Blood Bowl = an over dose of Teams

These are from Hungry Troll, as mentioned before the Chaos Dwarves are a bit small compared to GW’s current Dwarf team.

You had the choice of a few different heads so I opted for all the tall hat heads!

They look ok overall, I quite like the weird little Hobgoblin sculpts. The one with big red hair being my favourite!

When I started this project I said it wasn’t going to be a painting tutorial but more a guide to where to get miniatures to “spice” up your teams.

Well since then my collection of Blood Bowl related nonsense has grown (alarmingly so!) – just today I took delivery of a Lizardman pitch…

At the same time I bought that pitch, ordered a Chaos Dwarf team from Hungry Troll miniatures.

Nice casts, figures are a tad small when compared to GW Dwarf’s but they will do.

I have also order – Frank N Stein, Helmut Wulf, a Rotspawn, and the undead dwarf thrower (his name escapes me right now).

I have also bought a Cathay Themed Imperial Nobility team and have my eyes on another team which would work as Brettonian’s – RN Estudos.

So, with all of these, what next? Well… I drew up a league table.

Two conferences – Eight divisions – 5 teams in each.

Auld World Football Conference

Northern Division

• The Gouged Eye – Orcs
• The Chaos All Stars – Chaos Pact
• Elfheim Eagles – Elven Union
• Skavenblight Scramblers – Skaven
• Skulls of Katam – Chaos Chosen

Western Division

• Ironcrag Decimators – Black Orcs
• Dwarf Giants – Dwarf
• Sylvannian Ravens – Vampire
• Bright Crusaders – Human
• Greenfield Grasshuggers

Eastern Division

• Darkside Cowboys – Dark Elves
• The Champions of Death – Shambling Undead
• Reikland Reavers – Human
• Nurgle’s Rotters – Nurgle
• Middenheim Marauders – OWA

Central Division

• Athelorn Avengers – Wood Elves
• Oldheim Ogres – Ogres
• Orcland Raiders – Orcs
• Lowdown Rats – Goblins
• Snottingham Snot Sniffles – Snotlings

New World Football Conference

Northern Division

• Khemri Tomb Kings – Khemri
• Underworld Creepers – Underworld Denziens
• Ostermark Dukes – Imperial Nobility
• Banewood Werewolves – Necromantic
• Lustria Croakers – Lizardmen

Eastern Division

• Averheim Lions – OWA
• Artic Cragspiders – Norse
• Zhar-Zaggrund Ziggurats – Chaos Dwarf
• The Mongrel Horde – Chaos Pact
• Jlaxonkill Jaguars – Amazon

Western Division

• The Crimson Cadavers – Necromantic
• Galadreith Gladiators – Elven Union
• Shang-Yang Dragons – Cathay / Imperial Nobility
• Craggen Counts – Vampire
• Grasgar Truebloods – Brettonian / Imperial Noblity

Central Division

• Vynheim Valkyries – Norse
• Gisoreux Lionhearts – Brettonian / Imperial Noblity
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So… just three more teams to decide upon.

As for the ones I need to buy its around 12 out of the 40 I need. Not bad!?! or mad!?! you decide!

Loved painting this miniature.

Was a joy and it turned out so well – sometimes simple is best.

Undercoat of corax white.

Washed the whole mini in Agrax Earthshade.

Dry brush of corax white – using a big old paint brush I had left over from when I used to paint on canvas!

Then some highlights with White Scar.

Done.

The Forgeworld mini is clad in full Champions of Death painted armour, but I wanted my Gretchen to just be a ghost – I also treated the ball on her base as a ghost as she has the “no hands skill” so cannot pick up a ball in game.

Plus by doing her ghost white it meant she can easily play on any BB team that allows and she won’t stand out.

Picked up this fella on Ebay for about 15 quid then discovered I could have got him and the Black Gobbo for a similar price of Forgeworld ….

Just going to paint him up like a Dwarf Giant.

I have also finished Gretchen Watcher – need to take a pic – she was a joy to paint.

Then I need to base my Elven Union team – my snotling team have stalled above and beyond using Plague Bearer flesh on them!

Right I have bought an Elven Union Team and a Snotling Team.

The Elves are coming along nicely, but I cheated on the Snotlings and used Plaguebearer flesh contrast!

Pics to follow!

Was having a spy on ebay and came across Grombindal The White Dwarf in Blood Bowl.

Thinking this was a mini that was unavailable I banged in a bid.

A few hours later I have secured him for £16.

Bargain methinks.

However looking on Forgeworld on an unrelated matter – Night Lords Contemptakor Terminators – I realised you can buy both the White Dwarf and the Black Gobbo for 21 pounds.

ARSE.

Lesson here is Ebay isn’t always the bargain you think its going to be!

I said this project wasn’t going to be much of an attempt at a painting tutorial, but I couldn’t help myself talking a bit about the paint job on this model.

Step 1.

Lots of Brown!!!

Actually, there are lots of colours full stop.

We had Dryad Bark, then layers of baneblade brown and gorthor brown.

The face has a few glazes of Rakarth Flesh just to bring out the detail there.

Birds nest and eggs in his crown. Guliman Flesh and Kislev flesh.

Leaves are jokero orange, reikland flesh shade, and ork flesh contrast with some warpstone glow.

Skeletons dotted about ushabit bone, agrax earthshade, screaming skull.

Mushrooms, mephiston red, agrax earthshade, then layers of wild rider red. I dotted it with white scar.

The Forgeworld picture of this doesn’t do it justice its a wonderful model in person and was a joy to paint.

Right since I last updated this (Jan 2021).

We have finished:

• Deeproot Strongbranch
• My Black Orc Team
• My Imperial Nobility Team
• My Halfling Team
• My Dark Elf Team
• Gretchen Watcher
• My Chaos Chosen Team
• My Lizardman Team
• My underworld Denizens Team
• A Troll for my Underworld Denizens
• An enormous proxy mini for Glart Smashrip which I am going to use as just a fat Skaven for my Underworld Denizens

I will get some pics uploaded either Tomorrow or Friday 9th April.

I have also ordered a Snotling Team and a High Elf Team.

If I hadn’t of bought Warhammer Quest Cursed City I would have picked up a Norse Team as well!

So far I have 24 Teams!

I just need to put the bloody transfers on a lot of them!

However in order to replicate the old style Blood Bowl conferences I would still need to buy / build / paint 8 more teams!

In addition to all of that I also have about 19 pitches and about 12 of the custom dice sets.

I could literally set up my own league and run multiple games at once (Covid Permitting)