Hobgoblin Archers (Part 1)

 Here are some classic Hobgoblin miniatures that I recently acquired. After stripping them of their "pro painted" coating, I set about trying to complete the unit, as three Hobos won't cut it. To get them up to the minimum unit size of 10 was probably going o take a long time and cost me a small fortune. The after-market price for these things are outrageous, assuming you can even find that many.! The old Hobgoblins, and even worse, their parent army, the Chaos Dwarfs, are getting pretty scarse. 

OG Hobgoblin Archers.

Thanks to a guy on ebay with a  3D printier a solution was found.  Enter the Evil Traitor Goblin Archers by Brawniac Models.  And I was able get enough miniatures to complete the unit for a fair, and sane,  price.  And they kind of conform rather well with the original models. The biggest difference being that their bows actually have arrows notched onto them. 

Evil Traitor Goblins.

I feel that originals are superior overall. The original one is still a good sculpt with very well defined details, whereas the details on the printed version can seem a bit....vague. 

Compare and contrast. 

Primed and ranked together, I feel that they work together just fine.  But soon I will be painting them up properly and hopefully they'll mesh even better. 

Conformity in black.

And yes, the Hobgrots I posted about recently are kind of my proving ground for these guys. I have been making considerable progress on them and they'll get an update before these guys do, so watch out for that.