New Player (Obviously)

Abael · Post by **Abael** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:41 am

A couple weeks ago I started to see Blood Bowl players at the store I go to to play other GW games. Unable to find a game, I watched their game. I thought it seemed like an interesting game to play, so I looked it up.

I've read through the LRB, and have a slight grasp of the game at the least.

I was thinking about starting a Wood Elves team, using some of the new Wood Elves models for Fantasy, since, well, the actual team is ugly.

Basically, do you have any advice?

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:22 am

Welcome to the forum and to the game!

As far as converting up wood elves, there was a thread, although I don't think I've seen a completed team based on the new models.

viewtopic.php?t=17277&highlight=wood+elves

If I could make a suggestion I'd probably go with the Shadowforge elf team, budget permitting.

http://www.tritex-games.co.uk/index.php?cPath=120_123

The gw WE team is dated and frankly, ugly.

Hope that helps. You may want to consider starting with a middle of the road team like humans or Orks. I usually recommend them as good starter teams for learning the basics of the game.

Abael · Post by **Abael** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:32 am

Thanks for the warm welcome.

The Shadowforge minis will actually be cheaper straight up than the wood elf conversions I had planned, but I'm scared to think of what shipping will cost... At least they look great.

And I strongly agree about how the GW WE team looks.

As for the Humans/Orks, I do like how the new humans look, but I don't really have enough money to start more than one team.

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:40 am

Shadowforge shipping is very affordable, and faster then expected.

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:26 am

Abael wrote:As for the Humans/Orks, I do like how the new humans look, but I don't really have enough money to start more than one team.

Orc and Human teams are very affordible if you convert. 40k Orks are great for conversions (do a search in the FF miniatures section) and the Chaos Marauders convert up beautifully for humans. Again there are some great examples out there.

http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/galar ... fboyz.html

viewtopic.php?t=16816&highlight=marauders

Abael · Post by **Abael** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:36 pm

Xtreme: You're right. It was a pleasant surprise to see how cheap it would be.

Chairface: I'd rather do Wood Elves. ^^

fen · Post by **fen** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:18 pm

If I wasn't using the BB Wood Elf team I'd probably convert up the Wardancers, the Glade Guard just aren't suited imo. No-one in their right mind would play BB in cloaks (except for those silly 3rd ed skaven and Horkon, but lets forget about them)

And as a bonus the Wardancer minis have some great running poses in the mix. But on the whole converting up a Woodie team is going to be tough. It might require digging through the older classic range of GW minis instead.

The other option, and this is the one I personally prefer is to get a set of the 2nd Ed Elves and paint them up as Woodies. 2nd Ed ones are a little to hard to get then the 3rd ed 'Pro' Elf team would also work. (Note: 3rd Ed Elf team isn't considered to be the best set of sculpts, but they do have their merits.)