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Snotlings

A couple of snotlings that I based individually as lesser goblins.

One of my favourite models of all time is the Snotling Pump Wagon, not the new montrosity, but the original one from Citadel. What I liked about it most was the humour behind the model, you got the idea that the designer was down the pub when the idea came up.

The model initially came as a single decker with an expansion pack providing the top deck if needed. In later years the complete model was made available as a single kit.

Halfing Chef

Halfing Chef from Citadel that I used with my Flintloque Halflings. Full of character.

Half and Halflings

These two Halflings were part of a Flintloque force of Halflings (or Hobbits). I think they were by Alternative Armies, but I know within the collection there were a few Citadel models.

War Elephant

This War Elephant was inspired by an original article in White Dwarf from the 1980s on a Lord of the Rings which included a Mumakil which had been converted from a Britains Elephant, so I decided to do the same thing, originally with a Rhino… but did eventually buy an Elephant.

I used miliput for the saddle and frontal armour plate, and balsa wood for the howdah.

Attacking the Dwarf City

Probably my favourite display game at GamesDay 2008 was the Dwarf City that was under attack by a sea borne Orc and Goblin army. The scenery was beautifully constructed, some amazing Venetian inspired buildings and bridges.

In previous blog posts (here, here, here and here) I posted some photographs of the Dwarf buildings. In this posting there are some photographs of the Orc sea vessels that were attacking the city.

The Orc boats were wooden attack boats that looked like the Orcs had just thrown them together.

There were many vessels that had landing craft abilities.

In the background of this photo, you can see a Dwarf Monitor steaming out to defend the city from attack. The Orc boat in the foreground has siege engines lashed to the deck.

Dwarf City under attack

There were some nice little touches such as this splattered goblin doom diver who obviously missed their target.

Lots of nice architectural details on the buildings such as the dwarven “gargoyles”, even the smoke from the chimneys.

Orc Objective

One of the nice things about going to GameDay is the wonderful scenery that can be found, not only on the demonstration games, but also in the display cabinets. These pieces of scenery are often used in White Dwarf battle reports, but at GamesDay you can give them a real close look.

This Orc scenic objective is a prime example from GamesDay 2006, you can see the effort and detail that has gone into what is a relatively simple piece of scenery, which in the end would have been a small part of a photograph of the battle report.

See more photographs of Warhammer Fantasy scenery.

Coaching Inn

This is one of my favourite Forge World models and I wish I had bought one, as they don’t make it any more. I have a few of the Forge World buildings and if I knew they were going to stop making them I would have bought one.