Lead Under The Bed

I've always loved dark elves. I've played them in local leagues, tournaments and on fumbbl  and I've always preferred them to their lawful wood elf and high elf cousins. For some reason I've never painted a team of these evil elves though I've owned the miniatures for ages and it was only recently that I found out why. More on that later. It's not that I didn't try in the past. In the early days of Blood Bowl 3 rd edition I ran a dark elf squad named the Purple Reign. I painted a blitzer and that was it. I enjoyed playing the team, but I didn't enjoy painting the miniatures. Dark Elf Blitzer Years later I tried again. This time I wanted to recreate the 2 nd edition team the Naggaroth Nightwings . Again I failed. Naggaroth Nightwings Blitzer The years passed and I forgot all about my beloved dark elves, but then the dark elf roster was changed as it was too similar to the high elf roster. One of the changes was the introduction of runn...

Every Blood Bowl player will at some point have tried to play a match where it was hard to tell your opponent's miniatures apart. It can be very frustrating if there is no easy way to tell whether you are blocking a black orc or a goblin. "My blitzers are the ones with slightly more spikes than the others..."  Really? Also, it's rather time consuming when you constantly have to ask your opponent what his playing pieces represent. Orc Blitzer That's why I love base rings! Base rings were introduced in the 2 nd edition of Blood Bowl (I think) and by using them you can make your players' positions immediate to your opponent. The original position colors were as follows: Blitzer: Red Blocker: Green Thrower: White Catcher: Yellow Lineman: Grey I always follow these guidelines when I paint my base rings, but the color is not really important as long as you can tell the miniatures apart. I often get asked how I paint the base rings on m...

It's been a couple of months since the Danish Open 2014 took place. The weather was very sunny for the whole weekend and as such perfect for sitting indoors and playing boardgames. I ended up with a 3-1-2 record which was okay given the circumstances. My first match was against an orc team which totally destroyed my team giving me no chance at all and leaving me with a 0-2 loss in my opening match. Next match was against wood elves. It ended with a 2-2 draw which was a little bit disappointing. From that point it went a lot better though and the next three matches against orcs, norse and nurgle teams all ended with wins for the undead. I ended up losing my last match to a very well coached chaos pact team, but it could have gone both ways really. Overall it was a very fun weekend and a chance to touch base  with old friends. Undead Mummy I managed to finish the 12 man roster before the event and the latest batch includes the second mummy, the last two ghouls and...

Danish Open 2014 is getting closer and I'm determined to play my undead team at the tournament so I have been painting a lot lately. Undead Halfling Zombie The hafling zombie is a slightly modified Blood Bowl halfling. I know that technically you can't raise halflings, but the race makes no difference to the game since all zombies have the same stats. Undead Elf Zombie The unlucky elf is a converted Blood Bowl elf lineman with his legs removed. I used the legs from an old ghoul/zombie instead. Undead Zombie The human zombie wasn't modified in any way. Undead Ghoul The ghouls are both from the range of AD&D miniatures that Citadel produced for a short while. They have both received shoulder pads sculpted in Green Stuff. Undead Ghoul Right now I'm working on a skaven zombie and another ghoul and hopefully they will all be ready in time for the tournament. Maybe I'll see you there?

Citadel Miniatures 2 nd edition Blood Bowl orcs painted as Pittsburgh Steelers . I took the Blitzburgh Squealers to the 2007 World Cup in Nottingham. Orc Blitzer Orc Blitzer Orc Blitzer Orc Blitzer Orc Blocker Orc Blocker Orc Blocker Orc Blocker Orc Thrower Orc Lineman Orc Lineman Goblin Goblin Troll Designed by Kev Adams. Painted by Horekim

Citadel Miniatures 2 nd edition Blood Bowl chaos dwarfs . The boar centaurs and minotaur are conversions. The boar bodies used are old elven beastmaster boars . The big guy is a minotaur lord called Ox-Roar . The hobgoblin is simply a 1 st edition orc player. Chaos Dwarf Bull Centaur Chaos Dwarf Bull Centaur Chaos Dwarf Blocker Chaos Dwarf Blocker Hobgoblin Minotaur

Citadel Miniatures 2 nd edition Blood Bowl elves painted as Galadrieth Gladiators . These elves are among my favourite miniatures ever produced by Games Workshop . They were sculpted by the legendary Jes Goodwin and have a distinct eighties feel to them. Wood Elf Wardancer The wardancer (or blitzer as they were known in 2 nd  edition) with the hockey mask is my absolute favourite Blood Bowl miniature ever produced. Unlike most of his teammates he looks tough and like he really means business. If memory serves me correctly in the old ruleset elf blitzers recovered faster from being knocked out than the rest of the elf players. Wood Elf Wardancer When I painted this team I took great care to make each miniature look slightly different from each other so the team as a whole would be more visually interesting. Wood Elf Thrower Wood Elf Catcher Wood Elf Catcher Wood Elf Lineman Wood Elf Lineman Wood Elf Lineman Wood Elf Lineman Wood Elf...