January 26, 2022

Getting My Goat

By Wudugast

Nothing fancy today, just a nice, old-fashioned beastman from Knightmare Miniatures.

Knightmare Goat Oldhammer Wudugast ConvertOrDie Warhammer Beastman (1)

To me it looks like he’s shouting “You kids, get off my lawn!”. Or in his case probably “You elves, get out of my woods!”.

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20 responses to “Getting My Goat”

theimperfectmodeller
January 26th, 2022 at 7:14 am

I don’t recall seeing Beatman figures before. I suspect you’ve done loads and I haven’t paid attention but this little chap does look rather neat. 🙂

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- Wudugast
  January 26th, 2022 at 10:20 am
  
  Cheers! I’ve done a few over the years but actually not all that many. I’ve always been fond of them though so I reckon I’ll try to do a few more soon.
  
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imperialrebelork
January 26th, 2022 at 7:31 am

Haha I like him and I think he’s me in another 10 years

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- Alex
  January 26th, 2022 at 7:33 am
  
  5 tops 😉
  
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- Wudugast
  January 26th, 2022 at 8:07 am
  
  He’s pretty much me already!
  
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Alex
January 26th, 2022 at 7:33 am

He’s brill mate – he’s got some proper old-school charm to him, very cool 😊👍

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- Wudugast
  January 26th, 2022 at 1:56 pm
  
  Cheers mate – he’s just pure lovable quality and nostalgia isn’t he! 😄
  
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Phil Curran
January 26th, 2022 at 9:36 am

I’m creating a Mordheim beastman Warband and this is a great look for them.

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- Wudugast
  January 26th, 2022 at 10:20 am
  
  Yeah, this guy would be perfect for Mordhiem. Check out Knightmare Miniatures, they’ve got a great range of old-school Chaos models (and Orcs, Goblins… basically if you like old lead give them a look). I got this one through a kickstarter they ran but I reckon he’ll be properly released by now.
  
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J M Duke
January 26th, 2022 at 6:16 pm

Old goat yells at cloud 😂

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- Wudugast
  January 26th, 2022 at 10:35 pm
  
  😂 Haha! Exactly!
  
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lordcommandereloth
January 26th, 2022 at 8:11 pm

This is a great looking mini, I love the classic beastman look and you have done a great paintjob here!

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- Wudugast
  January 28th, 2022 at 8:14 pm
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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Pete S/ SP
January 27th, 2022 at 12:11 am

Love it- great work.

Cheers,

Pete.

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- Wudugast
  January 28th, 2022 at 10:29 pm
  
  Thanks Pete! 🙂
  
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Kuribo
January 27th, 2022 at 2:58 am

Really nice job on this characterful mini! There is definitely some classic Warhammer inspiration with this one. They sure did love their chainmail on older sculpts as well 🙂

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- Wudugast
  January 28th, 2022 at 10:31 pm
  
  Thank you! Funnily enough I was thinking about chainmail on these older models the other day. My suspicion is that it comes from two things. Partly it’s because fantasy miniatures have their roots in historical miniatures, and throughout medieval times chainmail was very much in vogue for a warrior. Secondly when sculpting in greenstuff chainmail and fur are relatively easy (even I can do a passable bit of chainmail or fur and I’m no sculptor). So if you were just learning, or you had a blank gap on a model that you needed to fill on a deadline, then slap a bit of chainmail on it. Nowadays it’s associated with the Oldhammer style so even a newish model like this one needs a bit of chainmail as a nod to his roots. Just my guesses mind you.
  
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  - Kuribo
    January 29th, 2022 at 2:39 am
    
    I share your hunches too. There must be a reason why they used it so often and I suspect the fact that it was easy and could make a sculptor’s life easier in a variety of situations made it so ubiquitous!
Azazel
April 7th, 2022 at 11:41 pm

Nice work! Funnily enough that mace head looks like it was taken directly off one of any number actual of oldhammer minis!

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- Wudugast
  June 2nd, 2022 at 6:36 pm
  
  It probably was! Glad you like him. 😀
  
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