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I am interested in how much freedom do I have while building my Squigs = am I forced to build specific models or do I have a choice to make all as I wish? For example, there is a Squig that eats a goblin - do I have to build it or can I replace it with another mouth?

I don't remember how many spares there are but all mouths go on all bodies and each crewgoblin has 2 loadouts.

Looking at the sprue online there don't seem to be any spares so you'd have to use that mouth somewhere.

Legs are specific to bodies, heads are separate. Could have sworn they had extra face or two...but yeah looking at the sprues can't come up with more than 10. Bit annoying if you don't like that one and don't have anybody to swap faces with.

Thanks for help guys!

Two solutions:
1) Just look for a bitz seller & buy extra heads/mouths.
3d prints also exist.
2) trim away the offending goblin bits with an exact blade. Anything you can't trim away you can disguise with putty to be the sqig foaming at the mouth.

ccs wrote:
Two solutions:
1) Just look for a bitz seller & buy extra heads/mouths.
3d prints also exist.
2) trim away the offending goblin bits with an exact blade. Anything you can't trim away you can disguise with putty to be the sqig foaming at the mouth.

Yeah, buying the heads and converting are the options I will think about if I decide to get the kit (its main purpose would be to use as proxy for any dog sized creatures like big rats/bugs/lizards etc. in solo games like 5 Leagues from the Borderlands etc.).

 Shadow Walker wrote:

ccs wrote:
Two solutions:
1) Just look for a bitz seller & buy extra heads/mouths.
3d prints also exist.
2) trim away the offending goblin bits with an exact blade. Anything you can't trim away you can disguise with putty to be the sqig foaming at the mouth.

Yeah, buying the heads and converting are the options I will think about if I decide to get the kit (its main purpose would be to use as proxy for any dog sized creatures like big rats/bugs/lizards etc. in solo games like 5 Leagues from the Borderlands etc.).

Expensive kit for that purpose.
Have you considered looking at the already primed packs that Wilkids makes for D&D/Pathfinder?
They make quite an assortment of dogs/dog like creatures.
They're cheap & paint up nicely.
One of my own favorites is the 2-headed death dog.

ccs wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

ccs wrote:
Two solutions:
1) Just look for a bitz seller & buy extra heads/mouths.
3d prints also exist.
2) trim away the offending goblin bits with an exact blade. Anything you can't trim away you can disguise with putty to be the sqig foaming at the mouth.

Yeah, buying the heads and converting are the options I will think about if I decide to get the kit (its main purpose would be to use as proxy for any dog sized creatures like big rats/bugs/lizards etc. in solo games like 5 Leagues from the Borderlands etc.).

Expensive kit for that purpose.
Have you considered looking at the already primed packs that Wilkids makes for D&D/Pathfinder?
They make quite an assortment of dogs/dog like creatures.
They're cheap & paint up nicely.
One of my own favorites is the 2-headed death dog.

I use only hard plastic models so all that PVC/resin/metal etc. out there is no go for me Also Squig Herd is only expensive if you want to proxy just 1-2 kind of creatures for 1 game but I counted for 5 Leagues alone that Squigs could be used for minimum of 5-6 different enemies (dogs, spiders, bugs, lizards, rats etc.).

no options on the squig herd IIRC. Just build however you like the looks of 'em.

The squig hopper kit comes with spare heads (two sets of seven for ten squigs, so four spares) if you don't like some of the normal squigs or just want some variation. They are larger though, and all modeled as in-air (though you could just snip off the mushroom/gas/stalagmite they're using as a stem if you don't like the height). You'd also want to not add the goblins, obviously, but they only attach via a relatively small "plug" of back skin that they rider is holding onto, so it wouldn't be too hard to fill and sculpt over.

You'd also get a "free" set of ten dramatic goblins this way, who would make good fanatics (just add a ball and chain to the hand that was holding the squig), hangers on (to a troll, mangler, or whatever war machine), or even doom diver "pilots" with a little work. And the bounderz little knight helms and lances are hilarious - perfect for characters or "elite" troops.

 Trimarius wrote:
The squig hopper kit comes with spare heads (two sets of seven for ten squigs, so four spares) if you don't like some of the normal squigs or just want some variation. They are larger though, and all modeled as in-air (though you could just snip off the mushroom/gas/stalagmite they're using as a stem if you don't like the height). You'd also want to not add the goblins, obviously, but they only attach via a relatively small "plug" of back skin that they rider is holding onto, so it wouldn't be too hard to fill and sculpt over.

You'd also get a "free" set of ten dramatic goblins this way, who would make good fanatics (just add a ball and chain to the hand that was holding the squig), hangers on (to a troll, mangler, or whatever war machine), or even doom diver "pilots" with a little work. And the bounderz little knight helms and lances are hilarious - perfect for characters or "elite" troops.

Interesting ideas, some inner gobbo in me may pursue them in the future , thanks!