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Offline madzerker

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best goblins ever!
« on: 15 November 2017, 10:22:56 PM »
Sylvain Quirion is having a kickstarter for trolls and goblins. These are the most expressive goblins I have ever seen and I am looking so forward to painting them. Supposedly there will be many more (at least 20) as well as maybe a unit of trolls. Here is the link, I don't know how to post pictures here if someone wants to do it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1785203465/trolls-and-goblins

Offline Cubs

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #1 on: 15 November 2017, 10:45:18 PM »
They are very good, like a slightly more 'grown-up' version of GW's goblin style, but without so much excess.

Tre Manor (Redbox Games) has been showing these on his FB page and they do look nice.
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Offline Arundel

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #2 on: 15 November 2017, 10:51:56 PM »
I agree. Those really are something special. Tre Manor did some great ones also, but they were too tiny! Hope that isn't the cast with these.

Offline Nord

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #3 on: 16 November 2017, 09:41:48 AM »
Nice enough, not to my taste.

Pictures would help the cause!

Offline Sunjester

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #4 on: 16 November 2017, 11:28:36 AM »
Very nice, but still too Games Workshopy for me.


Offline Sangennaru

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #5 on: 16 November 2017, 11:57:07 AM »
seen them on facebook, and seriously cool looking!

I'm loving painting the RGB goblins, but they are very small indeed!

Offline Duncan McDane

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #6 on: 16 November 2017, 12:32:44 PM »
Yeah, these are really good. They have sort of a "Dark Crystal"-mood over them...
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Offline MachinaMandala

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #7 on: 16 November 2017, 12:45:07 PM »
Lovely but what size are they? I got some Red Box goblins and was shocked at how teeny and cutesy they were.

Offline beefcake

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #8 on: 16 November 2017, 06:41:42 PM »
These look great. I also have the RBG goblins. I really like how small they are.


Offline Sangennaru

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #9 on: 16 November 2017, 07:22:06 PM »
These look great. I also have the RBG goblins. I really like how small they are.

Me too! Something different than usual, but totally natural when mixed with the others!
Apologies for the OT, though. :D

Offline Patrice

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #10 on: 16 November 2017, 08:01:51 PM »
 :-* I love them!

They don't look GW-ish to me – I would rather say that they have a feeling of the old Citadel (and very early GW) pre-slotta very sympathetic Goblins
(before GW messed everything up and changed them from gently humorous to absolutely ridiculous)
of whom I still have quite a large horde.

...And I discover that this company is located in Brittany!! :o

...Which is not so surprising after all... I know many French gamers or collectors who still regret the old Citadel miniatures.
« Last Edit: 16 November 2017, 10:24:05 PM by Patrice »

Offline aircav

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #11 on: 16 November 2017, 08:16:19 PM »
Good call, they are fantastic  :o :o :o

Offline Comsquare

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #12 on: 16 November 2017, 08:40:52 PM »
Does anybody know how they scale up compared to the RBG goblins?

Offline Sylvain

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #13 on: 28 November 2017, 11:08:06 PM »
thanks for posting this, and thanks for the tittle, even if it makes me blush  8)


according to Tre Himself, nothing scales with his goblins (though I'm sure I have some tiny ones around that would scale!), but I guess mine could be taller ones from the same specy, as goblins have a great variety of bodies ;) (maybe not according to GW models, but that's what I got from reading Tolkien and I'll stick to that!)

the goblin range from 22 to 25mm top of the head, and the trolls are 58 and 62mm tall

we have 9 goblins unlocked, next is a champion (just 2-3 backers away) and 2 Trolls, with a new option to get 3 trolls (one has an optionnal head and can be posed to get 3 different minis)

trying to post some pics:










to give an indication of size:




you can see more pics on the KS page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1785203465/trolls-and-goblins
or my personnal blog (see above), and also on Aenor's fb page https://www.facebook.com/AenorMiniatures/

Offline beefcake

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Re: best goblins ever!
« Reply #14 on: 29 November 2017, 04:01:51 AM »
Wow, seeing yours beside GW ones really makes the GW ones look ridiculously cartoony (even for goblins)

 

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