Critters

Critters!

Nurglings painted by Marisa, the blue bottle by myself.

Nurgling Stack

Marisa took a liking to the Nurglings while I was working on My Armies on Parade entry. She painted up this wonderful stack and I based it.

Carnival for the King: Armies on Parade 2018

Today was the big day of Armies on Parade 2018. It is the first time I have entered the competition and I made my board within 3 weeks of the deadline, along with getting a new job. Time constraints were tough but it was great fun.

Thanks to Ben who runs the Games Workshop in Bromley, I decided to enter the show this year. Having received the new Kill Team boxset as a gift from a client for my work, I decided to go with a Nurgle Carnival theme.

Being tight on cash I decided to make the scenery myself. The carousel was made from a box, a pencil, glue and green stuff. I used spare nurglings from a box of nurglings I never built from a long time ago to decorate it.

The petting zoo was made from an old fish tank coral, which I glue gunned a little on and painted up in a lurid way to match the rest of the show.

While the Freak Show, Magician, Fortune Teller and Ringmaster all are standing on painted boxes.

Finally the King Himself was my birthday gift from Marisa for my 30th birthday. He is still one of my favourite models and painting him was a real treat.

Next year I shall enter it again but with more time and a greater vision. I was inspired a lot by what I saw and narrowly missed out on Best Theme.  It was a wonderful experience and I look forward to next year.

The Ball o' Fun

The Ball 'o Fun for my Armies on Parade entry. It is a combination of a spell effect from Age of Sigmar and some nurglings.

Guard for comparison.

Flea Circus

Every Flea Circus needs fleas!

The Ringmaster

The Wizard

The Swarm

The Fortune Teller

The Worm!

The last freak for the Carnival for the King.

The Piper, the Announcer and the Lout

Three more deamons for the Carnival for the King.

The "Horses"

 A close up of the "Horses" for the carousel.

The Bearded Lady

Another freak for my Carnival for the King.

The Clowns

Two more clowns for the Carnival for the King.

The Strongman

Another entry to the slowly expanding freak show.

The Twins and More Critters

The first from the Carnival for the King Freak Show. The two Geller-fused mutants and another set of critters for the petting zoo. They like to live inside their rib cage of a home. 

The Brothers of Glee

"They make quite the pair, laughing, fighting and falling apart."

Two more clowns for the carnival.

Petting Zoo Critters: Group 1

Every carnival needs a petting zoo! 

"Be careful of the fangs, oh and the stingers, the slime... maybe it's best you just stay out entirely."

Joy From the Deep

The second clown of the Carnival for the King!

The First Clown

I decided to enter Armies on Parade. The date for entry is the 13th of October. 3 Weeks isn't long but its enough. This is my first miniature painted specifically for the display. The first Clown of a fair few.