Goblinzes! Huzzah!
Goblins chew and goblins bite!
I hope that the Goblin Pyro makes it into a set soon!
The goblins look great! The skin tone is just about perfect, and the poses are dynamic.
One question for you, Erik. In the photo (at least on my PC), the teeth of the goblin heroes aren't quite visible - I can just see gaping black maws. Do the teeth stand out more in person (like they do for the warriors in the photo)?
Hurray, finally all the minis have names and images.
One request though (although it may be too late?): From a collector's point of view its nice to have minis with unique names. Since you have a repainted goblin in this set and you have suggested that they could be from different tribes, could you please just give them tribe names to differentiate them?
(i.e. Reefrunner Goblin Hero, and Licktoad Goblin Hero?)
Alternative, just giving them different names would also be good.
(i.e. Goblin Warrior, and Goblin Fighter for the warriors).
Thanks.
I'm really glad that you pulled back a mini with a way out of size/scale head.
I'd rather have a slightly different pose and painted goblin than another Dwarf of Mithril Hall situation.
CEO
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One request though (although it may be too late?): From a collector's point of view its nice to have minis with unique names. Since you have a repainted goblin in this set and you have suggested that they could be from different tribes, could you please just give them tribe names to differentiate them?
Way too late for this set. The minis are all manufactured and have been on the boat from China for weeks now.
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The goblins look great! The skin tone is just about perfect, and the poses are dynamic.
One question for you, Erik. In the photo (at least on my PC), the teeth of the goblin heroes aren't quite visible - I can just see gaping black maws. Do the teeth stand out more in person (like they do for the warriors in the photo)?
I think once again its a victim of the flash/lighting they are using to take the pictures. looks like the flash/white balancing might have caused the green of the skin to bleed into the teeth area
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I REALLLLY hope you meant Goblin Commando on Goblin Dog
Yes.
And as a special bonus for being cool about the Goblin Mystic situation, I will also reveal that Rise of the Runelords contains a stand-alone Goblin Dog figure as well as a Goblin Commando on Goblin Dog mini!
"A Gaggle of Goblins and Gargoyles" is my favorite book from A Song of Ice and Fire.
Awesome Set, I'm very excited, My one big request for Pathfinder minis is this:
consistent color schemes.
This drove me nuts with DDM, different sets had wildly differing color schemes for the same race
If a goblin's skin color is green in this set don't make them gray or neon orange in the next. If I'm fielding a tribe of goblins I expect them to be thoroughly inbred not inexplicably genetically diverse.
Awesome Set, I'm very excited, My one big request for Pathfinder minis is this:
consistent color schemes.
This drove me nuts with DDM, different sets had wildly differing color schemes for the same race
If a goblin's skin color is green in this set don't make them gray or neon orange in the next. If I'm fielding a tribe of goblins I expect them to be thoroughly inbred not inexplicably genetically diverse.
A slight defense of the DDM goblin-colour situation. The goblins in DDM were consistently of a yellow - orange - red skin-tone (goblins, hobgoblins, and the Dekanter mutant) throughout the 3rd / 3.5 era minis (exceptions - the Norker, a mutant hobgoblin, and the Blue, a related, but different race), just as the kobolds had a coppery-brown tone and the bugbears were tan to brown furred. The goblins only turned green when WotC switched over to 4E D&D for the minis line to keep them consistent with how they were described in the MM.
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Leo_Negri I agree with Maugan22. I am holding Goblin in my hand from Harbinger to Deathknell all 3.x sets. Almost every Goblin has a different skin tone from Brown to Red to Orange. I couldn't come up with a consistent looking hoard of Goblins using DDMs if I tried. After reading many posts in this Blog and throughout I trust Sir Mona to maintain a consistency with the Pathfinder Goblins. Having four in one set that are consistent with that exceptional Pathfinder style is already heads above DDMs. I anxiously look forward to adding the RotRL Goblins to the mix.
Later,
Mazra
The consistency with Guard garb, Wolf fur color and Goblin and Orc skin color already shows a dedication to continuity. Just keep it up across sets where appropriate! I'm really looking forward to the additional Goblins and Ogres in RotRLs.
I'm surprised the paint variations are a coping strategy and not another purposeful innovation. Is there anything you guys can't make look smart?
So, when are we getting the blue goblins? RotRL? :-)
I spent a long time trying to figure out from illustrations and descriptions what color goblins were in Pathfinder. After looking a few places, I got the impression they were gray.
The conclusion that goblins were gray was significantly influenced by Classic Monsters Revisited, which says on page 23 that hobgoblins have a number of the same superficial physical characteristics as goblins, including their gray skin and orange eyes.
So I'm guessing Golarion has room to support goblins of more than one color, but what colors are common? Are there still gray goblins? I've also seen Paizo illustrations with bluish-purple and green goblins.
These look GREAT!
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Pathfinder goblins range in color from gray to a sort of grayish blue to green. Most of the ones we do in the Pathfinder Battles sets will be green, because we wanted to pick one color and stick with it.
All of our minis use specific Pantone colors, so I can tell you precisely what color an orc's skin will be, what color a goblin's skin will be, etc.
We will try to match colors and clothing styles within "factions" as much as possible. I'm certain that the Rise of the Runelords goblins, for example, will have the same color skin as the goblins in Heroes & Monsters.
I love the idea of differentiating goblins by clothing. Can we get a few different, but distinctive, clothing styles for goblins?
Thanks. Not sure which color of goblins I prefer yet. We need more goblin artwork showing off all the diversity of goblin coloration, even if all the minis are green.
I know, you're going "More goblin artwork? Really?" But I say yes.