It's been about 5-6 years since I last posted here, I couldn't even remember my username so had to register again!
I'm here to show off some LOTR stuff I bought recently. I suspect it was the Hobbit that brought the inspiration back on again. I sculpt my own stuff these days, but bought the Escape from Goblin town box set from GW (the last time I actually bought a miniature was 2008...) then sourced a few other bits and pieces on ebay.
I'll start off with my Mist Mountain Goblin project!
Actually love the goblin miniatures, hate most GW plastics. I painted these guys with no conversion work at all.
A note on the bases – any 'horde' type miniature I base on larger cavalry bases in two's, with the proviso that I have an equal amount on the infantry sized base. If it's a massive horde, I'll also use a large troll/chariot size base and stick 4 or 5 minis on it. Never mind what the rules say, I play home brew, small scale skirmish.
Cork pebbles from a model train shop are used for rocks.
These were easy and fast, hopefully I'll do a tutorial.
The main horde is 24 goblins strong, two groups of 12, so I have some left from Escape from Goblin town to play around with! Enter the Guard of the Goblin King.
Shields and weapons are white plastic/styrene sheets (plasticard). I simply score the sheet with wood lines and knots then rough up the edges and make some holes and notches. The arms holding the spears were sculpted in procreate, very poorly I might add, this is just fun for me (I don't need to worry about perfection or production, mold making, etc.).
Here's my Goblin Town Captain – Razorback. I saw a small scene in the Hobbit where a goblin had what looked like a turtle shell thing strapped to his back, and so I was inspired. Usually I hate 'scenic bases' like this but to make this guy stand out as a special character I've gone with it.
I wasn't a fan of this Goblin King miniatures, love the concept, but he limitations of plastic injection molding bug me. I did some minor conversion work on the belt and staff, adding lots more parchment/rags, and added some hair to make the head stand out as the focal point. Look forward to painting this guy.
Re: the base – the cavalry size one was simply too small on my opinion. I'm not constricted by rules so I went bigger, and used the small goblin captain to add flavour to the base.
So what's next – paint all this up! After that then use the remaining goblins to make some archer conversions, a troll, then a spider rider or two.
WOW amazing painting, converting, basing and the awesome idea of putting multiple goblins on a single base 
Truly amazing 
