Another Gladiator and extras

Continuing with the Gladiator theme, I put some paint on another model. This is a female Murmillo gladiator that I picked up from Colonel bills. Nice and easy to paint up.

I'm now waiting on an order from Crusader Miniatures, a couple of packs covering Thracians, Hoplomachus, Secutors and a Scissor. I also added a lion from the Northstar range to the order. I also ordered a couple of gladiators from EM4, a Retarius and a slave for extra variety.

Now apart from gladiators you also need a few wild animals for the games, hence adding a lion to the order. It was after this that I remembered I had a few old lion models from Irregular miniatures, I think. I dug them out and also found a foundry bear. So the bear and a lioness completed. I also have 2 male lions just needing their bases finished. They do look a little on the small size and a bit rough, but why waste a model.

Now for actual games I decided to make a small board. You don't need a lot of space for the Arena of blood rules as there isn't much movement. So I decided to use a cake stand as a base, it has a diameter of 12 inches, so perfect. I covered it with a piece of old flocked sheet. As it was green I gave it a spray of chocolate brown, I then dry-brushed successive layers of terracotta, dull yellow and then pale sand.

basic cake stand

Covered in flocked sheet

After dry-brushing

Collection so far

In future I may add a base to the arena and build a fence to surround it for a provincial gladiator arena. I could even add a cage for the animals as I know Sarissa produces one.