Happy Sunday, It should always be a fun day, better than Monday.
I was not expecting such positive feedback from the Oldhammer Community when I shared this project on the Facebook Groups. It is a great motivator moving forward.
Before I did anymore painting or purchases, I thought it would be a good idea to take an actual inventory of what I had purchased already. I have been buying random bits and bobs over the last 5 to 6 years.
After cleaning off the dining room table after last night's D&D Game. I went through my office and literally opened every drawer, box, miniature case and cabinet. I had packed stuff all over the place.
This gave me a good opportunity to do some clean-up and re-organizing, which was badly needed.
(I actually found a good chunk of an all metal Eldar aspect warrior army and a Falcon Tank still in the box. I also found my Karl Franz on Deathclaw [NIB, not shrink-wrapped]. I am thinking about putting them up for trade)
So this is what I ended up with:
Looking through the models' I got stuff from the late 80's to the early 2000's, 30 years of miniature history. I am not a miniature snob and I have no issue mixing all of these different generations together. The only thing I will not include in this army are the later orc sculpts (post 2000's) as they radically changed how they looked and their vibe just does not jive with what I am doing.
The original 4th Edition Box Set had 32 goblin spearmen and 32 goblin archers.
I actually have all 32 spearmen but only 25 archers, I am short seven, but I already have a deal to get what I am missing. You can see the ones I painted from last year and there are some on my painting desk not pictured.
The 4th Edition Box Set also had four Cardboard "Miniature" that came with the box:
- Orc General/Shaman on Wyvern
- Wolf Chariot
- Orc Rock Lobber
- High Elf on Griffon (not doing elves)
I have acquired two of three so far:
I would like to find some actual goblin wolf chariots but they are still just as hard to find 30 years later.
The Orc Leader on Wyvern is a different story, there are three version that came out and there are a couple of Third Party Sculpts that could also fit. The 80's and the early 90's one is crazy expensive on the resell market. The later 2000's one is not much better, The 3rd party sculpts are much more affordable.
Now the late 80's stuff I acquired
I am thinking of using the Forest Goblin Command with the 32 Goblin Spearmen, giving me a solid 7x5 Infantry Block.
The Doom Diver is just going to be fun to paint. I am thinking of basing it on a 50mm x 50 mm base.
The Night Goblin Net Team are fun models but depending with what edition you play they are either their own unit or an upgrade for a Night Goblin Unit.
In addition to this blister I actually have a number of loose metal night goblins with flails and clubs
With the four in the blister, plus the 3 with flails and 2 clubbers, I got a 9 in total and if I add a command group, It would give me a unit of 12.
I also have two metal night goblin command teams. one is going with the archers to give me a big block of night goblin archers or two smaller groups If I don't field the net and club team.
Options, Options, Options Huzzah
In every White Dwarf Battle report I ever read with gobbo's in it they always had a wolf rider unit. This to me was one of the most expensive units to get because you only got one per blister and they did not sell a box of them.
I managed to get three of the 90's versions and four of the 80's versions, plus a 80's standard bearer and musician,
This give me a unit of 9 and I am looking at a champion for this unit.
Not Pictured is a unit of 10 wolf riders (2000 era) with command that I won a bid on and are currently being shipped to me
Last but not least for the old school trip are the goblin fanatics and my lone ogre.
Six Gobbo Fanatics to seed in my night goblin units and a Ogre Standard Bearer that was a gift from a friend. It is really nicely painted too.
I am go to need to make a part two for the rest of the stuff later.
Cheers
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