Friday, 30 January 2026

"Fickle Madame Victory Remained Firmly Out Of Reach For Everybody."

"This battle was a draw."

"Hello Blood Bowl fans, and welcome to another mind-blowing broadcast of Friday Night Football. I'm Jim Maddenberg and along with Elf playing legend-turned-commentator Thom Grassyglade, I’ll be bringing you all the biggest rumours circulating around our favourite amateur incarnation of Fantasy Football.”

“Once again, much of this programme's focus sits with Bluebeard's Bombardiers, who have forked out an impressive 140,000 copper pieces for the dynamic duo of Beggerlug Christmas and Uthaek Mudshaper - Two Dwarf Blocker Linemen who really mean business."

"Mutual exhaustion led to a truce being called, and the leaders of both sides attempted to parley."

"You're spot on there, Jim. This pair of 28mm scale second-hand metal miniatures were undercoated in “Vallejo” Heavy Blue, and subsequently had their trousers, padded shirts and helmets washed with "Citadel" Drakenhof Nightshade. The Dwarves' boots were then 'picked out' "Citadel" Abaddon Black, before their steel toe-caps, and other bits of armour were treated to a combination of "Vallejo" Gunmetal and "Citadel" Nuln Oil.

"Sticking with the club's colour scheme, both Christmas and Mudshaper's gloves and shoulder-pads were later pigmented with "Vallejo" Heavy Red, given a liberal splosh of "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson, and a carefully placed highlight or two of (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Red. Lastly, Beggerlug's famous beard had a little "Two Thin Coats" White Star daubed all over his facial hair, as well as a dash of "Citadel" Nuln Oil."

"Games Workshop" WIPs - The beginnings of the Dumbledune Daisies; a Dwarf Blocker and Blitzer

"Marvellous stuff, Thom. But these welcome additions to Bruldrin Bluebeard the Third's impressive team roster isn't the only news of the hour, is it..? I understand that a third Dwarf team has announced its intention to compete locally, and they're the Dumbledune Daisies. Just before this transmission terminates, can you give our viewers any insights into this latest Blood Bowl Sevens squad..?"

"For now we just know that their manager is head-hunting as many Troll Slayers and Blitzers as the rules permit for an amateur side, and the players will apparently be sporting dark green uniforms with white helmets. Furthermore, there's a lot of gossip that they intend to plaster their faces with yellow paint just prior to kick-off..!!"

15 comments:

  1. Great stuff mate, love these commentary themed post and cracking work on the players too.
    Cheers Roger

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    1. Thanks Roger. I have a lot of fun penning these Blood Bowl themed posts. Hopefully, once the eight Bluebeard's Bombardiers players are finished I can do a game commentary or two...

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  2. The bloody game itself is addictive. Frustrating, and will make you pull your hair out! Not that I have any !!!!

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    1. LOL Phil!!! I managed to get a few games in a couple of years ago, playing with my Dwarf Sevens team the Rusty Buckets. So I thought I'd try to paint up a couple more sides for a Dwarf Bowl of some sort.

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  3. Great work on the Dwarves Simon, and starting another team already !

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    1. Thanks Dave. Yes, I had a couple of Dwarf players left over from my Bombardiers roster, so popped onto Ebay to pick up enough for a third Dwarf team. LOL!!

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    1. Cheers Michal. These old Dwarf sculpts are a lot of fun to paint, imho.

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  5. You know I love these golden oldie sculpts and you continue to paint them up smashingly. I don't recall, have you shown us a deathroller yet and if not, is there one in the near future incoming?

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    1. Thanks very much indeed, Dai. Sadly I don't own a deathroller and am not willing to fork out £60-£100 for one on the second-hand market. I do have a lot more classic Blood Bowl figures to come though, and not all of them are second edition Dwarves either. ;-)

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    2. Oof! Yeah, that's a bit steep of an asking price. Am sure there's a 3d print file out there that's a close approximation tho. I'm going to see what I can find. ;)

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    3. I got all excited and then had to suck it back up again.... Only "Deathroller" stls out there are dumb looking, not matching the 2nd edition design aesthetic at all. I am defeated.

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    4. I do own the STLs to a Dwarf team which I believe includes a Deathroller, Dai. But for now I'm sticking with the old second edition Citadel figures - and as we both agree, they're sadly selling for a lot more than I'm willing to pay.

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  6. Beggerlug Christmas and Uthaek Mudshaper! Where do you get the inspiration for these names? Made me chuckle. So you are starting your third dwarf team? Any other races getting a look in this year? Lol.

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    1. LOL!! I do like to give my Blood Bowl players some suitably memorable names, Undercoat. I am indeed starting a third Dwarf BB team - this time focusing upon a Bezerker-heavy line-up if I can. I also would like to actually get that Human side painted up too - which I did the test figure for a good couple of years ago now.

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