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I'll throw preview pics in this thread, but more detailed posts and WIP shots can be found throughout this thread.

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The Chaos pitch has had red LED lighting added to it, but I haven't been able to get a good pic of it, yet.


The concept is that pitch is comprised of slabs of obsidian floating on a pool of lava.



Here is an early shot of my pitch in progress



I added some arrows on the border to mark where the lines would normally go on the field. They are hard to make out in this picture since they blend in at the moment.





The arrows on the field border denote scrimage lines and wide zones.

I painted a lava texture underneath were the stones were layed. Pretty much a waste of my time, because almost none of it is visible. I'm debating textueing the outside edge of the lava pit, as it's the most visible portion, and I'm not really impressed with it so far.

Painting the stones took hours. The bottoms were very detailed and it was a paint to get the paint into the tight spots.
After about 2 hours my little 2oz pot of paint, and my patience ran out.

Here's a detailed pic of the logo on the field.



I'd like to take credit for designing it, but I got lazy and used the XFL Demon's Team Logo. ( I always did like it)

tracks on the sides to keep track of turns and re-rolls.



These Statue heads are scaled to properly fit in the tracks.



I Sculpted these dials to keep track of score



Here's an up close pic of one of the corners.

I've found, while playing Blood Bowl, that the Treeman model is just too big to lay down without it causing all sorts of havoc on nearby models, so I sculpted a Treeman Down Marker.



It's made of Super Sculpey and a 1.25" washer. A few quick layers of green, brown, and a light brown drybrush later, and I have a servicable and unique game token.

Here's a quick size comparison shot.



That's the re-based Warhammer Fantasy Treeman I've been using with my Wood Elf Team, the Wood Wardens, a game ball I sculpted to replace a misisng one, and my Treeman down marker.

For my leagues next season, I was thinking of fielding a Halfling Team. I know there will be a Wood Elf team using the Deeproot Strongbranch model and I wanted to field something different. I made a remark about how Deeproot was a fairly straightforward sculpt that should be easy to do, and a fellow league player scoffed at me. So in part to field something unique, and in part to spite the douche bag player I'm sculping my own treeman as well.

We play weekly, so I wanted to do something quick and servicable. I'm not a pro so my expectations aren't for somethign GW worthy, but at least good enough that if he scoffs at it I can challenge him to do something better, which I know he can not.

DAY 1

Put together an armature with whatever I could find in under a mintue. Some paper clips, Alluminum foil, and some cheap epoxy putty (not really suitable for sculpting)
I got the basic dimensions layed out and a bit of putty to start bulking it up.


DAY 2

Spent the better part of an hour looking for the Green Stuff, I know I own, and my sculpting tools, but was unable to find either. Settled for repositioneding the armature to have a more dynamic pose.



DAY 3

Still couldn't find my Green Stuff, so I went to the local craft store and bought some Super Sculpey. It's not as good for detail and it remains soft untill you bake it, which is annoying, but it's better than nothing. No local retailer sells green stuff.

Started bulking out the model and added the fingers, torso, and arms. I decided I'd take pictures next day before working on it.

DAY 4

Forgot to take pictures before working on it, but remembered to get a shot after I worked on it.



I still wanted him to have wooden shoulder pads, but I didn't like the look of the one on Deeproot. Wood can be worked into more refined shapes, and I wanted it to look more like Sporting gear than wooden planks

DAY 5

Rescultped the back. A lot more detailed now



DAY 6

Started resculpting the arms




DAY Whatever

I really got sidetracked from this project, but I did get him to the point where I'm happy with him



Now all I need to do is get some paint on him...

Looks good all of your stuff.keep up the good work and preach the gospel Nuffle!

I'm in love with the Treemen, both the Sleeping one and your new one. I can't wait to done and dusted.

Whats the HALO stuff?

Added an updated pic of the Treeman sculpt progress.

Thank you for the kind words and praise.

The HALO stuff is the HALO interactive Boardgame. It's pretty similar to HEROSCAPE, but it's based on squares instead of Hexes and the figures are unpainted.

While my Chaos Pitch has dials to keep track of the score, the Hottz Mat from IMPACT MINIATURES, that I use when away from home, doesn't, so I made a score board.

For this season of Blood Bowl play I've animated the REIKLAND REVENANTS

I'm not a huge fan of the existing Blood Bowl Undead Team figures so I figured I'd have fun customizing my own team

I started off animating a fresh crop of Zombies

They are all customized GW zombies

Then I moved on to Skeletons

All but one are customized GW skeletons and one is a refuge from the Dark World Board Game

I dug out some cheerleaders.

They are rebased Horrorclix figures. They look great on the side of the pitch, and add a nice touch of flavor.

While fumbling through my extensive zombie collection for All Things Zombie (1000+) I found football players that I decided to use as my Wights.

A weapons snip here, and some shoulder pads there, and I think they look great.

While I was at it, I figured I'd whip up a Hack'en Slash as well


My Teams roster currently includes 12 players



The Mummies are converted figures from the HeroQuest board game.


The Ghouls started out as Mage Knight Ki Devils and are sporting gear from Rouge Trader Space Marines and 1st generation GW plastic Skeletons