Blood Bowl: Black Orc Team - The Thunder Valley Greenskins

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Key Features:

  • Why bother with the rest of the Orc team when you can just take the best bits?
  • Crush 'em with the big guys, run the ball with the little guys
  • Simple and effective tactics make Black Orcs easy to coach to victory

Black Orcs have been splitting off and forming their own teams for years now. Smarter, stronger, and more serious than their kin, they were tired of soaking up all the big hits and giving up all the glory. Their biggest weakness is a lack of speed – but that's where the Goblins come in. Well drilled in comparison to their peers, the little guys are quick to run the ball through any gaps the Black Orcs open up for them. Even the trolls on Black Orc teams are well trained, which is an impressive feat!

Teams like the Thunder Valley Greenskins have made a name for themselves with their impressive athleticism and discipline as much as their capacity for grievous violence. If you like your plays rather unsubtle, this is the team for you. Grind down the pitch, crushing the other players underfoot, until your Goblins are close enough to make a dash for the End Zone. Score. Repeat.

Incredibly strong on offence and hard to shift on defence, a well-managed Black Orc team is a fearsome thing to face off against across the Line of Scrimmage.

This multipart plastic kit contains all the components you need to build the Thunder Valley Greenskins, a Black Orc team for use in games of Blood Bowl. It contains 12 players:
– 6 Black Orcs
– 6 Goblin Bruiser Linemen

You'll also find 2 turn counters, 2 coins, 4 balls (2 with sturdy spikes and 2 with a horned beast icon), 12 32mm Round Blood Bowl bases, and a transfer sheet.

The rules to use Black Orc teams in your games of Blood Bowl can be found in Blood Bowl – The Official Rules and Spike! Journal Issue 12.

Games Workshop have two broad methods for painting their models. Both are entirely viable options, though have significant differences in the paints required (detailed below). You can find all of the required paints in the 'recommended paint' section below, whether you simply want to get it out onto the tabletop ASAP (i.e. 'Battle Ready'), or want to take your time and make it a masterpiece (i.e. 'Parade Ready'):

1. Classic Method - uses acrylic paints to build layers of colour and depth. Usually topped off with a shade paint to really make the shadows pop. Probably the most beginner friendly method as mistakes are often easy to fix.

2. Contast Method - uses ink-like contrast painsts which sink into recesses, providing depth in highlights and shadows with a single layer of paint. It can take some practise to get this method to look great, but it's highly satisfying when it does work. Less forgiving when mistakes happen, though arguably the quicker method of the two options.

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