Very
impressive yes-yes? It costs many warp tokens but the mess it makes of the
stuntys is well worth it.
I guess you
are thinking this is the last you will see of my chittering horde, well maybe,
but then again maybe not. There are still plenty more of us hiding in the
shadows.”
Anyway, sorry
for the title pun, hopefully you can just roll with me on this one.
Technically
I officially finished the challenge last month since I completed five months
and passed the 1,000 point barrier however I seriously have loads more Skaven
to paint so decided to push myself as much as possible this last month and finish
a couple of units that either weren’t at the minimum viable number or I just
wanted to bulk up.
First up we
have another group of Stormvermin, same colour scheme as before of course:
Next I
turned my attention to my Clanrat unit, specifically I had a couple of the original
Rat Ogre figures which I really like but always thought they were a little
small for their stat line. They are only just a little bigger than a standard
clanrat. So I painted them in such a way that they could fit in with the
clanrat unit, taking the place of four standard rats but were still mounted on
40mm bases should I want to run them as Rat Ogres.
I also
painted a bunch more actual Clan Rats to bulk out the unit:
Finally we
have the real star of the month and maybe this army so far, I’m going to let
the pictures do the talking and talk after:
A few things
that might be hard to spot in the pictures, the globes on the wheel spokes all
have some fancy crystal effect that I painted, was really happy with, and then
mounted backwards so it is close to the wheel and you can’t actually see! I
painted a nice looking OSL on the inside of the wheel coming from the
generator, that is almost entirely covered up by the wheels again! Finally I
painted all of the insides of the wheels, and the rats running them and guess
what, you can’t see any of it! Hurrah for wasted effort…
Anyway, to
summarise, this month’s entry is:
Stormvermin
x12, Halberds, Shields [150]
Clanrats x19
(kind of) [114]
DOOMWHEEL!!!!
[150]
Total – 414 points
Minus the
wrap-up post this is the end of my rat horde for this challenge. Even though
this is my second OWAC Skaven have always been my favourite army and I feel
more pride in completing this one than any army I have ever tackled. This is
the first time since I was probably 12 or so (which was a long time ago FYI)
that I have had a full painted Skaven army and I can’t wait to see them all together.
I have deliberately not got everything out together yet because I wanted to
wait until everything was completed. So when I write my wrap-up post and take
those pictures will be the first time for me to see the completed army as well!
I am genuinely excited 😊
That's wheely something else!
ReplyDeleteStunning my dude
ReplyDeleteThat is one glorious Doomwheel! (And I join you this month in spending time painting many things that can't be seen...)
ReplyDeleteLove this army. Great colour scheme. Those Stormvermin are wonderful. The colour scheme gives them that stormtrooper feel 😀 your bases are wonderful. A lovely, lovely army 👍
ReplyDeleteKnocked out of the Park - what a finale!
ReplyDeleteAwesome work, and I think the parts that can only be glimpsed dimly really help bring the doomwheel to life.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! The basing on the Doom wheel and the horde of giant rats running along side is great, and all the added detail just sounds like it is even more rewarding when you get to see the mini up close :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic month. Too bad it's the last one!
ReplyDeleteAmazing units, those rat ogre fillers work superb and the dark tones of the storm vermins look cool. The doomwheel is awesome.
ReplyDeleteCool work. Really like your yellow on the clanrats. The vermins are topnotch too.
ReplyDeleteReally nice additions to and already cool army. Although they're small, as you say, I've always had a fondness for those first rat ogres.
ReplyDeleteThat Doomwheel is fantastic!
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