razmus
Joined: Jun 23, 2017
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Nov 24, 2018 - 15:24 |
 
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I was listening to the awesome Podcast#12 while cooking the other day, and still listening while cooking this morning. Just wanted to toss in my two cents. (I'm in the US, so that's 0.026 CAD, 0.016£ or 0.018€...)
First, y'all mentioned the scheduler on FUMBBL. (It was in passing, related to the FumbblCup, but I'll take it.) If there were any coaches listening who said, 'FUMBBL Scheduler? Wot's dat?' I recently took a stab at an explanation.
Second. You mentioned using lego men for tabletop Blood Bowl. After I encountered a coach using a predominated stand-in team for necro (flat pools of body parts for zombies stand out to me,) I decided I liked the idea. Last year, in our very bash heavy local TT league, I decided I'd take Khemri for a spin. I didn't have a team, but I have lots of molded plaster, so I cobbled together a team.
The guys in the back, primarily in gold are my Tomb Guardians, and the short guys in the front are regular skeletons. The middle row guys with purple in their top rings are the throw-ra, and the remaining two are blitz-ra. It worked pretty well to be able to tell who was who... and I'd add paint for skill-ups. (The gold based throw-ra, for example, had +AG. The one with half Black top picked up Block.)
My experience? Only one coach hated it and refused to play me that season. (After the season, he said substituted figures made him physically ill. *shrug*) I'd started converting some skeletons I'd picked up at the dollar store, but the scale was a bit off.
These discount bones may yet make an appearance in a tournament somewhere...  |
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FinnDiesel
Joined: Mar 07, 2018
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Nov 24, 2018 - 15:53 |
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Awesome, i might try the same with some lego minis |
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Shraaaag
Joined: Feb 15, 2004
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Nov 24, 2018 - 16:30 |
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The weirdest stand-in miniatures I've played against, were colourful pipe cleaners/chenille stems, bent into the shape of players, fastened to wooden buttons as bases. It worked, but I did have to ask a few times to learn which was which. |
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Jopotzuki
Joined: Oct 07, 2011
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Nov 24, 2018 - 16:41 |
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I understand this if you want to try something out before buying anything. But playing in a league or going to a tournamet? That I don't see as acceptable. We might as well start playing with sticks and stones then. |
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razmus
Joined: Jun 23, 2017
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Nov 24, 2018 - 17:11 |
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In my case, I wanted to run a Khemri team for one season, and I didn't have easy access to a Khemri team that I wanted to purchase. Our league season is only four to six weeks. (I've still only seen one Khemri team that I'd _maybe_ consider.) In the last eighteen months, I've bought Amazons, Dwarfs, Chorfs, High/Pro Elf, Wood Elf, Human, two orc teams, Skaven, and enough extra figures to make Underworld. From KickStarters which haven't delivered yet, I have Halflings, Ogres, Vikings, Nurgle, and another Skaven team coming. So, I'm happy to buy figures... but I don't quite have the twenty-six different teams I'd want to have. 
The Khemri were a team I went in knowing I was only going to run them for one season.  I'm seriously thinking about wood elf next season, and I'm painting my figures for that now. (There was a kickstarter for Khemri/Undead/Necro teams which wouldn't understand that some of us wanted to play all three teams, but didn't want to have so many duplicate figures AND the postage was prohibitive. Otherwise I'm still keeping my eyes open for good post-living teams...) |
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Rbthma
Joined: Jan 14, 2009
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Nov 24, 2018 - 17:46 |
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There was one guy in our TT league who ran halflings for a season and used gummy bears stuck on bases as models - when they died, he ate them. |
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lemf
Joined: Jul 17, 2005
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Nov 24, 2018 - 18:13 |
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We had a guy use minion figures as halflings and fluffy unicorns for treemen in a tournament lol. It worked as a one off. |
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Cyrus-Havoc
Joined: Sep 15, 2006
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Nov 25, 2018 - 11:32 |
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I don't mind substitute models so long as it is clear what each one represents. Assuming they are painted I would prefer that to unpainted regular models. |
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SpecialOne
Joined: Oct 17, 2005
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Nov 25, 2018 - 12:00 |
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I would hate to play team pictured above. To me, part of the TT experience is to play against a cool team. This not cool IMO. I understand one doesn't have a certain team, or want to put money into it before testing if it is fun to play. Then test it online or borrow proper minis from others. |
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Balle2000
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
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Nov 25, 2018 - 14:37 |
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| Shraaaag wrote: | | The weirdest stand-in miniatures I've played against, were colourful pipe cleaners/chenille stems, bent into the shape of players, fastened to wooden buttons as bases. It worked, but I did have to ask a few times to learn which was which. |
I think I played against the same team! Do you recall the coach? |
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Shraaaag
Joined: Feb 15, 2004
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Nov 25, 2018 - 21:16 |
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| Balle2000 wrote: | | Shraaaag wrote: | | The weirdest stand-in miniatures I've played against, were colourful pipe cleaners/chenille stems, bent into the shape of players, fastened to wooden buttons as bases. It worked, but I did have to ask a few times to learn which was which. |
I think I played against the same team! Do you recall the coach? |
The coach who used them was someone named Ståle, but I think he borrowed the team from someone named Hilde I think.
The team was a necromantic team. The ghouls were yellow pipe cleaners (Gul = yellow in norwegian). Wights were white pipe cleaners. I don't remember exactly what the werewolf, flesh golems or zombies were. |
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PurpleChest
Joined: Oct 25, 2003
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FinnDiesel
Joined: Mar 07, 2018
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Nov 25, 2018 - 22:32 |
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Most official tournaments don’t allow proxy, just remembered from reading NaFC rules |
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Kondor
Joined: Apr 04, 2008
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Nov 26, 2018 - 07:34 |
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Legos will cost almost as much as a real team. |
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Strider84
Joined: Jun 03, 2009
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Nov 26, 2018 - 11:12 |
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| Rbthma wrote: | | There was one guy in our TT league who ran halflings for a season and used gummy bears stuck on bases as models - when they died, he ate them. |
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