Captain Lackhand

Another stab at coming up with a coil of rope.

Either to tie up captives with or an item that the Dwarves fetched with them.

The thinner one is cotton, the thicker one from a party popper.

(Never throw anything away!)

A closer look at the captain's injury. I think he should get along to the M.O.

 

Goblin Batch 2

The next batch of six Goblins (six more to go) with their captain and Grinnah. Note that the captain, the shorty guy, already has an injury. Don't know when he lost his hand. Anytime over the past 8 years as this kit was used as a display box in the shop.

 

More Hair and scary eyes

 

Henry spotted that I'd missed the hair at the front. While there, I added the orange to the eyes though I thought they may be rather large for that treatment. However, once the dots went in, which I normally don't do for models as they simply look insane, I think it looked quite good.

Goblin Town and eBay extras complete

 

The last of the large floors from eBay now completed and in situ with all completed components.

King's bits, the weapon pile and packs

 

While waiting for paint to dry on the King, I've painted these little extras. The weapon pile, dry brushed with Chainmail, then the non metal bits painted, then the whole washed in Nuln Oil.

Finally an edging on the blades of Chainmail.

The bundle of packs, looks like five to me, is hardly enough for 13 dwarves and Bilbo, is it? Which gave me the idea for a cunning plan.

These dangling heads are not your usual skulls but look more like shrunken heads.

A little more of his totem which won't stand a chance against Gandalf's staff.

The Goblin King

I've painted this guy over and over and he just gets worse. I tried the dry brushing that someone recommended for a smooth finish but it ended up, rough as hell. My brush? My paint? (It is rather old) My painting? Ah! That's it! 

The photo shows even less of the flesh wash that is there except round his boils. That's a slightly watered down drop of Reikland Fleshshade which collects round the bumps and gives a

good impression of the sore area.

An uninteresting rear view.

 

Goblin Town, so far

 Like Topsy. Here's how we are, so far. One more large platform to go, then I start on the GW box of 2 level Goblin Town extension. It's been sprayed black though I'd hoped to spray brown and go straight into dry brushing lighter browns. Unfortunately, the brown spray is enough unlike these earlier one to make them look different. 

Goblin town platform 1

 One of the two large platforms from eBay is now complete. The skulls and bones in one corner are now buried in a pile of rocks. One obviously hit a goblin on the way down.

Here's the complete thing.

Goblin Town ramps 2

 

Here's the last of the three ramps from the eBay selection.

The coil of rope works OK so I might use it again, elsewhere.

Goblin Town ramps 1

 Slowly getting there with the additional elements from eBay. Here's the first two ramps with not very well painted litter. The 'unknown' in the foreground seems a little too red but I'll live with it. I'd like to vary the scenery but scraping off the bones is not an option. Perhaps covering them with something?

Here, right, the still fresh chunk of flesh, if that's what it is, seems too red. Both it and the darker one are coated with Blood for the Blood God but I've used different reds for the basecoat. Scarlet and Scab.

I'm trying a piece of cotton as a coil of rope hanging from one of these curious metal pieces atop the posts on the right. Picture to follow, if it works.