Old School Grom the Paunch (and lots of other Orcs)

[Helge]

I just touched up a very old Grom the Paunch model to fit in with my "modern" Orc and Goblin army (itself only a decade old ). I thought fans of the Oldhammer concept might enjoy this one.



The full Orc army can be found here.

[Diablo Jon]

Nicely done but "old"? That Grom is a mere young'n there are  two versions of Grom even older than that 😉

[Helge]

Nicely done but "old"? That Grom is a mere young'n there are  two versions of Grom even older than that 😉

There are? I never knew and would love to find out more. My personal window into WFB started in the early 90s so this Grom model was definitely my first/oldest. I know there were a couple of Goblin chariot models (see below) and a tiny metal "ghost chariot" pulled by a tiny metal board before that (also in my pile but not painted). But I didn't know that there was a Grom kit.




These are the "refurbished" old metal kits that I know. Top left is the "new" plastic kit. Top right is the old metal kit from the early 90s (?) but with plastic wolves, bottom is the same kit with original metal wolves but some repairs.

[Mason]

Nice throwback to the 90's!
 

Nicely done but "old"? That Grom is a mere young'n there are  two versions of Grom even older than that 😉

There are? I never knew and would love to find out more.

The earlier versions that Diablo Jon is referring to are on foot leading an infantry Regiment of Renown, and were known as Grom's Goblin Guard.
They can both be found here, in amongst the other early Regiments of Renown:

http://solegends.com/citrr/index.htm

[OSHIROmodels]

Brill 

[voltan]

Cracking job.

[Helge]

Mason, thanks for enlightening me! I didn't know there were "pre-fat foot Groms" . Looking at that list, I actually have a bunch of those regiments of renown in storage. Not Grom's though .

Voltan/Oshiro: Thanks for kind comments. Appreciated.

[Diablo Jon]

There are? I never knew and would love to find out more. My personal window into WFB started in the early 90s so this Grom model was definitely my first/oldest. I know there were a couple of Goblin chariot models (see below) and a tiny metal "ghost chariot" pulled by a tiny metal board before that (also in my pile but not painted). But I didn't know that there was a Grom kit.

Nice chariots I have a couple of the older ones in my lead pile awaiting some love.

With out wanting to hijack your thread here is the original (decidedly skinny) Grom and his goblin guard, sculpted by the Perry twin, from 1984 a couple of years latter they were remade with slotta bases and sculpted by Kev Adams IIRC then your Grom appeared in the early 90s as part of 4th edition WFB.





Also the tiny boar chariot is the Goblin kings chariot circa 1987 here's my version its a great little model one of my favourites

[Red Orc]

So, the version of Grom that Diablo John is not 'pre-fat' or 'decidedly skinny'. He is still known as 'Grom, Paunch of the Misty Mountain'. He is rumoured to be half-Goblin, half-Ogre. He's sculpted with his belly out after all.

There are indeed several old metal Goblin chariots. One of them is the chariot of 'Bogdan Legbreak, Goblin Warlord'. In the earliest versions of the Warhammer 'history', it's Bogdan Legbreak and his son 'Mad Eyed' Hogg who lead the Goblin chariots in Grom's war.

I wrote about some of this stuff years ago on my blog:

https://fantasyadventuringblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-college-of-speculative-antiquarians_12.html

[sir_shvantselot]

Gorgeous Oldhammer

[Diablo Jon]

So, the version of Grom that Diablo John is not 'pre-fat' or 'decidedly skinny'. He is still known as 'Grom, Paunch of the Misty Mountain'. He is rumoured to be half-Goblin, half-Ogre. He's sculpted with his belly out after all.

There are indeed several old metal Goblin chariots. One of them is the chariot of 'Bogdan Legbreak, Goblin Warlord'. In the earliest versions of the Warhammer 'history', it's Bogdan Legbreak and his son 'Mad Eyed' Hogg who lead the Goblin chariots in Grom's war.

I wrote about some of this stuff years ago on my blog:

https://fantasyadventuringblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-college-of-speculative-antiquarians_12.html

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Compared to the early 90s version the 1984 version is decidedly skinny  he has a bit of a beer gut no where near as impressive as the 90s version.

[Red Orc]

The '90s version does make him look like he's eaten another similar-sized goblin whole, it's true!