Citadel Night Goblin Fanatics (Plastics)

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As part of my continuing push to clear off my painting desk via actually finishing off models, I gathered together these three Goblin Fanatics a couple of weekends ago. I got them either from eBay, or WAU, or something like that at least a couple of years ago. I can't even remember, to tell the truth. It was certainly before we bought this house and moved in. They had been assembled, sprayed black, had their bases painted goblin green, and parts of their skin had also been painted goblin green. Unless that last part was me. Anyway, they'd just kind of floated around since I got here, and had been separated, and one of them had suffered a fall from the shelf due to Leonard the Cat going "fishing" from the top of the bookshelf - snapping the chain, which was hanging by a thin thread of plastic.

 

My "Assistant", Leonard the Cat. "Helping".

 

 

So anyway. I saw a couple of them taking up space and decided to finish them as a quick weekend project. The plan was to get them entirely done in the one weekend. It ended up taking two, but close enough. Glued the chain back together and off I went. It took a bit to decide what to do with their clothing. I feel that while Night Goblins can be dark as you like, it's nice to make their "special" models pop in some way. I also hate checked patterns on goblinoids, so I went with flames. Initially using an off-white, I decided they'd look better with a bit more colour, so I went with the brighter flames.

 

 

Yes, I know that the base of the flames "should be" yellow as it's the hottest part, and the red at the edges. These flames, of course, are made of paint representing a pattern on cloth rather than actual flames, so I'm fine with the red being adjacent to the green of their faces, and the yellow against the black of their hoods. It's all about contrast and "pop" here, but without over highlighting black cloth or green skin up to white, which always bothers me a little. I also experimented a little with the balls and chains. I wanted them to look like worn and rusted metal.

 

While they took a little longer than I'd planned, I'm quite happy with the final outcome. Now, on to the next models.

[robinh]

I like very much.  The ball and chains do have that nice well used rusty look and the flames on the hoods bring attention to the goblin's faces.  Well done!

[heffling]

Very good job.  The flames really draw the eyes to the faces.

[Chaoswolf]

Great job!

Cute 'helper', too.

[Limey72]

Flames look awesome great job on the go how but the cat wow it looks real,

[malefactus]

The Little Green Loonies turned out BEAUTIFULLY. VERY WELL DONE!

[joshuaslater]

The Little Green Loonies turned out BEAUTIFULLY. VERY WELL DONE!

Double that.

[Damenace]

One of best friends used to play Night Goblins, but we never got such a good paint job on our gaming tables! Lovely work!

[Glitterwolf]

Waaaghhh great stuff.

 

Night Goblins were another favorite of mine next to Undead and Chaos.

[Tricksay]

 

The Little Green Loonies turned out BEAUTIFULLY. VERY WELL DONE!

Double that.

Triple that.

[aku-chan]

Looking good!

 

You've done a great tarnished metal effect on those balls.

[Mad Jack]

 Excellent job on the ball and chain parts.

[Jaws]

 

 

The Little Green Loonies turned out BEAUTIFULLY. VERY WELL DONE!

Double that.

Triple that.

 

QUAD DAMAGE!

[smokingwreckage]

Yeah, loved the night goblins, never even got started trying to collect WH though; tried WH40K and couldn't stretch the budget far enough for a decent army in that, let alone a fantasy army as well.

 

Still, one place where I think GW left a very distinctive mark on the straight-up-commercial-fantasy imagined world, was the loony goblins :)

[revloc02]

Wow, really great job. The ball and chain look real. The hoods are cool too.