Moonstone…finally

Quack is definitely my favorite of the hoomans. In part that’s because I didn’t have to play “find the detail” like I did with the others, particularly on the face. (BTW, little known fact: playing “find the detail” isn’t nearly as much fun as playing “hide the sausage”). In part it’s because he’s just a really unique and quirky sculpt. I’ve decided to name his pet skull “Bob”.

Next up, a quick pause to paint some objective tokens for Infinity and Crisis Protocol. Then full speed into the goblins!

Edit: it was pointed out to me that there may be some resemblance between Quack and Getafix from Asterix & Obelix. I hadn’t made the connection but now that I have (though it’s certainly more an homage than a direct likeness) I like Quack even more.

There were some questions about scale on these minis. Goblin King says they’re 32mm but that’s not entirely true or useful given the wide range in sizes between the different minis/races.

So here’s a shot that will hopefully give you some context. Quack, one of the tallest hoomans, is a tad shorter than Cap who is pretty representative for Crisis Protocol (supposedly also 32mm). Quack is taller than one of the more diminutive Infinity models (28mm) but Mama Gimble, pretty representative for a gnome and many of the goblins, is a good bit shorter.

This exercise has highlighted to me how wide a range/imprecise scales in mm are. And yes, I know that I’ve been imprecise as there are qualifiers like “heroic” etc. but I figured a pic would be worth a few words.

Thanks for the button gents!

In honor of that, let me present you with two pics: one a Lloyd shot I forgot to take earlier. The other is a Gerry shot as the requested payment (in lieu of credit) for this project’s existence.

Doug and his pug. I went with a pretty uniform green hued color scheme for all of the goblin skin. Did my usual of painting up the skin on the whole faction which is why I’ve been silent for a good bit. Well, that and life interfering with hobbying as it is wont to do from time to time.

The pug here was fun to paint and I tried out a more weathered wood effect for his lance.

Two more goblins down. Five to go.

Vicious midget (left) was a pretty rough casting as you can see. Not sure what the story is with the hand strapped to his waist but maybe I just haven’t read deeply into the fluff.

Beaky Bobby was a nice clean cast and is probably my favorite of the goblins.

Overall, some fun sculpts.

And yes, that is his actual name.

I suspect he was supposed to come with a pipe sticking out of his mouth. It’s in the art for him in the rule book and there was a little stub on the right side of his mouth. Not sure if it broke off before shipping, during shipping, or wether I did the deed myself during assembly or while he was kicking around on my paint table. In the end, I think he looks fine without it and I just trimmed off the stub and made it part of his beard.

Going for a bit a a washed out, desaturated look for all the goblins, with little accents of color. In the lore, they seem to be almost feral, living out in the wilderness so I figured a bit of a faded look (along with their green hued skin) would help set them apart from the gnomes.

Stu was fun–though I might have called him Sleepy instead of Seasick.

I like Grub a lot. At first glance I thought him dull but after painting him up he’s both creepy and a bit charming.

Nearly finished with my Moonstone backlog. Still not quite sure if Shabaroom is just wearing the mushrooms or if they’re growing out of his back but he’s impressive(Loy insane) either way.

…and this concludes my Moonstone backlog. Overall they were really neat sculpts and most were good castings. I will say that resin is not my favorite material. The detail is exceptional but…well I’m sure you all know the downsides.

So good on you Goblin King Games! Nice product. Now to get these to the table though that’ll have to wait a good long while.