Saturday 21 August 2021

Necromunda: Goliaths

Last year I was on a fantasy roll; this year the science fiction bug has bitten. I was quite looking forward to Stargrave, but have become distracted by the very nice new third edition of Five Parsecs from Home. Which is the roundabout way I got inspired to finally slapping paint on these Goliaths.

I picked up a few cheap preassembled gangs when Necromunda got re-released a few years ago. I didn’t really love them- I’m not a huge fan of the sculpted bases, and getting them second-hand meant I wasn’t as invested as if I had built them myself. And the weapon choices aren’t the ones I would have made. So I put off painting them, which is a shame as they are lovely sculpts.

The skin is just one pass of Contrast Guilliman Flesh, then white for teeth. That’s it! I used Vallejo spray white as undercoat.




I tried a new basing technique, but I haven't quite got the effect I was going for.



I don’t even know what some of these weapons are… but I really love the ridiculous oversized revolvers.



Here's a bonus; an old photo of my 1995 plastic Goliaths. I can't remember what happened to them.

Goliaths are a pretty one-note faction, but they make great antagonists. I haven't come up with a gang name yet; suggestions welcomed.

Skull-o-meter™: 18

7 comments:

  1. Great looking painting. Count me in on the list of 'used to have a Goliath gang' as all my Necro stuff was sold off a 'few' years ago. They should port well into either the rules sets you've mentioned.

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    1. I’m really keen to get into Five Parsecs; watch this space!

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  2. Excellent stuff JB! The yellow armour, hazard stripes and green spot colours really makes them pop!

    I'm just finishing off an Enforcer gang now (in Dredd styled colours) and have a Goliath gang grumbling in the corner for attention too. I'm back in Quarantine again as of today so they will give me a good focus for the next 2 weeks.

    Hope you are well mate :-)

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    1. All good here. At least there’s a silver lining to quarantine! I’m looking at some 3D printed judges myself… keen to see yours.

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    2. They are in the final stages now so should be able to send you some pics by the end of the week!

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  3. Quite the force for Stargrave.... :-)
    Great paint job, thinking I might need some of these myself.
    Cheers
    Stu

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