The Doom Goblins’ Saga

I have added a couple of expansions from Knightmare Miniatures’ latest Kickstarter of goblin sculpts by Kev Adams to my collection. The Doom Goblins in particular, which are the only faction I have painted so far, were in need of reinforcements.

I’m also looking forward to the fantasy expansions for Saga 2 which I’d like to use for warband size forces like this. While not clear yet how the system of heroes will work with magic users and monsters, it already makes sense to organise all the troops into units of 4, 8 or 12 respectively. For archers I was still short, so after adding another bow armed figure from the range, I also glued together and painted a plastic Citadel Night Goblin.

A salvo of arrows softens up the enemy

I do like the style Brian Nelson gave the Orcs & Goblins back then, though their faces were much more repetitive than previously. This particular multi-part plastic set was one of Citadel’s earliest, and the proportions are all over the place, making it pretty much incompatible with any Night Goblins they released before and after. As a tribute to the evolution of the Night Goblins, I like having one of these guys in the warband though.

Goblins are a mixed bunch

With the new sculpts to be delivered soon, I can form another unit of 8 warriors, which should give me a minimum of 4 points of troops to use in Saga. Since archers are often classed as levies, 4 more to increase this group might also be useful, but I’ll see about that once the army lists are out.

From their mountain lair the Doom Goblins emerge