Hey guys! A lot of us are prepping our armies for the upcoming October GW's armies on parade... But a lot of us have no FLGS, or don't have terrain skills, or simply don't have time this year.

So I thought that we could have a little fun here, and using the same date as GW's Armies on Parade (15th October) hold a showcase and little contest here.

For those building terrain and making their boards, we can share pics and WIPs, and for those who just have armies that they are proud of, polish them up a bit and take some kickass photos, either at home or at your local on some nice terrain.

I propose 3 categories:

Armies on Terrain
(Plain old AoP - army on a 24" by 24" board)

Armies on a Plane
(Armies without terrain of their own, nicely displayed)

Wildcard Armies
(Complete armies that are non GW models)

Nodri - PHR army for Dropzone Commander (complete)


All you need to do here, is sign up with your chosen army, and category, and then provide us with photos by the 15th of October.

Sounds like fun! Is it possible to post pictures of it the night of the 15th? I kinda want to keep my AoP board in the dark for now since a few people that go to my store post on here

Yeah, I'll actually say the submission deadline is the 16th.
And then voting will be done by comment, for a week so everyone has a chance of being online.

I'll bite. Here's a Wildcard entry, my PHR army for Dropzone Commander.

Great idea!

Think I'll have to have a go at this, I can't really compete locally, as I don't fancy my luck transporting an army and display board on an hour bus trip to my flgs

Now I just have to decide which army I want to work on for it...

Also, wow nodri! Nice one!

Lovely stuff, Nodri!

And thanks guys, I just thought that a big part of AoP is showing your love for your army. I entered without realising it was a competition, so I like the idea a lot.

I gotta think on this. Probably something from Confrontation or Helldorado.

I'm glad to see folks who aren't doing GW stuff consider it!

If I weren't working on a board, I'd do my Confrontation.

Buttery, you in? I told you to join!

Also, I just need to add lights and basecoat my board ( and paint 10-ish guys) and then I'm done!

I'm in! I am doing my Tanith and Mordians.

Started working on which models to take, and I may have underestimated how many figures are in my army...
40 Mordian infantry
95 Tanith
1 tank
13 commissars
1 jeep

I may have to rethink.

I'd do something like this but I haven't a 24"x24" board.

The point of this is that you don't have to.

Ooh I'm liking the lava!

I'll throw some pics up of my armies on parade board/models once I'm done.

Hoping to have it sorted before 1st Oct as I'm away on hols for 2 weeks and return on parade day!

Are there any rules for armies on parade? Or just fit what you think looks cool in a 2’x2’ space?

Just that they are either a valid force in a game, or clearly themed, Nev.

So basically the limit is not posting every model you own for a gaming system.


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Just that they are either a valid force in a game, or clearly themed, Nev.

So basically the limit is not posting every model you own for a gaming system.

While I can't upload pics, I'm almost done! My knight is done (perfectly on the 1 year anniversary of me getting it!), the board is basecoated, and most things are almost done painting. Photos will come when chrome stops being annoying.

i'd like to join. will post progess pics in my plog, and put the final piece in here!

Arrrrgh I'm going to be gone for two weeks :(

I will try to get something done before the end date. Mostly because this is exactly what I wanted to do with my Luna Wolves anyway lol

keep your fingers crossed!

Awesome stuff.

I got my "title card" for my board in the mail today.

I know they're not formatted like true ID tags, I wanted simple.

Do I submit photos to this thread?

I think my Wolves will be in but an emphasis on *think*

Cheers!
~Mikey

Yessir. And the category you'd like to be in!

Probably the one without the board, as I honestly don't have the self control to spend money on creating a board vs spending on minis

If I somehow can't get everyone painted is it alright if I flake out? I don't trust myself XD

Thanks!
~Mikey

Absolutely! Just let me know by the 15th, so I'm not wondering who's gonna send photos.

I'm in! I have three choices and can't decide which to do.
30k Ravens, 40k Tau, or 40k Marines (raptors tactics)

I’d feel a little cheeky just grabbing a selection of stuff that’s been painted for years and slapping it down for a photoshoot. If I get enough new stuff done in the next few weeks, I might put something together though. Probably Eldar, as I have a nice custom terrain piece for them.

ill enter.

This might finally give me the kick I need to do my Calth set, so yeah, count me in.

A quick update! I've worked a lot on this.



The board and army as of now.



A Razorback filled with Grey Hunters advance on the ridge.



The Dreadnoughts and the Wolf Lords Watch over the army.

Unfortunately Imgur crashed after these photos, but as you can see on the overview there are Thunderwolves and Fenrisian Wolves running together with Bikers and the finished Knight (yay!). Long Fangs stand by the hill, and the terminators advance behind them.

Nice stuff, Matthew! What is your board made from?

Thanks! It's lots of styrofoam covered in spackle, plaster and sand.

It looks very sturdy.

I'm going to be working on mine in the next few days, just need some foams.

I'm in with (wait for it...) orks! I've got all the minis done I want to enter, and am going to start on the board one of these days. WIP's to follow once I figure out where I left my motivation.

Awesome idea.
I just finished my terrain/board a few minutes ago.
Took me a few weeks or more. I first thought about an 'Assault on Black Reach' theme = SM vs Orks.
2nd thought was an Ork-attack on some Tau I got but I decided to keep it simple and just put my Ork on the mat.
They won the comp last time due to the fact that I was new to the local community. I didn t even have an own board cause I didn t know it was required. So here it is:

Thoughts welcome if there is something I should change!

The tree is scratchbuilt (wire, GS, paint and moot (?)).
The pond is made off hot glue and the Koi in there is a bit of GS

Looking good!

man, you guys...putting in all this effort, hand-crafting big, fancy terrain and everything...I'd only planned on some kind of thematic re-paint of one of my old realm of battle board tiles

...I also haven't even decided which of my armies I want to do this for yet ...also, I don't really want to just slap down an army of already-painted stuff

...my orks, which are probably my favourites, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about displaying them...which kind of units, etc...also, most of the kind of things that would be good for display, are painted...
...my nurgle chaos marines...typhus, zombies, converted plague marines with converted rhinos...something like that - but I've already got all that painted
...my nurgle daemons...plaguebearers, nurglings, plague drones, a GW great unclean one...I've got "a box" of all of those painted already, and 2 more boxes of each still to paint...I could paint up some more and put them on display...
...orrr I'm just starting a 30k salamanders army...I've got about 40 old RTBeakie marines, a salamanders contemptor, 5 pyroclasts, and 5 firedrakes...but they're all unpainted...and that would probably take a while!

Looking great, Kustomer D!

I like the koi!

I think you need some Orky trash. Bits they discarded, junk piles, etc. Make the board show who they are when they're not "home".

And ZoBo, already painted stuff is absolutely fine. It's Armies on Parade! Not paint an army from scratch!

Thanks Buttery,

Here is a pre-setup. I guess there ll be not enough space for orky trash - but I still have about a month to think about it.
There are still some guys to paint. The Chinork will get 5 Boyz, one of the Koptas and a Weirdboy still need some attention.

Looking great! A shame you're not competing in Sweden, I'd love to see that in real life.

Thanks man.
I just hope there ll be a bit more competition on my flagstore this year. I mean, I d like to repeat winning the gold batch but to be honest, I would like more to get 2nd o 3rd place cause the other guys come up with awesome stuff too.
We ll see in a few weeks

Lovely stuff here people! Can't wait to see them all finished!

Finally finished off my board tonight:



Now just to get the rest of my models painted.

My depression manifests in escapism, so I can tell that I must be depressed because I am painting like 5h a night at the moment.

Given all of these factors, I am trying to get a compliant AoP entry together based on an old eldar battleforce I have. I also want to do a nebula effect, so here is the wave serpent (interior painted and magnetised as well)

E: I'd also like to talk about what a piece of gak this model is. The 1997 cast was utterly maddening, it was worse than forgeworld stuff.

Welcome back to us, KB.

Great stuff so far! Looking forward to see the finished boards.

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It's just the aquila and statue left, plus a lot of minis to paint.

Looking good!
I have my base drawn out, am just waisting on a foam cutter.

My board is all finished up I will have pictires up the day of the parade

 Matthew wrote:
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It's just the aquila and statue left, plus a lot of minis to paint.

Looking good! Are you going to paint the rim black or another colour?

Can't wait to see it finished

I can enter the Sylvaneth army Im painting this week, but Im definitely not doing a display board.

Is it your army, Zach?

I did the basics for my foams today. Need to fill it, seal it and stone texture paint it. I also need to cut some foam core to hide my rough edges on the outside.

My "name plaque" may be the strangest on the day.

Looking good, buttery!

And yes, The sides will be painted black. I'm planning writing a backstory, which I'll print out and put on the sides.

I'm thinking about maybe placing platicard all around the edges... Yes/no?

 Matthew wrote:
I'm thinking about maybe placing platicard all around the edges... Yes/no?

I’m no expert, but it seems that would be a good idea to protect the foam/etc. from chipping or otherwise getting damaged. I’d worry about seems being visible if you use a number of smaller bits put together.

I was going to use foamcore or something, so I think it's a good idea.

Finally, I got a chance to work on my board! This is 3/4" pine cut w/ a jigsaw (just use foam; trust me). Plan is to flock all the horizontal surfaces and paint the slanted surfaces of the hills to look like sandstone or some other kind of sedimentary rock formation. The sanded pine looks so nice raw, I just hope I don't screw it up; hopefully it looks even better painted.



On display will be the warboss, two kannons w/ grot krew, my Tankbustas, a squad of Freeboota shootas w/ kaptin and a squad of Deathskulls shootas w/ boss nob.

That is some NEAT woodworking there dude, well done!

I'd suggest possibly roughing up the rock faces somehow as this will give you an easier time creating texture/depth when painting


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Done and done.

Annoyingly I've found out that I fly back from Orlando the day AFTER parade day (got my dates mixed up), so I'll be enlisting a friend to transport my board and set it up, which is killing the control freak inside of me!

Hope you like

Bro...

Both of your things look great!

Wow, guys. Just wow!

My board is under a gross mix of filler and PVA glue at the moment, tonight I am sanding, building the road, and hopefully fitting textures.

Quick quick quick, I need a name for my Wolves! They used to be a Great company but were obliterated after the Inquisition called exterminatus during a battle they fought. They're ferocious and bloodthirsty. Any cool names?


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Currently considering the Bloodied Wolves

The Broken Claw?
The Shattered Fang?
The Pack Returned?

Board is almost done, needs weathering and resin

OK, here is my semi-phoned in entry. Not doing a display board. But I marked off a 2’x2’ section of my table, and used the custom webway portal I made for a LoER contest earlier this year. The paint on these guys spans over two decades. Some, like the old guardians and flacons, date from 2nd-3rd edition. Two of the Dire Avengers I just finished off today. Even though the exarch is a bit of old RT lead. You can tell the old stuff as it was done in my black wash everything stage. Glad that’s behind me.

Should be approximately an 1,850 point playable list.

That's awesome Nev!
Thank you for still making the effort, that really was the point of this.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
That's awesome Nev!
Thank you for still making the effort, that really was the point of this.

Despite being a work in progress for a couple of decades, this contest helped push me to finish up some units and get it so I could actually field an army with my Eldar. Specifically the fire dragons and dire avengers. I needed those guys to make a more balanced army that wasn’t just putting units on the table to make points. I think I’m still stretching a little bit to get to 1,850, but should be able to do a solid thematic 1,500 now.

I don't think I could find a board large enough to contain my entire armored legion of tanks and fit terrain.

Is it possible to submit just a full army picture on an open space?

That'd be fine for "Armies on a plane."

Loving the pics here people, great work all round


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 Matthew wrote:
Quick quick quick, I need a name for my Wolves! They used to be a Great company but were obliterated after the Inquisition called exterminatus during a battle they fought. They're ferocious and bloodthirsty. Any cool names?


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Currently considering the Bloodied Wolves

Blood Fangs
Lunar Claws
Bloodmane outcasts

Feel free to substitutell any of the first words with blood/white/wolf or anything else relatively space wolfey

Thanks for reminfding me that AoP doesnt exist here!

So I cant enter my awesome Raven Guard!

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Thanks for reminfding me that AoP doesnt exist here!

So I cant enter my awesome Raven Guard!

That was the point of this topic! Take photos and show it off here!

Army on.... 3 giant tables (two folding, and 1 large dinning table). or a plane.

I couldn't tell you the points if I tried.
But it consists of.

A number of custom SM (center-center of front table), Skitarii (front-left of front table), MT Scions (front-right of front table), IG infantry + HWT (can't miss them.) , HQs and HQ support (Front-center).
including of course. A lot of tanks, artillery, APCs, 3 flyers (2 Vendettas, 1 Stormhawk), 1 Knight, and even 3 Super Weapons (War Zeppelin, Ordinatus Majoris, Atomic Cannon).



Each vehicle is converted/customized/scratch built in some way to some degree. Your going to have to zoom-in to see everyone in there.

I had to squish myself into the closet to get everything in frame.

Holy...
That must have taken you longer to get out on the table than most 40k games last!

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Holy...
That must have taken you longer to get out on the table than most 40k games last!

Not sure. The tanks didn't take too long due to their size. its the infantry that were a pain. having to place down each and every individual one... uggh.... and many are unpainted or not even based.

Not looking forward to painting them. If they will be painted at all.


That and the sheer number of guys is why I took the picture at home. As opposed to going out to the FLGS. The tables are usually in use and while most are ok with big displays, they would rather prefer them to be played on.

Anyone else? I'm anticipating some other great armies.

The zeppelin makes me think of the Kirov Airships from Command & Conquer Red Alert 3.

Oh boy, 2 days. I need to apply snow.

 Engine of War wrote:
Anyone else? I'm anticipating some other great armies.

As I have said earlier pictures will be up the day of for me, don't want to give out any spoilers for the store

I am not sure I like how my snow came out. :(

I just finished my display. Time and money limited me, I am going to start on the one for next year earlier. Size was determined by the scrap board I could find (16"X20"), but I think I have a nice little display.



I plan on taking my board to the store in Chesterfield Saturday, wish me luck!

Thanks

Buttert, you need to tell me how you did your snow.

Board is done! Yeahboi!

matthew, really nice, how did you texture and then paint over the crumbly syle polystyrene you used??

I used probably 3kg of plaster mixed with PVA and paint, slathered it all over and then just painted on it. The snow is something I'm really proud of: I made a mix of baking soda, water, PVA and white paint, allpied it, then sprinkled lots and lots of snow powder (white sand) and sprayed the whole thing with diluted PVA.

looks great dude, might do that with mine!

Loving the pictures in this thread, great job everyone!

Quick update on my board, I've had confirmation from my friend that he managed to get the board and models transportEd and set up to my local GW store.

Relieved is not the word!

Quick photo he sent me for proof



Good luck tomorrow everyone

Luck Guys!

ain't going to make it just not enough time sadly. But there's always next year I guess. Can't go up to my FLGS anyway tomorrow so meh.

OK, some better pictures and a bit of wood trim.

With some close ups:









I am so impressed with some of the boards I see here, mine is quite humble compared to this crowd. I need to step it up next year.

B.T.W. I am going to the Chesterfield store for Armies on Parade tomorrow, what is it like? Besides showing off armies is there any activities? Or should we droop it off, look a bit and come back that evening to pick the army up?

Thanks.

Can we extend deadlines for photos until the 16th? I'm going to try to get to my local GW for Armies on Parade today (braving a ridiculous storm if I do), and I don't know when I'll have time to take official pics.

Hey guys! Took my army to armies on parade today and foolishly forgot to take any photos... there were some stunning armies there and it was pretty fun.

I had a mad rush to make my board in time but i managed it, heres a wip of the mad rush i had last night...

And here's the final product. I dont think its too bad considering the time taken.


Cheers guys

Well I managed to pick up second place at my store, which I'm happy enough with considering the timeframe in which I had to get my entry made and painted.

Good luck to everyone else entering

@D41VD0 congrats on that!

My Orks made 1st place. To be honest it seemed like I was the only one who put
Some real work into it. One guy put a Chaos codex on the table and added two cultists - his AoP!
Another one had a grey standard GW board and put some DarkEldar on it who were partly basecoated. - Dark Eldar at Nightfighting!
2nd place was a GW board off one of the stores guys - just some slime on it...
3rd was a board with a bit more work on it. An Eldar Crystalpalace or something.

I m a little disapointed caise I wanted to see some competative boards with a lot of nice miniatures and
a well thought concept on the whole thing.
The DE thing had a lot of possibilities. He told me about his idea and I thought it might be interessting.

Here're some pics

K D

Deadline and stuff extended to Monday the 17th due to me being sick.

Some lovely stuff in this topic.

Here's the final work! The board on it's own didn't turn out quite as I had hoped, but it's not terrible. I didn't have much time to finish it, and this is my first attempt at making terrain; prior to this project, the most of the flocking I've ever used at one time was to base a single mini, and this thing took half a ziplock of the stuff so there was a bit of a learning curve.
I did make it to my local GW for Armies on Parade. The event was lots of fun, and there were some pretty stellar works on display; I didn't win anything, but those who did definitely deserved it. It was about an even mix of 40k and Sigmar.
The first image is resized to be viewer friendly. Warning: the spoilered images are pretty huge, but I wanted people to be able to zoom in on particular minis for a closer look.



Whole Army (full size image):

Deffskullz Detail (full size image):

Freebooterz Detail (full size image):

Tankbustaz Detail (full size image):

Grot Artillery Detail (full size image):

I came second! What?



I'm not sure how, but yay!

All these firsts and seconds just goes to show how strong Dakka's painting community is. Nice work all!

Kustomer D, congrats! Looks like no one else gave a gak. That is not to belittle your win, but I'd be pissed off I spent any time doing a board if I showed up and that was my competition! Your store/area needs some motivation!

Matthew, good job brother. Some decent competition?

 Elbows wrote:
Kustomer D, congrats! Looks like no one else gave a gak. That is not to belittle your win, but I'd be pissed off I spent any time doing a board if I showed up and that was my competition! Your store/area needs some motivation!

Jeah, you re right.
I think about to ask some of the other guys there if they are interessted in doing
a project together for next years comp. Just to boost the level. Or I ll travel to another store nearby.

Thanks Elbows! There sure was. I have no idea how I even placed, third place was Deldar with beautiful highlights and first was Ogres with awesome blending and effects. There were 11 armies, all of which were awesome.

Well done Kustomer- you showed the lot of them up with a bsoard the way a board should be done.
Congrats Matthew - you board looks fantastic and definitely deserved the shine. Great job!!

I was 4th at the shop. One place shy of placing. Well, I think it's decent for such a plain display with 3rd ed models. I am happy.

Next year I'll start earlier.

Next year i need to step up my game, the first place at my gw was really nice, good paint job and a really nice board to go with it had a stream going through with water falls.
Heres a lionk to the stores fb page/photos
https://www.facebook.com/196918670330626/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1224616800894136

As soon as i get my hands on Magnus I'll be starting a board.

 Januine wrote:
Well done Kustomer- you showed the lot of them up with a bsoard the way a board should be done!

Thank you Jan!

I'm so sorry this was delayed, there was a lot going on this week.

I'll sort out the topic shortly.

One thing I noticed was that the best painters didn't necessarily place. Third place was a beautifully painted Deldar army with city ruin terrain and smoke and lighting and stuff. Second place was me, and I assume since I can't paint for gak I came second because I had a huge mountain. First place had a lot of blending and other techniques.

I agree, its not always the best painted that win, i think that aslong as your painting is ok, then your display board is the one that gets you the real points