Friday 20 July 2012

The Golden Gobbo

Headnhalf has completed the Golden Gobbo illustrations and they look brilliant. A big thanks to him for all his hard work. He has really captured the look and feel of the style I think we are all going for; Old School with a New School Flavour.

       

Now I want to open up a debate about what to do with him. I have had a few ideas to get us going but I am sure that between us all we can develop something really useful from Headnehalf's work.

1) I would like a banner/image, similar to the Oldhammer one we have on our blogs, to help advertise and celebrate the Golden Gobbo painting competition. I would even begin to know how to use Photoshop to do this so I am hoping there will be a kind soul willing to do if for me.

2) Secondly, he needs a name; see my blog about that!

3) Thirdly, I thought it would be a fantastic idea to use him in much the same way WD used the White Dwarf  symbol on the magazine. Small, in the corner - denoting the number of the fanzine etc. Brands need recognisable images after all.

Thoughts?



19 comments:

  1. Excellent! A good eye for the old-school flavor.
    Well done!

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  2. Brilliant work by HeadnHalf - really love the black and white version.

    Definitely agree with points 1 and 3. Might he also be the star of a Gobbledigook style cartoon?

    Still scratching my head about a name...

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  3. I think he should be called Old Hammer the Gold Helmed Gobbo. But I'm giving too much away about my competion entry...gahhh!

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  4. Kev?
    Adam?
    Horrid Hector the Horrible Hammerer? :)

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  5. Aeyoo Startin? (Au - chemical symbol for gold...)

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  6. Metal Ed?

    "Metal head", like lead-fiend or a heavy-metal fan.

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  7. Combining some classic 1st-3rd edition goblin goodness with a master tactician that I think everyone would recognise, I would propose 'Grommel'

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    1. That's one gorgeous piece of old-school artwork right there! I'll leave it to the more creatively minded to come up with a name, though.

      As to using him in a mag... I see nothing wrong there, it all seems in keeping with both the feel of older editions of a certain publication as well as the Oldhammer manifesto, although direct parody might by sailing a little too close to the wind... any lawyers out there who can clear up exactly how much it can look like it's inspiration?

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  8. What? It looks nothing like anything I've ever seen before....

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    1. Sorry, got this topic confused with the fanzine. I think that's because it was proposed that he be used as a logo of sorts. Unless I'm still confused... (Way to make a good impression, making myself look all absent and such *sigh*)

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    2. No don't take me wrong here i'm just pointing out to any GW lawyers that may be looking that the golden gobbo bears no resemblance to any GW character. :)

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  9. Next batch of Oldhammer T-Shirts need to have this image on!

    My idea for the name? Larry the Leadhead!

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    1. http://www.larryleadhead.org/

      That one is long gone I'm afraid!

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    2. Thought I recognised that name!

      I'm quite liking combining Zhu's and Gaj's suggestions -

      Grommel Metal'Ed

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    3. Gotcha Erny, steering away from that topic (he doesn't look like any goblin I've ever seen before, he's yellow for a start).

      I'd like to throw my weight (all five grams of it) behind Thantsants here. Grommel Metal'Ead does have a certain charming ring to it, and it even has the word 'lead' buried in there, so Orlygg's suggestion doesn't disappear completely.

      P.P.S, Orlygg, if you can get him on a t-shirt I'll have to fight a proper 3-ed game so I can not feel like a cheat buying one. Even if that game is worth 50pts between the two sides and is played entirely with cardboard counters.

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  10. If its played with card counters I'm sure you can go higher than 50pts a side....

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    1. Definitely with some of the scenarios I'm cooking up!

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    2. Actually, my GF and I have just gone and created a few warbands using Realms of Chaos, and she decided to make herself a backup in case her first lot got wiped out. The backup team includes a Frenzied Mechanoid Sorcerer with a Daemon-greatsword that has two Daemon Princes and a Lord of Change russian-dolled up inside it. I'm half tempted to work out the overall points value for that warband, just to see how big an army they can take on by themselves.

      @ Erny I have no printer, so that all depends on how long I want to spend tracing bases and cutting up cereal boxes to make 'em.

      Also, apologies to Zhu for my gaffe on the who-got-the-t-shirts-made thing. It didn't occur to me that Orlygg was just voicing his opinion about putting the Gobbo on the shirts. So yeah, I agree with him, as stated above!

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