Blood Bowl: Imperial Nobility Team - The Bogenhafen Barons

In addition to being an incredibly popular pastime, beloved by an impressively broad and diverse fanbase, Blood Bowl is also a shockingly lucrative business. Imperial Nobility teams have been springing up out of the woodwork of late, the seemingly bottomless coffers of their patrons hiring top talent, providing the finest equipment and training facilities, and supporting their teams through extensive advertising campaigns. The Bögenhafen Barons are the most popular of such teams, exploding onto the scene and shaking things up.

While superficially similar to Human teams, the Imperial Nobility have a different skill set that makes them very tricky to play against. A well-coached team can keep their opponents guessing while setting up the solid Noble Blitzers to score. They look absolutely incredible whether they’re winning or losing, clad in the finest equipment you’re likely to see on any pitch.

This multipart plastic kit contains all the components you need to build the Bögenhafen Barons, an Imperial Nobility team for use in games of Blood Bowl. It contains 12 players:

• 4 Imperial Retainer Linemen
• 4 Bodyguards
• 2 Noble Blitzers
• 2 Imperial Throwers

You’ll also find 2 turn counters, 2 coins, 4 balls, 12 32mm Round Blood Bowl bases, and a transfer sheet.

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.