Author Topic: best goblins ever! (Read 3887 times)

madzerker · « **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

Cubs · « **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.

Arundel · « **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.

Nord · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 November 2017, 09:41:48 AM »

Nice enough, not to my taste.

Pictures would help the cause!

Sunjester · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 November 2017, 11:28:36 AM »

Very nice, but still too Games Workshopy for me.

Sangennaru · « **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!

Duncan McDane · « **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...

MachinaMandala · « **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.

beefcake · « **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.

Sangennaru · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 November 2017, 07:22:06 PM »

Quote from: beefcake on 16 November 2017, 06:41:42 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.

Patrice · « **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!!

...Which is not so surprising after all... I know many French gamers or collectors who still regret the old Citadel miniatures.

aircav · « **Reply #11 on:** 16 November 2017, 08:16:19 PM »

Good call, they are fantastic

Comsquare · « **Reply #12 on:** 16 November 2017, 08:40:52 PM »

Does anybody know how they scale up compared to the RBG goblins?

Sylvain · « **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

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: