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 notprop wrote:
Each pack had a Kev Adams self portrait and about 5 or 6 gobbos.

I confess to have not looked at them too closely as I went straight out after salute. I'll take a look later and let you know.

Ahh,

I think the figures with the Kev Adams self portrait will be little mini sculpts Kev tended to do when he was working with Foundry (they've got a couple of hundred or so), rather than the Goblinaid minis I've been posting here as Foundry was considering casting some of them

(I could be wrong and plans could have changed, but that's my guess)

Well done for buying them, whatever they turn to be, it's a good cause and are cool either way

Ah, so it sounds like I shot my bolt early then, just as well I didn't buy 10 packs in my haste then! (Gotta catch em all!)

So when/how will all these greens be available, I read page 1 again and couldn't see any details?

They were hoping to have all the greens in hand by Salute or shortly thereafter (and it sounds like that's happening)

Also at salute they were intending to discuss how to assign them to moulds (eg mould of SF, mould of Fantasy etc)

Mould making & casting would then be done by RalPartha Europe.

Once they know all is up and working they'll open up pre-orders for a time (probably a month or so), orders are likely to be by the set, with the sets being what comes out of a single mould for ease of packing

then get all the casting and shipping gets done

I'll keep this thread updated and change the tile when orders are open

That makes perfect sense, I'm not sure how I got so confuzzled?

Still, who can't use a few more gobbos. I'm at a loss as to what to do with two Kev Adams models though?

Yeah,

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I wonder how well the collecting tins went at Salute ?

fingers crossed they were nice and heavy by the end of the day

I saw a fair few people show interest in the story and chip in?

Me and Sharazad threw a couple of quid In and proudly wore our goblin aid pin badges around.

Panic...

 notprop wrote:
That makes perfect sense, I'm not sure how I got so confuzzled?

Still, who can't use a few more gobbos. I'm at a loss as to what to do with two Kev Adams models though?

Swap shop? Post pics of them at least!

some of the Kev Adams 'use up m greenstuff figures', called snorklings can be seen in this Frothers thread

http://frothersunite.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=43611&sid=5f6cdd7a470e4fde96f603905b60858f

the foundry self portrait is here

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zsITVt2KDEQ/TGuyatSDCEI/AAAAAAAAAlo/dE5xvvisvfI/s1600/polar_explorer_voodoo_mask.jpg


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Another Goblin has slipped in, from Chaz Elliot

As promised, some goblin aid pics from salute.

http://mr-bugman.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-coverage-part-2.html

Those look slick! I can't wait to get a few of them

Thanks for the Navarro!

Goblinaid

Evening GoblinAiders,

Just a quick update to keep you informed...

Most of the Gobbos have arrived at GoblinAid HQ (we don't really have an HQ; it's really the only tidy bit of Geronimo's desk) - once the last ones have made their way across assorted oceans they'll all be going to Paul RPE for casting. Once they're there we'll be making an announcement on how to get them

In the mean time, you'll have noticed that only a couple of the GA Goblins have been given names. Every good gobbo (and these are really good gobbos!) needs a name so it is time for a little competition.... Name That Gobbo; just post your suggestion in the comments and the ones that make me, Tim & Geronimo laugh the most will get used

Cheers - Dag

NOTE: The post is from facebook, if you want to name a goblin pop your suggestions on the goblinaid page there

Orlando wrote:some of the Kev Adams 'use up m greenstuff figures', called snorklings can be seen in this Frothers thread

http://frothersunite.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=43611&sid=5f6cdd7a470e4fde96f603905b60858f

Wow, those snorklings were great. Those were done by Kev Adams? They look like a different aesthetic. There's mention of there being 17 different ones, but I only see 5 in the thread. Are they still available somewhere or OOP?

Thanks for the pics of the GoblinAid minis from Salute, Navarro!

As far as I know Kev used to knock them up with leftover greenstuff whenever he was sculpting so Foundry has a couple of hundred knocking about that they'd never done anything with.. (maybe a few were released ?)

When they decided to release the Kev Adams self sculpt for goblinaid they also mastered some of the snorklings to sell along with it for the cause at salute

they seem to have been so popular that they have said they (random packs?) will appear in their ebay store 'soon'

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/WARGAMES-FOUNDRY

Goblinaid

"Greetings from Foundry

We sold 22 Little Kevin plus snorklings packs at Salute.
Next show we will take a bigger sign.
The nearest competitor was our "Dad's Army" pack. We only sold 10 of them: so Mr Mannering lost hands down.
Cash on its way to Kevin.
We have put Little Kevin plus snorklings up on our new website today (http://wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/goblinaid/)

Call in and pick up a set if you are passing our factory in Nottingham!

Cheers

Marcus at Foundry"

Go and buy one now!

Dags

This is the Kev self sculpt they are offering which comes with 5 random snorklings Kev also sculpted while he worked with them, Price £10 + P&P (£6 flat fee to the UK so if you find something else you want to order too, or buy multiple packs with a group of mates it will work out better value


NOTE: Foundry will contribute the majority of the £10 to Goblinaid/Kev (but they have to deduct VAT to pay the government for any orders from Europe)

Nice that they're offering the snorklings up for sale. Can't wait to see the donated GoblinAid sculpts up, too. Very curious about how they will group them together for sale.

I am glad he is doing better. I would be pissed to see a talented artist like himself not able to do what he loves to do.

To create art.

From the sound of it they are now only waiting to get hold of 3 of the sculpts before these can go off and be cast by Ral Patha Europe,

Geronimo also mentioned (in a Frothers post) that the ordering will probably be via the Ral Partha Europe webstore too (and no they're not up yet!)

more info as I hear it


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And a post from Frothers by Kev himself


Thank you for all the support

Unread postby Kev Adams » Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:27 pm

Hi All
Just really wanted to thank everybody again for their kind and generous support .
The donations are really helping us to get through this difficult period and i'm very impressed by the generosity of all the people that have made these wonderful inventive sculpts .I hope i get a set of them
this message is a short one as my eyesight makes it hard for me to type for too long due to the glare of the screen hurting my eye and my vision is not up to its usual sharpness .
My bad eye is slowly mending but is still wonky and i feel disorientated a lot of the time I get white flashes and can sometimes have double vision , my right eye is still lower than left eye due to the surgery that was to repair the damaged eye socket but because of the injuries that were inflicted the surgery has not stopped my eye from dropping as there was no bones in my face left unbroken to support my eye .
Ive tried looking at models but right now its not good and frustrating for me because i can only see them clearly if my left eye is closed .
I am back at the hospital and seeing an eye specialist on wednesday and hope for the good news that my vision will return to normal and my current wonkyness is due to the healing process ,so we are keeping our fingers crossed that I will heal as fully as I can be expected to given time and rest .Once again thank you for all the support , just knowing that so many people care and want to help is a huge morale booster for my family and myself at this moment in time .
kev

The recovery process sounds like it's going to be a bit longer than I had hoped. Definitely helps to know that so many people are out there rooting for him, I'm sure, and also supporting him in a sense with this campaign.

Another post with bad and good news

Another update...

"Hi Everybody again
Thanks
Wanted to let you all know that I've seen a top eye specialst today who told me that due to bottom lid being pulled down during initial surgery it has exposed eyeball and its got infected and thats why my visions been wonky and eye not healing well for weeks .
He has said i will need another operation to repair bottom lid and to raise it to normal level and doing that involves plastic surgery so i haven't a clue how long it will be before i can get back to making models but at least i know that visual cortex isn't damaged and eyesight will be ok once its all healed so thats a massive relief .
Might have to wait a while for operation though .
CID came round the other night and told me they can't catch the cowards that attacked me which is another let down but they will eventually slip up .
They had three suspects but couldn't charge them due to lack of evidence .
Meanwhile i have boxes of different eyedrops that i have to apply four times a day plus cream to help keep the infection at bay .
Will keep you all updated as things happen .
Thanks for all of your love and support .
kev"

(but the really good thing is it looks like Kev will get full vision back after the infection clears up and he can then have a second surgery)


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Renegade miniatures promised to release a number of Kev's Orc sculpts (some I think are new but I can't be certain). I believe the idea is that 50% of the profits from these will go to Kev

each pack is £7.95 and contains 4 orcs

http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs.htm

http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs/orc0101.htm
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs/orc0102.htm
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs/orc0103.htm
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs/orc0104.htm
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs/orc0105.htm
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/orcs/orc0106.htm

(sorry I'm unable to persuade these images to link, you'll need to click on them)

I've ordered a couple of packs of the Kevs Orcs from Renegade miniatures so I'll let folk know what I think when they arrive

No further news from Goblinaid on the warband yet (last posted info was they were waiting for 3 sculpts from abroad to arrive at Fenris Games (the collection point before casting begins)

Thanks for the updates, Orlando! I'm sure once the GoblinAid sculpts are able to be cast it will pick up speed again as far as folks buying.

That really sucks about the infection with Kev but is good news for the long term prognosis.

Another update both from Kev himself and Goblinaid

Latest update from Kev:

"its really kind of you and Dags to go to all the trouble to help me , you have been a brilliant help and i dont know what i would have done without you as we are still struggling to get any government help because i'm self employed ....My face is still numb and on occasion i get nasty pains but its not being able to use my eye properly thats really getting to me , I've had my independence ripped away from me and i hate it , eyes not actually damaged and will be ok but i definitely need new glasses and i hope once I've had plastic surgery and its all healed i will be back to normal .Was looking at one of the 4A goblins the other night and hoping to get focussed but my eyes don't seem to know each other and i cant focus properly right now , even walking about can be disorientating because my visions on a weird slant and at night if i look at the stars i tend to see two instead of one ....Any amounts of money help , its one thing being attacked and put in hospital but worrying about buying food and paying bills is a lot more painful and not being able to work is very frustrating . if there was plenty of jobs i would be out on a building site or similar , grafting but our son is finding it impossible finding any work and he's younger .
With luck my operation will be soon .
will keep you posted ."

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.

So some on if you can spare a few pounds or dollars or everything else why not make a donation to

goblinaidATfenrisgamesDOTcom

Or buy a mini-kev & snorklings from foundry here

http://wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/goblinaid/

Or how about some Orcs sculpted by Kev from Renegade
here

http://www.renegademiniatures.com/news.htm

more news as it comes in

Ugh! I should have some money coming in at the end of the month, will try to pick up something then.

With bills, it's probably going to be 3-5 weeks before I have funds available for this again. I'll certainly be supporting the cause, though.

I have found it a little bit disappointing how several of the other companies that have come out of the same period of GW as Kev appear to have done nothing. I know money is a bit tight, but I really expected Warlord and Mantic to do something for Kev (though I may have some of my timelines crossed as to whether Ronnie or Paul S worked with Kev, but I;m sure John must have.)

Obviously I expected nothing from GW, but I'm still disappointed, given how much Kev created there. Like Rick, I guess.

New update from goblinaid



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!

We've got 3 still to arrive and then they'll be off for casting.

Cheers - Dags

Looks like we'll have a good range of figures once they're all done

Good on you guys for going out of your way to help a community member.

What a shame that this happened and I hope those two burglars get what's coming to them.

One of the Goblinaid organisers posted this complete list of 39 sculptors who have made stuff for goblinaid (or sent in unreleased goblins they'd made earlier)

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
2. Mark Craggs
3. Alex Hunter
4. Bergil
5. Gael Goumon
6. John Pickford
7. Yann Hoarau
8. Kieran Billings
9. Tim Prow
10. Gary Morley
11. Chaz Elliot
12. Eyle alexander
13. Bob Olley
14. Werner Klocke
15. Kev White
16. Jason Weibe
17. Snuurg
18. Des Hanley
19. Minghua Kao
20. Gav Fry
21. Phil Hynes
22. Bill Thornhill
23. Davide Tadeschi
24. The_Badsmile
25. David Drage
26. Tre' Manor
27. Paul Gargon
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
37. David Soderquist
38. Andy Foster
39. Matt Gubser

I need to get some of these! Loving the Judge Dredd one. That's how I picture Manchu. :lol:

getting closer to casting time!

Goblinaid

Werner Klocke's brillant Gobbo has pirated his way across the oceans and arrived at GoblinAid HQ Think that means there are just 2 now we're waiting for due to the vagueries of transatlantic post.


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I don't think this Gobbo has featured yet



(sculpted by Sylvain from the Frothers forum)


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GoblinAid Packs (3 photos)

Now that we're (nearly) ready for the Gobbos to go to the brilliant Paul Reid at RPE we thought we'd give you a bit of a teaser. As well as a 'complete set', the GoblinAid Gobbos will be available in packs, selected for type.... (further packs will be added as time allows)

Pack 1 The Riders: With David Soderquist, Mark Evans and John Pickford



Pack 2 The Modern Ones: With Gary Morley, Paul Gargon, Yann Hoarau, Mark Craggs, Bob Murch, Steven Marchant and Kev White



Pack 3 The Historical Ones: With Paul Hicks, Werner Klocke, Gael Goumon, Stuart Lawrence Powley, Alex Hunter 1, Sonny Bundgaard and Jason Wiebe.



(NOTE: No ordering yet kids, they're not quite ready yet!)