Not-HeroQuest 1989 – Monstrous Encounters Classic Goblin

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At the end of May we stopped past a little hobby store a few suburbs away that a co-worker had told me about. The place is called Miniature Horde and they sell a bit of GW, some paints including Citadel Colour, Two Thin Coats, some other hobby supplies, etc – but mostly they’re big into 3D printing, with a wide variety of bases, basing bits and several licenced ranges including Avatars of War, Print Minis, OPR and Monstrous Encounters among others.

The owner there, a bloke called Irish, also holds a monthly painting challenge/comp with a giveaway model when you make a purchase, so when I bought a couple of figure cases and a model, I ended up with this little gobbo as well – clearly inspired by the old Heroquest models sculpted by Bob Olley.

I only had a couple of days to paint this little guy up, so being a simple model I allowed him to jump the queue and glued him down to a 25mm citadel round base so he’d fit in with my main Orc & Goblin force. I then got to work, finishing him the next day which is actually super fast for me, believe it or not!

Since I don’t really have any other similar random fantasy models to share for May’s work, he gets a post to himself – though there are more fantasy models to come fairly soon…

ASOIAF TMG: Cersei and Tyrion Lannister

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Another dramatic lurch to another game and set of figures sadly neglected for quite some time – I’ve finally completed both Cersei and Tyrion after having them on the painting desk for well over a year!
Basically, I wanted to paint in some nice little freehand patterns on Cersei’s dress, but I also couldn’t be bothered to figure out what kind and then actually do it – so as with so many other models, these two got shoved out of the way to the side and then forgotten about in favour of more interesting models.
With this pair finished, I can either try to finish off The Mountain, or a whole bunch of Stark Sworn Swords next for our ASOIAF collection. More Mountain’s Men? Sure, all of those would be nice, but one has to come before the others.