Another wave of reinforcements

My Orcs and Goblins are getting a lot of love at the moment. Actually it's mainly the goblins, but that's OK. They needed more work to begin with. Recently I posted about my incredible good fortune in having a pile of very presentable greenskins practically land in my lap, and now we have this stuff. Actually, this stuff was ordered before the second-hand stuff had entered the picture. So I bought this before that, but there was travel time in involved, so... the arrival of this stuff is the latest development.

I present to you the first models I have ever bought with Age of Sigmar on the packaging...

3 boxes of Squig Herds, 2 of Squig Hoppers, 2 of "Troggoths" (trolls), a big fat Troll to use as a themed giant, and something called Mollog's Mob.

Yes, I know. Age of Sigmar products. I feel dirty. But I am not using them for Age of Sigmar, so that makes it acceptable. I put together a couple of sets immediately, and I am away on holiday at present but I brought most of the remainder with me in the hope of getting some assembly done. 

That's the big "Dankhold Troggoth" giant, the leader troll from Mollog's Mob (might even be Mollog himself - I didn't read the blurb), and a flying squig overhead.

A few things I feel I need to talk about here. First, I doubt I would ever have bought these models if I hadn't found an opportunity to purchase them from the UK and have them delivered to me. I bought them at the regular price offered by Wayland, and it was literally half the price that GW charge here in Australia. We in Australia have always been treated pretty badly by GW's translation of exchange rates (and in more recent times, their international trade embargo nonsense), but when you couple it with what their new models tend to cost, the difference is truly eye-watering.

Most of the models that have come out since Age of Sigmar launched have been of little interest to me. The few exceptions were a couple of "Sylvaneth" Wood Elf models, and now these guys. There have been whole ranges of models like the newer Dwarfs and Sigmarines (I can't even remember what they're properly called right now, thus revealing my inner thought processes around them) that have left me completely cold.

I also really, really struggle with the new names of stuff, as revealed above. I feel like I spit the words out when I say things like "Ogor" or "Troggoth", so I'm just going to cut the crap. I will talk about things as what they are to me - squigs, trolls, goblins, and the rest.

Anyway, I really wanted some of the squigs when I saw the models, and once the price became palatable I jumped at them. I also liked the trolls, as they're quite reminiscent of the old stone trolls (albeit about twice the size). I figured I could work with them. Squigs and trolls are some of the real teeth to a goblin force, they're something I've always been a bit short on, and they are compatible with Kings of War. So it all made sense.

Assembling some of this stuff has helped highlight some basing shortages for me. Of course, they all only ship with round bases now. I managed to give some of them away, and perhaps I shall have a ritual burning of the rest later. Only joking. Well, I might be joking. Anyway, I noticed I didn't have a lot of 40mm bases for the trolls, in particular. The situation has not been helped by all my custom built ogres over the years - they ate up my reserves. So I jumped on ebay and ordered 100 more. Should keep me going for a bit, when they arrive. Hopefully I don't end up having to buy 20mm ones as well.

I feel I have momentum with my goblins at the moment, and I'm trying to use that. This should also feed into our plans for an all-goblin campaign in the very near future. More toys for the lads!