AusBowl Star Player 2012

I recently attended the Adelaide Dungeon Bowl Cup. This tournament is absolutely amazing. It is a Blood Bowl tournament with a few twists. The rules have been play tested by a local league called the AFOUL (and were featured in issue 1 of BL!TZ magazine), the dungeons (and the beer) are all crafted by anc001, commissioner of said league, and the opponents are top notch.

I can't say enough about the dungeons. The Grand Dungeon isn a marvel. Three square feet of multi-level, 3D, excellently painted dungeon to play across.

But the main reason for this post is that, during this tournament, I was blindsided by the local community, who caught me completely by surprise when they awarded me the AusBowl Star Player award for 2012, also called the MVP.

I just wanted to say thank you (again) for this. It really is an honour and I am just glad to help. To get an award for doing what you love is just amazing, and far beyond what I expected.

Oh, and the award itself comes in very useful too:

Happy New Year Fleshling

So, it's been a while. This is largely because, over the last month or so, I have been both packing up my life for an impending move about four hours southeast to Naracoorte and have been working on BL!TZ issue 3.

However, I have been slowly painting and this little beauty is my big reveal for the new year. That's right, it's Megatron!!!

The original figure is a poly-vinal figure released some time ago that has been slightly converted and painted. It stands about 10cm high to the top of the head, so it's not particularly small, and that's a 50mm base he's on.

Anyway, hope you like...

Razorbakz #4 - a shiny new chainsaw

So, the amazing Mr Inkpwn (I think) over at TalkFantasyFootball suggested that they start a monthly painting competition (similar to what some over discussion boards do). November's category was secret weapons, and I just happened to have a mini undercoated and ready to go on my painting desk...

Here he is, the star with the scars!

If you're interested in seeing any of the other entries, head over the TalkFantasyFootball and take a look (you will need to be a member of the site to access that link though... sorry, not my rules).

As usual, any comments and criticisms are welcomed.

White Scars Captain

This is a bit of a teaser for a fundraising lottery that I will be running in mid 2012. The raffle will be for a White Scars space marine force that includes some tactical marines, some assault marines, some bikes and a land speeder. In addition, it will be led by the miniature below.

I've pulled out a few stops on this one and am really happy with the results. The NMM is something I've been working on for a while, and the skin tones on the face are quite nuanced. Comments and criticism are, of course, welcome.

The CMON link, for those inclined to vote, is here.

Elven Referee

In between my other projects, I've been painting up this figure and setting her in a small and simple vignette. I think I got this figure at SSB last year. Generally I haven't been a fan of the Shadowforge figures (that this is), but I've been doing a commission evil elf team and, while I still think the proportions are a bit out (short legs for the torsos), the miniatures have very clean lines and interesting poses, as well as being well themed. This one was actually really nice to paint, and ended up being a bit of a study in some new flesh tones for me. I hope you like it: