A bit of a blast from the past today, from 2005. I don't have anything new painted, so here is more of my progression through Blood Bowl teams. These were my fourth team, Pro Elves from Shadowforge. Pro Elves, or just Elves, are neither High nor Dark nor Wood, although these girls have stood in for a High Elf team as required. Their team name is I Seldi Serci Suluo. I was nerding it up big time, and this is (I think) Quenya for The Maidens of Blood Bowl. Really.
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Blood Bowl Elves from Shadowforge |
I went for a white and silver scheme, because many other teams at the time were very dark
with black undercoats, and my girls would stand out get noticed. I learned a lot about
painting white from this team- note the blue and grey shadows. I think it was the first time I used a white
undercoat. I'm pretty sure I used enamels! They're showing their age with a bit of chipping, and my painting style has changed/ improved.
While I was doing the Blitzers I was thinking about how
their eye sockets looked like gas masks. I was thinking of filling them with a
clear resin or varnish, but somehow got the idea of using clear sticky tape,
and was able to use it on all the other elves as well. I can really see the
elves having high-tech helmets to protect their beautiful faces. It has held up over all the years!
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Elf blitzers |
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Elf throwers |
There are only two catcher poses, so I used paperclips to add variety to this important positional with prancing, leaping poses.
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Elf catchers |
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Line elves |
I made this conversion from a Reaper figure, to represent Star Player
Princess Moranion. I'm really happy with how she came out. Milliput!
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Princess Moranion |
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...and her hair |
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Reaper 02808 Taryn, Spearmaiden |
The support staff have flowers from Milliput. If I ever
get around to it, I’ll make some more flowers to add to the players’ bases so
you can swiftly see extra skills (e.g. ‘All
the red flowers are Block’ etc.). The last cheerleader has a very weak ribbon holding her up and she suffers from chronic droop.
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Elf coaches |
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Elf apothecary |
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Elf cheerleaders |
I must mention that this team won ‘Best Painted’ at the
inaugural Eucalyptus Bowl, with a monstrous trophy. Still stoked.
I refined my playing style using these girls. They’re agile and fragile, so you have to make a fast offense and a stalling defence with depth, ready to switch to the offense when your opponent makes an error. Getting ‘Dump off’ on a catcher is great fun. They remain my all-time favourite team so far, being an economical, fast and agile team. I wonder if I will prefer Slann when I get around to them?
That's a great looking team, Barks. I find it really hard to paint white and have it look nice, but somehow you've pulled it off fabulously with these!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tim! Practice makes perfect...
DeleteYou have outdone yourself, Barks. Those elves are magnificent. They are so girly, just looking at them makes me feel like I'm getting an avocado-lanolin face exfoliation. Your conversion work (like that Reaper spearmaiden) is inspired. I hope they bring you a lot of luck on the pitch.
ReplyDeleteYour face is so smooth, Matt!
DeleteLovely job mate! You've put together some great teams over the years. Somehow though, I don't think we have ever faced eachother across the pitch! I hope that changes soon mate
ReplyDeleteCheers, Paul- I'm trying to see if I can make it to CanCon in Jan.
DeleteAnother gorgeous team mate. I'm unsurprised by you picking up the award. The amazing thing is I can think of 2-3 other teams you've done which I think are even better!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Millsy- I'm not a contender now, the teams that win are gorgeous.
Delete2005 was a good year for me- I took out another painting prize with my WW2 Soviets, so it was a big morale boost all round and reaffirmed my enjoyment of painting.
What a sensational team!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Michael!
DeleteNice work Barks - and congrats on the trophy!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Evan!
DeleteThey rather remind me of those "Lingerie Bowl" novelty football teams. These are all painted with enamels? They look pretty good, all things considered. I never got results like this with enamels.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Allison. The white and silver were enamel, the rest acrylic IIRC. Never again...
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