Dreadball: the Pink Ladies

Introduction

Another week has gone by without a post.  It seems increasingly difficult to keep to any kind of schedule, though the immediate reason will pass in due course (my wife has a problem with one eye that has necessitated 4 out-patient hospital visits in the last 2 weeks.  Since she cannot drive at present, that means I have to ferry her to and fro; the travel time and the waiting-around-the-hospital time is really cutting into my hobby hours.  So be it; I promised "for better or for worse" and after all, this isn't remotely the worst that could happen :-) ).

Whatever the cause, I find myself without much time for tonight's article.  I have spent some effort preparing for my overdue "tee shirt decals" article - but that's still not ready yet so please be patient.  Instead, here are some pictures of my 3rd Dreadball team: the "Pink Ladies"

The Pink Ladies

Here's the entire team of the Pink Ladies in one shot.  The team are, of course, built from the official Void Sirens models, but I didn't like the name so much.  I kept the colour scheme pretty much intact, though!

I was having some trouble with the camera  and the flash would sometimes fire and sometimes not.  So if you see some variation in the brightness of the pictures, it's because I'm not going to go back an re-take the photographs!

The Guard

The Pink Ladies have just a single player in the Guard position.  She's quite solidly built and more heavily armoured than the others.  This was quite an awkward model to build; she came in 4 parts, if I remember correctly.

The Jacks

I think that the "official" pictures of the Void Sirens (and other teams too, I suppose) on the Mantic website and in the rule books might be of larger scale "master figures".  There are some very minor differences in the sculpting that I think I've noticed between my versions and those in the books.  Additionally, I don't see how it's possible to paint a 28mm figure to the standard shown on the website!  I suppose it's just about possible that they have a very talented painter to do the job; if so then I am completely envious of that level of ability.

The Strikers

Strikers are the specialised ball handlers in Dreadball.  As such, they wear the lightest armour and are fast and nimble.

The Star Player

Finally (and somewhat unusually for my current rosters), the Pink Ladies have an MVP or "star" player.  Her name is "Wildcard" and she seems to be quite a common model (I got mine as a free offer with some other purchase).  Wildcard's in-game special abilities kick in when her team is losing, thus making her quite an interesting equaliser.

The figure has a somewhat awkward pose, I think - though it makes more sense if she's fending off an opponent whilst preparing to throw the ball.  Anyway, I'm not sure that I'd want to wear platform boots whilst playing a sport...