Wood Elves Blood Bowl Team - WIP

Out with the old paint job...

So I had bought the Wood Elves Blood Bowl team about eight or nine years ago now, which were some of first minis that I painted. I finally figured out which box these guys were packed away in and examined the quality of paint job I did, man is it bad & thank goodness that I've improved over the years. I still not the best paint in the world, but I can do an ok table top paint job. So my first task was to get the paint off the team, and while I was at it I was going to test two different paint strippers to compare the results. Half the team was put into Simple Green cleaner, while the other half was stripped with Mostenbocker's Lift-Off 5 from Wal-Mart. The Simple Green half soaked for five days and then took me 2 hours & 15 minutes to finish stripping. The Lift-Off 5 half took me 1 hour & 30 minutes to finish stripping.

Here is the overall process that I used for the Simple Green:

• Soak miniatures in Simple Green for five days, that is the best duration to get results I think with Simple Green.
• Start scrubbing miniatures (after soak) with a battery powered scrub brush (wheel detailer I think).
• Then once they are for the most part clean go back with a pick and get the paint stuck in the recesses of the miniatures.
• Take and make up a sink full of Dawn dish soap and wash the miniatures again, scrubbing with a brush to make sure all paint & Simple Green is cleaned off.
• Rinse the miniatures off with running water really well and let dry before re-primer of the miniatures.

Now for the steps for the Lift-Off 5:

• Spray miniatures with Lift-Off 5 in a small plastic tub or bowl to catch the Lift-Off 5 in. This doesn't have to be a heavy soak if you have the bowl to let the miniatures set in while you work on scrubbing each one.
• Let the Lift-Off 5 set on the miniature for about 5 to 10 minutes before you start scrubbing.
• Again I used the battery powered scrubber on these guys (actually did these one's before the Simple Green half).
• Then once they are for the most part clean go back with a pick and get the paint stuck in the recesses of the miniatures.
• Take and make up a sink full of Dawn dish soap and wash the miniatures again, scrubbing with a brush to make sure all paint & Lift-Off 5 is cleaned off.
• Rinse the miniatures off with running water really well and let dry before re-primer of the miniatures.

I have also used the Lift-Off 5 to clean off resin items of both paint and mold release, it worked very well on the resin and didn't hurt anything. Also on plastic miniatures this stuff is a must if you use Krylon spray paint with the Fusion in it, as Simple Green will not even make a dent in this paint. I've used the Lift-Off 5 on some Rhino tanks off eBay, some ABoR Space Marines that I didn't like the paint I used on them, and some Blood Bowl Human Team figures that I bought off eBay with no damage to the plastic or resin.

Here is the pictures of the before and after with the Lift-Off 5 paint stripper. Never took any pics of the Simple Green one's but they look the same for the most part just a little more paint in recesses on the Simple Green one's.

Human Team - WIP

Here is the beginnings of a simple Human Team for League, Tournament, or One-Off match play. I've just used the basic Human Team from the latest Blood Bowl box set, since I like the look of these models and cause I like plastic more then metal mini's. The basic set has six Lineman, two Throwers, two Catchers, & two Blitzers in the box. I have added an Ogre model that I've put together from the extra parts from my Ogre Team, and I plan on adding two more Blitzers & two more Lineman soon as the items come in from my eBay purchase from this evening.

I started with priming the mini's with Ultra Flat Black and then trying to paint one Lineman with red paint to see how that was going to work, it didn't work to well as it takes way to many layers to get the base red up where I want it (lazy painter). So I'm going to use Ultra Flat Khaki primer on them as soon as it gets nice outside to prime them again. The Khaki should make the red base color easier, and make the faces easier too. I can always go in and paint the black areas back in over the Khaki (shoes). The colors for the team are going to be Blood Red & Bleached Bone (GW Colors) like the Blood Raven's of 40k, and the team symbol I'm going to use on the chest plates is the Red Scorpion from Forge World. I've got a whole sheet of the Vraks Decals from Forge World, and I should have some numbers coming soon from Impact Miniatures to put on the bases.

Here is the Linemen for the team so far


And the Catchers, Blitzers, Throwers, & Ogre so far.


What next?
Well re-primer the mini's, make some Turn/Re-roll/Score markers with the Forge World resin Red Scorpion symbols, and a team banner pole of some type.

Ogre Team - League Team WIP

Well so far I've put together all of the Ogres for a League type of team. I figure there is five Ogres and six Snotlings along with two re-rolls & four fan factor should get them started. I know it's going to be risky and a pain in the butt if Bone-Head pops up a lot, this is a have fun and bash the crap out of the other teams list. I also put together three Ogres to act as Skill Boosted Ogres after the seasons get going good, mainly to tell the different Ogres apart on the pitch. To achieve this I've cut out six gut-plates of the same design and put magnets on the back of them, once I get the numbers from Impact Miniatures I'll put them in the center of the gut-plates.

I have a thrower type Ogre with a cannon with ball stuck in the end of it, a catcher with a Trap in hand and looks like he is yelling for the ball, & then another guy that looks like he is about to put the trap into a player (could be another catcher too).


Here is the starting Ogres with comparison size wise to a Human Lineman & Ork 'Ard Boy (Black Orc).


Closer Detail of the starting Ogres


For the heck of it
And just because it was to funny to not use, the Ogre Kingdoms Battalion box came with some random Gnoblers which I'm using as the Snotlings for the team. There was one of the Snotlings that stands out to me, I figure on using it for a Strength Boost Snotling or Two Headed Snotling.


Whats left to do
Now I just need a nice day outside so I can get these guys in Khaki Primer and then the painting can start. I figure on team colors of either red or maybe dark green white maybe white strips on the pants, and go with a light skin color for the Ogres & Snotlings. And I'm going to name the team the Ogreton Man-eaters, the good thing about the magnetic gut-plates is that I can get another set of 6 of the Great Maw Champion Gut-plates to make them look like the team banner pole I have.