Recently I placed an order at Langley Models to get my hands on the wonderfully old school Borderlands Giant – and while I was at it, some Snotty Goblins and a fitting base snuck into the order. A bit over a week later I got my package, which was fairly quick for a package to Germany. The minis came in a bubble wrapped envelope and were all packaged appropriately. The Giant came in a nice blister with some paper to stop him from shifting around and the other two packs were sealed in plastic (with a little protection cap over the mushrooms of the base, which worked rather nice).

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As unimportant as it really is, I always enjoy some nice packaging and pictures on it always seem more professional. Everything came unharmed from transport, which is nice as well. Let’s start with the only resin piece – I didn’t really need the base but a dead Snotling on it and the prospect of having a look at their resin was enough to push me over the edge. The base was £2 (including VAT, it’s not included in their prices at first), and is sanded nicely to sit flat on the table, which is not always the case with such bases. The top of the base is not that nice however, with several bubbles on the dead Goblin (both feet are missing!) and the spear. I’ll likely make wounds out of the feet and put sand over the missing spear tip. I also think there’s the biggest mushroom missing in the mushroom heap, but that’s easily missed.

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Then there’s the metal pieces. The Snotty Goblins are fairly small. The website depicts them with 8 models a base and I guess it’s appropriate. Most newer Snotlings I have are bigger than them, but being small is their point. The detail is not too crisp but as expected for such small figures. There was not a lot of mold flash to remove, casting was pretty good on them. They cost around £7,50.

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On the left there are all the 8 miniatures from the set, on the right the biggest and smallest one respectively next to a GW Grot.

Next up and last there is the Giant. This guy is not actually that gigantic, but taken into account that he looks really old school and old school Giants were small by today’s standards that’s ok. He cost just short of £18. The casting on him was the best in the package I ordered. While the tree trunk has some mold flash it’s easily removed and there are only a few minor mold lines on his body. The head and barrel were perfect as is.

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The blister and the shop suggest there should be a pig in there as well, but I didn’t get that. I liked that idea, but Langley Models told me that the pig is not part of the package anymore and they could sent me one, but it’s not that important to me. There is a pin under one foot to help you glue it on a base when you’re using a black GW style base with holes in it. I wont thus removed the pin. While I don’t have an appropriate base right now, I put it on the ordered Langley base for size comparison:

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I’m somewhat of a completionist and so I had to have these models, especially the Giant. While I don’t like the base for it’s price (well I rarely buy custom bases so maybe it’s normal, but it’s not for me), and think the Snotty Goblins are on the higher end of the price scale for such miniscule Goblins, I’m pretty happy with the Giant, whose price point is fully appropriate for a nice old school like model.