February Skaven: Clanrats & Wolf-Rats (Rank & File)
After failing to paint all 30 clanrats in January, I switched up plans to finish the last 10 in February and then paint some "bonus figures." As February started winding down, I had just finished the first 5.
So I went back to some of the figures that were to be in my February entry from the start. I had planned to paint Clan Moulder troops in February, figuring I would paint the easiest figures in the shortest month. I only got to some of them.
Back in my youth, in 3rd edition, we didn't really have good figures for wolf-rats, aka ROUSes. They're still sort of lacking, but some of the more recent metal giant rats aren't exactly large, but in the context of old 3rd ed. scale, I think they're decent enough. Not too far off from the metal giant wolves of the day. Plus, they're not exactly massive combat beasts anyway. So here we are. 6 wolf-rats.
I will be overwhelmed with work/travel for the rest of the month, but managed to squeek (heh heh) in one last figure. The wolf-rats needed a Clan Moulder packmaster.
Actual brand of mints I just discovered at a local grocer. Only slightly altered the flavor when I inserted it into the appropriate ad background. Kudos to the company marketing mints to the underserved Skaven demographic.
Mmmm... love those half points in 3rd ed.
February Points:
10.5 pts 1 Packmaster with light armour
18 pts 6 Wolf-rats
30.5 pts 5 Clanrats with Spears
59 pts TOTAL
189 pts OWAC TOTAL (so far)
They are lovely !!! I've always liked the moulder clan ! Will you make more giant rats ? Like Andy Chambers' army in Warhammer 4th ed rules book
ReplyDeleteYes, more rats coming soon. I no longer have the 4th ed. rules and don't remember Andy.
DeleteSmall but perfectly malformed. Odd that no wolfrat minis ever appeared as those army lists were mostly led by the available ranges
ReplyDeleteI agree. Maybe something was planned but never released?
DeleteLooking perfectly pestilent! Great work!
ReplyDeleteNice! That gradient on the packmaster sword is lovely (as is that red gem). Love the mushroom work too - lovely job all round :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, the sword is really just a bit of random "brush mashing" (like stippling with an old brush) using various shades of orange.
DeleteGreat job! Such beautiful expressive faces.
ReplyDeleteFunny you say that, because a lot of the duplicate figures are miscast on the hidden side of the face!
DeleteGreat work as always! I want the recipe for those bases :D
ReplyDeleteLovely update. You're right, those giant rats doesn't fit very good the 20mm bases and often finish outside, making some problems with the later rows. So good option to use them as wolf rats. Hope to see more of your awesome project!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice of minis to be Wolf-rats which really set this apart as a 3rd Ed Skaven army. Nice paintwork and basing all round too!
ReplyDeleteWolfrats are great and tue bases work perfectly
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