A few Iron Claw Goblins.

Finally I have got around to painting some goblins!

I chose some Iron Claw range goblins from 1987/8  because I really love the detailing on them, and they are really fun to paint. Like all of Bob Olley's sculpts, the detailing is awesome, although I do acknowledge that some of his ranges don't always seem to work, nor is his sculpting to everyone's taste. Still, I love the goblins he sculpted for Citadel, although at the time I didn't really like them. However, it's the detailing, and something about the goblin mischief in the faces which I love. 

When painting I wanted an unusual look to the skin rather than the traditional  'Goblin Green' or a more human flesh colour. I opted to paint the flesh Citadel's Fenrisian Grey, highlight it with a mix of Fenrisian Grey and white, then wash it with green ink, then highlight again with a mix of Fenrisian Grey and white. As for the armour and clothing, I wanted a coherent look without being too uniform. So I opted for only using red or brown for cloth, and the same shade of metal for the armour. I didn't use any Citadel plastic shields as I wanted a different look to match their non-conventional Citadel sculpting, so I used a mix of Foundry Viking shields, and some old Hasslefree miniatures shields.

Enjoy :)

Goblins!

Goblin with axe.
This is one of my favourite miniatures in all of my collections. The face, the great face sculpted shoulder armour, the mean looking axe, and the ridiculously impractical pointed helmet all come together to make a lovey, quirky, miniature. He will be my army general. He also got a different colour helmet to show his status!

Swordsman and halberdier.

A pair of armoured spearmen, obviously planning mischief!

Double-handed axe and sword/cutlass and shield.

A Warhammer warhammer! and halberdier.

Another sword and shield, and a double handed flail. The flail has a lovely head detailed head on the end of the pole, which is holding the flail in its mouth.

Another pair of double-handed axes.

Swordsman and axeman.

A goblin wielding a ball-headed mace and short sword, and another sword and shield goblin.

Standard bearer and a double handed mace wielding goblin in a rather fetching pointed helmet.

Rear view of the standard. The standard top is double faced, and they both, to me anyway, have a Green Man feel about them.

Another double-handed mace goblin, and another double-handed axe goblin.

Spearman and swordsman.
The hilt of the sword is sculpted into a (goblin?) face.

A troublesome trio of goblins.

Archers!
The one on the left has a bladed/serrated bow, a common feature on some of Bob Olley's goblins.

Rear view of the above goblins showing the detailing on the quivers.

More archers.

Another two archers.

Rear view of the archers above.
The one on the left has a face shaped quiver, the other has a space dagger on his.

Archers again! I love the mean looking face of the one on the left.

Rear view of the quiver of the above archers.

A pair of helmeted goblin archers.

Next update may be some Mithril Miniatures Orcs. I am basing them on scenic bases in line with the new Midgard rules, and I am painting some at the moment. At some point I want to get back to painting some more of these goblins though!