It was snotlings who pulled me into this hobby. It all started with a packet of ‘Goblinoids’ Citadel Combat Cards. I loved the look of every miniature in that deck (I’m not even sure I knew that they were miniatures at that point), but I was particularly taken by the loveable trio of Snoti, Fungus, and Bogi Dungbreath.
Fast forward a year or so, and I spot a copy of White Dwarf in my local newsagents. It’s issue 166 (October 93), and I’m excitedly flicking through the pages, wondering what whole new universe I’ve just discovered. I get to the mail order pages at the back and I can’t believe what I’m seeing.
Snotlings!
Ten minutes of pleading with my mum and we’re on the bus home with the magazine open in front of me. It would be a year or two yet before I’d actually own any snotlings of my own, but at least I now knew what they were, where they came from, and that you could collect them.
When I did finally get my own base of snotlings, I probably did the worst ever job of all my childhood miniatures. The base was the wrong way round (it seemed logical because the snotlings fitted into the little holes), and I dunked the entire thing in sand once they were all glued in. It looked absolutely hellish.
I got more of them further down the line, and my job on them wasn’t much better. Fortunately, some of those snotlings survived the sands of time (if not the sands of basing), and I recently had the opportunity to strip them and try to make them presentable for the first time in their long lives.
I’ve been building a goblin warband led by Jareth from The Labyrinth, and these guys will slot nicely into his greenskin ranks.
I also have a Nurgle warband and was happy with the way my Nurglings turned out. It inspired me to get cracking with the snotlings and do something similar.
I’ve used large round bases for them – the entire warband are on rounds – and added some 3D-printed mushrooms and toadstools I bought on Etsy.
There are also a couple of new miniatures in the mix. The two goblins with the standard come from Knightmare. The wee snake-charming goblin was a free gift with an order from somewhere, but I can’t for the life of me remember where. If you know where it’s from, please let me know.
I’m looking forward to finishing off the basing and getting them undercoated. I’ll use this post to provide updates and fresh pictures when I have them.