Goblin Warboss

So I was looking at the current GW version of a Goblin Warboss with sword and board, and I found myself thinking, "I could convert something like that fairly easily." So I set about gathering up various bits and finally settled on this idea. It's my first real attempt at sculpting or kit-bashing.

The basic form is from the plastic Goblin kit. The hair on top is from the boar chariot kit. The skull is from an old Orc warrior kit. The sword and arms are from the Goblin kit. The shield is from the Orc vs. Empire 6th ed. starter set. The trophy head is from the wolf rider sprue.

I sculpted the chin guards on his helmet out of green stuff. The red "epaulets," are green stuff. The spikey shoulder guard was made from green stuff and a toothpick. I bought a small size chain off ebay and green stuffed it to the shield. Sculpted some chain mail for the loincloth type thing. I added a spikey knee guard to one knee. On the right foot I added a dag type piece of footwear that I made out of a flat piece of a plastic milk carton. On the left foot I green stuffed some armor to the foot.

Skin tone: OOP Goblin Green/Coat d' Arms Goblin Green. Blended up highlights with Elf Flesh. This is becoming my favorite combo.

The base colors on everything else were blended up to Bleached Bone.








After everything was painted and highlighted, I washed it all with 2 - 1 mix of Devlan mud and Badab black. I went back in afterwards and re-highlighted some of the pieces.









So, all in all, I'm pretty happy with the conversion. But...with all the time I took figuring out how to do it, I think I might have been better off just buying the current version.