As I said in my last post, I've been packing stuff up from my carry case and putting it into storage until I need them again. This time it's my Ogre / Snotling Blood Bowl team. I would loooooooove to play more Blood Bowl, but nobody round my way seems interested in it these days. I ran the league at my local club a couple of years ago, but since then interest waned so it ground to a halt... gutted! Everyone bangs on about how good the PC game is, and how much it mimics the board game, but there's nothing quite like pitting your wits against somebody who's actually sat facing you, especially if you draw a crowd - it's all about atmosphere!
Aaaanyway... the colour scheme is loosely base on the Washington Redskins team colours, not that I have a particular affinity with them, I just fancied a change from painting Nurgle green and I thought it looked cool, so I went for it.
Can't remember exactly what colours I used, and this was one of my first attempts at painting actual skin (as opposed to rotting Nurgly skin) for a looong time, so the colours are a bit dull. I loved painting the Snotlings though. If you get the Ogre team from the GW website you get a Goblin in the pack, but the rules state that it's actually Snotlings, not Goblins, so I bought a pack to use with the team.
I was going to convert them into proper Blood Bowl players, removing the weapons, giving them helmets etc. but as usual time was against me, so I figured that actually they'd probably turn up tooled up anyway so I just painted them as they were.
The size difference in these minis is epic, I love it. You get the feeling that Throw Team-mate is just going to be a doddle for the big guys. As for the team selection - I went for 6 Ogres so that a wall of meat can be placed right across the game line to prevent anyone trying to Dodge through, giving the Snotties full reign to get the ball where they want it before being chucked over the head of the opposing team and trotting over the line with it. If you're lucky this can be a Turn 1 Touchdown... but I managed it in 2 Turns - I wasn't complaining. It's a thing of beauty when your dice rolls align and everything falls into place!
Anyhoo - next time, some pics of my new Loyalist army....
