Would anyone mind this newbie using the following team

[BaSe]

Im just about to start playing BB after a few years playing 40k and luckly I had an old German edition of Mordheim lying around (which I never intend to use). Ive altered the Skaven army from there into what I feel look like good players, and wondered if people would be happy playing against the following:

Throwers: Skaven with open hand and sling with big ball in it (thought this would look as though this is how they throw well)

Lineman: empty handed skaven

Gutter Runner: Skaven with spikes on there hand (this is what they use in WH I belive and the models look quite kool with them, kinda shows a sly means about them)

Stormvermin: Again emtpy handed but ive added a shield to them (to kinda seperate them and in a way this shows how they block better tham others).

So, would this be ok with all you long standing players?

[MickeX]

That seems perfectly OK to me, converted teams are nice. Putting shields on the storm vermins seems a bit overkill though, why not just paint them with black fur, or just use the two most agressive ones?

[BaSe]

Fair point, I may alter them to having capes then, to make them stand out.

[StillGas]

All sounds pretty cool to me. Just make sure your opponent is well aware of what is what; the current gutter runners have capes so make it clear that the caped chaps are storm vermin. Wouldn't want any confusion now

[Longshot]

Customs minis are great for BB
as long as you can see differences between positionnal players, then it is perfect.
enjoy yourself with it

[BaSe]

Thakyou

This is just what I wanted to hear, now all I need are some round bases and there complete. They all look different so it easy very easy to seperate which one is which. Now, time to play ball!

[The 7th Duke]

One option for distinguishing the different positions for converted minis is to colour code the bases.

For example, my Dwarf team:

Runners - Green
Blitzers - Red
Longbeards - Blue
Trollslayers - Yellow

It helps both players determine the minis position at a glance (and it also means you don't have to go to extreme lengths to make them look different... )

Converting minis is great fun, and it gives your team a distinctive appearance - but it can be time consuming (and a little frustrating at times )
For my Dwarf team, I opted for very simple mods to distinguish the positions:

I started with a regiment of old plastic Dwarf infantry:
For the runners, I cut off the hand holding the axe, and replaced it with a hand holding a ball from the Orc Thrower (from the BB boxed set) I also attached a small spike to the top of each Runner's helmet.
For the Longbeards, I only cut the axes out of their hands and left the shields off all the minis.
For the Blitzers, I took two Ironbreakers and removed their weapons (they make awesome Blitzers)
Trollslayers got the same treatment - just removed their axes (except for the one, I cut off both his hands and replaced them with a Black Orc Blocker's fists, knuckledusters and all)

Fast, easy - and makes for a nice looking team.

Have a bash at simple conversions, the complicated stuff can always come later...

Good luck with your team

[BaSe]

Just an update, I use my team for my first game the other day and managed to win 2-1 to Orcs. Admitidly, the guy I played did give me some good advice during the match, but it just showed me how fast Skaven are, and the models got some attention too for there looks