Cult of the Leering Lune- the final month

 

Well that's it everyone, the final month of the Tale of Fourth Gamers army challenge. All the goblins are painted. It's been a bit of a mammoth one, but some fun stuff this month. The army's not finished of course (when are they ever?), there are still some trolls and a giant to do, but all the goblins was what I wanted from this challenge and that has been achieved.

Most of the rank and file for July have been Oakbound sculpts which I did last summer. They were an experiment which I was pleased with and have gone into a project that's due for launch in September.

The champion and standard bearer are Old School Miniatures and (converted) Citadel. It's the only banner not to be made of fabric, but I don't think it clashes too badly. I wanted to go more classic Night Goblin colours on these units, keeping the majority in cream robes for uniformity. The web imagery is a hint of something to come...

Another big block of spears, Oakbound troops again. Those spear tips are very pointy!

Niblet, a Harlequin (I think) champion and an OSM musician. Again, more typical Night Goblin colours to wrap up the project.

Here's why there are webs! I wanted some cave spider riders instead of forest goblin spider riders. The spiders themselves are Mark Copplestone sculpts from North Star and the riders are converted 4th ed models. I hope purists will forgive that they aren't on cavalry bases, the squarish spiders looked a bit silly on big long bases. Their frontage is the same. Now I will confess- I did not want to chop up rare and expensive metal goblins to put them on spiders, so these are actually resin casts (apart from the champion). Shh, don't tell anyone.

The musician's gong and standard top are donations from Mike at Broadsword Miniatures, who is a very generous guy and also donated the final, fun piece of the army...

I believe this chap is a Satanic Panic version of a Citadel classic. To my eye he looked very much like a goblin, so a goblin he now is! With his massive throne and lectern he just had to be riding a a palanquin so a couple of squig herders were yolked to the task. Various spare heads have come in handy adorning poles and other 'boring' bits of the litter.

The back of the throne I adorned with this glorious chunk of leering lead by Kev Adams (of course) and from Foundry (Warmonger). An appropriate visage to round off the Cult of the Leering Lune with! But, of course, it would not be complete without the Warhammer Armies full army pose!

On to the next project!