1984 (40mm base)

C22 Sabre Tooth Tiger, 1984 (30mm base)

C29 Spined Young Dragon 1985 (40mm base)

I painted the hatchling some time ago.

C29 Creepy Crawlies, 1983

The C29 Creepy Crawlies included FF57 Giant Snakes (2) and Beetles FS40-2 (3) from previous ranges.

A fun set of tiny figs with loads of charm. These are the figures added in the C29 release minus 3 that I have never felt the need to hunt down: a 2nd scorpion and a 2nd bat that are both very similar to the ones I have, and an imp in an odd disco pose. (bases 15-30mm)

Addenda: There are also two small crabs in this range I'll have to track down at some point.

Vicious Giant Wolf (40mm base)

Monsters Starter Set BC2 1985

Giant Scorpion C29 1987 (75mm base)

If you linked here from a Citadel/Oldhammer group you're done

The rest ain't Citadel or GW

A large variety of manufacturers, materials, ages and sizes and colors.

FM62 Giant Tick (30mm base)

Asgard

Baby Dragon-046 (40mm base)

Superior Models

Shadowrun 20-527 Toxic Earth Spitit (75mm base)

Ral Partha 1993

If you Linked here from the Old School miniatures group - time to go - the rest are less than 30 years old

Metal Miniatures

FGV357 Blade Dog and Paper Construct

Northstar Miniatures 2022

I love the paper construct. A familiar thats increadly fragile and vulnerable but able to be slipped under a door, hidden in a book, and used as a tissue in emergencies.