Gnomes Invade The Blood Bowl Pitch In New Team Reveal
March 4, 2024 by brennon
Games Workshop showed off a bunch of miniatures over the weekend and some of the favourites seem to be the new Gnome team that you'll be able to pick up for Blood Bowl! Gnomes are one of those factions that doesn't often get a look in when it comes to Warhammer but they've now burst forth from their burrows!
Glimdwarrow Groundhogs // Blood Bowl
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Often keeping to themselves, the Gnomes are now looking to make a name for themselves in the "big leagues". They rush into the scrum alongside some adorable woodland companions who aid them in their scuffles. Within the team, you've got team members like the Beastmaster and their goose and all manner of other furry friends like foxes and badgers.
Glimdwarrow Groundhogs // Blood Bowl
The team is looking genuinely awesome and it's nice to see how much space there is to have fun with miniature design in the smaller games by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000 and to a similar degree, Warhammer Age Of Sigmar feel like they have to hit certain notes but the work in games like Necromunda, Warhammer Underworlds and Blood Bowl is full-blown jazz.
Glimdwarrow Groundhogs // Blood Bowl
I'm sure that a lot of people are going to be picking up this Blood Bowl team even if they don't play games with them. They have a wonderful sense of character to them and I like the mix of poses and such that we see on display here. That illusionist above (last image) is great fun, sneakily tricking your opponents before scarpering away with the ball.
As well as the Gnomes, you can also get your hands on a new Big Guy for your team in the form of the Altern Forest Treemen.
Altern Forest Treemen // Blood Bowl
Due to their connection with nature, the Gnomes can call on one of these fellows as an ally during your matches. It will be very helpful having one of these folks watching over your front line and taking on some of the beefier Blood Bowl players out there.
Altern Forest Treemen (Details) // Blood Bowl
There are some great options for the Treeman to choose from and it's neat that you can make two of them so you can solidify your line of defence. I think we're missing a few woodland critters coming along for the ride though and that needs to be remedied!
Could you be tempted to scoop up these new Gnomes or maybe that Treeman?
"I'm sure that a lot of people are going to be picking up this Blood Bowl team..."
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The folks making Blood Bowl always look like they’re having a great time but this is another level entirely. It’s absolutely unhinged! I love it so much.
Totally agree!
Every since they relaunched BB way back in 2016 it seems to be leaning more and more into how stupid the whole idea is! And once they hired that fella from Winzor Chog to do work on the team, the sculpts have got increasingly zany and fun!
Totally shocked at this release, I really thought we would get another Team of Legend this year, or maybe another Chaos themed team, but Gnomes??? Absolutely bonkers.
I am never ever ever going to run a Gnome team, but my word, I will be buying one!
This is easily the best thing GW has EVER done. In their entire company’s history.
They need to make Gnomes for all their games. Absolutely a home run here.
Yes! More gnomes! In the grim darkness of the far future there is only gardening.
I’d definitely buy a book on Grimdark Gardening. Also, that Gnome team is fantastic! I love the fox running off with the ball.
The release we didnt dare to expect.
One’s a girl. I wonder if someone’s going to paint them as the Smurfs.
Does anyone else remember gnomes from Warhammer 2nd edition where they were basically Toughness 2 dwarfs (the dwarven equivalent to the Snotlings which were then called Lesser Goblins).
I don’t pre-order anything, but this I will! I love that they are keeping the fun in the game and the sculpts look brilliant! A definite home run in my eyes, might even be tempted to run them in the league – just to make me smile.
Omg I don’t think I have wanted anything from GW as much as this since the revamp of blood bowl in the 1990s
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/04/the-gnomes-of-blood-bowl-have-hooked-a-fantastic-fisherman-for-a-star-player/
He is literally a fishing gnome! My word they have gone all in on this!