The Dungeon Dwellers Chaos Pact Blood Bowl team is finished and ready to fly off to Europe.
A client of mine is planning to attend the Dungeon Bowl Blood Bowl tournament in Dusseldorf Germany next year. I went this year, and had a great time. The only potential snag for it though is that since it is held in a Games Workshop location, only GW minis are allowed. Setting aside all the feelings that tends to bring up, the biggest problem was he didn't have a team with GW minis! Yes, GW has let their interest in Blood Bowl wane to the point that it's more likely people will have teams made of other miniatures than of GW. So he needed a legal team.
But not just any team. The last Blood Bowl minis GW produced was near around 15 years ago? So a lot of people have the GW teams, or at least have seen them, and often, for the last 20 years. He wanted something unique. We tossed some ideas around, and then it struck me that since this was the Dungeon Bowl, what about a team that is defending the dungeon? It is their home. This lead to some ideas that finally settled into a 'dark, sinister dungeon dwellers with a bit of disturbing tech': the Dark Eldar line being ideal and the Chaos Pact roster, with a variety of monsters being the ideal vector to bring them to life.
So on to the team!
The big draw of a Chaos Pact team is its three big guys!
Next is the three small fellows, the Renegades:
A client of mine is planning to attend the Dungeon Bowl Blood Bowl tournament in Dusseldorf Germany next year. I went this year, and had a great time. The only potential snag for it though is that since it is held in a Games Workshop location, only GW minis are allowed. Setting aside all the feelings that tends to bring up, the biggest problem was he didn't have a team with GW minis! Yes, GW has let their interest in Blood Bowl wane to the point that it's more likely people will have teams made of other miniatures than of GW. So he needed a legal team.
But not just any team. The last Blood Bowl minis GW produced was near around 15 years ago? So a lot of people have the GW teams, or at least have seen them, and often, for the last 20 years. He wanted something unique. We tossed some ideas around, and then it struck me that since this was the Dungeon Bowl, what about a team that is defending the dungeon? It is their home. This lead to some ideas that finally settled into a 'dark, sinister dungeon dwellers with a bit of disturbing tech': the Dark Eldar line being ideal and the Chaos Pact roster, with a variety of monsters being the ideal vector to bring them to life.
So on to the team!
The big draw of a Chaos Pact team is its three big guys!
Ogre Minotaur Troll
The Dark Eldar Talos kit came with a lot of extras to donate to his buddies.
Goblin Skaven Dark Elf
They are just linemen on their respected teams, but out of that element and working together they are special.
The Skaven's armor seemed to go very well with the aesthetic of the Dark Eldar.
Then there are the Chaos Marauders:
Something 'Hellraiser' about the style of these guys.
Since Marauders can have mutations, I gave them a lot: 2 Claws, Big hand, 2 Tentacles...
& more..
more mutations: Extra Arms, 2 Extra Heads, and 2 without mutations.
And a couple Star Players for the team:
Ugroth (Chainsaw) & Dribblesnot (Bomber)
The weapons have a different look to fit the theme: a chain-whip sword for a chainsaw, and a goblin throwing a big bouncing trap jaw for a bomb.
The Staff:
Apothecary Coach Cheerleader
Re-roll tokens: Bronze for leader, iron for regular
And the team together:
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I hope they have fun at the Dungeon Bowl next year.
Maybe they'll have the luck of 'Home Field Advantage'!