The Free Mechanised Goblin Republick - Painted goblins on Christmas day 2010.

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**jackanory**

Prototype models for a warband in a steampunk skirmish game I started coming up with ideas for ages ago. These are actually finished and painted now but I didn't take photos of them painted before I left the country (UK to Japan) so these will have to do for now

All the fluff and ideas for other warbands are here. I also fully accept that these are basically just rebel grots in that other thread!!!
Anyway let me know what you think of them, here are the models:
The boss:

The mechanick and second in command (he got a BSG style orange jumpsuit once he was painted!):

Banner waver:

Snipers:

Guerillas:

Flamer:

**eledamris**

Sweet Jesus. That's what 40k has been lacking all these years. Equality for all Grots.

**The Gate Keeper**

Awesome I love the flamer guy. I sorta wish grots where their own army in 40k.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Best use of ball bearings EVA! (besides the whole "making things move" thing)

Have you spied the FW Grot Tanks? just in case you move them into the realm of 40K.

**jackanory**

Yeah those grot tanks are great, but then I'm biased! I long ago came to the conclusion that I'll never have the attention span to model and paint a whole army so I'll never move into 40k unless it's something like ravenwing where you only need like 3 models haha!
The goggles are actually made of shortened pins going through short lengths of tubing and rammed into their eyes. It's a gruesome technique but it means they're pretty stable.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Huh... good to know (cue star with rainbow or GI Joe outro)

**Teeffless**

haha, you can never go wrong with gretchin, they are meant for epicness

**Wolf Priest Ranek**

Sweet! It's cool and amusing. Good job.

**KingCracker**

HA! I thought those were the ends of pins. The tubing looks small like ink pen tubes, but Ive never seen red ink tubes, what size are those? I might steal that idea for making some Ork kommandos some day.

Honestly, I have to say Im a big fan of converting grots, *cough cough

When done right converted Grots (yes when they are converted they get a big G, not a little one

) can easily look better and steal the attention from the rest of your army. Great work so far man

**Lokirfellheart**

eledamris wrote:Sweet Jesus. That's what 40k has been lacking all these years. Equality for all Grots.

Yep. Who dosen't love grots.

**Magos Explorator**

Those are fun conversions; they remind me a bit of the Gorkamorka Rebel Grots, particularly the leader.

**Red Corsair**

Nice!!!!

**TheGiantPeanut**

Damn, thats way bettter then my grot army! Loving the detail and greenstuffing cant w8until they are painted.

**SONS of ORAR**

lovely conversions and nice smooth flesh tones on the first painted one! well done!

SoO

**CommissarKhaine**

Always good to see more rebel grots

. Nice models!

**jackanory**

Hey cool this got bumped! Thanks very much for the brand new, shiny compliments

SoO, that model wasn't actually painted by me, it belongs to the guy who wrote that post. All of these guys, however, are already painted, they just happen to still be back home in the UK and...well you can probably tell where I'm living by looking at my flag (if not you need some geography classes). I'm going back home for a visit at Christmas so I'll bring them back with me when I come back to Japan so I can take some photos of them.

**Ouze**

ARISE, THREAD!

PS, I'm glad it got bumped, because those are epic grots. Espcially the flamethrower one.

**jackanory**

Tadaa! As promised, painted pictures of my grots. Haven't photographed them all yet as I got bored halfway through.
Banner waver:

Do you feel lucky punk?

Guerilla:

Close combat specialist:

Flamer (argh! lens got chipped off!)

Back (sorry Ultramarines players):

Goblin mechanick (in Battlestar Galactica overalls):

**monkeytroll**

Great paint job on the little guys jack, especially the clang...the flamer and the close combat specialist

**LordWynne**

Nice job.....lookin great

**CommissarKhaine**

They're lookin' good with some paint on!

**Sageheart**

cool work! very nice models!

**Misguidance**

I love it! Overalls dude is my fave, but I really love how you paint their noses. XD

**Henners91**

You might want to remove the firing bit (the one you pull back when you cock a pistol... I dunno 'cos I ain't no Yank ;P) off your blowtorch, otherwise perfect

You're making me look forward to some grots I got off of eBay arriving...

Only paid £1 for three of them

**Scarper**

Dunno how I missed these guys, but they're really original! Are you planning on making any more? Or did you manage to take the pictures of the rest?

Subbed, anyway

**fatty**

you asked who doesnt like grot and truth be told. my reagular opponent. as i field 150 in my ork army. but seeing your tread and that of com Kaine i to will make the jump for a grot army only i will use the dark eldar codex.