Nathan’s wrap up post

Ah the satisfaction of the wrap up post which represents another successful OWAC. I really am thankful to Iannick for running these as it has given my motivation to paint up figures which I have had sitting around for years - decades in some cases. Anyway here is my wrap up pic which includes two teams I had painted up before the challenge:

A very serious pose…

I also finished off three big guys for my Mongrel Horde team which completed it:

Finally here are a couple of pics from a game I had between the Darkside Cowboys and the Champions of Death which the latter won 3-2:

Sam's All Star Blood Bowl League - The Final Whistle

So its that’s time of year again where we put a wrap on the challenge. This year was really formative for me as a painter. Painting the classic vibrant BB teams really helped me understand how I want my models to look and where I want to be as a painter. I was always a little afraid of going all in on a vibrant 90s style paintjob and went 80% in or the like. Well, this year I threw caution to the wind and made everything eye wateringly vibrant from top to bottom. I also tried my hand at free handing all the numbers on every team, which was a lot of fun. And from my own perspective they’re some of the best paintjobs I’ve ever done, so really very happy with how things turned out.

And that’s about all I’ve got to say, so on to the pictures:

Don't mind Dave he's passed out on the couch again

My fav team, love how they turned out

Second fav, dwarfs are such fun to paint

The team I had the most trouble with, but beautiful sculpts

Least fav but still real happy with how they turned out

Finally for next year, I’m eyeing up either taking a break or getting some paint on the massive WHF pile of shame I seemed to have accumulated out of nowhere… I mean it’s not like I’ve been buying more miniatures or anything, I would surely never do that!... would I?

Peace out

Sam

Lissanne's Bloodbowl OWAC VI Wrap-up

And another OWAC in the books.   No points this time, but here is what I ended up with:

15 Players including Star Players for the Dwarven team, the Eldorado Goldiggers (the whole team is in the shot- more than the 15)

4 Chaos Warriors and a Beastman Cheerleader to complete the Queen's Marauders team  (oops they didn't make it into the money shot, LOL, I forgot)

16 player Ogre/Snotling team, the Tigers of Scourge, plus Apothocary, Cheerleader, Fans and 2 Star  Players

16 player Dark Elf team, the X-elves

16 player Wood elf team, the Harlequins

4 Hobbits to start a team, the Mighty Ducks

Galak Starscraper, storm giant ref
Two entry towers
And a concession stand!

That's 75 figures all told.  Not the most I've done for OWAC, but far from the least!  And as I mentioned before, I have now painted all the Bloodbowl figs I own at the moment.

 It's the busy season for me, so that concludes my OWAC and my wrap up.  Congratulations to all the other challengers for a great job!

Sam' All Star Blood Bowl League - Reikland Reavers/Marauders

This month I had the most brutal schedule I’ve had in some time with work, so it really was a struggle bus of epic proportions. Fortunately though, this is my favourite team and I adore the sculpts.

This metal team is one of a couple of exclusives to the re-release of 3^rd Ed. BloodBowl in 97/98. Also on the rarer side due to the game being packaged with a plastic human team and humans being on the average side in power lvl. So I was pretty chuffed to get a complete set for a reasonable price last year.

Lore-wise I’ve always preferred the Marauders to the Reikland Reavers. However, I’ve never liked the earlier version colours scheme of red and white, and being a man who likes to paint his miniatures to the “sunglasses advised” level of vibrancy the later Marauders scheme of dark navy and yellow is a bit too drab for my tastes as things were starting to edge towards the grimdark at GW. So to that end I decided to blur the lines and make a scheme that is a halfway house between the two. That way I can call them either one from one day to the next, perhaps an away kit of sorts for either.

Overall, I’m very happy with how they came out. And looking forwards to squeezing in a few games with them, hopefully in the near future.

So that’s it for another year. Time to get them all out for a spicy pose and wrap it all up.

Peace out

Samuel

AdamH’s OWAC VI June Post – The Grey Mountain Vermin

Month six, my “WildCard” month.

Boom! Challenge complete!

I have saved the best (figures at least) for last, I don’t think anyone really expected me to do Blood Bowl without Skaven, well here they are. I picked up at least one model of each sculpt, as well as enough models to fill every potential spot in the team:

These were painted in the same scheme as my Skaven army featured in previous OWACs, so feel free to check back if you haven’t seen that already. 😊

First up here are the Linerats, nothing too special here.

Gutterrunners, I like that the darker blues on these guys break up the brown over the whole team.

The only rats that are smart enough to take care of their armour.

He has a ball!

Various mutants, I think I like the crab claw guy the best myself, although the leggie boi is pretty funny.

Finally, we have Hakflem Skuttlespike, the Skaven Star Player.

Overall there are a few bits I will probably go back over with these lot as I ran out of time to finish them quite to the standard I would have liked but I am happy to have them to a playable state at least.

Well, that concludes the challenge for me this year, I will save my final thoughts for the wrap-up post but I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s final posts over the coming weeks.

Lissanne's June Bloodbowl- Wildcard month- Dusty Odds and Ends

 

 

Did I get the oversize stadium done?  No.  But I did do the two entry towers for the teams, a ref and a concession stand.  This is the month of painting things gathering dust for a decade +.

 These two towers have been sitting about forever, and I always intended for them to be part of my Bloodbowl stadium.  They got a refresher paint job.  Not difficult, as they were grey to begin with.  But done.

 Another thing sitting about for decades and decades was this Giant.  I got it for free, but always thought it was a bit lame.  But I just got the bright idea to make him a ref.  A really big ref.  It only took a little bit of conversion on the sword hand to make it work.  And it is a storm giant for game play.

 

Rat on a stick!  Rat on a stick!  With or without fur and bits.
 The concession stand began life as an unassembled Lionel lumber yard.  A neighbor gave it to me when she moved, and it also has been sitting about for a decade.  It is full of running gags from our D&D game, where the Bloodbowl games take place.  Cleric Skye Pilot has been running a concession stand, which has expanded.  Originally it was just Rat on a stick.  We had an adventure where low levels were collecting rats for the Rat on a stick franchise.

 There are team flags with nice sturdy 2 x 4's so you can show the opposing fans you support your team in a real and personal way!  Temporary creations from Charade, most of these get broken over the heads of fans anyway.

 Wild Turkey sake, mage Wild Turkey started a local sake farm when he found rice (long story).  The town drink.  Another character started a cranberry bog, so there is cranberry flavored sake.  Run by Wendy, another cleric.
Fruity drinks for the kids- (with only a little sake),  This one came out of my mouth during gameplay, as my grandma the flapper used to say it.  She thought it was ok for kids to drink, LOL!  It has become a recurring phrase in gameplay.  

And I modified some art I did for a failed wargame into Hooligan's posters.  The Hooligans are the home team.  And the Rat on a Stick franchise is mobile.  I told you it was popular, so will get used in other places.

  So with that ends my OWAC.  Getting some of the stadium done is better than none!

The Mongrel Horde - Nathan’s last rank and file month

Ah the finish line is well within sight. And what a sight it is. I must admit I have been struggling with motivation to paint figures for the challenge the last month or so. But with the end in sight my motivation has returned. That has seen me get into painting my last team for the challenge which is the mongrel horde whilst finishing off the remaining figures for my storm bolts team for dungeonbowl. I also painted a test figure for the dwarf warhammerers team that I plan to do in the months following the challenge. Enough crapping on from me, here they are:

Storm bolts with their wizard 

Mongrel horde

Plastic dwarf from the Dungeonbowl Box 

 

Sam's All Star Blood Bowl League - Champions of Death

This month is the first one where I had a bit of a procrastinate due to the models. Basically the original scheme for the Champions of Death just wasn’t to my liking. the colours are okay, but there just isnt enough of them and the parts feel forced. So I really felt it just doesn’t fit the models quite right, it’s a little bit too one dimensional. So that delayed me a bit and required a bit of trial and error before I was happy. In the end it was just a matter of adding another spot colour and accentuating certain features that were overlooked in the originals paintjob in favour of simplicity.

Anyhow, in the end I think they turned out pretty bangin’ so I’m happy with them.

I saved my fave team for last as a final stretch motivational booster. So on to the humans (yes I’m a basic bitch). The promised land is in sight! Let’s do this!

Peace out

Samuel