Continuing from last week's post about Blood Bowl, I thought I would look at the team in depth.
Want to chuck the ol' squig skin around? Your boys might not be able to drop a long bomb into the EZ with the silky skill of the elf teams but with Throwers and Catchers available to you, you can get those rerolls in and guarantee a few spectacular TDs.
That said I will start with the Mr Average (not just humans, all races) of the BB world, the unsung heroes - Linemen!
Humans, in the Warhammer world (not the stupid AoS stuff, the proper Warhammer world) are your average joes! The neutral alignment, the average statlines, the average blah, blah, blah.... that's what people are always saying about the human teams "they're average at... (insert favourite tag line)". What that really means is that they are supremely versatile!
Want to mix it up with Orcs? not a great idea but with support they can stand up against the bashy teams and yeah your team can take 4 Blitzers and a bloody Ogre! And I guess that'll turn even an Orc team into a paste.
Want to chuck the ol' squig skin around? Your boys might not be able to drop a long bomb into the EZ with the silky skill of the elf teams but with Throwers and Catchers available to you, you can get those rerolls in and guarantee a few spectacular TDs.
That said I will start with the Mr Average (not just humans, all races) of the BB world, the unsung heroes - Linemen!
Linemen are the guys who step in the way of the speeding Blitzers in the vain attempt at stopping them from battering your Catchers. They are the guys that fill in the gaps in the team and support the superstars, they are the cannon-fodder!
The average lineman, is well, average. Not really quick, not really agile, not really strong. Just able to play every role in a pinch. Cheap as chips and twice as disposable, most teams go through linemen at a rate of knots as they often take a battering. The Double U's are no different except for one particular lineman...
Little do any of his team-mates know but one of these humble organ donors is a scion of the deposed ruling family of Ubersreik. Hiding in plain sight, the heir to the Von Jungfreud family plays a mean game of ball. Da Gobbo, using his shady connections smuggled the young noble away from the family keep before the Imperial troops raided it and has kept his secret safe... for now!
From left to right we have:
Helmut Jonsson (10), Gunter Puddleweiss (7), Pieter Shilltone (11), Lothor Bran (9), Marvin Artin (16), Fredrick Von Frick (8).
Personally I think these minis are anything but average and the GW has played a blinder here. I love the look and feel of these bad boys and really enjoyed painting them. My only gripe and really it is my only gripe is that the sprues are repeated so that you have duplicate sculpts in your team, that said the sculpts are excellent!
hope you enjoy
dGG
These lineman sculpts were a marked improvement on the previous renditions Andy, agree more variety would look good, but GW would never go that far, this is where conversions come in
ReplyDeletedefinitely an improvement Dave
DeleteSplendid posting Andy, although I love the old "Bloodbowl" sculpts from yesteryear as much as the new ones tbh. Really enjoying this series :-)
ReplyDeletethere are some olde worlde ones coming soon Simon don't worry
DeleteThey look very good, Andy, and your paintwork is top notch. I'm not a big fan of multiple identical figures as I like my figures to be individual. As Dave said, i think i'd be looking at how to convert them.
ReplyDeletethanks Bryan, i'm going to live with the identical stuff, at least for now... ;-P
DeleteLooking good to me. I'm trying to paint stripes so my team `the Witterings Nut Kickers' can be Nottingham Forest'ed !!
ReplyDeletecheers Phil, love those names!
DeleteGreat looking models Andy! I'm not familiar with Blood Bowl at all, but there is a league at the club and it looks interesting. With individually named figures do you keep stats and such for "players" too?
ReplyDeleteYes mate, the campaign mode for the game is excellent as you grow your team in leagues or competition.
DeleteThese are sculpts that I haven't seen before and they are beautiful, aided of course by your superb paintjob on them.
ReplyDeletethey are excellent sculpts mate, the rest of the sculpts are cool as well
DeleteWhat a fab looking team Andy.
ReplyDeletethey are great looking minis Michael
DeleteFab looking team mate!
ReplyDeletethanks buddy
DeleteDonkeys years ago we played a paper and pencil game of American Football, realy fun, skilful and I thoroughly enjoyed it, only problem it was a definate 2 person game.
ReplyDeleteLooking at your figures and from my fading memory some of your past posts Blood Bowl sound like it would be a good sort of substitute, is it a game that could be soloed? Presumably GW have resurrected it with a new set of rules, is there much difference between the two. Im with Dave and Bryan about multiple figures being the same but there are lots of manufactures doing football teams, and I quite fancy having a crack at it.
You've done your normal great job on the painting although I have my usual problem with GW figures, how are they to pick up a ball? Those talons don't look suitable, everything is just over the top. Must be a generation thing!!
Cheers
John, I know what you mean, its almost like the ball is an afterthought. BB is definitely a 2 player game as I can't imagine solo being any fun - analogue. I do play online which is fun but the AI is a bit predictable. I have other teams which will be hitting the table and they are all unique minis which I prefer but the humans were fine as is.
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