Friday, March 22, 2013

And then there were 10

The next batch of 5 figures is finished!  As you can tell by the timestamps, this is a considerably slower process during the work week than it is on the weekend.  Four more to go!

Here are all 10:

Here are the first five shown as Blood Bowl players are meant to be shown:  On a Blood Bowl pitch!

I may have to go back and fix the faces, somehow I always screw them up and they have the creepy lumpyface.  I probably won't, these figures are "good enough" for now.  My goal here isn't to win painting competitions, but rather to not embarrass myself (and to claim the 2 points awarded for having painted miniatures).
And I am not fishing for compliments either, I am aware that these are decent-but-not-great.  If you want to see the kind of minis which DO win painting competitions, here's the NAF painting forum for your enjoyment and my envy.  But as long as these aren't the worst-painted minis in the tournament, I'll be happy.  Heck, it should give me something to console myself with after what I expect will be a thorough and merciless ass-kicking.

I think of myself as a decent player, I do okay in leagues with my friends, and in deep online leagues like the FOL I am about a .500 player ... but the last time I went to a Blood Bowl tournament, I got thoroughly humiliated.  I was in a group of four, with the top two teams advancing to elimination (World Cup style).  After the three games, I was 0-3 and hadn't scored a touchdown.
So this time, my goals (in order of likeliness) are:

  • Have some fun {Pretty much guaranteed}
  • Score a TD
  • Not go 0-for the tourney
  • Avoid DFL
  • Win a few games and end with a positive record
  • Place in the tourney {Unlikely}

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