Title: Besieging Goblins
Artist: Paul Bonner
Created: 1987
Medium: Water colour
Publication(s): * see comments
Warhammer Siege 1st edition, 1988, pg.33
Blood in Darkness (WHFRP Doomstone Campaign), 1990, Front Cover
Out of the Forest, alternative example used
Purchased: Feb 2020
Size: 27x23cm
Insights:
i) The painting is one of a limited example of Paul’s Oldhammer work in colour. Apparently Paul became frustrated as he wasn’t allowed to create colour artwork and was one factor in leaving Games Workshop.
ii) Paul’s own memories about this illustration :
“Way back in time - 80's - I guess, I got a great commission from Games Workshop as a freelancer to paint some besieging goblins. I was not so familiar with their world (GW - I knew all about besieging goblins) - and as everyone knows; goblins are lots of earthy colours, brownish based - not green.
Alas - GW goblins were - and are - green. They loved the first painting - apart from the goblins not being green, so I repainted the whole thing rather than try and alter it as I was very happy with it. If they wanted green goblins they could have them, but I was not losing my brown goblins. Sat up over a few nights and painted the whole thing again - and so we were all happy bunnies. Well, maybe not the green ones, I still think they would rather have been Brown.”
Artist: Paul Bonner
Created: 1987
Medium: Water colour
Publication(s): * see comments
Warhammer Siege 1st edition, 1988, pg.33
Blood in Darkness (WHFRP Doomstone Campaign), 1990, Front Cover
Out of the Forest, alternative example used
Purchased: Feb 2020
Size: 27x23cm
Insights:
i) The painting is one of a limited example of Paul’s Oldhammer work in colour. Apparently Paul became frustrated as he wasn’t allowed to create colour artwork and was one factor in leaving Games Workshop.
ii) Paul’s own memories about this illustration :
“Way back in time - 80's - I guess, I got a great commission from Games Workshop as a freelancer to paint some besieging goblins. I was not so familiar with their world (GW - I knew all about besieging goblins) - and as everyone knows; goblins are lots of earthy colours, brownish based - not green.
Alas - GW goblins were - and are - green. They loved the first painting - apart from the goblins not being green, so I repainted the whole thing rather than try and alter it as I was very happy with it. If they wanted green goblins they could have them, but I was not losing my brown goblins. Sat up over a few nights and painted the whole thing again - and so we were all happy bunnies. Well, maybe not the green ones, I still think they would rather have been Brown.”