Its been a bit of a goblin year for me, relatively speaking. I went from an average of less than one goblin, to probably 50 goblins either sculpted or drawn in the year. I did goblin week last year early on in my sculpting, and I didn't know what an "official" goblin looked like. Not that there is an official goblin, but they def weren't reflecting the big nose, floppy elf ears, tiny torso look that most goblin art has.
For this year, I wanted to try out making a posable multipart goblin, so I could make a little army. I also decided to work quite big, and use only polymer clay for the sculpting, rather than my standard epoxy.
For casting this time, I make some sprue blobs, the idea being that I can get a better resin pour if I have more resin on top of the mold. Then I can reuse this extra nothing junk as filler for diorama & terrain bits.
The casts came out alright, but I was hoping the various pastel colors would be more shocking, and would look cool in a lineup of figures. I ended up deciding to just paint them like standard. I'd like to mess around with different resins and see if I can get a more toy like finish at some point.
Here is the king goblin! he's quite tall, around 65mm, and is set on a 40mm square base.
I also did some bonus gobs for the week - I'm very happy with this proper looking guy - I tried to follow some reference goblins for proportions closely, and I think I got it alright. The hands are starting to come out how I want them to as well.
I also made a quick linocut postcard of a screaming goblin. I've been sketching a bunch, and this one stood out as something that would be fun to make multiples of. I added some watercolor - I'm super into the work that the still tower does, and I thought I'd give it a try. Not quite as successful, but I haven't done much lino cutting in my life, so I'm being gentle with myself.
I managed to give a few away, but I still have a few more - if you'd like one let me know your address on a dm or email, and I'll mail it to you.
