Who Dat gonna beat 'dem Saints? Dwarf Blood Bowl team

This was a very fun and clever idea by one of our favorite Blood Bowl patrons!  We have done a number of teams for him, and each one always has a great balance of fun, reference to real NFL players and teams, and lots of conversions!

Here are a bunch of images covering the team, the coaches, and some extras.

The Staff



The team





Some troll slayers


The first set of linemen/longbeards



Another batch



It just wouldn't be the Saints without Drew Brees!!




Big nasty Deathroller


Some runners



How did that bomber get in here?




Gotta have those blitzers

Empire Land Ship: Bronze Demon 2011

This huge bugger won a Bronze Demon at GD Chicago last year. It was a heck of a project, to say the least! I lost count of how many individual pieces I had to paint before I could even think about assembling it!

This was by far the most complex thing I have ever had to engineer, that's for sure. There were many parts that are bearely even visible, such as the cannon, etc. Just painting the crew itself was an adventure.

Here are some images:












Here is a work in progrees:






And the crew:






You can see it (and vote on it) on Coolminiornot at:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/299790

Hasslefree Gallery #3

Here are some more fun Hasslefree minis, featuring Libby and a recent sparring partner who is a bit worse for wear.







And one more NMM example

Hasslefree gallery #2

Ok, second go around with the Hasslefree minis!

This was a special edition figure that was fun to paint.  I am fairly certain that it is the only white tiger miniatures I have ever painted.









This lady is on a base design that I did for CMON.  I did several sets for them, but this one presented a big challenge, as do all woodland type bases.  How do you make it look like a woodland base and still leave a place for the miniature?  Plus, you have to make the design so that it can be cast.

Hasslefree gallery #1

I keep running across large galleries of minis that I barely remember painting!  I stumbled upon my Hasslefree gallery the other day as I was looking for something else. :-)

Here is the first batch.  The same sculptor who created the Celtos line did these, so you will see loads of similarities.  Also, Privateer Press has a number of minis done by the same sculptor.

This one was a 54mm, and a really nice piece for classic SE-NMM, or sky-earth non metallic metals.

Lord of the Rings Silver Demon Games Day 2011

This was my entry for Lord of the Rings single figure at Games Day Chicago 2011.  He won a Silver.  I had some fun making the base for this one, using pieces of baked sculpey carved into shape.  I sculpted some vines with green stuff, and then added some water effects.

The first game I tried using him did not go so well, since we did not have the lance rules quite right.  I also was very new to the game, and kept thinking of him as WFB cavalry!

Under the new warband rules, he was very effective in a smaller point game (we typically play 1000 point games).

Here he is:

A pair of Silver Demon winning Arwens

For some reason, I have a knack for winning Silver in the LOTR single figure category at Games Day.  I believe it is 3  in a row :-)

Here's the first two, a couple of Arwen minis.  The first one is from Games Day 2009.







This one is from 2008.







I will post some images of the 2011 version, a Dol Amroth mounted knight that I use as Imrahil.