Tiny Goblin Captain

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

I'm curious why the Goblin Captain from the Escape from Goblin Town set is so small? I love the little critter but I wonder why GW designed him that way.

Sithious · **Posted:** Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:53 pm

From the film. GW does very little that isn't directly inspired from a film image. He is hard to spot, but you can see him in the group.

As for why they made him a captain, probably because as a warrior he doesn't fit, but to command makes sense if you ever worked with smaller people they tend to have power complex, Napoleon syndrome as it is called.

JamesR · **Posted:** Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:13 pm

I hate the model for in game reasons. Jumping, climbing etc becomes very difficult for the tiny captain

Aulë, the Valar · **Posted:** Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:09 pm

Goblins are malformed beings... their captain just had to be something like that ahahah

But for gaming purposes I'll have to agree, he sucks...

Billyf93 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:33 pm **Posts:** 6

Only thing I don't understand with him is his Strength Value! As has been said, he is very very small and the fact he has more strength than say, a Dwarf Warrior or Elf Warrior is rather silly.

Isilduhrr · **Posted:** Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:07 pm

Short people are extraordinarily aggressive. Source: am a short aggressive person.

Coenus Scaldingus · **Joined:** Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:14 am **Posts:** 1121

Whenever you use him, be sure to call him 'Tyrion'.

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

Quote:

but to command makes sense if you ever worked with smaller people they tend to have power complex, Napoleon syndrome as it is called

Haha, unfortunately the Napoleon syndrome is a myth. The idea that famous dictators like Napoleon, Mao, and Stalin were short can actually be traced back to enemy propaganda.

On the other hand, do you have a screen shot of the small goblin captain from the film?

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