New from Bite the Bullet: Tiny Tyrants Fantasy Football Team — Dark Fantasy for the Pitch

Bite the Bullet has added something unexpected to their catalogue. The Tiny Tyrants Fantasy Football Team is a full squad of resin-printed miniatures, now available at TabletopXtra, that takes the studio's undead work into tabletop sports territory. Bite the Bullet's catalogue runs to creature encounters and dark-fantasy combat sets, so a complete fantasy football team is a departure from the usual format, and an interesting one.

Fantasy Football, Dark Fantasy Style

In tabletop gaming, "fantasy football" describes a specific format: team-based miniature games where classic fantasy races compete on a pitch, using aggression as freely as skill. Blood Bowl built the genre and gave it a dedicated following, and the demand for sculpts beyond official ranges has been there almost as long. Players who've been at this hobby for a while have often painted a team or two from a standard release and looked for something with more character in the sculpt.

The Tiny Tyrants are Bite the Bullet's answer to that gap. They're part of the studio's Encounters Undead range, which tells you what to expect from the sculpting direction. The aesthetic is grim and detailed, emphasising menace and character over athletic heroism, with undead styling throughout. It's the kind of team that looks as at home on a display shelf as it does on a game board, and the sculpt quality reflects the studio's monthly release standards.

The set comes in at 28/32mm for £36.99, which covers the scale used by most fantasy football game systems, or 35mm for £39.99 if you prefer a larger sculpt.

What You're Getting

The Tiny Tyrants are sold as a complete team bundle. One purchase covers the whole squad, so there's no hunting for individual blisters or working out what you're still missing from the lineup.

We print all Bite the Bullet sets in high-detail resin at TabletopXtra, using the pre-supported files the studio supplies with each release. That pre-support work has a direct effect on the finished model. The orientation, support density and placement decisions have been tested by the people who made the sculpt, so the surface detail you see in the product imagery is what actually comes off the printer.

For painting, the undead theme opens up a decent range of approaches. Grey flesh, tarnished metals and earth-stained cloth all read convincingly here, and the sculpts respond well to careful layering on the textured surfaces. Bite the Bullet post painting guides and process breakdowns on their YouTube channel, covering their own approach to colour decisions and step-by-step painting for recent releases. It's useful reference even if you're working from a completely different colour scheme.

Part of the Encounters Undead Range

The Tiny Tyrants are part of Bite the Bullet's Encounters Undead range, which also includes the Encounters Undead Miniatures set of creatures and characters for RPG play. Bite the Bullet are a Spanish studio that release a new themed set each month through MyMiniFactory, and the Encounters Undead range is one of several ongoing lines alongside their Ashen Armies Trench Crusade work and their display releases.

The sculpting aesthetic carries through the range consistently. Their approach to character, texture and detail is the same across the Encounters Undead line, so the football team sits naturally alongside other models from the same release if you're building a collection.

The full Bite the Bullet collection at TabletopXtra covers everything we stock from the studio.

Worth Adding If You...

Fantasy football players who want an undead team with higher sculpt quality than most blister-pack alternatives will find the Tiny Tyrants worth the price. Collectors building a Bite the Bullet shelf will want the Encounters Undead range represented, and this is the one product from that line with a fully distinct visual concept from the monster-encounter format. Dungeon masters with undead-heavy campaigns get a group of models with a strong visual identity for either a themed encounter or a piece of worldbuilding behind the screen.

At £36.99 for the standard 28/32mm option, the price covers a complete team in a single order.

The Tiny Tyrants Fantasy Football Team is available now at TabletopXtra.