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Hello chaps, just a quicky from me today – I’m still working my way through my cyber-undead Blood Bowl team ‘The Clockwork Orange’, and have completed the Wight Blitzers/guardian class servitors. Sadly, painting time has been extremely limited of late, so I only have these two minis to share with you… but hey, progress is progress, right? Here in their role as servitors:
And here they are with the rest of the BB team:
I’ve taken a slightly different approach with these two by going for a more skeletal look, (Necron bodies & servo-skull heads), rather than the fleshy AdMech approach I took with my counts-as Zombies & Ghouls. This kinda makes sense to me from an undead perspective, what with Wights being ‘properly’ dead and all that. I also thought ahead and figured I’d probably use Necron warrior bodies if I ever add any Skellies to the roster, so I thought I’d better go large with my Blitzers. This also nicely reflects their role on the field – fast & hard-hitting! This means that I just have the two Mummy blockers to finish up, and the Clockwork Orange is good to go! These two are next on my list of jobs, so I’ll keep you posted :-)
In other news, inspired by this post over on sho3box, I picked up a copy of Dinoproof over the weekend and had a couple of games with my eldest son and my Brother-in-lead Ross, (yes, my eldest had his first nerd-night!). This is a great little game to just pick up and get on with – you need suitable 28mm minis for your Slayers, toy Dinosaurs, some D8, a £10 rule book and a 3×3 table. Rules, tactics & gameplay are simple, so this is perfect for a short gaming session, and particularly good for kids. It also has some nice campaign development and some scenarios to work through, so it has some replayability. We all took different approaches to the game – my son went for dakka, while Ross went for versatility… I went with an angle grinder, (which I used to kill a frickin’ T-rex!), and a total lack of guns, intelligence or finesse. >:) Sadly, I didn’t take any pics, but trust me, this was great fun all round and for £10, this book is well worth a look.
Finally, the Chapel is calling to me my friends – I’ve been shopping and I have all the bits & basing material I need to start my warband. I’m really excited about this project and can’t wait to get started… I’m hoping to be able to report some progress on this in the near future, but until then, peace out dudes!
Warburton said:
Great work… Looking forward to seeing how do do the mummies…
Alex said:
Cheers dude, glad you like. Mummies will be channeling ‘big & slow’ ;-)
Azazel said:
Nice work on the Blitzers – they look the part mixed in with the rest, and the AdMech cogs on their chests and layered plated make them look much more AdMech rather than Necron.
Alex said:
Thanks mate, I’m pleased with how unified they look – messing up the theme was a minor worry when I decided to try a ‘cron body, but plating over the chest was a big step in the right direction :-)
SLMNN said:
These are super good! Original and creative.
Alex said:
Thanks mate, it has been a fun one, and I’m looking forward to seeing the whole team turn out!
Thomas said:
That’s one smart looking team. Very sharp.
Great to hear you gearing up to tackle the Chapel. Cannot wait to see what you can bring forth. I got some ideas floating around too and at least one of them ready to be built.
Alex said:
Thanks buddy, and yeah, can’t wait to get submerged in the Chapel! Looking forward to seeing what madness you have in store ;-)
Ann said:
I liked them as well, and I also liked the diorama you set up to take the pictures in.
Alex said:
Thanks Ann, I must admit, I do enjoy posing my toy soldiers for photos ;-)
imperialrebelork said:
Me too!!!!!
Suber said:
Cool! They both have a Blanchesque quality, they look great. Looking forward to your progress on the other subjects!
Alex said:
Thanks mate, glad you like ’em :-)
sho3box said:
This really is a very well planned and thought out project, which really shows in the execution.
I echo Azazels comments about the slick integration of Necron parts. Really great.
Alex said:
Thanks mate, I like a spontaneous bit of creativity as much as the next man, but I really do enjoy having time to mull and plan a project like this. Glad it’s paying off and that you’re enjoying it mate :-)
imperialrebelork said:
I really like these two Alex. They look spindly but solid at the same time. I’m very excited to see what you submit for the Chapel.
Alex said:
Cheers mate, it’s all in the hips ;-)
I’m looking forward to getting stuck in to the Chapel project too – several ideas have now coalesced and I’m raring to go :-)
Joe B. said:
They are such happy looking robot blitzers! Great work on them, they look the part while still being good servitors.
Alex said:
:-) Cheers mate, they do look like they enjoy their work, don’t they?
Migs said:
These are
Amazing!!!
Alex said:
Thanks Migs, glad you like ’em mate :-)