Stuff what I been painting

I’ve now completed three Blood Bowl teams on this project (the Human and Ork teams from the box and a Wood Elf team). Time to add some star players to be rostered.

This first star player is a 3d print and I’m going to use as Lord Borak. The base idea is stolen straight from a Gerry Can, so thanks for showing how to actually use crackle paint as I had given up on my bottle!

Next up we have a really old metal miniature. I can’t actually remember whether this was just a generic ogre or was the old model for Morg’n’Thorg. Either way, I will treat him as The Mighty Zug as he’s not really ogre sized when compared to the current models – scale creep for you.

Not the most dynamic of poses and I’m also not sure who goes on to a BB pitch wearing a nappy but I like the model. He also clearly never skips leg day either.

Last up we have another 3d Print which I’ve scaled up a little to look even more imposing on the pitch. This will be my new Morg’n’Thorg.

I’ve painted the white vest using oil paints. It takes a long time to dry but I’m really starting to like using the oils for blending. The rest is all acrylic.

I tried to splatter mud over his lower half using a MIG enamel. I’m not entirely convinced with the result and something I need to continue to work on. I copied an approach by Nightshift, a scale modeler on YouTube but he works at a different scale so I maybe I should have taken this into account first.

To update on the Pile Of Potential tally. One model got added to the pile in March. This was not my doing and was a present from work colleagues. They don’t know that I paint models but at a previous team event, I mentioned that I would really like to own a tank, preferably a Churchill. Such lofty goals are out of my price range. As I’m changing roles soon, I was presented with a 1:35 scale model Leopard tank, which was gratefully received and has been added to the pile.

The three star players do however reduce the total slightly.