Well well
well, we find ourselves here again, or at least I do.
While I thoroughly
enjoyed last year’s challenge, Bretonnians were never an army I felt particularly
strongly about. To a certain extent I was mostly going through the motions as I
painted them and after getting a few games in with them after the challenge
ended I don’t find myself drawn to their play style either. So that is why when
the challenge ended I started thinking about what I would like to tackle next
year should I take part again.
My first
thoughts were Chaos Dwarfs, I have a full army of the old big hat guys ready to
paint, plus their background is interesting and the models are dripping with
character. However honestly speaking their slow playstyle combine with ranged
weapons isn’t really my cup of tea either. So while I would be excited to paint
the models I would probably be less excited to get them on the table.
Which left
me with the other army I have that needs painting, and also happens to be the
army that got me into Warhammer in the first place; Skaven.
The trouble
with this is while I love everything about the army, from the awesome models,
variation of the units, unique background and the wacky playstyle their major
downside (at least as far as the challenge is concerned) is the low point cost
of the models. I am not a fast painter by any standards and the thought of
doing between 10 and 20 models a month fills me with dread. That said I guess
it wouldn’t be a ‘challenge’ if it wasn’t challenging so I am going to give it
a try.
Onto the
list, I'm going to be building this army for WFB 5th Edition with points taken
from the Skaven Army book of the same edition. As per the challenge rules the
army is planned to be at least 1000pts with magic items not included:
Warlord,
Heavy Armour, Shield [94]
Plague
Priest [73]
Stormvermin
x21, Halberds, Shields (Inc. Standard, Musician) [287.5]
Clanrats x20
(Inc. Standard, Musician) [132]
Skaven
Slaves x20 [50]
Gutter
Runners x10, Throwing Stars [130]
Plague Monks
x25, Additional Hand Weapons (Inc. Standard, Musician) [189]
Warpfire
Thrower x3 [210]
Doomwheel
[150]
I have built
the army to contain most of the units I like from the book, although to be
honest I like them all so these are just the units I want to paint first I
guess. I have tried to make the army well rounded with a bit of everything
although it makes me sad I don’t have any Clan Moulder in there so that might
change as I go through the challenge. I am slightly over the points I need for
the challenge, mainly because I aim to paint each month (i.e. no mulligan) plus
if I can, paint a few more than the required 200 points each month.
I have almost
all of the models I need although there are a couple I am still hunting for
(another Warpfire Thrower, a Gutter Runner and maybe a different Plague Priest
model). Anyway onto the detailed pictures!
Plague Priest and Warlord
Stormvermin
Skaven Slaves
Gutter Runners
Clanrats
Plague Monks
Doomwheel and Warpfire Throwers
As always,
really happy to be a part of this challenge and I wish the best of luck to my
fellow challengers. I hope the readers enjoy everyone’s contributions and
please don’t be shy, share your thoughts on all of our armies!
I"m really looking forward to this! Lovely choice of troops. It's a BIG challenge! No one has managed to finish the Skaven before
ReplyDeleteTell me about it! Who better to try and best one of the most difficult armies than one of the slowest painters!
DeleteIf you didn't care for the Brets, I can't wait to see what you do with the army you love! 15 a month-You can do it! Easier than horses in caparison!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lissanne, they won't look at visually appealing as the Bret's simply because the limited and muted colour palette plus blocks of similarly painted figures tend not to stand out. That said I'm looking forward to painting then much more!
DeleteLooking forward to seeing your rays develop. I’m always curious about the pallet for the army. I too struggled with an army choice this year.
ReplyDeleteAww yeah!
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous pile of furry lead mate.
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of models! We're in the same furry boat - good luck!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing these completed.
What did you use to prime the models? I tried a black GW spray on a test model, but the result was too dark for my taste.
I used gw grey spray, I used to zenith undercoat but honestly I'm not sure there is any point, at least for not how I paint.
DeleteThat's going to be a great army. Good luck getting it done!
ReplyDeleteHave fun with your horde of rats...
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! I always loved the Skaven. Can't wait to see what you do for these guys.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a real challenge :-0 A lot of great models!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the words of encouragement everyone, not long to go now!
ReplyDeleteBon courage sir! This will be quite an accomplishment in 6 months! :D
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