Here it is. A new set of stl minis is out on Wargame Vault.
Despite many opportunities not everyone feels at their place in within the society of the Empire. All kinds of renegades, outlaws, runaway serfs, heretics or vagabonds find refuge in dense forests and woods across the Empire, forming sometimes quite numerous bands. Foraging, poaching and robing merchant caravans or noble carriages they trade their stolen goods with peripheral villages or towns, for anything they lack in their hideouts. Paying handsomely for protection or cooperation of the simple folk, leaders of such bands become sometimes figures of folklore fables about the noble rogues stealing the rich and giving to the poor. With reality being often much more prosaic.
With this set 5 different miniatures of such goblin woodsmen are ready to be printed (designed for 28-32mm scale range). Armed for ambush with with hunting bows (and crossbow) as well as ropes, caltrops and forestry tools to prepare nasty traps that would discourage any pursuit. Below you can view painted prints of one such company.
Five detailed human halberdiers are ready to be 3d printed and march through the Goblin Empire as some of the most reliable troops available to the goblin lords (or any other that can afford them for that matter) as long as principles of their faith are respected by their employers. Up for grabs from Wargamevault.
As the City guard Goblins these gentlemen are designed for 28-32mm scale. Below you can find test print results on on Anycubic Photon mono 2k, on pretty much basic settings, with just a single layer of white spray basecoat.
And below speedpainted, to bring out the details and give them a little more character, bearing the colours of the Companie of the Blue Banner.
While working on STL miniatures i make a lot of drafts and sketches to help myself design and visualise the miniature, their pose, location f items etc. Many of these were discarded later during the sculpting but I thought they should not go to waste. They need just a little bit of cleanup and editing. Right?… Yeah it always take more work and longer time than it seems but anyway here comes 2d papercraft miniatures of the Goblin City Guard. Avialable on WargameVault to grace papercraft tabletop battlefields.
As an appendix to this set you will find a set of DIY papercraft bases to print and assemble in case you would not want to use 3rd party made plastic stands, or foamcore plates. Initially they were to be included in the set but I decided to leave them out so anyone could use them also for other things (such as Basing Codex Manesse Miniatures)
Five detailed goblin guardsmen are ready to be 3d printed and march through the tabletop battlefields to attest of supremacy of goblin military might. Up for grabs from Wargamevault.
Miniatures are designed for 28-32mm scale and were tested on Anycubic Photon mono 2k, on pretty much basic settings. I think they came up quite well, but you can judge it yourself on photos below.
And below speedpainted, to bring out the details and give them a little more character, bearing the colours of the butchers Guild of the City of Redwall.
Chronica Goblinorum was originally ment to be a fantasy gaming setting.The gentelman you can see above, a proud member of the goblin city watch is kind of proof of concept/ technology of bringing it to the tabletop.
His concept was inspired by an ages old drawing depicting a group of goblin city watchmen, that was the first spark from which the whole idea for this setting was born. Unfortunately i have lost the original sketch (pencil on cardboard) due to many life changes and only years later reconstructeed the leader of this group in a way you can see in upper left corner. (this new sketch is in itself fairly old already 🙂 ).
His armaments were based on equipment of XV century infantry from the collection of Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw with shield based on XV century infantry pavise of the City of Wroclaw. His “fantasy” and “goblinoid” factors are both fairly low, so he would actually not stand out much a lot on a historical tabletop battlefield. (Extravagancy is a privilege of the nobles)
Anyway I found it only fitting so this particular guy was the first Chronica Goblinorum miniature to grace physical world.
The image above is an illustration of stages of the whole process, starting from general sketch, through 3d digital sculpt, test print and painted print.
The idea was to make miniatures that would be easy, fast and fun to paint and look good on the table, not necessarily posing a challenge for the painter should he/she not want it. This is why I tried to keep the detail, pronounced and upscaled. I must say that keeping it that way is not easy. When sculpting, it is very tempting to go into minute details ( I must get all the fabric folds by the belt right… oh wait, printed to scale it would be… lets count… 0,1mm???). Keeping the miniature simple yet still interesting is something I need to constantly remind myself, and something I’am still working on.
In the end i think I mostly managed that with this guy. Paintjob you se above is only most basic techniques i.e. zenithal + 2/3 layers of only vallejo inks. The exception of metal parts and obviously the shield, bearing the emblem of the reputable butchers guild, which was painted freehand.
Anyway I hope you like this little guy, as he is only first of many to come. At the moment I’am working on some of his coleagues, and when ready I intend to put them on wargamevault as 3D printable stl’s.
Chronica Goblinorum - or tales from the chronicle of the Goblins. 