Goblins in barrels

Last time a started to put together the Blitzers. Each Blitzer would have a barrel on their back carrying a Goblin. The first goblin I made was pointing a blunderbuss, shooting a ball.

I wanted one of the goblins to be shooting a catapult. Looking at the Gretchin kit there was one that had two arms up separately. After removing the sword and the pistol I got the below.

I felt that this was a good enough pose for the catapult goblin. With the catapult in it's right hand pulling back on the sling with it's left. The bottom part of the pistol would stay to form the catapult. My first thought was to try to make the rest of the catapult from putty. I quickly put that thought away remembering what I had learned from trying to make the blunderbuss ( see previous post). I stared long and hard at the sprues in front of me. Until...

This was part of a "prodder" for the Gruntherd. Do you see it? That U shape. I could use that as the base of the catapult.

I stuck the U shape to the top of the goblin's left hand and then used putty to model the elastic band.

The band ended up looking lax. I added a small round piece of plastic as a ball bearing to the other hand. I think with the band maybe I should have come back to the putty after it was half set. I like that the goblin is wearing a baseball cap. The head position is a bit awkward, but I think it was the best I could do with it.

The third goblin was more straight forward. There was a set of model arms raised.

 To this I simple added what I call a "grabber"

I also tried a different method to make the barrel. instead of doing strips of putty and rolled out flat sections and wrapped it around the cylinder. Then used the edge of a sculpting tool cut/indent the pattern/ shape of the wood planks. This was bit faster to do and gave a thinner finish. I think it looks neater then my first attempt.

The fourth goblin got interrupted by a barrel brainwave I had. More of that next time.