Stuff what I been painting

I’ve always liked Blood Bowl and still have my 2nd edition boxed version hidden away somewhere. So when GW released an updated version in 2016, I got myself a copy. I had no-one to play with, but that didn’t stop me!

I painted the Orc team up some time ago along with the counters and templates. I’ve also painted a Wood Elf team (all here on this project) but the human team lay languishing in the box, just bare blue plastic. But no more, I got myself some spare minis to make a full team (because GW obviously don’t provide the full 16 players in the box) as well as a lovely ogre to add some punch.

For colour schemes, I went for a mix of my two favourite football teams, Southend United and Brighton (don’t ask). So while it’s not the most original, I like the look.

I had a real challenge with the blue. I was trying out some Scale 75 paint. It’s gel based but I found it very chalky and inconsistent in its coverage. It took several layers to get right but then looked really thick. I did consider stripping them and starting again but just didn’t have the time. These models were also the first time I tried out speed paints, in particular the white. It worked well but I’m not overly sure I’m happy with the final look. What I have learnt is I need to experiment more with both Scale 75 and Speed paints.

And here’s the team photo for the calendar

Which now means, 7 years after getting the boxed game, I’ve painted everything in it. Well done me. Here’s a recent match which the Orcs won 2-0 thanks to some violent actions from their Black Orcs that left a number of the human team needing a good chiropractor.

And now that I have a model tracker, I can update some of them as completed. Eagle eyed readers will spot that the total models in the pile has increased from last time. That’s because I’ve found some more stuff hidden away and I’ve yet to even open two boxes of WHFB models that I have. I also bought some more FoW stuff (German 12cm mortars and 88 Flak and 88 AT guns – I’ll be painting these shortly).

But I’m only 9 models away from breaking even on the pile for this year.