Spartans and Gators on the way

[the french guy]

Hi,

Tonight I fixed some figures and complete my ironman teams for solitaire 2011 event.

Here's some pics.

As you see, it's standardized. 11men +2 option figures. Qbs are fully playable both ways offense and defense.


All my next college or "minor league/semi pro" teams (japan xleague, european) will be built that way. I believe, not only speaking of solitaire play (where the advantages of that type of setup is obvious), that it can be a good way to promote the hobby here : on a beginner budget aspect first, but also for education and football rules learning. Giving a full roster to a beginner on a demo play is not a good idea. Limited options for limited complexity, and limited budget for limited wallet


My 30+ players setups will be reserved for pro football only (UFL, NFL). If I can (need to see if the new board setup is compatible) I'll keep the college teams in 3.2grams limit also.


The teams will be painted and detailed thuesday, certainly. You'll see that I can also paint fast


Then I'll have to find those bases

[mantaraydre]

FRENCH GUY

GOOD DEAL, looking foward to seeing them both. Logo for the league coming shortly !!!! its going to be fun.

.mantaraydre

[the french guy]

Tonight I making the last touches before tommorow painting

I'm also thinking about standardization. I want my teams as equal as possible, for solitaire play of course, but also for 1vs1 gaming. Why ?

Because in France, on french forums, I saw that the 30 or more rosters with ultra specialized athletes was frightning for most of the guys.

Remember also that when I'm lucky enough to find a kind friend to play with the weird Dimitri and his little plastic men , it's very difficult to make fair games since I know the teams, not them.

The other thing is budget. If I want to build a lot of teams for my solitaire leagues and to share them for demo play or casual 1sv1 gaming, I need to keep a simple and straight objective. Cheapest figures, cheapes bases. Minimal roster (11+2).

The last team is time. Discussing with a friend recently, telling me he has all the nfl teams for miniature football in 4 or 5 versions, I realized that in more than one year, I built just two incomplete pros teams So I need to find a fast technic to make more teams.

So my idea is to put standards in team building. Like in a chess play, each piece can move one way. So I can explain anyone how to play his team in 5 minutes.

here's the scheme (all on the cheapest miggle rookie base available). Remember also that my ruleset allows and encourage pivots and angles on most situations (formation setting, passing play, snap, fumbles, interceptions)

starting squad offense / (defense position)
QB: mixed speed/strenght, straight run / (defense : LB)
RB (hb) : speed, straight run / (defense : safety)
RB (fb) : mixed speed/strenght, straight run./ (defense : LB)
WR1 : speed, straight run/ (defense : CB)
WR2 : speed, straight run / (defense : CB)
TE : mixed speed/strenght, straight run. / (defense : LB)
linemen : pure strenght / (defense : DE, NT, LB)

fastest athlete : kick returner

options players :

RB2 : speed, looper / (defense : blitzer)
WR3 : speed, looper / (defense : blitzer)

With that scheme, I keep playability, easy to explain, low budget and less time to complete the teams.

[the french guy]

The figures are ready for painting.

The only customizing I did is adding a towel on quarterbacks, for easier recognizing.

Here's some pics of it. I'll continue the painting process details on painting section

[the french guy]

Hi,

Today I started the paint, I'm a bit late on my schedule since I had a family lunch, and then I had some problems with white pants (4 coats for each figure, painting white on grey is a pain), but the work is progressing

[the french guy]

Enough for today !

I did not progress as far I wanted, but I painted all the basic colors. It took multiple coats to obtain the result I wanted.

I also added basic shades on jerseys, and keep the green helmets slightly metallic.

Here's a pic of the 26 figures !

[the french guy]

Here's some pics of the last work I did before I go to work :

[the french guy]

Hi,

I almost completed the helmets. Now I'll varnish them (only the helmets)

Next step : finish the skins effects.

TOmmorow : black stripping to add details, finish the pants strips, design the decals sheet

[mantaraydre]

French g,

Man your on the move, you dont waste time. Your teams are looking good and starting to take shape. keep up the good work !!!!! It's going to be a great league. Im glad you decided to be a part of it.

Thanx again for joining

mantaraydre

[the french guy]

You're welcome


Here's the last improvements for tonight. I'll continue tommorow after work !