Gobbortunity Knocks

[goat major]

Oh and in other Goblin news , The Count has counted himself IN !

[Shahbahraz]

I'm basically working on sallow skin, otherwise, how could Sam and Frodo look like little orcs?

[Essex Boy]

Oh and in other Goblin news , The Count has counted himself IN !

Inevitable.

[grizzlymc]

Blue faced goblin smurfs?

[Dog who drinks paint]

Late to the party as usual. I’ll leave it to you lot to decide if that’s better than never.

Truth is, having been out of work pretty much since March I have a bit of a weird week next week. I have to interview for a job I don’t want as a favour to a friend, I have to attend the entrepreneurship program I enrolled in to tell them I quit, because a week on Monday I start a job I actually want. So what to do with what remains of my final week of freedom?

Do I:

A) Play the third scenario of my Vietnam campaign, for which I have all the forces and terrain ready to go
B) Apply decals to the tanks that have been waiting for them since before lockdown
C) Repaint and rebase the Belgian farmhouse which has been crying out for this for about four decades and is currently sitting on top of such a precarious pile that every time anyone so much as thinks of going near my workspace it crashes to the ground

or

D) Paint some orcs for which I have no earthly use, having painted none of my other fantasy miniatures, simply because that’s what the Loose Ass is doing?

Of course, the answer is D. I do have quite a few to choose from.

No point doing the catapult as it needs loads of conversion work because the kit is designed to be mounted on the back of a troll, which is obviously a stupid idea. (Don’t give me your “but it’s fantasy” nonsense, next you’ll be wanting magic, and I’m having none of that.)

I really like the orcs on wargs, but doing cavalry just guarantees missing the deadline. Also, all of the Dark Alliance figures have a lot of flash. So I‘’ve picked the Caesar Set 2 orcs because i) they’re huge! Easily old style 25 mm, they tower over even the Caesar Set 1 orcs and are twice the height of the Dark Alliance fellas. I’ll post comparisons when they’re done, but those are 1/72 tanks in the background of this picture. ii) There’s no flash and hardly any mold lines (apart, of course, from the ones I’ll only spot once I’ve painted them). Just the arms of the two-handed axe orcs to glue on, a small gap to fill on one, slap on the grey gesso and we’re laughing.

So how do I, the world’s slowest painting dog, plan to finish in a week? Well, only 5 figures to start with (see, not a complete mutt), contrast paints (no faffing with shading and highlights) and a limited palette (I only own 4 contrast paints and two of them are green, neither of which will be used for the flesh ). Plus, thanks to the time difference, I get to start on Sunday night while you’re all fast asleep. Simples.

[goat major]

Great to have you in Dog and congrats on the job !

Your colonial advantage is only temporary of course because you have to finish earlier

[goat major]

I'm basically working on sallow skin, otherwise, how could Sam and Frodo look like little orcs?

An excellent point that I hadn’t consider before.

I’ll have to make hobbits have lemon yellow skin then

[levied troop]

Good news on the job front, I assume it’s as a Dulux Paint Taster so you’ll need a good palette.

Only 15 hours and 55 minutes to go!!

[goat major]

And counting ..... https://countingdownto.com/?c=3236151

[Buff Orpington]

One more sleep till Goblin Week, two if I have a nap this afternoon.