Tales of the new guy . update with some pics 8/7 !

[KidStealth]

dude.... relax.

most of us started this way your orcs are - and many stay on this level

for your first minis i think they are well done... they are not golden demon, but what has to be green is green and what has to be metal is metal - not the other way round

everything else comes step by step... i started the same... the discovery of wash is like the dark side...

[yumi_cheeseman]

Yeh, I am really just a perfectionist. And I was focusing on the negatives (because that's how you improve)

I actually really LOVE the armour + leather I did (the coppery colour I made came out awesome). I also experimented a lot with them right from the get go (hence why some of them look like I painted crap on them ). I also did the fire stuff because the team was pretty plain, and being an engineering/IT minded guy, I was happy with how they came out.

Also, I only have the prime colours + green, white, silver and black, so every paint there is a mix (the only one that was straight was red, it was originally mixed, but it was too much effort for not a great result).

I did improve a fair amount, and the feedback I have been getting on the completed models makes me confident enough to start on a team I actually care about (These guys just arrived, they will be High elves, and double up as Humies!). I'm thinking of trying to try out something more advanced like a gradient of colour with the top of the armour a darker blue and slowly moving down to a light blue at the bottom of the armour. A "regal" purple for the detailing, and the feathers on their heads will be different colours dependent on their position.

My fine details became 100 times better though, check out the first model I painted (my undercoat was also really too thinned, and only did one coat, and I made so many mistakes there was so much rubbing that a lot of the paint rubbed off lol)

Cool lighting

Left side

Right side

Back

When I did this, it was like my greatest pride and joy, I looked right past its flaws because I never thought I could paint anything as good as this! now I look on it as garbage.

He received a few touch ups, and he's still my favourite because a) he was my first , and b) cause his flames are the best flames on all the minis.

I think I'd be happy with them if I redid all the skin on all of them, and then based them (something I have to learn now ).

P.S. I apologise for taking over the thread! I'm happy for a mod to split these posts off!

[slann]

so week 2 is over and chalk up another win for the avalanche , that is 2 wins for my humans so far . so over the 2 games my thrower Ace " the rocket " picked up accurate , Lance my blitzer picked up mighty blow , and Rabbit one of my catchers picked up block . I have a lineman about to skill up I will probably take kick on him , and am about too buy my 4th blitzer , with 3 catchers and 4 blitzers makes my team pretty fast on the pitch .

Iam going to add some pics of the ghetto pitch I threw together so we didn't have to play amongst the screaing kids in GW ( new york parents I swear use them a baby sitter service ) .

And here it is ghetto pitch !

[KidStealth]

haha ghetto pitch looks nice

u could pin a needle onto the scatter thingy so you can flip it to see where the ball lands... than u can truly play the game just with a d6

im lookin forward to your passing template!

[slann]

I just used the chart someone posted on here somewhere .

[Glamdryn]

Looks like you are having a blast. Its always good to see more players from NY.

-glam

[slann]

I am def. having a blast .

So week three is here and I am playing agianst norse , we played the first half so far norse is up 1-0 , a few highlights -
The avalanche ( MY humans ) Knocked out the wolf turn one but that was after my line took a major bashing . as I got my bearings on how to play norse I began too use my speed to better control the pitch Having him use a blitz to get any real hits on my humans , my line was starting too stun his players and set up the blocks on my own grounds . On turn 4 though he was able to pull of a nice blitz and make a small hole for his runner too dodge threw , from there he was able to get a small cage together to get him to the endzone . On my offense I switched out a few linemen for 2 catchers for a total of 3 , I managed to get 2 catchers past his line and get a pass off to my blodgeing catcher who next turn would have had a good score , but was hit by a one die block and knocked down ! , after the hit he picked up the ball . I managed to get some one to assist and get a blitzer over to blitz but was only pushed ending the half 1-0 Norse .

[slann]

Finished the game agianst the Norse and ended in a draw , But my Blitzer The Hammer rolled DOUBLE 6 for a ST BOOST ! . With Rabbit scoring his 3 TD catch of the season is close too his second skill , and my thrower Ace " the rocket " is close too his second as well . I need my lineman to start getting some points but with my first game against chaos dwarfs and my third against Norse they had a rough time on that line .

So next week is my forth season game against the other human team in my division who are tied with me for first with a record of 2-0-1 .

some more pics of my team soon to fallow .

[slann]

So I finished the last two games of the regular season and I came out pretty good with with record of 3-1-1 . In the last game I played I beat the other team tied for first with me in my division if he wins his last game he ties me , if he has anything less I can win my division and make play-offs ! I say maybe because we had a late league entry and he has to finish his last two games and if he wins both he can win the division .

My loss came from a wood elf team who I was managing to control til some bad luck happened and the seedy elves are quick to jump on this misfortune . He scored over 4 turn's on his opening turn , than on the next kick off it land on one of my linemen who fail too catch it ( needed a 6 ) rolled one space behind my line , my thrower than fails to pick up the ball over two tries and on the turn over a wardancer leaps over my line grabs the ball and scores . than on the next kick off my thrower fumbles the ball and his catcher races in and the woodies score over 2 turns . so going into the second half I was down 3-0 . I managed to stage a comeback and bring it back too 3-2 .

So far my team feels pretty solid , It looks like this ;
thrower - pass , sure hands , accurate
catcher - dodge block
catcher - dodge , block
catcher - dodge
blitzer - block , str 4
blitzer - block , mighty blow
blitzer - block
blitzer block
lineman - guard
lineman
lineman
lineman
lineman
ogre

3 lineman , my thrower , 2 catchers are within 2 points or less of there next skill .

[KidStealth]

...and on the turn over a wardancer leaps over my line grabs the ball and scores...

this is a foooookin nightmare... and tends to always success for woodys

aah... and congrats to your blackorc blitzer

[slann]

So the play offs are tomorrow so i am hoping to pull of the big win against the number one seed in the league , who is playing vamps , I think I will have enough inducements for 2 cards , any idea which stack I should pick them from ?

I went to zlurpee bowl over the weekend and had a freggin blast , I only won 2 games out of my 6 but I managed to raise over $300 for the 4 diamonds fund by raffling off a team I had converted , so that rocked . I would recommend this event to anyone if its this or gen con I say go too this for the best blood bowl experience , I mean it had close too 70 coach's .

I am going to post some pics of my finished humans sometime over the weekend I am happy how they came out .

[Stout Youngblood]

My favorite decks to chose from is Misc Mayhem and Dirty Tricks.

[slann]

Well I lost too those blood sucking vamps, had a great time on the game and managed too skill up 4 players so that was good for next season .

So too add to my team I have a lineman with wrestle , a blodging catcher gain diving catch , my thrower gain nerves to go along with his accurate so I can throw from a cage easier . A 4 ag blitzer ! Which I feel will comliment my roster for the new season .

[JaM]

Not sure, but the pitch seemed not wide enough. There is definatly something wrong with the widezones though...

[slann]

There was i had to draw in two lanes on each side which makes it look even more like a back ally pitcj lol . I have picked up a nice west coast quake pitch so the avalanche got an upgrade .