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Converting - how many palstic BB teams can you make?
renuvin - Feb 16, 2003 - 03:46 PM
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i have set myself a task. to create a blood bowl team , almost, purely out of the plastic regiment boxes available.
so far i have:
ORCS. 1 box has made me a full team with with 3 black orcs, 3 blitzers, 2 throwers, and a head coach, 2 assistant coaches and cheerleader. the latter 4 were using the command sprue. i converted a spear and added the skull banner top to show he is the 'head'(thats why he has a skull on a poel to show it) coach. the standard bearer has a play painted on the banner and anoth assistant coach with a stick pointing to it ("no !!! Da play goes like DIS!!!) and the cheerleader is a drummer sat on a stack of shields. ad just for fun i have converted an ogryn into an ogre (painted green like shrek hehe)
SKAVEN. 1 box has made me gutter runners (with fighting claws to help catch the ball), a thrower and storm vermin. i have added a metal thrower (a converted warlock) and storm vermin (clanrat champion) but purely cuz i had the figures spare. seeing you get alot of rats in a box, i am working on coaching staff too.
i am also woking on:
NORSE. chaos marauder plastics look really good for this team and are easy to convert to a team.
DWARF. obvious here, and pretty easy too. mainly using heads to show different positions but using troll slayer figures for trol slayers
HIGH ELF. this one IS tricky...i am having to use both archers and spearmen to get a good look to these but its worth the effort.
has anyone else tried this? it is a cheaper way of making a team, and adds alot of uniqueness to them. it also has the feel good factor cuz you put alot of effort into a team like this
P.S. this is also my first post here, so hello all! 
Squiggoth - Feb 17, 2003 - 02:39 AM
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Welcome! 
Yeah, I've tried building a plastic Orc team and it got me into the final rounds of last year's Golden Deamon and a best painted team award at the Dutch Open - plastic rules (just make the Black Orcs metal... 
)
cheers,
Martijn
Bevan - Feb 17, 2003 - 02:29 PM
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I used W40K Eldar for a Dark Elf team. However, I made the Blitzers and Witch Elves from W40k Metal minis.
When making Skaven you need to buy two regiments so you have enough spare arms, legs and heads for all the mutants. 
Darkson - Feb 17, 2003 - 03:09 PM
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Don't forget a Goblin team.
coachblacknife - Feb 17, 2003 - 04:24 PM
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Just seen a sweetly done Orc team from the Wh40k Ork Boyz box. Of course the Black Orcs were the WhFB metal ones (just to make 'em look mean), but wow! those iron gobz look great on the Blitzers.
ohiohuskies - Feb 17, 2003 - 06:27 PM
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they sure do...my team im taking to the blood bowl is pure plastic 
will post it as soon as the last figure is done 
Squiggoth - Feb 18, 2003 - 02:13 AM
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Bevan wrote:
I used W40K Eldar for a Dark Elf team. However, I made the Blitzers and Witch Elves from W40k Metal minis.
Yesterday I noticed that one of the new Striking Scorpion models looks like he's squatting down on a line of scrimmage... Might be a cool basis for a BB Elf...
Squiggoth - Feb 18, 2003 - 02:14 AM
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coachblacknife wrote:
Just seen a sweetly done Orc team from the Wh40k Ork Boyz box. Of course the Black Orcs were the WhFB metal ones (just to make 'em look mean), but wow! those iron gobz look great on the Blitzers.
I'd love to see such a team
Dave - Feb 18, 2003 - 03:33 PM
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yeaf don't forget the Gobbo's
Chaos van be done as well.
Use marauders instead of beastmen, warriors as warriors
Lizzies anywhere soon ??
Khemri
renuvin - Feb 18, 2003 - 05:46 PM
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well i did simplify some plastic lizzys for my cousin to try out...wish i didn't now...
smeborg - Feb 18, 2003 - 08:01 PM
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Chaos Marauders make a great BB team (Norse or Human).
My son showed how to make them a really good side.
Cheers
Smeborg the Fleshless
Charger - Feb 18, 2003 - 11:31 PM
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I used Skaven plastics for my linemen and cheerleaders (complete with pom-poms), but I used Fantasy metal minis for my Rat ogre, head coach, apothecary and gutter runners.
I built my Dark Elf team from a bunch of 40K Dark Eldar Warriors and Incubi I had lying around, with a couple Fantasy Witch Elves thrown in.
My brother used old Hero Quest figs to create an undead team. they weren't the prettiest things in the world, but he was only 13 and it was still GW.
Charger
Squiggoth - Feb 19, 2003 - 03:19 AM
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I think the Heroquest Undead are amongst the best Undead GW ever did (the Heroquest zombies for example are a lot better than the big-handed, swollen headed, funny hairdo wearing things they call zombies nowadays...).
Anyway, show me some pics of your rats, please (been plundering my bitz boxes for long-lost bits of plastic Skaven yesterday to build a Skaven team myself...)
Dave - Feb 19, 2003 - 12:30 PM
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just bought a Rat Ogre for that reason alone ... 
renuvin - Feb 19, 2003 - 04:32 PM
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i will get pics up as fast as i can, and for my rat ogre in my original skaven team i used...
MY vermin lord! looks cool and i managed to put him on a standard slotta base 9 he even stands up pretty balanced on it...)
Squiggoth - Feb 20, 2003 - 01:03 AM
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What, a vermin lord as in Greater Deamon of the Horned Rat? Creep!
Colin - Feb 21, 2003 - 03:23 PM
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I did a Chaos Dwarf team using the WH dwarf regiment box and some chaos warrior head sprues. More like 2ed CDs but I like 'em better than the big hat, curly bearded, bull shagging CDs that are official.
Squiggoth - Feb 24, 2003 - 03:53 AM
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I like bull shagging (but now I wonder how Minotaurs are made?)
ZanzerTem - Feb 24, 2003 - 07:26 AM
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You can make a plastic lizardman team by purchasing the box entitled "Swamp Monsters" from GW. It includes 4 Saurus and 4 skinks for 8 bucks. So, for 16 bucks you can have pretty much a full team. Just snip off the weapons (very easy to do with plastics), slap a coat of paint on them, and you are good to go. You can even take the team to official GW tourneys, since they allow converted teams and the mini's are made by GW.
Squiggoth - Feb 25, 2003 - 03:08 AM
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Yeah, he isn't that big, right? (I mean, I once painted an old Greater Deamon of Khorne and he was smaller than my Stone Trolls...)
Zergo - Feb 25, 2003 - 04:30 PM
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I made my Norse taem out of plastic Marauders and they look really sweet. My thrower took a Fanatic painting competition at my local GW store, even. Too bad I'm a crappy coach!
I also put together a plastic Orc team, with metal Black Orcs as the other fella did. For Gobbos, I took two 40k Grots and cut off the weapons. They're more scraggly than the fantasy Goblins, and somehow look more BB-ish.
Next up, I'd like to try a Chaos team. Too bad we don't have beastmen yet. Oh well.
-Zergo
Squiggoth - Feb 26, 2003 - 01:16 AM
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Zergo wrote:
I also put together a plastic Orc team, with metal Black Orcs as the other fella did. For Gobbos, I took two 40k Grots and cut off the weapons. They're more scraggly than the fantasy Goblins, and somehow look more BB-ish.
What a stupid thing to do! Waste of time and effort
drowgamer - Feb 26, 2003 - 11:40 AM
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Im working on a Gobbo team using the Night Goblin box. Also thinking about using the Reg gobbos but scuplting hats and robes on them. Anyone have any successes?
tommyboy - Feb 26, 2003 - 02:21 PM
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Catachan Jungle Fighters from 40k.
I haven't made a complete team with them, but they make awesome bitz for converting figs. I'm sure you can make an entire team with them.
Squiggoth - Feb 27, 2003 - 01:47 AM
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drowgamer wrote:
Im working on a Gobbo team using the Night Goblin box. Also thinking about using the Reg gobbos but scuplting hats and robes on them. Anyone have any successes?
Yeah, a guy at our club did that. He also used Common Goblin arms because they have nicer hands (as in: hands that aren't hideously big lumps of plastic ) and because some of the arms are stretched which makes them look like they're punching. The shoulderplates on our Goblins were made from Kroot shoulderplates (not that they need any, but it looks mean )
This one of my own Gobbos, I've mixed Common and Night Goblin bitz:
Martijn
Xtreme - Apr 11, 2003 - 02:28 PM
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I've just finished using the jungle fighters, they turned out pretty well. I also converted an ogryn to an ogre as he seemed to match the team better.
Squiggoth - Apr 14, 2003 - 01:25 AM
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LOL, nowadays everybody is converting Ogryns into BB Ogres it seems... It's a plague!
Grasshopper - Jul 17, 2003 - 02:59 PM
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I've put together Goblin, Skaven, Orc, and working towards the Lizardman & Chaos. It's so easy with plastics that it's scary.
Good Luck 
Hangus - Aug 05, 2003 - 01:14 PM
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has no one done an undead team yet, i'm having a go using bits from chaos warriors and going for a retro look for my skeletons using space marine shoulder pads modified slightly. looks ok but it is my first attempt. oh yeah for my mummies old heroquest models
having trouble with wights thou if any suggestions
Grasshopper - Aug 05, 2003 - 07:11 PM
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Hangus wrote:
having trouble with wights thou if any suggestions
I've used the Vampire Counts Grave Guards. They're even in kind of a running pose.
Charger - Aug 06, 2003 - 01:09 AM
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I bought 2 boxes of the "Swamp Monsters" to make a team. Probably the easiest conversions I've ever done. I actually had a 14 lizardman team assembled and painted in 3 days (that's not working straight through, either.) I still don't have my head coach done yet, though. I really suck at using that Kneadatite putty so I can't get a cool hat sculpted for him.
Oh, and I have a question:
Can Skaven throwers use Plasma Pistols?? According to my brother's latest conversion they can...
Darkson - Aug 06, 2003 - 02:02 AM
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Hangus wrote:
having trouble with wights thou if any suggestions
Not plastic, but a friend used the Ringwraiths from GW LOTR range.
Darkson - Aug 06, 2003 - 02:04 AM
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Charger wrote:
Oh, and I have a question:
Can Skaven throwers use Plasma Pistols?? According to my brother's latest conversion they can...
LOL
I think the ref would send the player of sooner rather than later, just cos of the smell of cooking players
KLK - Aug 31, 2003 - 06:52 AM
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I have a lizardmen team converted. I use a dragogre as a kroxigor.
Charger - Sep 01, 2003 - 06:40 AM
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When I created by Kroxigor I initially used a Ral Partha Vulture Dragon (my league is not picky on the brand of minis that are used.) He was a little big, however and towered over all the other big guys. And when he fell down he took up about 12 squares.
I now use a wierd lizard- thing from the Vampire minitures line. Not as GW lizardman-like as I'd care, but a nasty looking creature none-the-less.
Indigo - Sep 01, 2003 - 07:06 AM
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winged nightmares IIRC - they're frickin' huge...
OdoGoodgrubb - Nov 19, 2003 - 10:46 AM
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Yes, plastics definitely are great for conversions. I am finishing up my human team right now, which uses parts from about six different regiments sets, plus other custom plastic parts I made from Evergreen Scale Modelling materials. As soon as its painted, I'll post a pic.
I am also busy converting an Arabian team, an Orc team, plus various referees. I have a Khemri team half-done....actually, its a halfling Khemri team (undead halflings)! For these I used the skeleton regiment heads, arms, and feet, and used the night gobbo bodies. I'll add Khemri-type bits and sculpt on some other details.
I am toying with making a plastic Snotling team (using the old WH Quest figs) and supplementing them with metal figs where needed.
Lots of work to do!
Sineater - Feb 12, 2004 - 06:32 PM
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Ya know while i liked the plastic BB orc they just did not look mean enough, and the metal ones all looked mongaloid to me. I made my orc team out of a mixture of fantasy orcs and 40k orcs.
Sturmjarl - Mar 15, 2004 - 01:18 PM
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Hey all,
I also believe plastic rules, especially as a cheaper, easily accessible, unique, and easier-to-convert. All the above are great examples. Here are mine.
Necro team using
1. Zombies=obvious
2. Werewolves=human lineman or ORC from either fantasy or 40k boxset with giant wolf head and tail.
3. Golems=orc or black orc painted grey could work with come conversion
4. Ghouls=converted human catcher or even just the glove added to a zombie could work
5. Wights=Human blitzers can work. Maybe even human lineman with a head swap from a skelly.
Vampire thralls can be made with the Human linemen painted "ghastly" or some head swaps with zombies/skellys
I ALWAYS suggest Khemri players get the plastic khemries rather than the metals. Mummies would probably need to be metal, BUT you could always throw some greenstuff or white glue and gauze over a skelly.
Dwarves=Dwarves except slayers oh well
Chaos dwarves can become QUITE unique depending what you use.
Dwarves=Good Dwarves painted with grey skin and dark colors or even head swap with chaos warriors
I plan on using 2nd Dungeaonbowl dwarfs with spiky bits added.
Use your imagination for hobbos. Goblins, Beastmen, weird painted skaven, and head swabs among ALL the above.
Bull centaurs can be tricky. Maybe dwarf bodies on headless boars!??
MorgrimJawbreaker - Apr 22, 2004 - 03:54 AM
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I have almost finished painting my orc team which has been made form bitz and pieces from my bitz box.......basically i have 2 night gobbo based gobs and 2 common ones......2 orc lineman from various orcy parts..inlcuding the metal chamions sword off the boar boyz.....cut the blade of and its instant knuckleduster!......my blitzers are new black orcs with normal bald orc heads and my black orcs are well, black orcs but my favourite is my team captain blitzer........I used the body of the orc riding the new wyvern and adjusted his legs with a dremel and green stuff..........i cut the axe out of his right arm and he is pointing...toped offf with Grimgors head he looks awesome (dont know where half of my bitz came from!).....once i have him painted i will post an image of him......cheapest Team i ever did!
Gerbil - May 01, 2005 - 07:28 PM
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try using dark eldar legs for the high elf team but u can make almost any taem out of plastics exept for Amazons, CD, Halflings, Vamps & necro i think.
Darkson - May 02, 2005 - 05:09 AM
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CD's can be made out of plastics, just not the stupid Big Hat version.
(Oh, and thread necromancy! )
RawMessiah - May 22, 2005 - 02:24 PM
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I'm almost(!) ready with my 19(!) Cadian/BB-figures. It's a lot of work but gives you a lot more value for the effort when a team is ready. I can, if anyone is interested, post a few picz then when I'm ready with it.
I decided to make 19 so I can replace a dead Blitzer with a Lineman if needed (I'm always hoping to keep a team of #1-11 on the pitch, on all times - if that makes any sense ).
Justin_Kase - Sep 07, 2005 - 08:35 PM
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Suprised no one has mentioned one of the easiest, and the one that has been available the longest.. undead.
I had made an old undead team with the Hero Quest minis back in '90, and more recently a Khemri team out of a mix of the Skeleton, Zombie and Tomb King Skeleton box sets. The mummies are metal (from WGoA), but I did start to make my own mummies by wrapping up skeleton and zombie bits with GS, though it got a bit too tedious
FILAMENT - Jan 04, 2007 - 10:10 AM
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I'm using a combination of Chaos Marauders and Empire Militia boxes with bits from plastic BB Humans for a pair of human street ball and/or Blood Bowl 7s teams.
(This thread wll never die!)
Spazzfist - Jan 04, 2007 - 11:11 AM
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Serious thread necromancy on this one!
But for the record, my goal is to make one of every team in plastic (with the exception of my halflings). There are teams where I could make the models out of plastic, but there really are some superb metal ones out there (I am particularly thinking of werewolves at this point). But with creativity, and a healthy bitz box, I think you could maker just about any team.
I currently have made up in plastic:
skaven
dark elf
orc
nurgles rotters
chaos
lizardmen
goblin
ogres
necro (with metal wolves)
norse (still working on them - but the ulfwerners will be sweet!)
On some teams I am opting for models that I really like, like the Shadowforge bunny team, I can use them as humans or 'zons - will figure it out when I wan to make more plastic teams!
sann0638 - Jan 13, 2007 - 06:12 AM
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I just made a plastic Ogre team out of the Heroquest Ogres and the Gnoblar regiment. Some helmet problems with green stuff - they do slightly look as if they are wearing bonnets. Ah well.
Spazzfist - Jan 13, 2007 - 03:37 PM
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sann0638 wrote:
I just made a plastic Ogre team out of the Heroquest Ogres and the Gnoblar regiment. Some helmet problems with green stuff - they do slightly look as if they are wearing bonnets. Ah well.
My ogres are all Mexican masked wretlers (luchadores) I should post some picturs of them (when they are more complete) But you could always turn those "bonnets" into masks!
Temujin71 - Jan 16, 2007 - 03:20 PM
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I made a chaos dwarf team out of plastic and greenstuff
a plastic dwarf warriors box and orc standards for the chaos dwarves
night goblins replaced the hobs
boar body, orc torso and arms and ogre kingdom's standard for bull cents (not yet finished)
only the mino is metal
sann0638 - Jan 17, 2007 - 07:32 AM
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Here are my heroquest ogres - chopped up and put back together:
Probably need another one for a full team, though!
Thoughts welcome,
Mike
BB_Babe - Jan 17, 2007 - 09:14 AM
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My very first 2 teams were a Skeleton team and a half-Skaven/half-DarkElf team made from the first generations plastic regiments boxes. I've recently updated the Skellies to Khemri by carving 2e plastic Humans into mummies, a pretty easy conversion using just a small variety of X-Acto blades:
Legion
I've also recently been touching up the paint on some of my older plastic teams and posting pix at TBB.
I still like the 2e plastic Orcs. Some simple arm-repositioning breaks up the pose monotony, and they're really great to paint since they're not cluttered with excess detail. I just added a metal Troll, 3 metal and 1 plastic Goblins to bring the roster up to date:
The Bloodaxes
2e plastic Dwarves benefit from simply rearranging the spiky bits for variety:
Dwarf All Stars
I currently have my 2e plastic Elves and Humans on the paint table for their touch ups.
Cheers,
Mo
BB_Babe - Jan 20, 2007 - 11:29 AM
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Spazzfist wrote:
My ogres are all Mexican masked wretlers (luchadores) I should post some picturs of them (when they are more complete)
Wow, I've never been at a loss to create my own teams, but that idea is just so good I might have to steal it! I've trimmed and primed the Ogre set I got as the doorprize at the DeathBowl, but haven't started thinking about paint schemes yet. If we meet at a tourney, we'd have rival wresting teams vying for control of the MWF, what a pay-per-view event
Must ponder options...... Mexicans? Or maybe a Kaiju Big Battel team might work?
http://www.kaiju.com/
Cheers,
Mo
Buggrit - Feb 01, 2007 - 04:30 AM
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Squiggoth wrote:
I think the Heroquest Undead are amongst the best Undead GW ever did (the Heroquest zombies for example are a lot better than the big-handed, swollen headed, funny hairdo wearing things they call zombies nowadays...).
If you love the old HQ undead you should check out Heresy Miniatures new zombies
bampf - Feb 01, 2007 - 02:09 PM
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I try to use plastics exclusively (and pretty much never use actual BB miniatures for my teams).
My plastic lizards from the regiment boxes:
http://www.zinak.com/pics/purple
Here is my chaos team using mostly plastic Beastmen with a couple metal Chaos lords and Warmachine figures for the warriors:
http://www.bampf.com/images/bb/minions
For skaven you can take a couple different approaches. I used a Night Runner box for my GRs and Throwers, a Clan Rats box for the linos and then I armoured up a couple of plastic plaguemonks for stormies, along with a plastic RO. Team came out very nice. But no pics yet. My roomate used plague monks for the linos, Night runners for GRs and RO Packmasters (they come with the plastic RO) as Stormies. His team is here:
http://www.zinak.com/pics/scurvy
I have a norse team made from plastic Marauders that is being painted now and am currently working on converting plastic High elves, but it is a daunting task. They are not particularly good scuplts and they are very un-dynamic.
Thorfinn - Feb 03, 2007 - 06:29 PM
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I am also a huge fan of plastic models. This is my first post so bear with me.
I converted my team Running Scared using the pre-Skull Pass Night Goblins.
I was very pleased with how they came out as I'm not the most experienced
convertor or painter for that matter. I did use some metal models however.
2 BB river trolls, Goblin Shaman(apothecary), Night Goblin Shaman(wizard/team owner),
and a converted Grom the Paunch as my head coach Beefy McSurly.
lauth81 - Feb 04, 2007 - 12:43 AM
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I did the almost same for my Goblins ...
Pre-Skull Pass Nightgoblin Box for all the goblin players except one (converting 3 of them into pogo-stick, chainsaw-wielder and bomber). Exception was the fanatic, which is a standard (metal) fanatic. Apo is the nightgoblin shaman, counters are the various goblin musicians (the one with the gong from the box and the 2 from the squig herders). Trolls: the BB river troll and another WHFB river troll sans weapons.
I plan to make a chaos team out of plastics. I kind of like the BB norse team, I guess I would rather paint them than convert a marauders box. I was looking into Woodelves to convert, but so far I didn´t find anything I liked.
Taxal - Apr 24, 2008 - 11:26 AM
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Myself I wanted a Khemri team and did not like the metal team that was available. So with abit of patience and alot of green stuff I took the Tomb Kings skeletons and converted the whole team. Custom wraps on the Mummies and each fig with a torn up jersey. Clocked in around 50 to 60 hours on the team, but the end result was way better than the metal team.
When it comes to converting plastics for a new team, the guy to talk to would be Spazzfist. His Ogre and Nurgle teams are top notch stuff people. From everything like wrestling masks on the Ogres to magnetic arms to be able to change mutations on the Nurgle team.
The only thing I can say is plan out the conversions before you start.
Harry_Mudd - Apr 24, 2008 - 02:18 PM
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All plastic teams...
Had a Night Goblin team made from the old NG Rgeiment sent...had to use meta trols though...
Am working on the obligatory plastic orc team...used the plastc black orcs and they look sooooo dam hard its unbelievable...
Just finished converting chaos team...basically used the plastic beastment set...used some of the Armoured heads for representing ST skills...used ungors to represent the ones that will become catchers/ball handlers...had to mail order one of the newer chaos warrior sprues and it kinda sucks that they have the cloaks and all but they do the job...still stying to figure out a plastic option for the Minotaur...was thinking the GW spawn..?
With the new Undead plastics the NEcro/Undead/Khemri teams are begging for a go...
Was thinking dark elf but just keep getting drawn into using Wytches for the Witch Elves and Runers, Incubi for Blitzers and the Dark Eldar scouty things (cant remember the dam names!?!?!) for the assassins...
but i'm straying off topic so will end there...
hitomikitage - May 26, 2008 - 09:43 PM
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I actually just finished up a Chaos team with a Khorne theme by using the new plastic Bloodletter box (10 plastic Bloodletters for $20) and chopping off the weapons to use in place of beastmen. I then picked up the Chaos Warriors regiment (splitting it with a friend who is doing the same thing, but with Daemonettes of Slannesh) and made a couple modifications with a Chaos Space Marine mutation sprue (also chopping off the weapons for the arms that aren't mutations.) Finally, I am using the new metal 3-headed named Flesh Hound in place of a minotaur.
I haven't based them yet, and I am not a spectacular painter, but they look good and very much like a BB team.
Thanks,
Howard
Spazzfist - May 27, 2008 - 06:13 AM
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Harry_Mudd wrote:
job...still stying to figure out a plastic option for the Minotaur...was thinking the GW spawn..?
The old Warhammer Quest set came with three plastic minotaurs. If you can get your hands on one of those, you're good to go.
Axtklinge - May 28, 2008 - 02:55 AM
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hitomikitage wrote:
I haven't based them yet, and I am not a spectacular painter, but they look good and very much like a BB team.
Thanks,
Howard
Dont forget to post a couple of pics when you're done with them!
It could help to inspire many of us!
I've got a couple of converted plastic teams myself:
A Nurgle one (pic below) made with plastic CW (the first plastic edition I think), the rotters are mostly bits from empire leftovers, and 2 of the beasts are converted, one from the current plastic sprue, and other from the first plastic beastmen editions (the ones with halberds and shields. This team has a couple of metal minis (and some green stuff) for variety sake.
A human "Samurai" team, (pic below), made with plastic bretonian sprues, and some empire bits (with lots of green stuff).
The Ashigaru (black "hat" with gold team logo) are the linemen, the samurai (with body armour) are the blitzers, the ninja (mostly dressed in black) are the catchers and the shinobi (the one with a "straw basket" in the head) is the thrower. The big one (sumo wrestler) is obvioulsy the ogre. They're next to the league trophy they won that year.
I've got a skaven team converted from the skaven plastic sprue (the acutal one), with metalic gutter runners and ogre (converted too), but I cant seem to find the pics right now.
Hope you like 'em.
Cheers
Axt
El_hombre - May 28, 2008 - 03:38 AM
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I've got a finished goblin team converted out of 1 WH regiment box (apart from the head coach; from the same box but unfinished).
and a chaos team (the beastmen from a H box also), but that's a project waiting untill I have some time...
daloonieshaman - May 29, 2008 - 11:44 PM
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A human "Samurai" team,
totally awesome
daloonieshaman - May 29, 2008 - 11:47 PM
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after I finish my gobbos (to be seen at Zlurpee where I am brining back a trophy baby!) I have collected most of the bits for my orcs
the orc heads from the 40K plastic orks
the fantasy plastic orc bodies
space marine shoulderpads
I am still figuring out the blackorcs (suggestions welcome)
davorok - May 31, 2008 - 02:34 PM
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well im thinking about doing some woodelves in plastic but im not quite sure what to use... i think i might go for dryads as linemen...and then try and convert me some catchers, wardancers and throwers.....
Axtklinge - Jun 01, 2008 - 02:31 AM
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I'm planning on going for a "mostly" plastic WE team too (I'll just use metalic wardancers from fantasy), using the plastic glade guard regiment...
Cheers
Axt
Temujin71 - Jul 09, 2008 - 05:46 PM
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I took some plastic dwarf warriors and old orc standards (the bull head) and some old plastic night goblins and a mino and made a chaos dwarf team
they're inspired by the houston texans, but unlike the texans, they have actually had a winning season
(this pic is from a tourney, the chaos team is not mine)
I'm currently working on adding some old bull cents with the ogre curved horn skull standard
Azrael - Jul 10, 2008 - 05:36 AM
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I got 3 teams out of 1 skink box, 1 saurus box, 4 old temple guards and 4 chameleon skinks.
Just a shame I had to pay quite a bit for the kroxigors for the teams 
vomitbrown - Sep 20, 2008 - 09:00 PM
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Im currently working on converting a box of 4 Orcs from the Warhammer Fantasy Game into the 2 Black Orcs and 2 Blitzers that I need to complete the Orc team that comes in the Black Orc box-set.
Afterwards I want to convert some Dwarfs from the fantasy game into a mean Blood Bowl team. Has any of you done this before? Got any advice for a newbie BB coach?
vomitbrown - Nov 16, 2008 - 07:28 AM
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[quote=\"renuvin\"]i have set myself a task. to create a blood bowl team , almost, purely out of the plastic regiment boxes available.
SKAVEN. 1 box has made me gutter runners (with fighting claws to help catch the ball), a thrower and storm vermin. i have added a metal thrower (a converted warlock) and storm vermin (clanrat champion) but purely cuz i had the figures spare. seeing you get alot of rats in a box, i am working on coaching staff too.
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I\'ve been thinking about converting a box of Skaven into a Blood Bowl team, but I was always worried I was going to spend way more money having to buy different Warhammer Fantasy boxes in order to get the right models. For example, I was afraid that I would have to buy the Clan Rat regiment box as well as a Gutter runners set in order to easily differentiate between the two types of rats on the pitch.
I was wondering about the amount of conversion it took you to turn the Fantasy miniatures into a blood bowl team.
Spazzfist - Nov 16, 2008 - 11:12 AM
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[quote=\"vomitbrown\"]
I\'ve been thinking about converting a box of Skaven into a Blood Bowl team, but I was always worried I was going to spend way more money having to buy different Warhammer Fantasy boxes in order to get the right models. For example, I was afraid that I would have to buy the Clan Rat regiment box as well as a Gutter runners set in order to easily differentiate between the two types of rats on the pitch.
I was wondering about the amount of conversion it took you to turn the Fantasy miniatures into a blood bowl team.[/quote]
There are a couple of guys on ebay sellers you should look int. One sells just the bits (arms, legs, heads) all separately, and the other sells individual models. This is great for getting those one or two figs to avoid having to buy the whole box set.
Grumbledook - Nov 18, 2008 - 05:34 PM
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yer the seller is called hoard o bits (for the seperate parts, batches of the same part tho, ie heads, legs etc)
Spazzfist - Nov 18, 2008 - 07:15 PM
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Grumbledook wrote:
yer the seller is called hoard o bits (for the seperate parts, batches of the same part tho, ie heads, legs etc)
Thanks for the GD. The other one is called Blackdagger Games
spenconian - May 06, 2009 - 03:24 AM
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has anyone else tried this? it is a cheaper way of making a team, and adds alot of uniqueness to them. it also has the feel good factor cuz you put alot of effort into a team like this
I'm currently working on a Chaos team with plastic beastmen and chaos chosen for warriors.
The plastics are a joy to work with, but definitly get at good saw for the metal guys.
As far as High Elves (my favourite team, by the way) go, I would'nt recommend going with the plastics. One of my friends built a team from the regiment boxes, and it just does'nt look that great, sorry to say.
But hey, if you got some good ideas go for it! I just think there are other teams better suited for plastification!
By the way, this is my first post so hello to everybody!
Mr_Smigs - May 18, 2009 - 05:55 PM
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i found that with a little work, 40k Catachans worked well as a Norse/Human team...