Dark Elf Star Player

I have been posting about the star players that I completed for the Black Hole Brawl and it inspired me to share another star player that I completed for one of my own teams. A little while ago, I placed an order with Impact Miniatures and, on a whim, added their Thunderbowl Armored Elf to my cart with the intention to use him as a dark elf star player in Blood Bowl. For the blood bowl teams that I currently play I'll likely be using him as the undead dark elf Ithaca Benoin on a Khemri roster, but the design and pose of this figure also make him a perfect fit for the blitzer Hubris Rakarth on a dark elf team.

Jordell Freshbreeze

Following up to my last post where I showcased the first of two pieces that I have painted for the 2014 Black Hole Brawl, here is the second star player that I have finished for the event. It is Games Workshop's Jordell Freshbreeze with one of those classic GW poses from the 90s. He is a leaping, blodging, AG5 menace that can be induced to accompany an underdog elf team and spur them on to victory.

Reg Gashnier

I am usually resistant to the idea of taking commissioned painting projects, but a good friend of mine is the organizer for the 2014 Black Hole Brawl Blood Bowl tournament in Raleigh, NC and asked if I would be willing to help out by painting a couple of star players that will be used as prizes. I think that good prize support really helps player enjoyment at events so I was happy to help out.

The first of the two figures that I was given to paint is a blood bowling dragon-man star. After doing a bit of research on this figure, I believe that this is Reg Gashnier. It was a miniature sculpted by Pedro Ramos for Willy Miniatures as the tournament miniature for the Australian Dragonbowl in 2012. I think he will be a nice star player option for any Lizardman or Slann team since he can probably serve as Lottabottol or perhaps Slibli. I really like how the red and gold on his armor contrast with the teal shade that I gave his skin. Now I am tempted to try painting an entire team with this color scheme since I think it really pops off the table top.

I have also finished a Jordell Freshbreeze prize for the Black Hole Brawl and will be posting that soon. Stay tuned.

Setekh Conversion: Part 2

I finished painting the Setekh (also known as Nekbrekerekh) conversion that I've had in the works.

Hack Enslash Conversion: Part 2

I finished painting up my Hack Enslash conversion. If I play my inducements right, I might even get him on the pitch this week.

Setekh Conversion

This is a another project that I recently started from the left over pieces of the Tomb Kings Skeleton Warriors set that I used to build the skeleton linemen for my Khemri team. I want to get better at sculpting and thought I would use this figure as a test subject for working with cloth and armor in green stuff. He's actually not a perfect match for Setekh, either in adequate size to represent a ST4 blitzer or in theme since he has a ram's head instead of a jackal's. Still, I think he has some of the spirit of that star player in his posture. So, should I ever get to induce Setekh for a match, this is the model I'll field.

Kilmora

This figure is Kilmora, a custom dwarf star player for Blood Bowl that was released in a limited run. She was handed out to participants at the NAF-sanctioned Bash-N-Dash Classic tournament held at Gamer's Armory in Cary, North Carolina on January 5th, 2013.

Hack Enslash Conversion

I'm coaching a Khemri team, the Nekheb Bones Brigade, this season in the CABBA Winter Majors league. Since I'm starting a new team amongst many that have already been played for one or two seasons, I'm likely to have some inducements thrown my direction. Considering this, I'm starting to model up some figures that I can use for some of the allowed Khemri Star Player selections. To begin, I've started work on a miniature to represent the devious Hack Enslash. He started out as a skeleton from the Tomb Kings Skeleton Warriors set. I hacked off the default weapon that he had in his right hand and replaced it with a chainsword. Then I sculpted some green stuff around the bottom to turn it into a chainsaw. Though skeletons are not well armored, I thought a few armor plates would look good on him to help balance out the weight of the chainsaw. So I sculpted some shin guards from green stuff and added some trimmed down shoulder pads from a chaos marauder box.