From Barks: Down, down, to the Orcs' Pit (220 points)

These goblins has been a real albatross around my neck- I primed these many Challenges ago, but it took the Pit to give me the impetus to get them done. These are goblins from GW's Hobbit range.

They're pretty straightforward to paint. The skin is the main feature: Fyreslayer Flesh Contrast, then drybrush Army Painter Elven Flesh and Corpse Pale. The boils get a thin wash of Vallejo Red Wash. The goblins are wonderfully grotesque, making a good low-tech mutant rabble.

Goblintown High Command

The Great Goblin doesn't have a lot of texture to his skin, unlike his wonderful minions. I had to build up the skin with milk-consistency strokes of the above colours in lines and dapples, with a stippling of pale brown as well. I painted the irises and pupils, to make up for not painting any of the eyes of the horde!

38x 28mm figures: 190 points

1x Great Goblin: 10 points

1x Orc's Pit: 20 points

GW Side Challenge: 200 points

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