Thursday, 4 March 2010

Alternative Blood Bowl Chaos Dwarf Bull Centaur

One more of my Gaspez Arts Chaos Dwarf Blood Bowlers.

Blood Bowl Chaos Dwarf Bull Centaur

This guy's had some minor conversion work to him. I didn't attach the shoulder horns that came as seperate pieces, and filed down their mountings. I figured the model'll be on its side so often that delicate pieces will quickly snap off. Similarily, I bent the tail around in a u shape and glued it to the side of the leg for added stability. It's already chipped and come off after just three games. Pinning and epoxy repairs are in order, but it's hidden in the photo.

Problem with this model is that you can only lie it down sideways. Makes it difficult to work out whether it's knocked down or stunned in gaming terms. But there's only one of them on the team at the moment so it's not something you can forget too easily. I want a second since the team's composed largely of cheap Hobgoblins. With their high movement, Sprint and Sure Feet these guys can pretty much power their way through the opposition and score if you're lucky enough to have them get a hold of the ball. Which is difficult thanks to their low agility.

I'm going to treat myself to some support staff models after I've finished the team. Gaspez've got a lovely Spaghetti Goblin, and a Pizza Goblin. Dammit, and they've ust released some little fantasy football lizards they've painted in beautiful bright colours.

Gaspez Arts Camaleonti

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Posted by Curis at 11:08 AM

Monday, 11 January 2010

Alternative Blood Bowl Hobgoblins

New Year, and I'll be tentatively revisiting a classic system - Blood Bowl.

Blood Bowl Hobgoblins

The Chaos Dwarf himself was done back in November, and I decided it was best to crack on with the least exciting and most numerous models in the team - the Hobgoblins. Now they're out the way I can enjoy the three remaining Chaos Dwarves, and the centerpiece - the Bull Centaur. I do need to revisit these guys and number them, but I'm unsure if they'd be the low numbers or the high numbers. Any Blood Bowlers out there that can tell me how teams are numbered? Post a comment, or email me at the address right at the bottom of the page please!

The local gaming club took a break over Christmas, releasing that everyone spends Christmas with their families and other non-gaming personages. And when New Year rocks around everyone's gone cold turkey with their gaming and is desperate to get back. But the heavy snow has frozen us in, and cancelled club night. Just look at the icicles outside my office window.

Now that I'm frozen like a crystal ice age

And bleeding hell, does it feel good to paint rims in the classic Goblin Green.

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Posted by Curis at 8:07 AM

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Fake Persians from Italy

On a complete whim I bought a Chaos Dwarf Blood Bowl team from an indie manufacturer that had caught my eye - Gaspez Arts. I did want to get them finish for Golden Hat X over at Chaos Dwarfs Online, but life got in the way.

Our arrows will blot out the Sun!



There's my finalised scheme in the middle. I did originally do a more caucasian skin, but it looked a bit bland. I remembered the fourth edition Chaos Dwarfs were heavily influenced by the Persian Empire, so I experimented with darker tones (a la 300). And then, rather than classic Red Era red, I settled on a pinkish hue that makes them look evil and dedicated to Hashut, while also retaining an air of foreign decadence. (Oh dear, it sounds like I'm reviewing a wine or something.)

I bought the starter team as I'm largely oblivious to how to build an actual team. It seemed balance. You get four Chaos Dwarf blockers, and two of them had sillily small helmets that are actually smaller than the heads they enclose (compared to the unhelmeted models). It seems one of the tropes of miniatures. Here's the official Gaspez Arts studio photograph of what it looks like uncoverted

Our arrows will blot out the Sun!



I clipped off the horns and bulked out the helmets with Brown Stuff. I'm just experimenting with horns at the moment from plastic Chaos Warriors. I want little forward-facing horns but I can't find any in my bits box.

And instead of finishing off the team we went to a Halloween house party last night. My housemates made quasi-pumpkins out of some spare black gem squashes we had around. They're little black mini-pumpkins we bought but had no idea how to actually eat.

Black Gem Squash from Robinsons



And one of the other attendees had carved this awesome geek pumpkin.

Nah nah nah nah nah.  Nah!

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Posted by Curis at 8:10 PM


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