Saturday, April 20, 2024

G is for Goblin!

                                        

A swarm of savage Goblin warriors emerge from the nighted dungeon depths to assault a band of brave adventurers!

Rapacious and cruel, the evil little runts rush forward, hoping to bring the adventurers down in one furious charge!

The very first wargaming/role playing miniatures I ever owned were bought for me by my Chum Jay for my birthday when I was in the fourth grade.  He got me the Grenadier goblins blister from  the their AD&D figure line sculpted by Andrew Chernak.  The fellow on the left with the sword is the last remaining survivor of that pack, I beleive.  The others I have slowly collected down through the years, and at last they have become painted denizens of my Dwarven Forge dungeon.
An example of the yellow carded Chernak blisters which Jay and I used to eye greedily at the little hobby shop we frequented.

Dave Trampier's wonderful drawing from the original Monster MAnual.

The horde attacks!  The pack had 5 different scupts:  A halberdier, a swordsman, and mace, warhammer and flail armed figures.

                  The great, clumsy flail looks like a fore runner of the Warhammer Goblin Fanatic!

                                      Goblins rush the Dwarf Thief and the Fighter/Magic User!
                                                   A fierce skirmish in the darkened halls!


Seems like that thing would be awkward to use---especially in a close quarters dungeon type environment.  I like these guys, though.
Some simple conversions to some of the warhammer armed Goblins give a little more variety to the poses.
                                                                The halberdiers attack!

Beware!  Goblinses down there!

Saturday, April 6, 2024

X is for Xorn


                                                    Weird, Mis-shapen Tunnelers of Stone...
                                                        Eaters of metals in the lonely dark...
                                                   Three eyes above, and three arms below....
                                              'neath champing jaws which grind gold and bone!


                                                                                Xorn!!
One of Gary Gygax's weirder and most memorable creations,  The Xorn churns his way through the earth, searching for the precious metals which make up his diet.  These sculpts are Andrew Chernak's and date to the late 70s/early 80s, from Grenadier's original AD&D line.  Fine looking pieces they are, too!
A group of adventurers encounter a pair of Xorn keen to help themselves to the a feast of hard-won gold and silver!
A spellcaster blasts one of the Xorns with sizzling sorcery!  Will it be enough to stop this child of stone?
Nay!  The proud Xorn exults in victory, his bellows of triumph re-echo through the vast galleries of stone which are his home!


                                                       Sons of Stone wade into battle!