Two more Chronicle hobgoblins and one more Nack Tryber (with the crossbow).
Like Beowulf's dragon (or Smaug) missing a cup, I am painfully aware that I have a bareheaded version of the two-handed swordsman somewhere. But where?
I always enjoy seeing Lund figures painted up and I like these a lot, including the fresh take on the blue hobgoblin noses. For myself, I never grasped what Gygax was envisioning when he said, "Large males will have blue-red noses." When I painted my minifigs hobgoblins I tried a few different things on a test figure, both blue and purple (blue-red equals purple by my reckoning) and none were successful so I left them out. Yours here look good, though.
Thanks! Gygax seemed to be fond of describing colour combinations that are hard to actually visualise. I've heard a few people (most recently James Holloway on the Monster Man podcast) suggest that the blue-red was probably a nod to the mandrill, with the blue ridges either side of the red centre of its snout. I think that's a pretty good guess, but it's hard to replicate on a miniature that doesn't have a mandrill-type muzzle.
Your hobgoblins are superb! I revisit them on your blog fairly often.
I'm hoping to add an Ansell Citadel hobgoblin and a Dixon bakemono to the ranks of the blue-nosed fellows tonight. And I've got a few lot more of the Acropolis ones based and undercoated now; they fit in really well with the Lund ones, I think.
I always enjoy seeing Lund figures painted up and I like these a lot, including the fresh take on the blue hobgoblin noses. For myself, I never grasped what Gygax was envisioning when he said, "Large males will have blue-red noses." When I painted my minifigs hobgoblins I tried a few different things on a test figure, both blue and purple (blue-red equals purple by my reckoning) and none were successful so I left them out. Yours here look good, though.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Gygax seemed to be fond of describing colour combinations that are hard to actually visualise. I've heard a few people (most recently James Holloway on the Monster Man podcast) suggest that the blue-red was probably a nod to the mandrill, with the blue ridges either side of the red centre of its snout. I think that's a pretty good guess, but it's hard to replicate on a miniature that doesn't have a mandrill-type muzzle.
ReplyDeleteYour hobgoblins are superb! I revisit them on your blog fairly often.
I'm hoping to add an Ansell Citadel hobgoblin and a Dixon bakemono to the ranks of the blue-nosed fellows tonight. And I've got a few lot more of the Acropolis ones based and undercoated now; they fit in really well with the Lund ones, I think.