Traveller´s GD04 project nearly finished... :-)

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:28 am

WOW!!!!

That about says it all.

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:55 pm

This better bring home a slayer sword or something...........And some BLOOD BOWL props in WD!!!!!!!!!!!!

kaboom · Post by **kaboom** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:24 pm

... no comment...

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:58 pm

where's the rest of the team??

and where's your pitch??

wow trav, some realy nice work !
and you still keep it with the "red and yellow" colour scheme. Nice !

I'm realy looking forward seeing that "thing" in realy life !

and whats on his shoulderpad written??

you come to the bubble? bring it !!

Some realy nice work man !!!

Djengis

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:10 pm

just coming back from the GD...

This better bring home a slayer sword or something...........And some BLOOD BOWL props in WD!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry, Gken, nothing...

... I didnt get anything.

I put my entry into the category "Inquisitor /large miniatures." Seems, that was a mistake. My BB orc was the only one " not inquisitorstyle mini". There were great conversions of inquisitor minis, realy good stuff... and i think, my " mini" ( about 5-6-cm larger than each of the inquisitor minis) just didnt fit into this category to get a voting at all. Maybe the "Open Category" had be the better one choice... partial my mistake , as i didnt realize this before, maybe partial GW staff mistake, which didnt change my entry into the better category ? Well, next year i will try again.
At last i got the second large BB mini after Gary Morley´s selfsculpting at the cover of the BB compendium

Michael Schmitz, coach of the " Dying Ronin" team, (some people will remember his great converted orcteam, which won the best painted price at the Dungeonbowl ?) got the bronze Demon at the category "BloodBowl". His great converted pitch with Dugouts and fans didnt make a demon as diorama category, but i´m quite sure he is a very happy person tonight !

He was standing right next to me, when he got the demon

The Silver demon went to a great converted and very well painted Halfingteam, which i saw also at the Dungeon Bowl.
The Gold demon went for a converted Norse team with a small stand as base. I just checked my picts for this team to remember...but, IMO, there were better teams than this one. Just my personal taste.

IMO it was a quite disappointing fact, that at last 8-10 demons went to different french painters, coming from the last french GD, wearing all the same french GD04 tshirts. Dont misunderstand me.... quite disappointing in the way, that their entries had a much higher level than the most german entries ! Realy good stuff.

Maybe some will remember my post about French GDpicts ? Everybody can have a different opinion of people travelling from GD to GD to get a demon somewhere at the end, but the painting and conversion level of their entries were worth the demons. And even harder the fact, that the " German " slayersword went to a french painter, too !

Franz Sander and Werner Klocke ( these are famous german sculptors (Reaper minis) and painters ) got demons , too. As usual !

I think, next year i will try another BB Team.. and maybe some not BB related stuff !

I had a little talk with Jake about new minis. I bought the new Jordell mini. And i saw the new Deathroller.

Here a pict of this machine:
http://www.ruediger-rickassel.de/picts/ ... roller.jpg

BTW... I will post some more GDpicts of the BB teams later this week.

Traveller

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:19 pm

u wuz robbed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bummer on the category thing!! How come u didn't enter in BB category?

Are those new dark elves in that blood bowl picture?

Ken

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:26 pm

How come u didn't enter in BB category?

Just full BB teams,optional with support staff, allowed... this year as a winner in this category last year i wasnt allowed to bring a team ... next year !

Are those new dark elves in that blood bowl picture?

I though thes DE are secret weapon minis ? There was also a dagger armed skaven BB mini. I will post the picts tomorrow...

Traveller < a bit disappointed and tired now...>

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:33 pm

ship it to someone else and have them enter it in another GD....

Ken

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:01 pm

they are the dagger elves

and the skaven with a dagger i took pics of that at the bloodbowl, looks great

that deathroller is mad though

harsh luck trav, still think it looks awesome

EmperorNorton · Post by **EmperorNorton** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:33 pm

That big orc of yours is amazing.
You wouldn't accept me as your apprentice by any chance?
Nah, just joking. I'm not worthy.

EmperorNorton

Snew · Post by **Snew** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:03 pm

Why would they not tell you which category your entry best fit into? It's absolutely mind-boggling to think that you didn't get any votes.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:32 am

Trav, you're still a winner dude... TalkBB's official "mad inventor"... you have a lot of fans here mate, so if you pardon my French, f*ck the rest of them...

If I can make a few comments though:

1) I wish you had told me which category you were going to enter this into as it always looked "Open" to me and probably not right anywhere else. I agree that the GW staff should have been more helpful though..

2) Perhaps because this is a continuation of a theme (i.e. extremely well converted Red and Yellow Orcs) it had less impact that it might otherwise have done. Maybe a different colour scheme or race would have caught the eye more.. I'm getting pretty tired of people making cracks about my blue and yellow Orcs, but enough people have said it that I have to sit up and listen to them... bastards..

3) I know I'm being really picky, but is it meant to be a thrower or a blitzer? You might think that makes no difference, but maybe if he was a more definite positional player he would be easier to judge..

4) I agree that entries from the French GD should not also have been allowed at the German GD. Nothing wrong with the best painters winning prizes no matter what their nationality is, but using the same thing to win prize after prize after prize sucks... right Del?

anyway, I understand your disappointment and really can sympathise... take a few weeks off and then start a totally new converted team - something really different... and don't paint them red and yellow!

Redfang · Post by **Redfang** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:08 am

Fantastic work, Trav and great mini. Just take it to the French GD next year and get some revenge in!

R

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:42 am

damn it trav !
you got no votes???

that sucks BIG time !!

but you stil made a realy nice model !!!

Djengis

l_dauguet · Post by **l_dauguet** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:55 am

Bloody French !

They're good painters but they alwqys do the same stuff : Nurgle or brown-gray-green colors...