Circus: Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...

[Rigel]

A free mini of the month and some clowns and acrobats from Brigade Games should just about round out my Bradbury & Barton's Magic Circus project. First up, Bonzo the Killer Klown (50245)! This clown comes with several options: a kindly head, a terrifying head, a bicycle horn, and a giant cleaver. Since I already have a clown of kindly aspect (Zonkers, 50247), I went with the monstrous face and the plausible-deniability honk-horn. 

 

Look, we all know this is a murder-clown feeding on the terror of children, and that hankie is definitely attached to several yards of colorful but chloroformed rags. The cleaver is just gilding the lily. (plus, a lot more useful for future kitbashes than the bicycle horn, which is highly situational at best.)

 

 

Next up, Happy the Clown, from Brigade Games' 'Barnwell's Circus' line! This is a friendly clown. Added some pin balloons to complete his ensemble. Never take anything a clown offers from its pants. This is a lesson most of us know instinctively, and others learn only once. 

 

 

Also from Brigade Games Barnwell's, here is the Tall Man! This one was fun to paint. I lost count around the sleeves, but I'm pretty sure the jacket has a pulp-era-appropriate 48 stars. The pant stripes look more uneven than they are due to the wrinkled trousers. What better place than the Saturnalian anarchy of the carnival to  depict Uncle Sam as a world-bestriding clown? 

 

 

And lastly, again from Brigade but this time from the Cheshire Circus, the harlequin contortionist! Forgive the paint job; I'll probably repaint her in a year or two with thinner paints and crisper lines. The ball is my own addition, but it seemed to fit. 

 

 

All the clowns, including Zonkers and Cosmo: 

 

And the whole Circus, all of whom have been posted before under the "circus" tag at one point or another:

[Inarah]

Well I don't know why I came here tonight, I got the feeling that something ain't right....

 

Terrific group.  Astounding! 

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome Group!

Love it!

[Iridil]

Outstandngly colorful and slighly wicked - love the background, perfect cotton candy!

[CorallineAlgae]

Easily the best collection of circus minis I've seen. Love all of them, but that first clown is the stuff of nightmares. Very nicely done! 

[Rigel]

Many thanks for the kind words, all! They're a fun bunch. 

On 5/9/2020 at 10:06 AM, Inarah said:

Well I don't know why I came here tonight, I got the feeling that something ain't right....

Terrific group.  Astounding! 

Thank you! And good call on the quote; there's definitely some weirdness going down at the circus and you don't want to be stuck in the middle of it. 

On 5/9/2020 at 12:11 PM, Iridil said:

Outstandingly colorful and slightly wicked - love the background, perfect cotton candy!

Exactly what I was going for! and thanks; the cotton candy is Q-tip cotton glued onto toothpick points, with a light drybrushing of...I think AP Pixie Pink and Toxic Mist? I also have some paper circus tents but they make terrible backgrounds for photography. 

22 hours ago, CorallineAlgae said:

Easily the best collection of circus minis I've seen. Love all of them, but that first clown is the stuff of nightmares. Very nicely done! 

High praise, thank you! Bonzo is straight out of Derry, Maine. A tremendously fun sculpt. 
Besides the clowns mentioned earlier, the circus includes Reaper's Ringmaster; Herq, Strongman; Merlock the Magnificent; Yvette, Magician's Assistant; FireFox, Superhero; Lady Tiger, Supervillain; Doctor VooDoo, Supervillain; Jack the Ripper; and Devil Girl, Supervillain. 
The bear, panther, and fortune-teller lady are Nolzur's; the turbaned mentalist is from Black Cat; and the little barker is a Stonehaven Gnome Pugilist. 

[TGP]

Yipes

[Boris Khan]

got pics of the voodoo guy and the female to his right? I would like to see shots of them and the strongman and the guy behind him. Is that a separate link? Love this group either way.

 

 

edit: ok found them by searching for Circus, you posted them some time ago. Thanks and great job

 

Edited May 11, 2020 by Boris Khan