Graeme's OWAC3 Skaven wrap-up

My first OWAC is done! My lead pile is dented (if you look really closely)! My purveyors of pestilence may have got a little carried away though... sorry 'bout that!

Thanks to Iannick for organizing a great challenge and congratulations to all the challengers who overcame some serious adversity to deliver some truly impressive armies! This has been a weird year so far and it's been great to be part of a little community that share the same passion and have provided support, encouragement and the threat of shaming to keep everyone going. Special mention goes to the other members of #teamskaven, Adam and Brendan - together we managed to delivery the vermin triple whammy in the year of the rat. No mean feat.

Okay, on to the final muster...

- Gnawdoom (level 15 wizard), with hand weapon: 144 points

- Clan Chieftain (Level 5 Hero ), with spear and light armour: 31 points

- 1 Clan Chieftain (level 5 hero), with hand weapon, shield and light armour: 31 points

- 1 Clan Skyre Poisoned Wind Globadier, with hand weapon: 25 points

- Warpfire-thrower team: 81 points - Jezzailachis Team: 39 points

- 3 Plague Censer Bearers: 120 points

- 3 Clan Moulder Beastmasters, with hand weapon, and light armour: 31.5 points

- 16 Giant Rats: 32 points

- 8 Black Skaven, with halberds, and light armour: 60 points

- Clan Chieftain (Level 5 Hero ), with halberd, and light armour: 32 points

- 14 Plague Monks, with hand weapons, and light armour: 82.5 points (including extra 5.5 points for the standard-bearer)

- 10 Clan Eshin Gutter Runners, with hand weapons, light armour, and slings: 140 points

- 2 Clan Moulder Beastmasters, with hand weapon, and light armour: 21 points

- 5 Clan Moulder Rat Ogres, with hand weapon: 190 points

And of course the Offering to the Overlord (25 points) isn't shown, as it's already found its way to Iannick.

So here's what my 1060 points of Skaven look like:

I had been planning to paint more in the last couple of months of the challenge, but I lost my focus. I've got about 40 models in progress on my painting desk and a bunch of scenery sitting not far away. I made a start on some banners too. All these mini-projects vying for my attention meant that none got finished... Still, it leaves me something to do in the months before the next OWAC... :-)

Right, I'm off to feast my eyes on the other submitted armies. See you next time!

Graeme's Skaven reinforcements for February (224 points)

The plan for February was as simple as it was cunning: pick out a small group of high points cost models, get them painted by the middle of February and get a head start on the contribution for March. Easy. What could go wrong?

The best-laid schemes of rats and men...

Screech to a halt. Back in the real world, a busy work schedule and other commitments meant I was struggling to even get this small group painted in time. I got there in the end, though. Just.

I experimented with some different basing techniques this month, which I plan to do for the major character models - taking some inspiration from Nico's Realms of Chaos Skaven (http://nico-realmsofchaos.blogspot.com/).

So here's my small contribution for February:

Gnawdoom

One of the most iconic Skaven models, as far as I'm concerned. Unfortunately, the quality of this model wasn't great - there were a lot of mold lines - some of which I didn't spot until I was in the middle of painting it...  😒.
For the paint scheme I wanted to use muted colours for the clothing (Wargames Foundry's Soviet Summer Tan and Rawhide), to bring out the lighter fur and skin, suggesting an albino rat, and to make the warpstone key and crystal ball stand out. This colour scheme was inspired by Stone Cold Lead's Gnawdoom masterpiece: https://stonecoldlead.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=191884252. For the same reason, I decided to model the base as a piece of rock, with very little colour, to keep the attention on the figure.

Gutter Runners

Finishing off the remaining three Gutter Runners from the group of ten. I continued these in the same style as the previous group. One in my trademark pink, the others in slightly more modest colours.
I may switch out the model with the shield for one without, to make the group more consistent. It'll do for now, though.

Rat Ogre

A second Rat Ogre to strengthen the Clan Molder contingent. Painting one of these a month seems to be a big help reaching my totals, so you can expect a few more to come...

Here's the full group and their points:

- Gnawdoom (level 15 wizard), with hand weapon: 144 points
- 1 Clan Moulder Rat Ogre, with hand weapon: 38 points
- 3 Clan Eshin Gutter Runners, with hand weapons, light armour, and slings: 42 points

Total for February: 224 points

Total for the army so far: 426.5 points

Next month I'm determined to work on building up my rank-and-file troops - starting with some Clan Pestilens Plague Monks with Plague Censer Bearer support. Wish me luck - I'll need it!