Lastly I wanted to add some savage muscle to the team in the form of a Rat Ogre. To get us started though, here’s a Clanrat Lineman… Later I’ll try to drum up a few more bodies to bring the team to full strength. So whilst getting my rats ready for a full game of Blood Bowl called for quite a bit of painting Sevens was much more manageable – easily slotted into my jam-packed schedule. Sevens is a set of alternative rules for Blood Bowl with the key difference being teams made of just seven players, rather than the standard eleven. It was at this point however that I remembered some wise advice from that fount of knowledge on all things Blood Bowl – Faust of Double Down Dice – who reminded me of the existence of Blood Bowl Sevens. I’m excited about sporting skaven – but I’m also excited about lots of other things so I’ve got to prioritise. Part of my plan was to get the rest of the team finished but, as I mentioned recently, I’ve got a lot of things on the go at the moment. Now it’s time to return to those Skaven and, by adding a few more recruits, turn them into a team of their own. You may remember that back in September I put together an Underworld Denizens team by combining my Goblins and Snotlings with a few Skaven. Time to turn my attention back to my little collection of sporting rats. Plus I couldn’t remember for the life of me how I’d painted it even if I wanted to. Instead of gold and silver their armour was split into gold and a kind of nasty off-gold that at some point in time I must have liked but which now looked decidedly iffy. Whilst I was about it I decided to grab the Elves I’d painted previously for a quick repaint. For some reason they’ve proved to be a real pain in the bum to photograph so the pictures aren’t the best but hopefully you get the idea.

I also painted a couple of markers for the team (because easy wins right?). This leaves me a long way short of a full team, but just two more players will give me enough for Blood Bowl 7’s so I decided to start with that. I’ve not made the fastest progress with them but after several visits to the painting desk I’ve managed to complete five of them. It’s time to turn my attention to another Blood Bowl team, one I’ve been chipping away at for the last couple of years the Elven Union.

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