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Thursday 25 July 2019

Middle Earth SBG (Moria Goblins - part 7)

One beef I have with the ME:SBG is the "Hero levy". Each warband (some armies excepted) *must* be led by a hero. The seniority of the hero controls how many models the warband can contain.

When you're looking at an army like these goblins which (based on points cost AND also the way they were portrayed in the fictions, especially the movie) are a classic "Horde army" then you need a lot of heroes. Typically one per 12-or 15- models. So, for 100 goblins you're looking at 6 - 9 hero models, minimum.

And, of course, the heroes are only available from Forge World and therefore will cost (financially) as much as the unit they are leading.

I can't be doing with that.

So I managed to pick one model up from eBay (Durburz) and built the rest from spare plastic goblins.

I think it worked OK.

Durburz
Captain #1 - before

Captain #1 - after
Captain #2 - before

Captain #2 - after
Captain #3 - before

Captain #3 - after
I have a few more Captains to finish and will publish them in a following post.

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2 comments:

  1. These work really well, with both the conversion work and the banner you painted on the base there is no way to mistake them for anything else.
    Great job on all of them!

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  2. Thanks Wouter. I really do always appreciate your kind comments.

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