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Nippon Kappas: A "different" Slann team
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:23 pm
by Akka
Hi everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to burst out of stalk-mode and show you some lousy pictures of my newly finished Slann Team!
They are called the:
They are Nippons (warhammer japan) national high-jumping team, but since westeners only like Bloodbowl, this is what they play.
Here we have their Coach, Spleenter. He is an old exiled Eshin.
Team photo: Are those Kroot?
What's up with their backs?
Linemen:
Catchers:
Blitzers:
These are simply built by cutting in Kroot and giving them turtle shells and bandanas. The most important part was shortening the Kroots necks. One lineman has the original neck and he looks crazy when he's alone.
The pictures don't show it well but the Catchers have a brownish skin and purple bandanas, while the Blitzers have blue bandanas and knee- and elbow-pads.
When the team starts developing I will add more players with bandanas (red and orange for example) to represent players with certain skills.
Oh, and I made the logo myself
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:36 pm
by Pug
Nicely done
I like the humour and thought you've put into it.
Excellent work Sir.
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:38 pm
by JaM
Seconded. Indeed a nice team, lots of character(s).
Where's Shredder by the way ?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:06 pm
by Draig
The Kroot work really well and its a well made team indeed. Any chance of a better shot of the big guy?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:20 pm
by apricotsoup
JaM wrote:Seconded. Indeed a nice team, lots of character(s).
Where's Shredder by the way ?
On the dark elf team opposition?
Great team, love the idea.
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:21 pm
by CMDante
Very cool an great conversions. Are the shells based on lizardmen shields or just scratch sculpted? Does the big guy have a shell too?
Looking forward to more!
Cheers,
Dante
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:53 pm
by Digger Goreman
Love the flavor... being a big fan of Japanese folk legend! Are you gonna scoop out the top of the heads to hold water...?
Nice job!
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:55 pm
by Blammaham
Nice I relly like it!S.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:28 am
by Akka
CMDante: The shells are sculpted, but the Krox is without. There was no obvious place to put it and I think it would have taken some serious sculpting skills.
Digger Goreman: I must confess that I got the name mostly from Turtles 3, where the old japanese call them Kappa. I have googled it though
The pictures don't show it that well, but although it's a whacky-theme team the paintjob is very serious. I wanted them to look less cartoony than normal bloodbowl teams, so the shading and contrast are both quite low. All colours (except for leather) are faded up from Adeptus Battlegrey and highlighted with kommando khaki, so they all have pretty short spans.
I'm trying to get my hands on a real camera so I can show you.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:29 am
by GreyKnight
Very well done! I love the bandanas.
A great team overall.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:09 pm
by Ulrikk
They are awesome!!
Only one suggestion: How about coloring the bandanas after positions? So blitzers get red, catchers get yellow etc? It would give the team a bit of color (which it might lack a bit, IMHO) and look totally radical.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:28 pm
by Akka
The bandanas are coloured by position: Purple for Catchers and Blue for Blitzers.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:31 am
by Ulrikk
Oh yeah, that's right.
You made a really cool team. Great idea.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:48 am
by Akuu
I think it's the most original team I've ever seen. The background of the TMNT is great (the model used for splinter is excellent) and the mutagen mutated turtle made from the kroots models are awesome !
Big GG to you and thank you for this pics.
Give us pics of the big guy, the only one we don't see clearly.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:35 pm
by cyagen
It as already been said but I alos love this team.
Congrats on taking an original theme and perfect execution!