Wednesday 7 February 2018

Necromunda: House Goliath Gangers 01

The new boxed set for Games Workshop's Necromunda contains 20 plastic multipart figures for gangers from two of the six main houses - House Goliath and House Escher - 10 for each gang. As luck would have it, these were the two gangs I used to play when I ran my original Necromunda campaign way back in the mid 1990's, so that made me very happy. Both gangs did well in the campaign. I have made all of the figures for the two new house Goliath and House Escher gangs and recently finished painting the Goliaths. Below, I present the Brass Brutes of House Goliath.
These five gangers shown above and directly below are my close combat fighters. From left to right are Skullshank the gang Leader, Kruger, "Splitter" Korg the first Champion, Nox the Ripper and Brakk. Note that these are the names given to them in the boxed set and they are all made as per the build instructions provided.
Skullshank is armed with a Power Hammer and a Combi-Pistol that combines a Plasma Pistol and a Stubber Pistol. Kruger is armed with a Brute Cleaver and a Grenade Launcher which can fire Frag or Krak Grenades. "Splitter" Korg wields a two-handed Renderizer. Nox the Ripper is armed with a Brute Cleaver and a Spud-Jacker as well as Frag and Krak Grenades. Brakk is armed with a Spud-Jacker, a Stubber Pistol and Frag Grenades.
These next five gangers are my ranged combat fighters. From left to right are Grendel the second Champion, Varik, Drago, Rork and Bonesnapper. These were also named and made as per the instructions provided with the game.
Grendel is armed with a Rivet Cannon and a Fighting Knife. Varik, Drago and Rork are all armed with Stub Cannons. Varik also has a Fighting Knife and Rork has both Frag and Krak Grenades. Bonesnapper is armed with a Combat Shotgun and Frag Grenades. All of the gangers wear Furnace Plate Armour.
These are exceptionally detailed plastic models, allowing for a lot of customisation, if that's what you want. I was quite happy to make them as instructed. They do look different enough to the original plastic and metal Goliaths, whilst still being recognisably Goliath. As such, I decided to paint them in a totally new colour scheme, and replaced the red armour with gold armour. There are still parts of them that are red, as a nod to other House Goliath gangs.
My first Goliath gang was called the Badland Bastards led by the legendary Big Fub. I could tell you some stories about them! I had so much fun playing them. I will showcase them, and all of my original Necromunda figures in future posts.

16 comments:

  1. I like the gold armour it makes them stand out.

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    1. Thanks, Phil. I'm very happy with how the gold armour has turned out.

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  2. Wow! Those figures are cool. Much better than I expected. Great paint job.

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  3. Tremendous productivity, Bryan. I've put my Goliath test piece to one side currently, having been worn out by all the little parts "Games Workshop" minis currently come in. Very impressed to see how quickly you've both assembled and painted yours :-)

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    1. Many thanks, Simon. I have to admit these new models are fiddly. I'm not a fan of the hair and heads being separate. But, I just took my time making them, making one at a time, and I found the whole experience relaxing and very rewarding, once I'd finished them. I guess you have to be in the right mood to tackle them, otherwise they will be a chore.

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  4. Nice group of ganger's Bryan, Goliath house was never my thing, but these models look better than the originals

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    1. Thanks, Dave. I'm still undecided about whether these are better than the original Goliaths or not. They are certainly a lot better than the original plastics but there were some cracking sculpts among the original metal sculpts.

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  5. These all look cracking. I love these new ones compared to the very first sets that came out. Sure there was one or two gems but most of them were a bit shonky compared to the quality of most of the other houses.

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    1. Cheers, Simon. I am inclined to agree you regarding the older figures.

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  6. Nice work on these "New Necro's" Bryan, and the promise of showcasing your original mini's rounds off another great post :-)

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    1. Thanks, Greg. "Necromunda" was such a huge favourite of mine. It makes sense to showcase my old figures as many of them would fit in so well as gangs of Mega City One. Watch this space!

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  7. These guys look spiky in a very games workshop way. It's good to see them re issuing games although I'm afraid I was never a fan of their business practice so never got involved in the game systems.
    Probably my loss.
    Be interested to read any game reports you come up with.
    Cheers

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    1. Thanks, John. I fell out of love with Games Workshop many years ago, so I can understand your attitude to them. When I was a fan of theirs, Necromunda was my favourite game they produced, so I was delighted to see it return. However, I buy all of my new Necromunda stuff from other companies, like Element Games or Wayland Games, who sell GW products at much reduced prices. The thought of giving GW money is anathema to me!
      Batreps will be forthcoming.

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  8. Good to see Necro on the blog again even if it is Goliath. (Boo hiss put a proper gang on next time or the boys may pay you a visit!)

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    1. Ha, ha, I'm quaking in my boots. Bring 'em on and I'll give them a proper fight.
      Thanks, mate! :-)

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