Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Frostgrave undead and construct)

[Shub-Nullgurath]

I love the sort of eggshell patterning on the helmet.

[Severian]

Fantastic work on the goblin raiders. It is a great set, indeed. I've got at least one (miniature, not set, alas!) part-painted somewhere...

Your consistent ability to finish things never fails to impress... I've been trying to finish a few oddments in time for the school holidays but find I have the attention span of a distracted goldfish most of the time these days.

Keep up the good work - always encouraging to see your stuff.

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, all!

Your consistent ability to finish things never fails to impress... I've been trying to finish a few oddments in time for the school holidays but find I have the attention span of a distracted goldfish most of the time these days.

It's worth remembering that the goblins I've been finishing off in the last few days were started at some point in 2015 - so my finishing abilities may be overstated!

Here's one more - Bulbug Orcleaver (there should, I presume, really be a second C in there - unless he's an interspecies* divorcé) blinking in the unaccustomed sunlight with his fellows. I might add a bit more highlighting to his tunic tonight, but he's more or less done.

*Steady, now: same species[/Tolkien purist]

[Hobgoblin]

Here's a grim matriarch for the goblins. She was originally a Runequest Mistress Race troll, but doubled up as a Fiend Factory Ogre. I think the troll role came first, judging by the RQ death rune on her Zorak Zoran companion's shield.

[Hobgoblin]

And here she is with her vile, vile brood:

[Hobgoblin]

Here's a blast from the past: a Drastik Plastik orc.

[manic _miner]

 You dont see many of these nowadays.

[Hobgoblin]

You dont see many of these nowadays.

No - and it wouldn't really be true to say that they're much missed! Even the monopose Warhammer Regiments plastics were a huge improvement.

Here's a favourite figure of mine with paintwork in progress: Crud Longbone, the champion of Grom's Goblin Guard. He's as devilishly hard to paint today as I remembering him being in the 1980s - but he's still a fantastic miniature.

[Hobgoblin]

I'm calling him done for now ...

[Hobgoblin]

One more shot of Crud and a very old Fiend Factory lizardman, who falls squarely into the "you can only do so much" category (for me at least):

[Gibby]

Crud is awesome. I really like the pose and as always your choice of skin colour for goblinoid skin makes them look sinister without losing that sort of goblin charm.

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks! Yes, he's a great old miniature. He has always reminded me of this De Plancy demon - a silhouette of which was, if I remember correctly, used to illustrate the goblin entry in some Call of Cthulhu supplement:

[Hobgoblin]

And here's a chaos goblin - the hopper. I have one or two more of him lurking in the leadpile, so this one's a bit experimental.

[Hobgoblin]

And this week's batch of orcish heraldry:

[Severian]

More good stuff - Crud is great, as has been said. And the chaos goblin works very well, although it's an odd looking figure; but you've really done him well.

Excellent shields as usual; pen-work for the details?

The variations-on-a-theme are nicely judged and really bring them together.