3/23/2023 0 Comments Blood bowl lizardmen teamBut as discussed earlier there was a gap in the market for these unique teams therefore the cheaper option is not always the most popular. Secondly, GW’ quality and customer service is second to none in my opinion, so you know you are getting a great product and experience. Games Workshop have released all their teams up to now (24th November 2018) at a price point of £20 with additional goodies ranging from £7 for dice to £24 for the team specific pitches. Lets start with buying the official Games Workshop plastic, this is more often than not the cheaper way to get hold of a new team. Obviously this is all great news for us sports enthusiasts but what are the key differences for the consumer in these 2 options? Two Drunk Flings podcast Halfling Team Greebo Games Chaos Warriors This less risky way of producing models has seen a huge increase the output and startup of new designers. If on the other hand the project it fully backed they then have the orders in and cash flow ready to start production. If they do not get enough backing then they have only wasted a minor part of what they would have doing it the traditional way. with Kickstarter they were able to create one set of models and 3D renders to show to the potential customers and gauge whether it will sell. ![]() As you can imagine some of these miniature producers are a small set up and don’t necessarily have the cash flow to produce teams and then sell them, this also comes with a big risk if they are not taken well by the community and don’t sell. Kickstarter was founded in 2009 and opened a door model companies to reach a wider market. So where does Kickstarter come into this? Players wanted teams that were unique, eye-catching and reflected themselves in some way and this is exactly what Third Party Miniatures supplied. Where as with 40k or AOS (Warhammer Fantasy back then) you can add personal touches to armies to a certain degree with paint schemes and lore but Blood Bowl took it to a new level. As you can see they looked quite dated very quickly as they stopped production at a time when the advancements in model design manufacturing were progressing at a rapid rate which fuelled this demand for new Blood Bowl Miniatures to play out the communities highly imaginative and thematic ‘fluff’. The pictures above shows a bunch of the last models that Games Workshop released for Blood Bowl before letting the game be absorbed by the community and progress that way. Games Workshop 3rd edition Chaos team Games Workshop 3rd edition Dark Elf team Dont get me wrong if everyone had to continue to use 2nd/3rd edition models/converted teams through this time I don’t think it would have been a huge issue but from talking to coaches who played the game in this time I believe that they kept the enthusiasm high all the way until Games Workshops rerelease in 2016 giving the game a running start and leading to the creation of the incredible community that surrounds the game right now. This is where the 3rd party miniature companies came in offering a range of new models keeping the astrogranite full of character and stopping it from going a bit stale. ![]() ![]() This didnt deter the loyal players of the game and it flourished during this time opening a gap in the market for fresh new teams. What I mean by that is as you may be aware the original Blood Bowl First Edition was released in 1986 but there was a period between roughly 2005 until 2016 that the game was no longer updated by Game Workshop. ![]() In this post I would like to talk a bit about the evolution of Blood Bowl miniatures and how the game was able to keep refreshing on this side of things even when it seemed that Games Workshop had turned its back on its child.
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