James Wappel Miniature Painting: 08/27/12

Monday, August 27, 2012

Vostroyan banner bearer

This is part of a Vostroyan command squad which I have been working on for a while. A big chunk of metal, which made me create a heavy base to balance that giant metal banner :-)

Interior views of the Royale Casino

Here's a project that still needs to be completed. It is the most elaborate Blood Bowl stadium that I have tried to create.

The Royale Casino is the home stadium for the Las Vegas Hustlers, a human team I had in a league years ago. The outside of the stadium has a marquis, and a fancy exterior full of columns and decorations.

Obviously, the inside is supposed to be a casino! Hence all the green felt. The white squares you see are for turn counters... which are playing cards. When you turn one over, then indicates a turn has been used.
At the end of each half, whoever has the better "hand" gets an extra re-roll.

The re-roll counters are poker chips, which are color coded to indicate team re-rolls, bonus re-rolls, etc.

There are two grandstands for the stadium, one for each sideline. I took one of them down so that I could photograph it. The side you can't see has a giant scoreboard on it, as well as the visitor's dugout. Each dugout will have a very different theme, with the home team's version being truly luxurious, while the visitor's is very nasty :-)

On this side of the grandstands, you can see the announcer's booth. The upper levels are going to have little slot machines and poker tables, a roulette wheel, etc. The lower levels of both sides can hold tons of eager and excited fans!