The Hobgoblinz of Russian Alternative Show Their Ugly Faces
July 6, 2014 by dracs
Russian Alternative will soon be releasing a new unit of fantasy Hobgoblinz to take to the battlefield, but even these gobbos need leadership so we get a preview of the unit's command minis.
These Hobgoblinz keep with The Russian Alternative's previous retro-Games Workshop inspired style, with a suitable update in design. The goblins themselves stand out from their fellow greenskins mostly due to their clothing style, which also ties them in with The Russian Alternative's evil dwarfs.
Will these Hobgoblinz be marching under your banner?
At last, perfect for my FW Chaos Dwarfs. Hope they bang out some wolf riders.
Wait, is that Goblin playing a cello? xD
Well cellos are the most evil of all musical instruments!
If you mean evilly AWESOME! 😉
Thats right after bagpipes!
His name is Yo Yo Maaaaaaagh! 😀
If you’ve ever heard a kid learning to play the cello and violin you will understand the concept of pain.
Like Killick says in “Master and Commander” . . .
“Scrape, screech, scrape, scrape . . . never a tune you can dance to!”
Cat having sex with bagpipes is a close approximation.
Now there’s a mental image from which I’ll never be completely free. 🙂
Since I never have enough knowledge to get nitty gritty with details on other posts, I feel I must release my inner perfectionist in this instance 🙂 As our Hobgoblin friend is actually playing his “instrument” standing and it is significantly taller than him, it would actually be considered a bass. Which, when you think of it is a much more practical musical instrument to take into battle as he will never be far from his home base…insert groan here ;P
Playing a Bass? Not far from his home BASE?
Groooooooooooan. 😀
If anyone was going to rip off .. ahem, I mean pay homage to old GW hobgoblins, then I wish they’d have chosen the old C36 Hobgoblins of the 80s. Those were some of the best fantasy miniatures Citadel ever did.
They do look similar to classic GW goblins.
Old fashioned retro goblins. For the instrument, what’s that… a cielo?! Not very inspiring when going into battle. Bad looking command choice.
With the numbers someone needs for WHFB (for which they are obviously aimed at) you’re only going to use these if you already have a bunch of other metal ones, otherwise I find it hard to imagine fielding something like two units of 30 from these lil’ suckers. Go to eBay, spend a fraction of that money and buy yourself a bucket load. Use green stuff. Done.
As always, very good painting from these dudes
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Oh wow will be getting these
Oh nice. I have a ton of the old hobgobs, but an extra command set is most welcome. Some wolf riders now, that would be extra great.