Saturday 24 October 2015

Armies on Parade 2015

PeteB and I dropped by GW Southport on Thursday to drop off our stuff, even with 45 minutes to set up I still couldn't fit everything on to my board that I wanted to. I think there's at least around 40 Termagants and my Gargoyles that didn't make it and it could have been displayed a little better but hey, the Manager does have to close up of an evening! Sadly I was in such a rush so didn't get to take pictures of PeteBs Eldar :(


Funnily enough I'm not sure this is as impressive as I thought it would look, does that mean I have to get me some more bugs? I think so and if the latest rumour about some new treats in January are true I may well treat myself, not so sure about the potential new Stealers, however much I love them I think there's plenty better value options and I do have those 30 still to paint, but Biovores and a possible Gargantuan - I'm in!


One other thing of note was just how compact I've been able to make my nids, this must be the least amount of bags, boxes and containers I've ever taken for the most amount of miniatures, goodness knows how I'll get it all back in.


Anyway, I've no idea how the event is going, what with being in Paris and all but I'll certainly let you know how things went and if you had a Parade today be sure and drop a link to any pictures in the comments.

12 comments:

  1. Good luck!

    And a favour if I may ask? I'm thinking of maybe entering next year, what are the rules? I know they have to fit in a 2' X 2' space, can it be done as a diorama or can you only include models from one faction?

    Enjoy Paris!

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    1. I think minimum it's just 1HQ 2 Troops in a 2'x2'. So I believe you can make it as inventive as you want, I don't think you have to stick to one faction, its your Parade but definitely worth doing, give it a go :)

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    2. I think minimum it's just 1HQ 2 Troops in a 2'x2'. So I believe you can make it as inventive as you want, I don't think you have to stick to one faction, its your Parade but definitely worth doing, give it a go :)

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  2. Your Nids always look great. I wish they had AoP here near me. I love seeing all of the pictures.

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    1. Yeah lots of amazing armies on display on facebook, impresses me too.

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  3. Good luck man! It looks awesome. 8)

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    1. Sadly, neither I nor PeteB placed in the top 3. Last year's winner came 3rd which was a bit harsh. Anyway, moving on although disappointing the army got to be on display.

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  4. There was a guard army with a dozen leman russ and some rough riders, imho that should have placed first (apart from Dave and myself obviously ;-)). The board and the level of detail on the minis was fab

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    1. Yeah, that looked like a lot of effort, even the bridge was delightfully scratchbuilt with what looked like some sort of margarine tub as the bridge supports. But people vote how they vote and we're not regulars so it's hard to know what's going on. Still I'm glad we did it, and it was nice to see your army on Parade too!

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    2. You came a close 4th apparently, I don't think I got a vote from what liz was saying lol

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  6. You need to make sure they don't go back to instinctive behaviour whilst you're away in France! They might end up eating the other armies!

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