Warhammer, Goblin Wolf riders
I’ve been looking for a type of Wolf for my mountain goblins to ride; nothing quite stacks up against the more abstract lines of recent goblin plastics. I’ve looked at all sorts of mounts, from various miniature ranges (Redbox games forthcoming models look great) and back to GW. The new wolves to the Orc boars, however I really disliked their massive scaling when compared to a Bretonnian War Horse for example:
See that model on the far right..? That’s a Chaos Warhound.
I swear I heard a chorus of goblins dressed up in Angel drag when I saw these plastic hounds. I had not realised there were such beasts in plastic; having dismissed them as the 6/7th edition metal models.
As you can see the size is quite appropriate for my leaner, wicked goblin hordes:
So excited with this modelling discovery, I couldn’t leave one well alone without carving and cutting Goblin rider legs to fit. You need to cut one leg at the hip and tilt inward slightly for a better leg hold; I’ll slow down my enthusiasm enough to take step photos.
For now, I’m just beaming with glee at discovering something that is meancing, but is not over the top in scale. Suitably like a hyena pack assaulting lion; I can see a Bretonnian War Horse fending off a pack of these goblin riders.
My thinking is, unlike the lithe wolves of the steppes and plains goblins; mountain goblins have bred a compact, vicious, mountain “dog” from a corrupted line of wolves. Perfect for rock hopping and charging through tight confines of foothill forests.
I need to carve out the odd spine or two, trim the dorsal fur to fit the goblin and then sculpt in hair, ears, wargear, saddle cloth and design a tail for them.But finally.. I have my goblin wolf riders just how I want them.
That is great! Perfect size for those gobbos. That broken skeleton shield is great too.
Thanks LP 🙂 Just big enough to be scary, small enough to see a Goblin able to control one. This is a prototype – the finished pieces will be more “scout” and “raider” like. Main thing – the idea looks good – very happy.
That’s a great find! A suitably vicious mount for that vicious goblin.
It’s rather long-legged as well, gives a sense of it being capable of quite some speed, in great leaps and bounds.
I know hey? Did not even realise these had been made in plastic.They’ll do, just couldnt bring myself to use anything larger.
I got these for my whq with ears sculpted on
and without the horns. Should update my warseer blog some time only have my ogre on there. Just not so handy with the photo bucket thing
Love your post! i was thinking doing the same. Seeing your result gives me the motivation to also try it.
Keep up the great goblin conversions!
Thank you 🙂 It is a fun kitbash with very pleasing results. Will do!
If you like this, check my later Fenrisian Wolf / Chaos Hound kitbashes.
When you’re done – flick me some photos!