Fantasy

28 January 2019

AHPC 9: 'Sport' Bonus Round

Studio Tomahawk's Jugula is a game that I quite enjoy, though it is quite a different style of Gladiator game. It has excellent resource mechanics and its building tempo feels like an escalating spectacle entertaining the Arena's mob crowd. I have also historically (and uncharacteristically) won more often against Dux than not with my Ludus Caeruleus (or Blue School) which helps a fair bit too...


So my Sports Bonus round entry is a minor addition to my gladiator barracks with a bow armed Sagittarius, who as a missile armed fighter will add a new dimension to the early stages of the combat before the Gladiators get to melee distances. Fig is an old West Wind model from their Light Gladiators set.

As all Sport needs an audience to jeer and cheer, I have also painted up a characterful spectator figure by Crusader Miniatures. I will use him as my marker for Vox Populi, which in Jugula is a measure of the crowd supporting your Ludus in its endeavours (which adds to your gladiators' performance).
Any likeness to Dux himself sans beard is surely accidental...

...or is it? :-)
2 x 28mm Figs for this Bonus round, totalling 60 points

https://analogue-hobbies-theme-rounds.blogspot.com/2019/01/sport-from-paulog-gladiator-sagittarius.html

And I was thrilled to get another Honourable mention in the voting- that 2 for AHPC 9, my equal best with AHPC 8!
https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-sport-theme-results-are-now-up.html

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