Bloodbowl! Dark Elves! – Forces of Darkness

Well, with the announcement of a re-release of Bloodbowl from Games Workshop in 2017, there’s a lot of excitement about the game! It’s worth noting, though, that there has been lots of activity in the Bloodbowl area for years, even without GW support, so here’s a look at some of the cracking teams and options that are out there. Rather than breaking it down my manufacturer, I thought I’d break it down by race! First up, Dark Elves!

NB – As I come across more bits and pieces, I’ll hopefully keep this up to date with new options and models.

Complete Teams

Tanatos Dark Elf Team (MK1881)

http://www.comixininos.com/blood-bowl-teams/elfos-oscuros/complete-teams/dark-elves-dark-elf-team-of-16-players-mk1881.html

This is probably my favourite looking Dark Elf team at the moment. Its a vicious looking greek style armour, with all the positions you’d want for a Dark Elf team, and the slightly unusual theme really makes it distinctive (with a solid nod to the original 2nd edition GW team).

Honos Dark Elf Team (MK1881)

http://www.comixininos.com/blood-bowl-teams/elfos-oscuros/complete-teams/pro-elves-pro-elf-team-of-16-players-mk1881.html

This team is quite neat with some very dynamic poses. To me, though, it feels a little bland with the slightly generic elf but spiky look.

Dark Elf Team (Uscarl Miniatures)

http://www.comixininos.com/miniaturas-por-fabricante/uscarl/dark-elves-team-of-15-players-uscarl-miniatures.html

The sculpts aren’t up to the standard of some of the more modern style teams here, but there is lots of character in there with a decent range of positions and poses.

Wicked Elves (Shadowforge Miniatures)

https://www.tritex-games.co.uk/product/shadowforge-female-wicked-elf-team-x-11-players-2802/

This team has been on the market since before GW stopped selling BB! Its a cracking set of sculpts, if a trifle cheesecake! Still nice to be able to field a female team on the pitch though! I must confess, I have a full set of these 🙂 And if you do a lot of the skin areas as lycra, they actually look pretty fun.

One useful note – there are a wide range of extra models for the team beyond the core – both extra poses for the various positions, but also for the various support roles, such as cheerleaders, mages, coaches, security and so on.

Black Widows (Impact Miniatures)

http://www.impactminiatures.com/index.php?option=widows_profile&id=BW_TM3

I’m not terribly enamoured by these, as there isn’t enough different sculpts, and the clothing choices are … odd. Mind you, paint the exposed skin area as spandex and it’d actually look pretty good.