Kev Adams, the creator of thousands of goblins, orcs, and assorted other classic 28mm models, has been stabbed in his own home by burglars
He was taken to hospital for treatment for serious facial injuries, he was stabbed in the face and chest and they took a knuckle duster to his face and broke his cheek bone.
NEWS JUST IN Big update from Kev (Via Tim Daniel Jonker's post on the Goblinaid facebook page)
Hi all,
Tim here. Kev has asked me to post this on his behalf;
i would like to thank everybody who have helped me over the last few months , many i don't even know so its really touched me how kind people can be.
I'm not a social media person so thats why I've not been communicating but its been a busy year with decorating plus hospital visits etc so thats another reason no ones heard from me
I'm making models again and am back in the groove and having fun , my eye gets dry still but I've yet to have plastic surgery which should raise the lower lid .
my operation was a cancelled due to having a toothache and ive still got to wait weeks before i can contact the hospital
i'm enjoying making models again and have missed my work but its been nice being able to decorate the house and get jobs done that i don't normally find time for.
i'm going to be extremely busy this side of xmas so won't be answering emails until i get a break from working because at the moment ive got lots to do so i don't have much free time .
Kev
Kev also sent me this pic to share!
Fortunately he is out of immediate danger and has now had surgery to rebuild his cheekbones, and ensure his eye is ok.
There's a photo of his injuries under the spoiler
A group of his friends and colleagues have set up a specific facebook page GOBLINAID to organise fundraising for Kev, and to collect messages of support
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goblinaid/582169528462833
A live, dedicated PayPal account and bank account has been sorted to take donations and proceeds from any auctions we run on the Goblinaid eBay account. Donations can be made directly to
goblinaidATfenrisgamesDOTcom.
For the time being, please note that we can only accept donations and not payments made on deposit against the charity mini set - it's just too much admin for us at this stage.
This was posted by Ian 'Geronimo' Brumby of Fenris Games
As somebody who's adored and collected Kev's work forever, and especially since we've got several of his sculpts in our range, I'm going to try and see if we can raise some money for Kev to help with his recovery. Jason Wiebe has already offered to sculpt a goblin which we'll get cast to raise funds, and I'd like to ask anyone with Kev's work in their catalogue if they'd mind having a collection tin on their stands at Salute (Warlords permitting) to raise a few quid more.
Their initial aim is to produce set(s) of 28mm goblins which will only be available as a set, and only for a limited time. 28 sculptors have offered to help (so far) are donating their work for free at what is an especially busy time of year (especially for the
UK trade), and Paul Reid of Ral Partha Europe has also generously offered his casting & distribution services to see the project through.
Almost all of the brilliant GoblinAid sculpts. Thanks, so much, to all the talented people who've gone out of their way to create a Gobbo - tops blokes all!
Full list of sculptors who made minis for Goblinaid (or sent in unreleased goblins they had to hand)
The GoblinAid Roll of Honour...
1. George Fairlamb (Black Cat bases, Fenris etc)
2. Mark Craggs (World of Twilight)
3. Alex Hunter (Warploque)
4. Bergil (Stuart Powley, SLAP Miniatures)
5. Gael Goumon
6. John Pickford
7. Yann Hoarau
8. Kieran Billings
9. Tim Prow (Wizkids, Heartbreaker, etc)
10. Gary Morley (
GW, etc)
11. Chaz Elliot (WotC, Citadel, etc)
12. Eyle alexander
13. Bob Olley (Olley's Armies and many others)
14. Werner Klocke (Freebooters' Fate)
15. Kev White (Hasslefree)
16. Jason Weibe (Reaper, etc)
17. Snuurg
18.
Des Hanley (Otherworld)
19. Minghua Kao
20. Gav Fry
21. Phil Hynes (Monstertown USA)
22. Bill Thornhill (Musketeer)
23. Davide Tadeschi (Shieldwolf)
24. The_Badsmile
25. David Drage (Iron Mammoth, Scheltrum, etc)
26. Tre' Manor (RedBox Games)
27. Paul Gargon (Mad Clown)
28. Pedro Navarro
29. Sonny Bundgaard
30. Inso
31. Bob Murch
32. Paul Hicks
33. Gros Zizi III
34. Vermis
35. Warpy
36. Mark Evans (Crooked Dice, Fenris, etc)
37. David Soderquist
38. Andy Foster (Heresy)
39. Matt Gubser (Dark Age, Rusted heroes, etc)
40. Sylvain
We've been discussing the best way forwards now that we're gathering so many models and it looks like we're going to try and split things into 2 or 3 smaller sets (this will be decided after Salute
UK, 20th April). A compliation of
WIPs so far is shown below, individual images can be seen further on in the thread
Goblinaid have also put together an Ebay account that they intend to use to auction items donated to help out Kev (eg greens such as those donated by White Knights Miniatures, painted figures etc)
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/goblin_aid
currently active auctions
Q. I’m a painter, can I paint something?
A. Yes, feel free. We’ve had lots of enquiries about painting/auctioning/organising events et cetera. You really don’t need to ask permission; we’re not ‘in charge’, more ‘coordinators’ – if you want to sit in a bath tub of mushy peas for a week, go for it! Just let us know what you’re doing so we can promote it.
Q. I’ve got X can I send it to you?
A. You can send items to be auctioned/raffled to either Geronimo c/o Fenris Games or me c/o Ainsty Castings
Wargames Foundry does not have a current sculptor so was unable to submit a mini for goblinaid, so instead they have re-released a self sculpt of Kev himself, together with 5 random 'snorklings' (little figures Kev sculpted out of left over greenstuff while he worked with them)
This is the Kev self sculpt they are offering which comes with 5 random snorklings, Price £12 + P&P . Also available but not yet listed is a 'Kevless pack' with more (probably different) snorkling and no self sulpt. If you want it order the one below, but make a note that you want the Kevless pack.
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/goblinaid
NOTE: Foundry will contribute the majority of the £12 to Goblinaid/Kev (but they have to deduct VAT to pay the government for any orders from Europe)
With donations and collections at Salute we've raised a little over £600 so far and hope to do a good deal better once the minis are ready for sale. Spare time to get auctions listed on eBay is still eluding me for the moment but they'll start appearing soon and you'll hear about them first here. We're still waiting on (
iirc) two sculpts before we can get the whole set off for mastering, but in the meantime anything you can do to help - like buying the Foundry kev set or the Renegade orcs - will go a long way towards making Kev's life a little easier.
Thanks, all - geronimo.
Q. What will happen to the money raised?
A. Having talked it over with Tim and Ian we’d like to initially raise enough to replace Kev’s stolen computer. He’s eager to get back to work as soon as possible and that is something that will help his aim. If we’re really successful it might even have a spellchecker ;-)
EDIT: I re-edit this post to keep it as up to date as possible, if you need to see something that was here and seems to have vanished have a look through the thread, thanks
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