Northstar Miniatures Plastic Fantasy Goblins Previewed!

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

The dwarves were OK (for Tolkien dwarves I prefer the Mirliton/Grenadier and Vendel/Sgt Major ones) but these orcs look the bees knees.  This makes me hopeful for the elves, but I won't hold my breath as most fantasy elf sculpts are not good representations of Tolkien elves.  I wonder which type of elves, if they are "Tolkien" ones, they will do; Noldor, Sindar or Silvan?

[Belgian]

My, those scimitar are curved... Who's the sculptor?

Giorgio Bassani if I'm not mistaken.

[Dr. Zombie]

They do look rather nice. It is good to get away from the GW style. If they are somewhat interchangeable with the other northstar kits the possibilities are endless.

[TWD]

My, those scimitar are curved... Who's the sculptor?

Gorgio Bassani has been doing recent plastic sculpting for NorthStar so I imagine they're his work.

[Schrumpfkopf]

Gorgio Bassani has been doing recent plastic sculpting for NorthStar so I imagine they're his work.

Michael Anderson.

[mweaver]

I like them.  A nice, classic look.  If you can have a classic look for goblins.

-Michael

[adventure_85]

I am pretty excited for these and the dwarves.

[Elbows]

I like them.  A nice, classic look.  If you can have a classic look for goblins.

-Michael

Precisely why I like them.  Not stylized like LOTR, and not overstylized like GW.  Just classic Hero Quest-esque goblins.  Just what I need for my dungeon crawl, etc.

[Mac V]

They do look like the old Rankin Bass cartoon.

Really excited to see this game!

[majorsmith]

They look great!

[Sunjester]

These are fantastic, as has already been said, they would be a perfect fit for Middle Earth (Tolkien's version, not Peter Jackson's).

I've always been put off of plastic figures (or any multi-part figures), I'm a gamer, not a modeler. But these might tempt me.

[Spooktalker]

I agree with many here, they are tempting for the unstarted not-Jackson LotR project that has been gathering lead to it the last few years. I, too, want to see the elves.

I like those, I just wish they would ditch the integral bases.  There is no practical reason for them and they take a lot of work to get them to look decent.

Yes, why? They make absolutely no sense.

[DivisMal]

Pretty good. Those look like they would fit in fine with either the brilliant old Mithril Tolkien Orcs or the excellent Bronze Age "Frazetta-style" Orcs.

Anyway. Nice box. Would be good to know if they are compatible with the other Northstar boxes. I'm looking at you Frostgrave cultists!

[Paboook]

Shorter legs would make them excellent Tolkien orcs. What a pity!

The Perry metals from early GW LOTR range are still the best in my opinion.

[Philhelm]

Why are the integral bases so thick?  Is that just part of a prototype process or something?