Never Say Die: Blood Bowl Orcland Raiders

By Mihalis Skalkos | August 8th, 2018 | Categories: Blood Bowl, Home of Cadaver

Are you ready for some BLOOD BOWL! NFL football is about to start back up here in the states so its time to get those teams back on the pitch!

Cadaver here from Home Of Cadaver with my latest blog update. I hope there are still people out there willing to read and see what I have to show but nevertheless, here I am writing down my latest hobby achievements.

Contrary to what it may seem from my online activity, I have been quite active hobby-wise but not able to make regular posts about my activities. Most of my gaming activity of the past months has to do with BloodBowl and Necromunda, with BloodBowl gaining most of my hobby time share since I took part in a couple of leagues.

Never Say Die: Blood Bowl Orcland Raiders

My lack of online activity isn’t actually the case with my Instagram Account where I post quite regularly WIPs and various bits and bobs on what is going on my gaming table, so anyone interested might actually want to follow me there as well @homeofcadaver

Being a quite slow painter I have just managed to finish up my Blood Bowl orc team, the famous Orcland Raiders.

I have decided to stick to the original color scheme, mostly because I love painting yellow (those of you that follow me all these years might have figured it out 😉 ) but also because I think yellow suits orcs wonderfully!

The models

As I was building my team, I have stumbled upon a problem that I’m sure most orc players have, the absence of Black orcs and Blitzers from the basic sprue. I had decided to play with 4 Black orcs and 4 Blitzers and I had only 2 of each available in the box.

So I have decided to build my own Black Orcs, one of them you can see in the pictures above. Where is the second one you ask? Well, in the very first game that I have played one of them died and then, in my second one I lost another one.

I have eventually managed to buy one back later on in the league so I decided to build only one out the initial 2 extras that I had on my roster. I may eventually build another one whenever I decide to play them again.

The model is built using all sorts of bits and pieces from the (mostly Warhammer 40K) ork range, the body of a Nob, the hand of an Ogre and shoulder pads from Space Marines and a Dreadnought (yes you heard that right 😛 )

Blitzers are a must in any orc team and I had to include 4 of them. Same problem here, I had to build 2 and again my Ork bitz box came in handy. Nothing fancy here as you may probably see.

Staying to the positionals, the Throwers are straight from the box, although one too many, I painted both to complete the team.

Of course the backbone of the orc team, the Linemen couldn’t be absent, so here they are in all their black and yellow glory!

Last but definitely not least, the Goblin of the team. I built him using bits from the old Goblin kit and adding a wire frame to create the blood bowl helmet.

What’s Next?

One big (in the quite literal manner) absence from this group photoshoot is my troll. He is currently in my workbench getting some paint and he will get his photos once he is finished, so keep your eyes on this spot for more. I am also going to post updates on him on Instagram plus I am planning some live videos on him so have a look for them too!

So there you have it, I have finally managed to finish something after all these months, and I am quite happy with how they turned out. Hopefully, they will end up giving me some victories as well since their results on the field have been quite disastrous 😛

I would love to hear your comments and remarks! Till next time, take care!

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About the Author: Mihalis Skalkos

Teacher, modeller, painter, Wargamer mad about music and trying to fit all these in a tight 24hour schedule! Always trying to find more challenging and unique projects to get my teeth on! Catch me on Home Of Cadaver for more!