Vault Bowl 2010 continued.

The plan for the Troll prize was to make it into a kind of River Troll - basically a blend of blue, turquoise and greens.  However, with bad light and lack of sleep he came out really badly.  I found that what looked like a seamless blend of colours just looked like a mess!

I had very  limited time to start over.
I decided I'd go for a more normal looking blue with a much lighter belly.(Which I think looks better).

Vault Bowl 2010

Great fun was had by all at Vault Bowl 2010!
Yours truly managed to get the wooden spoon! But it was top fun - which is all that matters in the end.
I finished painting the rest of Steve's Goblin team, (He did do at least 5!).  I will add some pictures as soon as I manage to grab the team and take photos.

In the meantime here's a couple of badly taken pictures of the prizes.

The Intergalactic

I've decided to paint all my stuff for Vault Bowl: "The Intergalactic" away from prying eyes.  I have to have some secret fun!

The Intergalactic are my human Blood Bowl Team.  The story is that peoples from 40,000 universe have got together to form a Blood Bowl team.
These are made up mostly of Space Wolves as they tend to be quite tough in their training regime but the team will be picked out of the humans available no matter their background. This means there are Imperial Guard throwers and linemen from different chapters as well; (Black Templars, Ultramarines and even Chaos Space Marines' Khorne).

(It also means I can use loads of things from my bits box!)


I've had great fun converting all these players and making their very special dugout. It doesn't mean that I'm going to win or anything but I've had top fun - which is what counts in my book.

Countdown To Vault Bowl.........

It's gonna be a late one!

Countdown To Vault Bowl.......

The next stage happened so quick that I didn't see what occurred.  The Gonk Machine just took over and out they came:

They'll make great turn counters for Steve's team: The Mushroom Men.

The full team will be done for Saturday's Vault Bowl.

Countdown To Vault Bowl......

Only two sleeps to go. The pressure is really on now.

Here's a couple of snaps of Steve's secret present.  I started off with a white undercoat then once dried gave them a wash of Sepia.

TGM TOP TIP   If there is a smallish gonk with a fair amount of detail it is sometimes quite tricky to see all the details and it can be difficult to identify bits like belts etc.  If this is the case it is quite a good idea to paint them white, add a thin wash just to see what you're doing.  It certainly helped with this Blood Bowl team.

Countdown To Vault Bowl.....

Now that the two big guns are well stuck, (I had to make sure the glue was really dry).  I have now undercoated them.
As time is of the essence, (only three sleeps until Vault Bowl at The Games Vault), I have opted for a simple paint job.
Black undercoat for the troll which will be blue/green and flesh spray from Army Painter for the ogre.

Now have to wait for these to dry.

C'mon dry quicker!

Countdown To Vault Bowl....

OK, so I've eventually managed to drill and pin and glue those arms and hands on to the two larger gonks.  I hate metalwork, love painting.

Countdown to Vault Bowl...

To save precious time I sprayed my Star Player white and once dried gave him an immediate wash of sepia.  This will easily identify the details and I hope cut some time later.

Whilst this was drying I added a thinned black to a few bits that I will want darker or will add a metallic colour to later on.

Countdown to Vault Bowl..

Part of the plan is to do a couple of extras.  These will include my star player.

I'm playing as humans - they're called The Intergalactic and are made up of Space Marines and Imperial Guard. I had great fun raiding my bitz box, (pictures of the team will follow later).

My start player is Helmut Wulf and he's got a chainsaw.  I decided that he should stand out and look like he's having a "warp spasm" just like Sláine from 2000AD fame.  (Man, I loved that character). 

For full warp spasm effect I extended the torso and stretch this to an odd angle; used an Ork arm which looks MASSIVE on the normal marine torso and also gave him a popped out eye!

Countdown to Vault Bowl.

I'm also helping with Steve's Team.  He's playing Goblins, so, as a bit of encouragement I secretly painted a ball and chain fanatic for his birthday:

This team is themed as having spent a lot of time underground hence the grey skin but the Vault's colours are orange and black.

I am also planning a couple of extras, to be announced...

Countdown to Vault Bowl

VaultBowl is a two day BloodBowl Tournament which is being held at The Games Vault in Daventry this weekend, (18th and 19th September).

I am playing with humans, (not played them much before as I normally try and smash through with Orcs).  I've got a few things to do before Saturday and I'll try and keep track of them right here.

OKAY.  I'm a bit behind, (too much work, family, dog and now running!), but I reckon it can be done. Firstly: the three prizes:

Check them out.

Finished the Harlequin Troupe!
Managed to take some snaps but by the time the matt varnish had dried and I'd cut the grass in the jungle/back garden, I have managed to lose the light.

I'll try for some crisper pictures tomorrow, (if the sun is out...).

Now.  What's next?