Navigator Totenkranz
This vision of loveliness is Reaper Miniatures Dr. Totenkranz. I picked the figure up a few years ago intending to use it as a zombie boss type – some sort of sci-fi necromancer/evil scientist and possibly the root of the zombie outbreak. I ended up being distracted by something else and never got much further than assembly until last week. Continue reading
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Heinlein – Navigator of the Navis Nobilite
Further distraction from my DreadBall stuff, this peculiar looking goofball is a companion piece to the blue gyrinx from last week. Continue reading
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Gyrinx – L to R: Mr D’Arcy, Paul
I got a little distracted from my ongoing and quite substantial DreadBall project over the last few days and painted these two guys. I did base one of the figures for use as a DreadBall coach though, so I didnt get completely sidetracked.
These furry little predators are domestic cat models bought from the sadly very soon to be no more Mega Miniatures, painted to represent a bit of old school 40k nonsense called “Gyrinx”. Continue reading
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An Ursa Miner Bruin and an OCP Patriot with magnetic balls.
I attached magnets to the bases of my DreadBall miniatures. I also magnetised the bases on my Blood Bowl teams a while back. During play the ball (with corresponding magnet) can be quickly and easily placed on the players base, where it will stay during play. It makes a surprisingly fiddly aspect of the game easier. Those of you who have hardly given a thought to where you position your balls may be sceptical, but its worth the minimal effort. Continue reading
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OCP Patriots Guard and Keeper (Libby)
While prepping an extra guard for my OCP Patriots DreadBall team I remembered that I have had a Hasslefree Power Armoured Libby sitting in the box of unpainted Blood Bowl stuff for years now. A bit like Barik Farblast and Flint Churnblade the Libby figure is better suited to the sci-fi DreadBall setting than it is to Blood Bowl anyway, so I modified the football Libby is carrying into something a bit more DreadBall-y and painted her up. Continue reading
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Flint Churnblade
Another vintage addition to the Ursa Miner Bruins, Flint has been hanging around the unpainted figure mountain for ages. DreadBall seemed like a good excuse to get him painted, so I went for it.
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Barik Farblast
Barik is a 2nd edition Blood Bowl Star Player who overcame his racial inability to throw the ball satisfactorily by using a (surprisingly high tech) bazooka. The models clean lines are quite a contrast with more recent Blood Bowl dwarf miniatures (which tend to look like Warhammer miniatures with their weapons clipped off rather than sportsfolk). I think that the figure probably fits in better with a game of DreadBall than it does in Blood Bowl. Continue reading
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Bambi, Tiffani & Candi.
Most Blood Bowl figures are a bit too fantasy looking to be suitable for use in DreadBall. DreadBall miniatures are also a bit smaller than the GW heroic 28mm that Blood Bowl figures conform to, which also limits compatibility.
Those restrictions dont apply as much to the second edition Blood Bowl miniatures range. Continue reading
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I did some playtesting on the above miniature rules set earlier this year (accounts of some of the games can be seen here). It was fun and it was a pretty painless way to get a lot of older figures back on the table for the first time for years and make some “pew pew” noises.
If you like the Ganesha rule sets and you have an interest in any of the sort of thing that this blog covers, then I can heartily recommend Swatters. Even if you are not familiar with the Ganesha rulesets, the PDF only costs USD$8 so its worth a punt if you already have access to appropriate miniatures.
You can get the PDF here.
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DreadBall Season 1
2013 is turning into DreadBall year at Sho3box Towers. Since January I have got the following models painted, all of which are DreadBall figures: Continue reading
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