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Warhammer unit request: Chaos Dwarfs & Hobgoblins
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The Last Conformist
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I love that hobgobbo! 
aaglo
Furioso!
Well,
I start from the head - it's sort of a blob. then I mold it, add the nose, eyes, teeth and ears. Then I add the textures on those...
... oh wait, was that a rhetorical question?
I start from the head - it's sort of a blob. then I mold it, add the nose, eyes, teeth and ears. Then I add the textures on those...
... oh wait, was that a rhetorical question?
Drift
It's a boy!
Can't fault any part of it. Excellent work.
aaglo
Furioso!
Rather important question:
Is the colour of that hobgob ok? Or should the green be closer to the green colour of the existing greenskins?
Is the colour of that hobgob ok? Or should the green be closer to the green colour of the existing greenskins?
Drift
It's a boy!
I know nothing about WH, but to me it looks to be spot on. At least those figures on page one seem to be of that color.
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
I think it's OK. Greenskins vary a bit in the exact colour anyway.
I used to paint black orcs in Dark Angel Green, regular orcs in Snot Green and gobbos in Goblin Green. Then I learnt to paint well, and used Goblin Green with a Green Ink wash for both orcs and goblins. I assume no-one wanted to know this.
I used to paint black orcs in Dark Angel Green, regular orcs in Snot Green and gobbos in Goblin Green. Then I learnt to paint well, and used Goblin Green with a Green Ink wash for both orcs and goblins. I assume no-one wanted to know this.
aaglo
Furioso!
TLC, this is very interesting information, but what are those greens you described - I think they are paint codes for the citadel miniatures, but they don't mean anything to me... 
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
I suppose I could find hex codes approximating them, but Goblin Green is a lightish green, Snot Green a medium-darkish green, and Dark Angel Green is, as the name might suggest, a dark green. The ink wash on Gobling Green gives a medium green with darker "shadows" in the recesses.
Goblin green is also the colour that you usually see people paint the bases with.
Well, it was, but any insight into how you work so fast and so well doesn't hurt. The colour's fine though. In fact the only thing you should be worried about is that the hobgoblin looks so good you're gonna be asked to make sneaky gits next
aaglo said:Well,
I start from the head - it's sort of a blob. then I mold it, add the nose, eyes, teeth and ears. Then I add the textures on those...
... oh wait, was that a rhetorical question?
Well, it was, but any insight into how you work so fast and so well doesn't hurt. The colour's fine though. In fact the only thing you should be worried about is that the hobgoblin looks so good you're gonna be asked to make sneaky gits next
aaglo
Furioso!
Ok.Mr. Do said:
TLC, you don't need to give the hex-codes for the goblin green. Just a description is enough. Like, "it's green like the green in this smilie
" (isn't it?)Well, that was the intentionIn fact the only thing you should be worried about is that the hobgoblin looks so good you're gonna be asked to make sneaky gits next
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
Goblin Green:
Dark Angel Green:
I think they stopped doing Snot Green a while back. Can't find any corresponding picture, in any case. It's between these two.
Dark Angel Green:
I think they stopped doing Snot Green a while back. Can't find any corresponding picture, in any case. It's between these two.
Great job with both dwarven bolt throwers! Thanks for using the hobgoblins for the CD version, the Hobby looks awesome. And I wouldn't worry too much about the color of the hobgoblin's skin. It would make sense for them to look a little different. People often hate what's different, and Hobgoblins are hated by orc and goblin alike. In fact, if I remember correctly, WFB had a rule where if there were hobgolbins are in an army that also has orcs and goblins, the orcs and goblins set aside their own animosity towards each other because of their mutual hatred of hobgoblins.
Shame the ghost knight didn't work out. Anyways, amazing work.
Shame the ghost knight didn't work out. Anyways, amazing work.
aaglo
Furioso!
I made some adjustments to both bolters - now they have a bit different looks:
- I removed the ogre skull from the dwarf bolter, it just felt a bit wrong, since dwarfs aren't cruel in that sense (atleast I like to think that way)
- I made some recolouring on the war machines
- I replaced the wheels for the Chaos/greenskin model (weren't orcs and goblins chaotic too?)
And some final questions:
- do the hobgoblins make similar noise as do the orcs and goblins (waagh with high pitch
)?
- are the you ok with the changes I made?
- I removed the ogre skull from the dwarf bolter, it just felt a bit wrong, since dwarfs aren't cruel in that sense (atleast I like to think that way)
- I made some recolouring on the war machines
- I replaced the wheels for the Chaos/greenskin model (weren't orcs and goblins chaotic too?)
And some final questions:
- do the hobgoblins make similar noise as do the orcs and goblins (waagh with high pitch
)?- are the you ok with the changes I made?
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
Orcs'n'Goblins aren't chaotic, just disordered! 
I suppose a waaagh! would be suitable for Hobgoblins too.
I suppose a waaagh! would be suitable for Hobgoblins too.
aaglo
Furioso!
Sneaky Git!
Looks great, Aaglo. I'm amazed at how quickly you're coming out with these units. One comment. The hat on the hobgoblin's head looks a lot like an ancient Macedonian helmet. I think that perhaps it is supposed to be a metal helm. Of course, that detail is so minute and insignificant that whether you change it to look like metal or not is of no consequence. Anyways, great work, I can't wait to download the finished unit.
Drift
It's a boy!
You're too good aaglo. I can't find anything to fault.
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