Amplebob's Blog - The Creeping Fang, Forest goblins... Arachnarok started...

Thanks again for your comments guys, they really keep me motivated with this.

@Wechselbalg: The spiders are tricky to rank up because I'm using them as squigs. I'm putting a model designed for a 50X25mmcavalry base, on a 20x20mm infantry base.

As for the Mangler, its mostly a spider rider spider with a 3 warhammer quest spiders, one of the arachnarock crew and a lot of chain bits from bits and kits. I literally searched for chain and bought almost all of it. Still have some left over for the second one which'll use the Gigantic spider as a base.

On the gaming front I've put up a battle report of a 2400pt game vs skaven today here:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_War...showtopic=31349

Earlier in the week I played 2400 against empire at a local gw. The spider was unsurprisingly shot off by turn 2, but the rest of the army did its job and got me a solid win. Here's a couple of action shots:
Fanatics bring the 6d6 pain on charging greatswords.

Forest goblins and squigs fighting away.



On the hobby front I've put some basic colours on the BSB but he's not finished yet. Otherwise i've finished my community unit project goblin, im not that happy with it, but my 3am single model photo skills don't help i guess.


That's all for now. Check out the bat rep.
Cheers.

This post has been edited by amplebob on May 19 2012, 01:38 AM

I know this isn't hobby related at all...
BUT,
I just got home, slightly hammered from my rugby end of season dinner, and I was voted players player of the year!!!!
YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! GET IN!

Indeed, that's not hobby related at all. That just tells us your not spending enough time on your army! Get to it Bob!







And congrats on player of the year! That sounds like quite an honor!

Grtz
-EM-

Hahaha, saturday was a good night... Completely forgotten that I'd posted this. Still chuffed about it though.

@Entertain me: Thanks man. Yeah, rugby is something that takes me away from the hobby a fair bit. I just like that I have the opportunity to do both. I have done some hobby though, so hopefully that will appease you...

Small update really...

Ive finished my BSB now:


Also had some fun on monday night fighting against 1500 wood elves, allied with 1250 warriors of chaos, with my 2400pt goblin list, and taking them down...


Getting to work on my mangler spider now... Still need to choose a colour scheme for my trolls and arachnarok though... Would still appreciate any thoughts on my battle report vs skaven. http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_War...showtopic=31349

Cheers.

Which means that you probably had a little victory drink. Followed by a rather bigger one most likely

Anyway, balancing warhammer and other hobbies is always a challenge. Good work for finding a balance!

Also the BSB is looking good. But I think there's some dirt on the edge of his base. You might want to get that.

Also the link to your battlereport isn't showing so people might wanna use this one in stead:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_War...topic=31349&hl=

Also amplebob, you might wanna invest in a game table. This makes games much more fun.

Foldable ones can be stored away pretty ease in a 4' x 1' space (about 6" thick).

Grtz
-EM-

@entertainme: Yeah, serious amounts of boozing that night. Thanks for giving me a fixed link. The game was played at a mate's house, where we put the bed supports on top the mattress to give ourselves a table. A proper table would be nice, but i've no idea when i'd get time to make it.


As it is, i've been struggling to get much painting time in since the last post. I have managed to put some basic colours on the night wagon and mangle spider, but that's about it. I've just been working a lot.

I've been trading my old bretonnians and have put a lot of stuff on ebay recently, but in one trade I did manage to get my hands on this little fella... He'll certainly find some work as a big boss...


Still nothing new painted, so here are some photo's of some of the stuff I had done before I started this blog. They often get fielded in the larger games.

Night goblins. A unit of 21 with bows as a bunker for my bsb and great shaman has been really solid for me in all my matches. But most recently they managed to resist and then run down a doomwheel...


Savage orc boar boys. Old, old metal models... You never know what youre going to get with this unit, animosity and frenzy make it very tricky to control...


Night goblin characters. The shaman in red was the original master of my Orcs and goblins, Angry bob, the night goblin great shaman. He was made out of the battle for skull pass archer champion and a couple bits...


Orc Characters. I love the avatars of war shaman, really has life to it. An the black orc is the old morglum necksnapper model.


That's all for now, but i'm really looking to get a couple hours on the mangle spider tonight...
Thanks again for all your comments.

This post has been edited by amplebob on Jun 8 2012, 11:56 AM

You've really done the AoW shaman justice with that paint job there, hope to see it in person soon . Even the old stuff looks nice, and they bring back some momories!

Will you be doing some WiP shots of the spider to keep us updated?

@vermillion: Cheers mate, was good to finally play you the other week. Your khorne warriors made a mess of the spider, but it will get its revenge, I swear...

So been a while since a proper update, i've been a busy boy trying to sort my life out and dealing with the prospect of moving to South Africa for a couple of years...
But, here is an update...

First, THE MANGLE SPIDER!!!! RRRRRRAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! OM NOM NOM!!!!






Really happy with this model, and it is performing well in battle, but I feel like the paint job came out a little duller than i'd hoped, mostly pleased though.

2nd the Night Goblin Moon Shrine...






Like the spider shrine before it, it is based on the battle for skull pass hut. The beasty pulling it is a dunger from ramshackle. Only real problem I had was basing the dunger, its tricky to get it to line up with the cork, and as you can see, I haven't been totally successful. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Not sure what i'll be painting next, probably a spider to pull the spider shrine along. Still very afraid of actually getting the trolls or arachnarok started, need to sort that out really...

On the gaming front, Nabba and the lads have managed 3 1250pt games.
I was ruined by skaven, reducing my two main combat units to 2 and 4 models in the first turn via plague, dreaded 13th and doom rocket, ouch. Managed to avoid a massacre though which was nice...
Against vermillion's chaos warriors things looked to be going badly when the arachnarok was cut up like butter by the frenzied khorne tin cans, but the spider herd went on the rampage and brought home the win...
Finally I played against VC and was getting ruined by multiple ethereal units until a lone chariot managed to sneak around the back and decimate his necromancers zombie bunker, causing his entire army to crumble away.

Tonight I'm playing 2400 against empire again. I'll try to get some good shots of the army in action.

Keep the comments coming, really appreciate them, ad they do motivate me to get things done.

This post has been edited by amplebob on Jun 21 2012, 07:39 PM

Nice ideas and awesome conversions, I love that mangler

I just love this blog! I love the name of the army (I want to steal it!), the conversions and character of everything. It's a massive source of ideas and inspiration for me. Keep up the great work amplebob. Oh and get a shift on with that Arachnarok, I'm looking forward to it.

Love your mangler

I agree with this. It'll be more fun chopping the huge bugger up in revenge for a goblin taking a knight off the board with a lucky bow shot if it's painted!

Really loving the shrine, it's bringing home to me I should really get basing my army up soonish. And your goblins didn't only inspire that, I now have 120 odd night goblins cleaned of mould lines

Hi guys, thanks for the comments...

@pilgrimpod: Thanks man, glad you like my stuff and its giving you ideas. Haha, no name stealing, took me enough time to get to this one. Not sure if i'll so the arachnarok soon as I think I might have finally decided on a colour scheme for the trolls...

@megagreenskin and Thitanium prince: Thank you very much, but I assure you I love my mangler more. Has excelled in battle since being painted.

@vermillion: Ha mould lines, I didn't even know they existed before I came on this site, but ive found i'm happy to do things with them there... 120 night goblins just sounds like pain though... Thanks, an hopefully we'll get another match in soon.

Had another game against empire at 2400pts. Was a pretty good match up for my army and I took home the massacre after the doom divers and mangle spider did their job of ruining his two stubborn knight buses.

In general, the army seems to do very well against more elite lists, but has trouble with optimised skaven. I imagine shooty armies would cause me some grief but shooting off all the chariots, mangler and pump wagons early on.

I did take a photo of what was painted in my army while I was having that game... Doesn't show all the chariots as I didn't bring them with me...


Quite happy with where the army is at now. Its been fun getting it done. Will most likely start painting the trolls next...

Keep the comments coming, cheers.

On the bright side, none of your units are small enough to be dreaded 13th'd off the table in one go though. Downside is templates will wreck them.

Maybe some artillery of your own and some cheap shamen with various scrolls. Add in some Big Waaaagh should be able to really lay on the hurt. Plus I gave you an excuse to run that AoW shaman

Looking forward to seeing these trolls when you get them done if that's the next regiment getting tackled.

Doing the mould lines on 3 orc chariots next, followed by the rocklobbers IF games workshop can give me parts that aren't miscast to buggery. Managed to get one complete kit worth of parts so far, the other is on it's 4th exchange ><

@vermillion: Sounds like you have plenty of work on your hands. Trolls have been put back because I've finally started the spider...

Here is where i'm at with the beasty after a good 5 hours painting.




The eyes and horns still need to be done, plus a couple more stages on the blue and one more on the red. The main thing that concerns me is the underbelly. How have other people painted theirs? I don't want it to be too close to bleached bone as that'll leave no contrast with the horns... Would appreciate any and all comment and suggestions...

I cant seem to stop purchasing various models, a load of savage orc bits to increase the unit size and more spiders to make squigs from... It really does just feel never ending, but its fun to always have too much to do...

In other news, i'm considering going to a tournament with this goblin army. it'd be 2400pts with a decent comping system, that doesn't really affect orcs and goblins. Link to army list and thoughts on it here: http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_War...showtopic=31615
Ultimately it plays to the strengths a goblin army has of annoying the hell out of your opponent... I've been playing a very similar list in all of my battles at 2400pts and only this week suffered my first loss at this points level.

This post has been edited by amplebob on Jul 7 2012, 12:17 PM