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thanks for posting the update MeanGreenStompa,

I've added it to the first post

It's good Kev is out of hospital (but the attack seems to have been even worse than first reported)






Goblinaid



Confirmed sculptors so far, making 28mm goblins to raise funds to help Kev out:

Tre Manor (RedBox Games)
Jason Wiebe (Reaper, etc)
Chaz Elliot (WotC, Citadel, etc)
Des Hanley (Otherworld)
Alex Bates (Forge of Ice)
Steven Marchant (Inso)
Stuart Powley (SLAP minis)

Minis to be moulded & cast by Paul Reid (Ral Partha Europe)
Resin bases from me to accompany the set. (Fenris Miniatures)

Assorted painters have offered their services, too, but I'm holding off on further details 'till we can nail something more concrete down in terms of what needs doing, etc.

Hope that suits everyone who's offered their time & services.

Need to get a bank account organised next so that we can take PayPal donations from anyone who can't find us in person.

Mac @ South London Warlords/ Salute has okayed us for collecting tins on the day, so there'll also be goblin green shaky tins on a number of trade stalls for you to throw any spare change into.

Big thanks for all the support so far. Apologies if I've missed anyone!

- geronim

Hugely impressive effort. I'm on it like a tramp on chips. Thanks for organising this.

I've asked on Facebook, and Fenris have confirmed that any models from Goblinaid will be available by mail order (somehow) for those who can't make Salute - they're just not sure on the method of sale yet.

Which is reasonable, given how quickly things are happening.

This just in, this is Kev from his hospital bed.

on the facebook page.

Hi Tim
Thanks for caring , ive had loads of suport wich is great , i'm not on favebook and cant see poperlt so typings bad
I got three masked idiots in hoods with faces covered who got in my house when i was up here and cornered me in my loft , i got a knife pressed into my face and one of them kept hitting me in face hard with knuckleduster so all my cheekbones are smashed to bits and i look like elephant man , nose is broke in three places and one teeth broken and i cant eat so am having to drink gren goblin juice LOL , they wanted weed and money and jewellery but they had got the wrong house and i wouldnt entertain them and stood up to them hence the injuries so they gave up and made off with my imac .
the slags did similar to an 80 year old lady and tried to suffocate her with plastic bag . last night according to police they did two more raids and hurt people ,
they are being charged with attempted murder on me because my injuries are so severe and of course aggravated burglary but they need to catch them first .
i'm more annoyed at how traumatised my family are and they said they will kill me if police are called but none of them scared me as they all had faces covered up and are little cowards .
if they turn up i'm ready for them and will smash them with my cricket bat because they are nothing as i was caught off guard .
i didnt fight them in close confines of loft because i have a family to care for and in close quarters could have been fatally stabbed and its not worth getting killed over an imac .
Ive got to dash as my partner needs me nearby but will be back working as soon as i can see again .
dont worry i'm a tough old bird and wont be beaten by a bunch of mugs .
you can post this on facebook if you like so everyone knows what happened .
ive got to have a load of metal plates in my face so will get rid of my wrinklelsLLOL
Kev

Brave man

Yup,

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Brave man

+1
Panic ...

fething dogs.

Good to hear that Kev is doing comparatively well, and that he's on the road to recovery.

I am shocked to hear it, best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Takes one heck of a guy to get stabbed in the face, have his cheek bones crushed, and almost get killed over an iMac to look back on it and say "LLOL" not once, but multiple times.

Hope he has a speedy recovery, and keeps coming up with cool work. I'd never heard of him before this, but I'll have to look up some of his work sometime and see what he's known for. Thankfully his family wasn't hurt and his career wasn't ruined.

Here's hoping those tools get what's coming to them.

I am sure the drugs probably helped some...

I like Kev, he is a good guy and sculpted some figures for a friend a while back, was a pleasure to work with on getting those.

Hopefully they get him sorted out, as I know right now even though he is out of the hospital - he will be feeling like hell till they get everything put back where it is supposed to be.

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Takes one heck of a guy to get stabbed in the face, have his cheek bones crushed, and almost get killed over an iMac to look back on it and say "LLOL" not once, but multiple times.

Hope he has a speedy recovery, and keeps coming up with cool work. I'd never heard of him before this, but I'll have to look up some of his work sometime and see what he's known for.

You can see a lot of his old and new work on this blog.

http://kevadamschallenge.blogspot.de/

I'm a fan of his older Orcs and Goblins and still use many of them in my Warhammer army and Mordheim warband.

More from Goblinaid on facebook



Goblinaid

about an hour ago.




A few more sculptors added to the roll-call, bringing our total to 13 minis - almost a full mould, and a proper little goblin warband

Mark Evans (Crooked Dice, Fenris, etc)
Vermis (Hasslefree, etc)
David Drage (Iron Mammoth, Scheltrum, etc)
Matt Gubser (Dark Age, Rusted heroes, etc)
Sylvain (Golgo Island)
Kev White (Hasslefree)

Not quite sure of the mechanics and the numbers yet, but the minis will probably be limited-time-available rather than limited numbers, and only available as a set, not as individual minis.

More news as we get it, probably after the weekend as Dags is working with Ainsty at shows both days and I've got Salute prep and pre-orders I really should be seeing to.

- geronimo (Fenris Miniatures)


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Photo of Kev's condition






Goblinaid


Horrible picture alert: Kev's emailed us a picture of his injuries and said he didn't mind us posting it here. Having suffered similar injuries myself in the past I can understand how Kev must be feeling, physically and mentally, but here's hoping he recovers quickly and finds his mojo to get back to sculpting.

Meanwhile anything you can do to help - sharing this page, fundraising at your local club, auctions of your own to raise funds to forward on when we get bank/PayPal details sorted - will be very much appreciated.

-geronimo

Poor bugger. They certainly did a number on him. Knowing they've pulled off several similar in the area in the last couple of nights and also attempted murder on that 80 year old woman, their time is numbered and they will be caught. I hope they throw the fething book at them. Likely they'll turn out to be frighteningly young and receive paltry sentences.

Sickening. Absolutely sickening. I wish the best for this brave man and all of the victims of these idiots parading around and hurting people, and I can honestly say I wish the worst on the burglars.

One should be able to feel safe in their own home and not have to worry about people breaking in and hurting you.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Poor bugger. They certainly did a number on him. Knowing they've pulled off several similar in the area in the last couple of nights and also attempted murder on that 80 year old woman, their time is numbered and they will be caught. I hope they throw the fething book at them. Likely they'll turn out to be frighteningly young and receive paltry sentences.

Yup, they've managed to make themselves police target no.1 in the area for the foreseeable future. Not sure where you get the age thing; it does rather sound as if they're pumped up on something nasty but they could be anything from 16 to 35 by what we have to go on here. Actually the degree of violence displayed suggests they'd be 20somethings to me.

 Bolognesus wrote:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Poor bugger. They certainly did a number on him. Knowing they've pulled off several similar in the area in the last couple of nights and also attempted murder on that 80 year old woman, their time is numbered and they will be caught. I hope they throw the fething book at them. Likely they'll turn out to be frighteningly young and receive paltry sentences.

Yup, they've managed to make themselves police target no.1 in the area for the foreseeable future. Not sure where you get the age thing; it does rather sound as if they're pumped up on something nasty but they could be anything from 16 to 35 by what we have to go on here. Actually the degree of violence displayed suggests they'd be 20somethings to me.

The guess on age was due to demanding weed and the stupidity of committing their crimes in the same area.

Goblinaid have now put together an Ebay account that they intend to use to auction some items to help out Kev

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/goblin_aid

these Kev Adams greens look to have been donated by White Knight Miniatures (http://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Knights-Miniature-Imperium/139510159546293)




Goblin Captain. The original head for this one was damaged in the moulding process, but I will include goblin and halfling heads (including the Gobboprince de Lu head). Comes with the original three alternate arms.


Goblin Cleric 1. There is some minor moulding damage to the side of the warhammer (the decorative cross is gone), but that doesn't detract from the overall figure.


And finally, a great favourite among the goblin collectors, the (in)famous Gob de Leon. More info on how the auctions will proceed will follow from the Goblinaid peeps.


Another of White Knight's KA goblin clerics masters, also up for auction soon....

 ProfessionalAmateur wrote:
Best wishes for the poor guy :/

Agreed.


Edited by Mannahnin: As previously noted, leave the gun politics out of this thread.

Edited by Mannahnin: As previously noted, leave the gun politics out of this thread.

I hope Kev gets better soon, and the Goblin Aid pays any medical bills and loss of earnings he has, but talk of guns is not doing this thread any favours, so let's keep it out of here, please?

Edited by Mannahnin: As previously noted, leave the gun politics out of this thread.

Good luck Kevin, best wishes for speedy recover.

Morning all

Kev seems in good spirits despite everything and is looking forward to getting back to sculpting more of the models we all love.

Meanwhile to update how things stand:

Our initial aim is to produce a set of 28mm goblins which will only be available as a set, and only for a limited time. All of the sculptors who've offered to help 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.

Additionally, we've had numerous offers of painted models, classic Kev sculpts, existing catalogue models from a number of firms, scenery, rulesets, and original greens/masters sculpted by Kev, all of which we're planning on auctioning off on a dedicated eBay page somewhere down the line. We've got a dedicated bank account and PayPal account which will be able to accept direct donations once we've ironed out a few things.

Our list of sculptors who've offered to donate their time and skills so far includes:

Tre Manor (RedBox Games)
Jason Wiebe (Reaper, etc)
Chaz Elliot (WotC, Citadel, etc)
Des Hanley (Otherworld)
Alex Bates (Forge of Ice)
Steven Marchant (Inso)
Stuart Powley (SLAP minis)
Mark Evans (Crooked Dice, Fenris, etc)
Warren Beattie (Hasslefree, etc)
David Drage (Iron Mammoth, Scheltrum, etc)
Matt Gubser (Dark Age, Rusted heroes, etc)
Sylvain (Golgo Island)
Kev White (Hasslefree)
Davide Tedeschi (Shieldwolf)
George Fairlamb (Black Cat bases, Fenris etc)
Bill Thornhill (Musketeer)
Gary Morley (GW, etc)
Mark Craggs (World of Twilight)
Phil Hynes (Monstertown USA)

for a grand total of 19 goblins, more than enough for a truly nasty warband

Apologies again for the slightly random and irregular nature of our updates on here, everyone involved at GoblinAid also has full-time work and this next month is our busiest time of the year as we approach Salute. We're hoping to have most of the finished masters ready for display at Salute, and South London Warlords have generously agreed to let us rattle a few collection tins there on the day, too, so you'll be able to help out directly if you can't wait for the production sets of minis.

Thanks again for all the support and for sharing this page and its' news elsewhere. Kev really appreciates the support, he's a humble sort of bloke with a Karmic what-goes-around kind of attitude, so lets hope we can all be the agent of Karma in this instance and give back some of the pleasure he's given all of us over the past 30-odd years

- geronimo (Fenris Miniatures)

Good to see him recovering and good on him with his attitude. Many would be traumatised in similar situations. Takes real fortitude to not let it affect you as much.

Our initial aim is to produce a set of 28mm goblins which will only be available as a set, and only for a limited time.

for a grand total of 19 goblins, more than enough for a truly nasty warband

First of all, wow, when will this go up for sale? I'm assuming not immediately as things need to be sculpted first... but I would likely be all over buying some goblin sculpts to support in a time like this... and also to get some sweet goblins, which I've been looking for!

They should get one more sculptor on board for an even 20

This situation is terrible and much more serious than I had realized... thanks for keeping us updated and it's fantastic to see so many sculptors donating their time to sculpt a goblin in support!

 RiTides wrote:

Our initial aim is to produce a set of 28mm goblins which will only be available as a set, and only for a limited time.

for a grand total of 19 goblins, more than enough for a truly nasty warband

First of all, wow, when will this go up for sale? I'm assuming not immediately as things need to be sculpted first... but I would likely be all over buying some goblin sculpts to support in a time like this... and also to get some sweet goblins, which I've been looking for!

They should get one more sculptor on board for an even 20

This situation is terrible and much more serious than I had realized... thanks for keeping us updated and it's fantastic to see so many sculptors donating their time to sculpt a goblin in support!

I think we've just added our 20th sculptor, so we're approaching two moulds' worth of gobboes now, and may have to make this 2 sets of minis.

Thanks for the links and updates on here, guys, it'll all help greatly.

We're aiming/hoping to have all of the greens ready to display at Salute for the biggest public impact, shortly after that Ral Partha Europe have offered their services for moulding, casting, and distribution. The minis will only be available for a limited time and all profits will be going to Kev to help in his recovery and rehab. His work pretty much defined the Citadel look for greenskins during their golden age and beyond, and we just felt it was time Kev got something back from the hobby he contributed so much to. The massive support so far seems to support that view.

Thanks again - Ian/geronimo @ Fenris

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

 Bolognesus wrote:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Poor bugger. They certainly did a number on him. Knowing they've pulled off several similar in the area in the last couple of nights and also attempted murder on that 80 year old woman, their time is numbered and they will be caught. I hope they throw the fething book at them. Likely they'll turn out to be frighteningly young and receive paltry sentences.

Yup, they've managed to make themselves police target no.1 in the area for the foreseeable future. Not sure where you get the age thing; it does rather sound as if they're pumped up on something nasty but they could be anything from 16 to 35 by what we have to go on here. Actually the degree of violence displayed suggests they'd be 20somethings to me.

The guess on age was due to demanding weed and the stupidity of committing their crimes in the same area.

Meh, selling or using weed seems to be something for all ages around here - no less than stupidity is I see your point though.

Those greens are amazing. Hadn't seen those before, seems WKM will be getting some business out of this themselves, too. Really, Kev Adams pretty much defined what a nice fantasy goblin 'should' be for decades to come

 geronimo wrote:
I think we've just added our 20th sculptor, so we're approaching two moulds' worth of gobboes now, and may have to make this 2 sets of minis.

Thanks for the links and updates on here, guys, it'll all help greatly.

We're aiming/hoping to have all of the greens ready to display at Salute for the biggest public impact, shortly after that Ral Partha Europe have offered their services for moulding, casting, and distribution. The minis will only be available for a limited time and all profits will be going to Kev to help in his recovery and rehab. His work pretty much defined the Citadel look for greenskins during their golden age and beyond, and we just felt it was time Kev got something back from the hobby he contributed so much to. The massive support so far seems to support that view.

Thanks again - Ian/geronimo @ Fenris

Salute is April 20th, right? So about a month to have all the greens done... that sounds like perfect timing.

Will put aside some funds for when they go on sale, I assume shortly thereafter!

Thank you very much for the update!

Good to see you on here Fenris Miniatures,

and good to hear you may have conributor No 20 for the Goblinaid minis

I finally got my Pirate goblins.

You should get them back and cast a few for this one.

Where do we send the donations, BTW?

Does anyone know if these guys are willing to accept outside submissions? I'd be happy to donate a scuplt or two to help Kev Adams out.

 Rolt wrote:
Does anyone know if these guys are willing to accept outside submissions? I'd be happy to donate a scuplt or two to help Kev Adams out.

If you're talking goblins I don't see why not (assuming the quality is high enough... apologies if you're a famous sculptor, LOL)

Your best bet is to contact them either by PM on the Goblinaid facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Goblinaid/582169528462833

Or contact Fenris: http://www.fenrisgames.com/contact.html or

Dags c/o Ainsty: http://ainstycastings.co.uk/contact_us.php/osCsid/

They have said ideally they (ideally) need sculpts in hand by April 20th for Salute, so worth baring that in mind

(as they've got 20 sculptors so far there's probably still space for a few more in the 2 moulds they're committed to so far)

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 Grot 6 wrote:
I finally got my Pirate goblins.

You should get them back and cast a few for this one.

Where do we send the donations, BTW?

They're in the process of setting up a specific bank account and paypal account to take donations,

I'll post the details when they emerge (and I'll try and remember to PM you directly with them too)