From ReillyOG: Goblin Shaman and Howdah (75 points)

Whats scarier that a giant Man killing spider? A giant man killing spider with a Goblin howdah crew slinging spears and firing arrows at you while their Shaman boss throws magic spells! The Spider was painted before the challenge, but the howdah, shaman, goblin crew and all the basing was done for this submission.

The third and final of my Arachnarok trio, this time with the Archbishop in Da Church of Da 'Ate Legged Wuns. The crew and howdah are always a lot of fun to paint, even the third time round. Lots of little details like webbed up skulls and quivers webbed onto the howdah itself, and spiders crawling all over. 

The Shaman 'imself was a model I was incredibly excited to paint its the most on theme model I could dream of for a force like mine, and I enjoyed just going to down blending all the skin and giving him way too many highlights. 

"Dat wun was mine!"
"woz not"

Lastly, I thoroughly enjoyed my first foray into proper water feature effects with the base. I'm loving how it came out with all the ripples around the tufts and skulls in the shallow puddle.

The view seen by enemy troops!

Now when you think of Childrens' books, most think of whimsical adventures with magic and fun... but usually theres always some kind of creepy crawly they come into contact with in their adventures. This is that monster! See for examples: Aragog the Acromantula who dwelled in the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts Castle, Shelob the last daughter of the Demon Ungoliant from Lord of the Rings, and Charlotte the Barn Spider from Charlotte's Web (but here she found some goblins for friends instead of Wilbur the pig)

That goblin underneath the great beast is having second 
thoughts about volunteering to be a sacrifice

Overall thats 9 x 28mm figs (45 points), the very detailed howdah and shrine as terrain are approximately a quarter standard terrain cube (5 points), and Children's Book bonus takes it to a 70 point submission.

And there are 39 Skullz liberally scattered across this submission!

Happy Painting,
"Right Stuff" Reilly

From Millsy: It's been a while since we've seen a monster arachnid and it's been worth the wait! What an absolute beast of a thing is Reilly, resplendent in purple and bone and bristling with teeth and spikes.

The way you have feathered the purple at the joints is really nice technique and gives the limbs a lot more volume. The crew(?) are pretty cool too and really pop with their green skins contrasting against the purple. The base really finishes the model off for me and I love the way you've used all that space to create a mini diorama effect underneath when you could easily have ignored it - 5 extra gold for that.

[Edit Millsy] Apologies Reilly, my COVID addled brain missed that you'd already painted the spider itself so I have adjusted your score accordingly mate, but I have added 5 points for you just cause I'm an idiot!. An awesome effort mate and one of my favourite posts this Challenge!