{"id":3448,"date":"2014-12-21T01:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T01:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2014-12-21T01:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T01:23:50","slug":"hide-the-picnic-lunch-the-ants-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3448","title":{"rendered":"Hide the picnic lunch. The ants are coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The giant red army ant battlegroup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I recently ordered some 10mm giant ants from Magister Militium for my fantasy armies. \u00a0I went back and forth on whether to make them black ants or red ants. \u00a0I decided on red.<\/p>\n

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The giant red army ants with spears<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I like the looks of these figures. \u00a0The giant ants are in sort of a centaur pose.<\/p>\n

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The giant red army ants with swords<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Giant red army ants with crossbows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Giant red army ants alongside their praying mantis allies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thought the praying mantises looked too crowded with all six on a base and too open with just three, so I placed a couple of additional ants on the base as sort of a combined arms team.<\/p>\n

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Giant red army ants riding on giant beetles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n