Lead Under The Bed

There were never hobgoblins in 2 nd edition Blood Bowl so you would have to use something else if you wanted to use the chaos dwarfs from thar era. I went with 1 st  edition orcs back when I did my chaos dwarfs , but I was never satisfied with the faces. So I tried to sculpt my own face. Hobgoblin I was aiming for a more oriental look in line with the Citadel AD&D hobgoblins . I don't know whether I'll be doing more, but it was a fun little project.

I've decided to play underworld denizens in an upcoming one day Blood Bowl tournament. Only problem is that I don't have a painted team. I have my skaven , but I don't have enough goblins  and I also want to use a the star players Glart Smashrip and Skitter Stab-Stab. Who can say no to an obese Strength 4 monster with claw and a backstabbing gutter runner? Glart Smashrip Forgeworld have released a version of  Glart Smashrip , but it doesn't really fit with the oldschool miniatures that I collect so I decided to sculpt my own version. The result can be seen here. I used the hands and feet from a  lineman and the head from a kicker  since those are the hardest parts to sculpt. I don't have time to paint all the needed miniatures before the tournament so I will have to use what I have and the team will look somewhat eclectic. As long as there are no unpainted miniatures though I'm happy. I wanted to stay true to the original artwork, but I...

In 2015 my son was born. 2015 was also the last time I updated this blog. There has not been much painting since then, but I'm starting to feel the urge to produce something again. Until that happens here is a blitzer I never got around to post back then. Dark Elf Blitzer Dark Elf Blitzer