Blood Bowl: ‘Ooligans!

 

The Jokerz Blood Bowl Goblins team I painted a while ago gets some special talent from Forgeworld. The Killer Kontraptions bring some highly illegal but suitably wild secret weapons to the pitch. Expect shenanigans.

First up is the Pogoer, riding a dubious pogo stick. In keeping with the Joker/Batman theme, he is dressed as the Riddler. His distinctive green armor with its question marks makes him stand out on the table nicely. Appropriately, his team number is ‘?’.

Next is the Doom Diver, here dressed as Man Bat. The brown wings are distinctive on the table, since his other colors are the Jokerz’ purple/yellow/black color scheme. His team name is ‘M’ which also resembles an upside-down Batman symbol.

 

Next is the ‘Ooligan, carrying a huge loudspeaker to broadcast his (electric?)  rattle and mic. I painted him to match the basic line Goblins, though his lack of helmet meant everyone could see his Joker green mohawk. The loudspeaker also matches the Joker’s mouth motif found throughout the team.

Last but not least is the Joker himself. This is the Black Goblin figure, but here he is the Dark Prince of Crime on the Gridiron. His flowing hood and tatered cape make for a fine profile, hiding plenty of illegal weapons. He has a nicely expressive grinning face.

Blood Bowl: Gobbos

 

The Jokerz Goblin team for Blood Bowl is all done. It’s a pretty big team, but Goblins need all the help they can get.

The first 12 members are basic Linemen, all done up in their Joker facepaint and team colors. I gave a different angle on some of the duplicate members to show off other details. The members are fairly uniform, but have the odd yellow elbow pad, kneepad, or glove for variety.

The team also has a few secret weapons players. The first is a chainsaw, dressed in an appropriate hockey mask. I like that his chainsaw blade is shaped like a moon, seen throughout the other team members. The chainsaw goblin is of course player #13.

Next is a Goblin carrying a bomb. Due to his pose, the client wanted him to echo Batman from the 1966 Batman movie- ‘Sometimes you just can’t get rid of a bomb!’ He gets to stand out from the rest of the team, but makes sense considering everyone else is the Joker.

The other secret weapon Goblin is a ball and chain fanatic. He was a nice sculpt, with the chain whirling around him. I made the spiky mouth of the wrecking ball match the Joker smile painted on his face.

The final team member is the Troll, painted up to represent Killer Croc. With that in mind I painted him to have a proper reptilian appearance, with pale belly and chest. His sculpt in my opinion is a little busy, his body twisted up into a pass. The Goblin in his hand carrying the ball looks suitably concerned with his impending trip. I designated the Goblin as member #0, since he’s not on the roster.

 

 

Blood Bowl: Gobs and Gobs

 

I’ve taken a little digression after finishing some projects. The current little project is a Goblin team for the new Blood Bowl edition. The team is the basic box set (the Scarcrag Snivellers) with some extra members, a troll, and some of the Forgeworld secret weapons Goblins. Make way fer Da Jokerz!

What’s with the weird colors, you may ask? The client wants them to have the colors of the Joker, nemesis to ol’ Batman. So purple armor with yellow straps, worn over black jerseys and trousers. Topping it off is Joker-esque white face paint, with a red smile; though few goblins are actually smiling so the Joker face more resembles the glum face of The Dark Knight Joker rather than the manic smile of the Batman TV Joker. The typical moon shapes take a back seat to the Joker aesthetic. I also added a smiling Joker smile logo to their shoulder pads.

So far I’ve finished 4 of the little guys. Since Goblin players don’t have set positions they don’t have any additional markings, like for a Blitzer or Catcher. A few members got dags on their leather gloves and boots or ‘HA HA’s’ scrawled on the plates of armor to avoid too much uniformity.

Last is the team coin for the kickoff. I used the grinning moon to the Jokerz’ advantage, giving it a nice creepy smile. More to come!

Blood Bowl teams

A pair of recent commissions, this time for Blood Bowl!

First, the Dwarf team, painted in the colors of the Tennessee Vols. Quite a bright color scheme, especially with the gold and armor Dwarfs favor. (not the best photo, sorry).

Second, an Undead team, painted in the colors of the Baltimore Ravens (team name- The Graven). An easy enough scheme, and I got to show lots of variety in the zombies and assorted gribblies.

Since the local gaming group is starting up a Blood Bowl league, I’ll have more teams underway soon.