Khurasan previews the Hobgoblin Shock Army

[Khurasan Miniatures]

The Shock Army of the Hobgoblin king is a brutally disciplined and merciless army that revels in destruction on a massive scale. Unlike other savage and indisciplined goblinoids these warriors keep ranks and fight with mechanical precision, because they know that is the way to shed the most blood.

These are 15mm models but Hobgoblins are massive creatures, a full two meters tall, and can easily be used as man-sized goblinoids in 18mm scale.

The center of the army is made up of rectangles of soldiers with swords and large shields, the attack cohorts.


On the wings are archers with self-bows who shoot a huge volume of arrows into the enemy ranks, especially their more fragile mounted forces.


Behind these are the soldiers with polearms to defend the archers in case the enemy survives the arrow storm. Although these usually fight in mixed units with the archers, at times they are massed into a mighty phalanx that serves as a battering ram, on which occasions the front ranks are provided with shields.


At the head of each infantry unit is a centurion, standard bearer, and drummer to keep the soldiers marching in step.


There are other elements to the Hobgoblin Shock Army as well, but the core is the infantry and these will be released as soon as the mouldmaker makes the moulds.

Duff has done a great job painting these -- Mike Broadbent sculpted them. Updates as I get them!

[Elbows]

Very cool...lovely things for 15mm. 

[Gibby]

Great stuff!