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I think I might get the vampire team, mostly for their goofy bat-hats and that one Thrall that looks like he’s trying to figure out how he got here.
If I want to play old metal high elves, I’ll just dig out my og squad from ‘94…

Max is entering the game... nice mini.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/06/22/whats-the-easiest-way-to-become-a-blood-bowl-star-player-grab-a-whopping-chainsaw/?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=BB/TV&utm_term=BB/TV&fbclid=IwAR0WhG36kOrpGjH7meu7itquI3P5FLEE6Laf_MfiN6wDzgKUXp5EtMLnfpg

Not worth getting into THAT discussion again, but you can tell by the artwork that they toned down the headwear on the model.

FW BB models are always so hit and miss. Why can't they be as consistent as the lovely Necromunda range? The undead BB star players looked great, and now we have this dude looking all lumpy. At least he's a chaos follower, so he has some excuse

Edit: Also, the juggernaut headed chainsaw is perfect. The teeth on the blade are eh, but I want it

Never mind the hood. How did the sculptor look at the artwork and get that face out of it?

The artwork is great.
The mini is great.
There is a bit of difference between the two.

Definitely something I want to obtain and the bigger face is a blessing for me as it will be easier to paint than a more delicate one. The spaced apart teeth especially.

So, did anyone else get their “made to order” classic vampire team already?

Frank 'n' Stein out next week from FW.



Not sure about the back lighting rack array thingy, bit otherwise he'll fit nicely with the Necromantic Horror team.

New Ref rules in next white dwarf.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/YZOeWxek0ld9mUsZ.jpg

Turns out they will move around on the pitch this time.

Ala Dreadball’s referee rules

Enter Scyla Anfingrimm:




First he was the Hulk, now he's a Warmahoardes Trollblood mini, it seems.

Thought he was some sort of squig at first.

Not great, but somehow better the GW model..?

Love the Elf being squished.

Took me a while to properly understand the motion of the model, but now I’ve got my head round it, I like.

All I can keep thinking is how much cheaper would he be without an elf that he is crushing into the ground . Especially since I won't be playing against any Elves, at least no one around me plays them.

Scylla looks, to me, too similar to a Warmahordes Trollkin.

grahamdbailey wrote:
Scylla looks, to me, too similar to a Warmahordes Trollkin.

It may be one of the reasons I like him because I really like the look of the Trollkin

They really managed to capture the essence of the original Scyla sculpt. It looks absolutely terrible.

I'm really liking the comical 'oof!' look on the elf on Scyla's base.

The original? Damn kids on my lawn! This is the forth iteration.



Skinny wolf rat thing.



Weird Monkey Man.

But they all look consistently terrible.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:


First he was the Hulk, now he's a Warmahoardes Trollblood mini, it seems.

He start out more like a mutant skaven looking thing? Shape-shifting is one of his unsung chaos attributes.

I like the hulk gorrila version of Warhammer Fantasy more. This new Blood Bowl one look too cartoony.

Chopstick wrote:
I like the hulk gorrila version of Warhammer Fantasy more. This new Blood Bowl one look too cartoony.

Well, that's Blood Bowl. It's also now a place where classic characters can find new life. I am now hoping the sentient trebuchet from WHFB 2nd edition can turn up as a thrower for the goblin teams.

Blood Bowl is definitely leaning more toward the cartoon scale of things.

Not overly so, but a definite lean in that direction. It won’t be for everyone, but I’m finding it suited to the overall silliness of the setting.

MarkNorfolk wrote:
sentient trebuchet

Pics or it didn't happen

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Love the Elf being squished.

Took me a while to properly understand the motion of the model, but now I’ve got my head round it, I like.

I don't usually harp on stuff like this, but this model just doesn't work in my brain with the tail being "forward" and on the ground, while the model is simultaneously hand-plant leaping over an elf.

I just can't reconcile the tail position with the rest of the model. I understand they wanted the mouth-tail forward, but bleh.

 PaddyMick wrote:

MarkNorfolk wrote:
sentient trebuchet

Pics or it didn't happen

From the Golden Age

I actually love that dude. Once the head is swapped out, though. And his right fist should be closed, but other than that he's goofy enough ough to fit with squirrel-carrying halflings and Chaos Warriors in shorts.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Blood Bowl is definitely leaning more toward the cartoon scale of things.

Not overly so, but a definite lean in that direction. It won’t be for everyone, but I’m finding it suited to the overall silliness of the setting.

Yes as someone with a lot of old stuff it's a problem I have found with some of the new releases.

Most of my stuff is from 3rd edition or from the mass of 3rd party stuff that came out over the many years the game was 'dead' (as a side note, the amount of 3rd party 'fantasy football' miniature producers show how popular the game still was even when not officially supported!)

Some of it is fine, but I've found a lot of it doesn't scale particularly well with the new miniature lines, even if you move them onto the bigger bases and pitch. I also think the aesthetic style of the miniatures has changed a lot, certainly for some of the ranges (compared 3rd edition humans and orks for example with the latest edition). The sculpts have definitely improved (or are definitely a lot busier would be another way of looking at it).

Am fine for my own home tournament games with mates as all of our stuff comes from the previous edition, but guess I should probably buy a new team if I play in a club or tournament etc.

I love that model. It's an improvement on every prior version of him, anyway.

He has sports socks on.

I also love the cartooniness of Blood Bowl. To me, that's how it has always been. One of my favourite Blood Bowl illustrations is from one of the 2nd edition books, a gigantic Great Unclean One sat spectating, taking up multiple rows of seats, eating popcorn (or Khorne flakes? I can't remember).

That's Blood Bowl. It's absurd.

Wilhelm Chaney. Can see this sculpt dividing opinion.