Ninja in a basket...

... being carried by an ogre.

Some Admins figures are so cartoonish that there's nothing much you can do with them.

Thus Ninja in a basket, AD151:

And presenting Ogre carrying ninja in a basket, AD212:

The first was painted a long time ago and the goblin ninja is sort of fleshy  coloured - I prefer fleshy colours for goblins rather than green. However, I'm quite happy to do greenish goblins as well. Also mud coloured ogres. No attempt at shading here - total paint time for the ogre figure must have been all of 30 seconds. Subtle shading just didn't seem appropriate. The mould itself is flawed - a chunk of rubber broke off the mould between the ninja's head and right arm. Doesn't seem important somehow.

I have no plans yet for this figure. It comes completely under the heading 'a piece of fun'.

Goblins...Elves...Khitai...

Whatever.

The Garrison High Goblin riding a lizard is like the Wraithe - begging to be put on a horse. OK, LotR/GM would have Goblins painted green and riding wolves - mine are flesh coloured and I don't see why they shouldn't be on horses.

But then, the figure will also do quite well as a High Elf cavalryman. If I wanted to go commercial I would probably do a bit of carving on the helmet and give it a new shield but for me it's OK as it stands. The Oriental look, of course, means it would stand in well as a Hyborian Khitai. The problem with that is the number needed. Only one figure on the mould because it's not really feasible to make a new mould just for this and a Khitai HoTT army would need quite a few of them. Still, it's a thought. Then again, do I really need anothe all-Rider HoTT army?

Probably, and it's a nice figure.

 This original version was cast and painted soon after I bought Garrison, so it's about 8 years old. I had intended an Orc/Goblin army then, it's taken a while to get back to it.

 I quite like the bat motif on the shield, not sure how appropriate it would be for Elves or Khitai, but then - it's fantasy anyway.

 Finally, can't stop messing about... so stuck some wings on three of the lizards... still being painted, hopefully the final product will look better than the current version.

Update Admins pictures - Goblins and suchlike beasties

Rather than try and recover the pictures lost during the Great Wipeout I've deleted the Admins posts and I'll just repost some of the pictures. Starting with Goblinkind.