@Pattus Magnus: Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@DeafNala: That is surely the best compliment that a thread like this could receive. Thank you.
@Blackwolf: Badgers, you say? Hmm, I think you could be right. There are Foxes, and even Swallows in the painting queue (don't hold your breath, but I will get there eventually!) but no Badgers currently. Badgers are impressive and powerful creatures, but famously proud and, I understand, rather irritable. Could they be tamed/recruited by the Gnomes? I think it will depend on whether I find a suitable model...
@Grumpy Gnome: Thank you! I really liked the figure as soon as I saw him, even though he did not really fit with the rest of my Gnome Army. His pointy hat it made it clear to me he was proudly embracing his Gnomishness, and that was enough to justify his purchase and inclusion in the Army.
@Bloggard: I think you are right, although I don't know which board game. I bought the figure for £1 at the UK Games Expo last year from a stall selling loads of different plastic figures clearly from different sources. The sculpt is very good for a board game figure in my opinion. Do you know if there are any other "Gnomes" in the same range?