Lead Under The Bed

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...