So here I am starting my third winter challenge, it seemed
fitting that this forms my return to the hobby when it was into the first month
of the forth challenge when I fell out of love with painting and gaming. I am
already staggered with the output of (to me) new challengers and I look forward
to getting to know the people behind this talent.
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| not changed much just the hair has slipped |
In the spirit of returning my first entry throws back to a
young James who in 1989 was all about the GW and Warhammer, I had been one of
the kids who watch the channel four NFL show so when GW released and game based
on football but set in the Warhammer world I was sold. I played Blood bowl with
a human team for a good year or two and if exams had not got in the way I would
probably have been one of those who kept the game alive as a cult classic
since. But while I did not play BB again I did keep the passion so after a
commission opened my eyes to the vast collection of BB miniatures from other
companies I started to collect them with a view to one day restarting.
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| My Christmas Day haul |
Giving yourself only 5 days to complete your Dad’s Christmas
present with no plan B might seem mad to some but anyone who watched my output
in my first Winter challenge will know I work best with tight a schedule.
I love the character in these figures the faces are the real
star of the sculpts, the team consists of 2 throwers 2 blitzes 2 Black Orc
Blockers and 8 linemen. All the numbers are free hand and the base has colour
mark so indicate the position.
I continue to work on other figures ready for my second entry been working on some fantastic 40mm Rifles.
These are great James. There's nothing like a deadline to spur production. Nice work!
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ReplyDeleteThose riflemen are fantastic, but I'm slobbering over those Blood Bowl minis. I have too many irons in the fire, miniature wise, to add another to the fold, but I'm sorely tempted by the Blood Bowl stuff. I never got into it, back in the day, but loved the adverts and pics that were in the old White Dwarfs. Someday!
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