Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Middle Earth Goblin Town goblins and they're TO DONE! Once again a massive amount of models for me - 53 in total [and 68 hobby points. But that's not actually all, because I did the Goblin town and Moria terrain and some other bits which will be in a separate post.
Here we have the 'command unit' - a Goblin Scribe, Grinnah, the Goblin Throne, a Goblin Captain and the King himself.
I'm not 100% on this guy. I mean he's great for tabletop standard but the stippling leaves something to be desired. For once, it would have been nicer if the the 'brush marks' weren't noticeable and the red sore areas had blended into the pale skin better. A red wash/glaze might do that but for now I'm done with them. I do like the little dig at Otty's Rohan army though 😜
There are elements on this that scream contrast paints, but I haven't used any. I've managed the same effect with standard paints and washes, though it probably took 4 times as long. Maybe one day I won't be intimidated by them and find them rewarding.
So, another issue - the perpetual pitfalls of varnishing. I had run out of Army Painter Anti-Shine... so have they in fact. It's now Warpaints Fanatic Matt varnish. Anyway, I decided to use my Miniature Paints Matt Varnish. Not that can be more satin but I've two bottles of it and wanted to use them up. They'd been fine on previous models but I somehow saw the return of my old friend varnish foam/frosting. The thing is it never really looks like this while wet. You only find out afterwards and then there's not much you can do. I'll look at some varnish alternatives in the future.
Grinnah next. I'm not a fan of the model, or my execution of him. But in game he's awesome, able to swap positions with any other Goblin within 3" and not counted as a move. Really sneaky having a hero popping an extra move into their threat zone and suddenly be facing someone else who thought they were safe. He's no Aragorn, but he's not rubbish.
The Scribe.
I've actually done two of these and this was the first. I got better second time round.
In game he's quite hard to use and easy to be taken out - he's always classed as trapped so it's double strikes on him.
But he can help confer an army wide Heroic Move which could come in handy.
The completely unnecessary Goblin Throne. I once again added Otty's horse banner for some predictable banter. I hate banners anyway, because Moria and Goblin Town Goblins don't get them.
When half the matched play missions include points for having a banner and also if your opponent does not it seems particularly unfair to start a matched play game at a disadvantage. Narrative mission sure, but not matched play.
And here are all the gobbos. Having a horde army is not great for me, but their stats/weapons are all the same [except for the two two-handed armed goblins]. So, less mental bandwidth required.
I love the mutated ones the most.
From the two games I've had their ability to 'spear support' anyone else is awesome. Always having two chances in a duel role has a massive impact on the game.
So long as I always double up, my chances of winning the duel increase dramatically. But also, converting a duel win to a wound. These guys were just offing Hunter Orcs like they weren't there.
I can't believe how effective they were and that's with limited knowledge of their synergies.
The goblin King's songs also help. Giving them Terror or the equivalent of a 6" banner makes a huge difference to what is otherwise a lightweight army.
He can also sing a song to add a 6+ FnP to any model within 6", which I got off twice in one game much to Ben's intense annoyance.
Or, he can add re-roll 1's to wound for models within 6".
The King with a 3+ FnP is amazing too. He's so durable. I think one round of combat against a Snow troll and Wulf - 9 damage, he suffered 1 wound!
I can't quite grasp how these are so much easier and effective to play, compared with Moria Goblins.
Maybe it's the wealth of good rules Goblin Town has compared to Moria. Also, less options means you're not diluting your army with too much choice.
But. knowing my luck I suspect I'll get to our Midweek MESBG tournament and I'll be bottom of the pile once again! 😂 But in the mean time, another Great Big Wooden Stamp of Approval.
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