Next off the production line is a Dark Elf team for our upcoming Blood Bowl league. Went for a pretty simple colour scheme as I need them for a run out on Thursday.
In between sorting out a Blood Bowl league for the club, I did manage to complete this set of WW1 Turks from Copplestone Castings. Really enjoyed painting these, pretty straight forward to do.
I initially saw these as a small supporting unit my Germans but can see me expanding these into a force in their own right sometime in the future.
On the Blood Bowl front I constructed a simple stand. https://orcidasbb.blogspot.com/ Please follow if interested
A slight divergence from my main projects after Andy brought along the latest edition of the rules. It reminded me how much I loved this game back in the days of 3rd edition. There is already talk of a league and people buying teams including myself. However I remembered I still had my old teams, one of which was Skaven, which Dave fancied trying before buying his own team.
So I dug them out to realise that only half of the team was painted. Worse still was the Blue/green armour colour was an old citadel paint long out of production. So new armour colour was needed on the existing players. I went with the German field grey.
So here is the team altogether, including an old second edition Rat Ogre and lineman.
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| Ratsburg Squealers |
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| Gutter runners |
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| Stormvermin |
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| Rat ogre and thrower |
So the Ratsburg Squealers are ready to take the field afain in their new team colours.
I've also added a link to a new Blog just for Blood Bowl. https://orcidasbb.blogspot.com/?m=1
As part of a short trip away I managed a quick visit to the battlefield of Otterburn. Fought between the Scots, under the Earls of Douglas and Moray against the English under Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and his brother Sir Ralph Percy. It was not to be a good day for the English. Henry lived up to his nickname and led a rash attack against the Scottish camp. He was so confident that he attacked at dusk, despite the long march up from Newcastle. Many of his tired and disorganised troops were still making their way up through Otterburn. Unfortunately for the English, despite the speed of their attack. The Earl of Moray led a superb flanking attack that was screened by woods and dead ground, unseen from the English position. Despite the death of the Earl of Douglas during the battle, both Percies were captured and the defeated English retreated back towards Newcastle.
The battle is currently marked by Percy's cross. There are a few plaques on display describing the battle for the visitor as well as acouple of picnic benches.
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| Percy's Cross |
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| View towards the lower Scottish camp |
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| View up towards the second Scottish position |
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| View towards the English positions |
Well that's another Battlefield I can cross off my list. It does get me thinking about putting some armies together for a little border skirmishing.
With having some time off work, I decided to make some in roads on the scenery I'll need for some Back of Beyond gaming. One of the main areas I need is fencing. So with modelling sticks, coffee stirrers and a bit of pollyfilla I set to work. Each base is approximately 6 inches in length, so I've completed 4 pieces each of 2 types of fences. I also completed another car and a plastic outbuilding from Renedra.
The fences were given a quick spray of chocolate brown, then drybrushed with a dark grey, then cream. Definitely gone for an irregular look. I also have 2 more pieces under construction.
The pollyfilla helps secure the supports. I am also working on 2 buildings that I picked up from Pegasus hobbies. These are their plastic buildings scaled at 1/72. They are actually perfect for 28mm gaming (I already have them in my winter scenery).
