From JohnS: Beware the Blood Moon Goblins in Sander's Sand Dunes (130 points)

It has long struck me that GW Night Goblins look a bit like Jawas but with longer noses (or actual noses) so when musing upon a landing place for Challenge Island I went Sander's Sand Dunes - Desert Dunes - Critters That Are Nasty and Hang Out In Sand Dunes - Jawas - Night Goblins - In Red Robes! So this week's entry was born. N is for Night Goblins (more on this later!)

I have hundreds of Night Goblins for my ridiculously large Goblin Horde Warhammer army and I like each unit of 20 or so to have a theme with 5 units sharing a similar backstory/look. I have painted enormous blocks of black and grey gobbos but I remember that when they were first introduced Night Goblins were painted in different tribal colours. Therefore I have been adding a number of more colourful units, each belonging to a different Goblin tribe. Enter the Blood Moon Clan in their Red Robes.

That fella in the middle has your number. Watch out.

I have tried to give a darker feel to the red robes by mixing a strong red (Army Painter Pure Red) with AP Red Tone wash which gave me a flowing mix that dried with tonal shift. A bit of GW Mephiston Red (slightly thinned) as a shadow coat and some AP Pure Red highlights and the robes were done.
The Gobbo skin was done with that new fangled GW Contrast paint in Ork Flesh. I wanted to try the stuff out because there has been so much chatter. The result, pretty good. Certainly saved me some time highlighting. I even used a micro point pen to outline the red moons on the shields and add detail lines. I have deliberately chosen the basing to be a older style with black edges to blend in with the existing army.
I must admit this is not what I started painting as my first entry for this year but I have been struggling with some Napoleonics and was really dragging the chain so spent some time in the miniatures mine looking at what I have prepared (many, many figures) and the white undercoated NGs just jumped out at me. Inspiration led to perspiration and here we are.


The Alphabet Game Side Duel. In the spirit of insanity that always accompanies a new AHPC I decided to do a personal challenge/side duel An Alphabet of Miniatures. Like any good code, they won't be alphabetical order but I hope to cover all 26 letters. As mentioned above, this entry is N is for Night Goblin (just imagine what a great children's book that would be!)

Points. If I have understood the points correctly I will get 130 points for this entry - 20 x 28mm miniatures @ 5 each plus 30 for my first steps on Challenge Island.

That bloke in the back is watching you too.

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It's great to have you with us again, John! 

These gobbos look fabulous. I especially like their shields and faces. It's really interesting to see other people's experiments with the Citadel Contrast paints. I'll have to pick up that green to give it a go for some upcoming Napoleonics.

While the Orks have never really appealed to me I've always had my resolution tested whenever I see Night Goblins. They are just so cool, so whacky and such a product of their time, They always remind me of the long-haired GW stoners you'd see in the pages of late 80's White Dwarf who looked like they hadn't been introduced to soap in a month. Ah, those early, heady days of Warhammer!

This regiment, N for Night Goblin, will give you 130 points. 

And just what is it about Sander's Sand Dunes!? Is the guy giving out free wooden clogs or something?

-Curt