[WFB] My Gobotonnia / Gobdorf empire Army Options Rating

[tensions]

Legend of the Gobotonnia

Long ago, the dark woodlands of the Death Pass west of the Grey Mountains near the borders of the Bretonnia were home to countless primitive and savage goblins. These primitive goblins lived in tribes, a collection of greenskins ruled over by a goblin warboss. For many centuries, the goblins struggled against the Bretonnian for possession of the best and most fertile lands. The goblin tribes also often fought each other when they would have been better off uniting against the human. The Bretonnian dominated the fertile valleys and plains, while the goblins lived in the forest, mountain and wilderness regions.

Several years before the forming of Gobotonnia, King Charlen of the Bretonnia renewed the Errantry Wars, to rid the entire world of all greenskins. Bretonnia knights gathered in unprecedented numbers. The host of knights went forth to the Border Princes and stormed across the Death Pass. The lands of the goblins fall into anarchy. The Bretonnian purged the primitive goblin tribes and slaughtered countless goblins. The greenskins fled and scattered deep into the Grey Mountains and the surviving combatants were herded into internment camps as their lands were claimed by rivals.
Years after the declaration of the Errantry Wars, It was at this time that a young goblin wolfrider warboss named Whaga was visited by a vision of an old goblin shaman. The shaman revealed himself to this young warboss as “The Prophet of Gork”. He warned him of the next massive invasion of the Bretonnia. He urged Whaga to unite the other warring tribes to withstand the Bretonnian. Fearing that was more of a vision than a dream, Whaga led his wolfriders and attempted to unite all other goblin tribes. Despite his best efforts, Whaga failed to convince other tribe leaders to unite.
Shortly, Whaga was visited by “The Prophet” again, who told him about the “Favour of Gork”. In order to receive the Favour, Whaga vowed to Gork and offered his soul to gain the power to unite the tribes and defeat the Bretonnian. Guided by “The Prophet”, Whaga and his wolfriders swore their lives completely to Gork and drunk from a fountain blessed with the “blood of Gork”. Thus, Whaga consumed enormous power and became a being of supernatural power. Now a chosen of Gork, Whaga challenged the warbosses of all the goblin tribes in a single combat and defeated them all. This battle earned the young warboss much honor, glory and renown. Within months, Whaga effectively forged hundreds of goblin tribes into a single nation then set out to carve a place for themselves near the Grey Mountains and laid the foundations of the kingdom of Gobotonnia.
In the Imperial Year 2488 or thereabout, as foresaw by “The Prophet”, a mighty host of Bretonnia knights led by the reckless Baron Jules do Fontainebleu went forth into the Death Pass to cleanse the greenskins. Whaga led his elite wolfriders and sprang a trap on the Bretonnian. Blessed by the “Favour of Gork” Whaga led his wolfriders bravely to engage the Bretonnian, thousands of goblins flocked to join him. The unstoppable sea of greenskins swarmed up across the horizon, whopping, jeering, and yelling their barbarous war cries in numbers never before seen. Countless of goblins were killed but stubbornly refused to retreat and would fight to the death rather than give an inch of ground. The battle fought on for three days and nights. Despite the Bretonnian’s best efforts, the goblin’s numbers were just too overwhelming. The knights were soon surrounded by a horde of cackling greenskins. Outnumbered and trapped, the Bretonnia army began to crumble and in a matter of hours the whole army was hacked down.
In the aftermath of the battle, the goblins scavenged amongst the battlefield, took any shiny possessions they could get their hands on to be branded as their own. The goblins armed themselves with an assortment of swords, broken lances, shields, armours and helms etc captured in the battle, and carried as a mark of their self-evident superiority.

In the same year, the Bretonnian king declared the Errantry Wars at an end. The lands of the goblin were finally secured. The goblins became fanatically devoted to Whaga and proclaimed him to be their king and Gobotonnia is formed. Whaga was crowned as the King of Gobotonnia.



Gobotonnian Paladin/champion




also my Damsel (Goblin shaman) with the silver mirror, i'm gonna use a bit of tin foil for the mirror~~



My Damsel with 2 scrolls



8 Gobotonnia Knights of the Realm with barded warwolves.



Gobotonnian Paladin/champion finished



This post has been edited by tensions: Jan 25 2013, 04:54 PM

[Jester of Death]

dude that is awesome, cant wait to see more painted.



JoD

[The Tin Baron]

Brilliant. Amazing ideas. Glad you plan to include a trebuchet.

This post has been edited by The Tin Baron: Apr 27 2009, 09:29 PM

[Smorg]

lovin the idea

[Delerium]

Looking good. Love the detail in your painting.

[benedicition]

thats about 6 different kinds of awesome!!!

[dabigboss]

!!!!

[Juffo-wup]

Makes me think of the goblin knights from Labyrinth.

Love the concept and execution. Can't wait to see more.

[Gonzoangel]

Brilliant stuff!

[gronk]

Mate what a simply fantastic concept..

Damn! Why didn't I think of this

May have to take inspiration and look at this in a few years (when we've all "forgotten" about you .... )

Can't wait to see more images

[logrei]

cute

[Uber_Kroot]

Fantastic idea - nice and quirky!! The concversions are nice and simple - and the goblin lord you have painted is gob-smackingly good!!

[iaphyr]

wow! that looks really good!

only thing - do the bases! the lord looks so great but the black base wit hrails showing is not so great...

pity you didn't grab a Pegasus character and stick him on a baby Wyvern or similar... that would be cool

[Deathwing_Master]

Yep, what everyone else said. It's coming together, just great!

[damianlz]

+1 for brilliant idea and great execution from me

[tensions]

hello all again, thanks for the comments..

only thing - do the bases! the lord looks so great but the black base wit hrails showing is not so great...

still thinking how i should base them.

pity you didn't grab a Pegasus character and stick him on a baby Wyvern or similar... that would be cool

was thinking to have goblins on baby wyverns as pegasus knights... but i'm looking for the best model to use as baby wyverns..



anyway, I spent some time this afternoon writing some fluff on my Gobotonnia:


Protectyness of Gork (blessing of the lady)

Gork loves nothing so much as seeing greenskins smashing their foes to the ground in a bloody melee. Through the eyes of the great gods Mork and Gork, they watch over the greenskins and protect them from harm when the Waaagh! is breaking heads, and dissipate the protection when the greenskins are in retreat.

The effects of the Protectyness are as follows:
1. Affected models get a 6+ ward save
2. Affected models get a 5+ ward save VS attacks with str 5 or higher

Losing the protectyness:
1. FLEE!
2 .refuses challenge


Gobotonnian Knights of the Realm (Knights of the realm)
The biggest and strongest of all goblins take war much more seriously than other goblins and have the best equipment. Many of these equipments are captured in the great war of Bretonnia, and carried as a mark of their self-evident superiority.

Fanatical Goblin Knights (Grail Knights)
Having imbibed a brew made of a very special fungus called the Mad Cap, the goblin’s strength is boosted beyond belief. The Goblin is almost completely unaware of what is happening around him, and only care about smashing their foes to the ground in a bloody melee.

This post has been edited by tensions: Apr 28 2009, 04:32 PM

[mickjinx]

one word... nice!

[Moiden]

nice, very nice LMAO when I first saw them, they are awsome

This post has been edited by Moiden: Apr 28 2009, 07:38 PM

[Sutters]

Epic win right here

[That Guy]

Fantastic work mate! I'll be watching this one