The large magnets are enough to hold the pitch together quite comfortably when closed, but for further reassurance I attached a couple of spiffy looking clips. And, of course, our …more
The End Game
Since yesterday’s post I have very much entered the home stretch on my custom Blood Bowl pitch. I know I’ve said that before in this log but as I write …more
Hyper Detailing
Today I have been hyperdetailing with undergrowth, various scatter materials, more bushes, hoardings, Wood Elf spites (from the new Treeman kit), mushrooms (which are now fly agaric mushrooms, i.e. red …more
Home Printed Transfers
I have a report on home transfer printing to make. The transfers came out fairly sketchy – you can see that where the laser toner didn’t adhere well to the …more
Faux Leather Lining
Though I’ve been away for a few days, yesterday and today have been quite productive. Firstly, I’ve re-flocked the water half of the pitch, planted trees and covered the case …more
Pomp & Ceremony
…in my mind even Wood Elves arent above a bit of it. Here we have the hornblowing, flag waving sideline contingent for the Wanderers. They are made from the new …more
Back to the Gitflinga’s
I’ve turned my attention back to Gorfragg’s Gitflinga’s. Not the players mind you but options for the coaching staff. If there is one race that has received bagloads of characterful …more
Pitch Security
Today John came over and inbetween my various DIY tasks we got a fair bit done. I started a bunch of things including the pitch “security” team and detailing the …more
A Pitch of Two Halves
Putting the two halves of the pitch together really shows how different the flocking technique was for each one. I’m looking forward to bringing up the river half to the …more
Static Grass
I have learnt how to use the static grass applicator! I was doing two things wrong before – trying to scatter from too high up, and not applying enough. This …more
A tutorial for painting straps
The willingess to “move on” and also where/when I paint are key, I think. I have taken to having the current batch of models and the necessary paints, palette, brushes, …more
Painting continues
Made some better photos this morning. My home made diffusion box (basically a shoe box with windows cut in it, and thin white paper covering said windows) placed in bright …more
Picking a uniform
I’ve struggled quite a lot with a good uniform for the Orc team. My first vision was quite bright blue armour, with white details and purple clothes. I then tried …more
Flocking Begins
I have started flocking the blood bowl pitch. It’s a really fun stage cause it’s when things are starting to come together. First, using a pipette I soak the previous …more
Da Doktor will see you now…
Last night I started building an apothecary for my Orc team. Not that he is a doctor that you’d be particularly pleased to be sent to… For a while now …more
Painting begins
On the Orc team I wanted to try a different way of painting to my usual approach. Usually I start from a dark base colour, with a wash (usually GW’s …more
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud
Alright! Time for an update. Here’s the most developed half of the pitch: When I last showed photos, I had got to the stage of plastering the edge of the …more
An Orc & Norse Modelling Day
Today John popped round randomly and we had a bit of an old school modelling day. He helped me with the pitch (updates to come, hopefully tomorrow) and then decided …more
A Blood Bowl Scoreboard
When I got home from the club yesterday first I was pumped to do some more work on the pitch after an awesome game of Blood Bowl. I started with …more
Banks & Dugouts
I found that Sculptamold is often recommended as a sculpting material for scenery. Today I popped down to the local art and craft shop and picked up a bag. Its …more
Adding a Stream
Some more progress, today I started the water feature and got it to this stage. Similar process as the other end – slowly building up by gluing rock shapes together. …more
Bedding the Rocks In
Lightning fast updates today, I stuck a strip of foam down behind the end zone, leaving a gap where the endzone is to fill with jumbled rocks. Some test fitting …more