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He skittered through the pathways of the under-empire, excitement quickening his pace. Finally after four moons cycles had passed he had found what they had been searching for. After mounds of the masters warptokens and been spent, not with out the odd few hidden away for him self not sneak-steal no never from the master just kept in case yes yes. He had finally found it, even if he had had to make a pack with the diseased vermin and their sickly priest. He entered the vast warren of clan skabmore, his home, he headed down to the deepest lair.

Entering the lair he found the master and leader of the clan, sat on a throne built from the bones of the many defeated enemies of the clan. Behind the throne were the hulking furless forms of four brood-mothers testament to the clans and the leaders power. As he approached the throne he bowed his head in servitude, "master it is done I have found the scrolls which we sneak-searched for all this time".
"Good engineer Skreet, you have done well the horned rat will look upon you with favour in the coming days", said the leader. "I Krittit Scabmore shall rise in power beyond even the damned council yes yes much power".
A smirk spread across the warplock engineers face unseen by the master "yes master your fate awaits, their is just one thing master, I had to make pact-deal with the pestilent priest to get what we needed."
Krittit lashed out with his foot kicking the engineer across the snout of his rat like face, sending him sprawling across the floor. " You fool, you dare make pacts with out my consent," he snarled baring his fangs as he pressed the claws of his paw onto the engineers throat.
"But master......I sneak-tricked the plague priest yes yes, he thinks....... he summons his dark God........ not the horned rat master, he is a fool....... beneath your notice yes yes oh magnificent leader Skabmore." The engineer grovelled choking out the words.
"Hmmmm very well," the leader mutter stepping off the engineers throat. The engineer started to edge his way towards the lairs entrance, " Shall I make the preparations my lord we should leave soon if we are to be ready for when Morrslieb is next at its fullest." He said almost at the entrance. "Yes go." Snarled Krittit lashing out with his tail as he turned catching the engineer across the chest sending him stumbling out of the lair.



So i dicided to do a Vermin Lord for my skaven army but the GW model is a bit dated and i want mine to be impressive. I needed a center piece for my army as it is a massive horde army so i wanted something to tower above the rest of my models.

I decided to use the Balrog as i like its shape and it is really huge so i think its a real good starting point.

This is now becoming a whole skaven army blog as the Vermin Lord is going to be the centerpiece of quite a unique force if i do say so myself.

Any C&C is welcome and i will try to reply to any Questions.

so bellow is how far i have gotten first thing is to put the body together and cut down the secound set of holes where the wings would normally go.



Next was to stick on the head i used the dragon skull from the giant kit this has had the nose cut down the eyebrows reshaped and horns added the horns are from the fantasy ork banner top.



next i used the small flames from the Balrog base to create fur on the legs and back. these where then greenstuffed into the body to blend in.



I also glued on the arms and filled in the secound sets of holes.

Looks sweet, I'd like to see the rest of this project

Nice reuse of the flames!

So i have done some more work on the Vermin Lord, firstly i added the lower jaw this is also taken from the giant kit i added a plasticard bottom to it as its very easy to break becouse it only glues in one place.



i also used greenstuff to create some detail in the lowwer jaw and add a tongue i'm sorry about the crap pic but you can just see the tounge



next was to start on the massive amount of fur this thing will have, again in greenstuff, i have only done the right side so far as i will allow this to dry so i dont mess it up when doin the other side

Looking very good, I do hope you're going to greenstuff the massive frontal incisors to give it that rat identifier.

im thinkin of usin plasticard for thn but will do it en i start on the head im doin one half rat face one half skull like the GW model

Just don't give it beaver teeth.

So i have completed some more work on him

i added an Orb to his left hand becouse i thought it would look to empty with the doom glave being in the other. I did this with greenstuff and i also repositioned the fingers to clutch it as they are quite open, i did this by cutting little V's out of them abd bending them i then filled in the gaps with greenstuff.



I also started the sculpting of the head and added the bottom set off horns these are from the Balrog kit just cut down a bit.







I also added the rat teeth at the front with plasticard but this was after i had taken pics lol

next came the Doom Glaive i created this using the sword arm from the Balrog. I first cut down the flames then added three blades to the top these are from the Ork Boyz sprue but cut to diffrent lengths. I next added some plasticard to the side with little plasticard squares to act as bolts i then cut the handle off the back of the hand and added a length of brass rod.

So a lot of work has been done on my Vermin Lord and thankfully he is finished well the modelling is done just have to paint the beast now.

first up i finished sculpting his face and joint the lower jaw into the neck.



nect i covered up the scaley forarms with fur



and finally came the Doom Glaive i finished this by creating cloth around the handle where he holds it with plasticard, then i coverd the bottom half of the handle in greenstuff and run my sculpting tools along it to creat a wood grain effect, to end it all off i used the banner top from the plauge monks spure.



I also created a base for him this has a broken pipe made from brass rod with green stuff water coming out, a pillar from the Warhammer Fortifed Manor and cobble stones created out of plasticard im doing a kind of under empire sewer theme for my bases in my skaven army.



and here is a comparesion shot so you can see how big this monster really is.



on another note here is some picks of my converted Plauge Priest for the same army. he is made from a necromancer





you cant see it real well in the picks but the greenstuff coming out of the skulls is whisps of smoke this will count as his plauge censure in the game.

absolutly amazing conversions I can't wait to see how they look painted

I like this, excellent work. I think the sculpting will really show up well when painted.

I am mightily impressed with this, really looking forward to seeing it painted up.

Some things I've spotted:

- Right leg has a prominent join line.
- Elbows seem to have a thick border between skin and thick fur; maybe blur the line with thinning fur?
- Tail looks reptilian with the overlapping dorsal scales.
- No ears or whiskers? With the horns, I can see why ears could be tricky to incorporate, but it might be worth experimenting with piano wire around the snout...
- The globe. Without a 360° view, I can't see if this is just from the camera angles, but it doesn't look to me like the hand has a full grasp on it. Hold various objects - oranges, balls, etc - with one hand and compare your hand to the model (in particular, how far around the sphere your finger(s) go); if it matches, then put this point down to the camera's POV.

thanks for the suggestions lindsay40k

the joint in the right leg has ben filled in on the finished model,
the fur isthick near the elbows but the greenstuff has a peek in it and the underside is shaped like fur
im really tempter to add ears but your right would be tricky am thinking ones similar to the terrorgiest but laid flat, the reason i havent gone for whiskers is i dont think it would look right one the one side and not the other as im going for a similar style vermin lord as the GW model one half of the head is a skull,
i see what you mean by the sphere it doesnt look like a firm grasp because the front finger is more pointed but the back to fingers and thumb are flush with the sphere

hope this helps

So its been ages since i last did any thing on here but here goes lets get this project moving again. I am glad that i can show a lot of progress so firstly my plauge preist all painted.





next the actual genral of my army a Warplock Engineer





he has a body gard of 20 Stormvermin which excluding the Rat ogres will be the smallest unit in the army.





none of the banners or freehand work has been done yet as im gonna get the skaven heraldry book and do them all right




this unit will have wo attached Warpfire Throwers


next up is my unit of Plauge Monks for my Plauge Priest to go in. I have painted 20 so far but this is gonna be a unit 0f 40




i converted the Musician cause i didnt like the gong






i was gonna attach the oisend wind mortars to these but you cant so will give them to my slaves instead as it wount matter if the thing back fires hahahaah





and lastly although i will probs never use him it is a stunning model the IoB Warlord





i have also started a unit of Giant rats, i have built 16 and a pack master so far this is gonna be a unit of 40 though picks wen painted

Great looking stuff, Ive always loved Skaven, especially the new ones. Sadly they have the same problem (for me) as Dwarves...they are just too small, and I cant paint well enough to make them look good.

Sub'd Love the necromancer conversion... so little effort but the model looks so Skaveny!

mad4minis they are small lol but great minis to paint so much character but I'm doing a horde army so lots of practice painting hahhah

thanks henners91 it was really easy to do just the head from a Iob pack master and instead of the base i used a blank one with a bit of brass rod on as a pipe because the necromancer has a foot up then a little GS on the skulls for smoke and water coming from the pipe

the bases for this army are all cobble stones individually cut from plasticard i so need to find an easier way to do them hahahah

heres the next bit of my army a unit of Giant Rats with Pack Master there are 16 rats in this unit so far but am gonna bump them up to 40 soon.

Pack Master




group shot

another little update i have started doing a unit of Rat Ogers since i have 4 IoB Ogers im going to convert two of them

The first was quite simple i just cut the right arm and raised it then added an Oger Bull sword


the next had a bit more work to do i cut off the right arm then cut where it was bent upwars so i could straighten it out. i then removed the blade and replaced it with barrels from the empire outriders box to make a sort of ratling gun.
i then added the blade to the left hand along with a bit of the IoB packmasters staff to mage a knife, i also repostioned the tale.




they both still need a bit of green stuff and the first Rat Oger still needs a base but i will do this when i decide to do the finishing touches on my Vermin Lord

this all looks great, do you have a Abomination?

This looks absolutely fantastic, well done!

Excellent work so far. I always enjoy seeing Skaven projects. The balrog conversion is superb. Hail the great horned rat. *squeek*

thanks for the comments guys

JohnnoM - i don't have an abomination yet but I'm thinking of making one from either the Beastmen Jabbersythe or the Beastmen Ghorgon/Cygor kit but getting the main army sorted first as this army at 2000 points has 160 clan rats/slaves


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so i have done the greenstuff on my Rat Ogers and Vermin Lord. First up is the oger with the sword i even added some stich marks were it joins to the plastic.



next up the secound Rat Oger he has the most extensive work done some gap filling on the shoulder, and rebuilding the forearm.



lastly the last of the greenstuff to be done on my Vermin Lord, i added some ears



the next bit was to add a loin cloth he didnt really need it but i liked the idea of having somewhere to add my army colours.

two new Rat Ogers again made from the IoB figures no real conversion here i just made there heads face forwar by cutting away a bit of the neck and filling with greenstuff.





i also added some fur to the Vermin Lords thighs as i didnt like the scales on them

So my Instamold came today first time using this stuff but if heard good things from people on here. I decided it would be good to make my bases hopefully a lot faster then my current way of cutting out individual bricks from plasticard then glueing them on.

Anyway to start i first made 5 basese the way i usually do



after this i heated up the instamold and pressed it down on the basses once cooled and hard i then removed the bases and was left with the impressions of my plasticard brickwork



i then pushed in a thin layer of greenstuff and will see how they come out in the morning



i then used the bases i had made to start one of the first ranks of a Skavenslaves unit



here is also a pic of my finished Rat Oger unit



and my Vermin Lord is now primed and readdy to paint so pics of that later

Your green stuff work and painting is excellent! Nice to see a fellow Welshman

thanks Idols where about in wales you from

so another update firstly the instamold bases came out great the greenstuff is set and after supergluing it to the bases and adding my clanrat i think with a bit of sand and paint they are gonna look awsome and so much quicker to make then the plasticard ones where.



and my vermin lord got some paint today i started on the fur first as this is going to be mainly drybrushed i did it first so it wouldnt mess up anything else

first i give it a good layer of bestial brown


i then gave it a drybrushing of graveyard earth and then dheneb stone. I also gave the base a drybrush of first fenris grey then whent over with astronomican grey.




next i gave the skin area a good layer of tallarn flesh and did all the areas that will be rust or bone a layer of scorthed brown



when this was dry i gave the skin a wash with my special skin wash which is a 1:1 mix of scorched brown and chaos black watered down to a wash.

todays update begains with more bases i love how quick i can make these now



next a load of painting on the vermin lord i did a layer of bestial brown on the bone areas, claws and horns

and a layer of dark angels green on the warpstone



i then redid the areas of skin with talleran flesh leaving the washed colour in the recesses, aswell as doing the first layers of yellow on the banner/loincloth


i then finished the rusted metal areas and started on the brass


next was a layer of bleach bone on the bone, claws and horns


i then finished the warpstone areas by layering up with diffrent shades of green


i then finished up for the day by adding a 1:1 mix of hawk turquois and dark angels green wash to the brass areas to create a verdigras effect and an ogren flesh wash on the yellow



i might try writting up the army fluff for the army soon




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whoop whoop first time on the DakkaDakka homepage

so i have been out of the hobby due to work and uni for the last 5 months haven't played or painted in about 4 months but i have recently had time to pick up my paint brush and forge ahead.

so in the last two weeks here is what i have done. i have done 35 of my skaven slaves with spears and the last 5 are on the painting block now



i know slaves cant have a banner in the game but i wanted to do one anyway so i used the ones from the IoB set that looks like old icons bolted together



i have used the models from the IoB set and the clanrat boxset with the least amount of armour on them to be my slaves, any armour they do have is painted as rusty metal where as my clan rats will have the bright yellow armour they do have the odd bit of yellow on shields and the banner





also painted up two of the ogers here is the first









and then the secound one









the spots and scars on the rat ogers and the slaves are painted to look infected to show the influence of the plague priest spreading through the more easily corrupted elements of the army

so here is another update had a bit of an accident with my rat oger started to paint hem and dropped it oh good anyway the tail came of and is no nowhere to be seen so i'm gonna sculpt a new one and the gatling gun has alway been a bit fragile so im gonna replace it

here you can see where the gun came off and the wire i have put in for the tail






next i replaced the arm with a bit from the end of an ork trukk boarding ramp







i then added some green stuff to the tail to thicken it out going to let this dry before i add detail and fine tune it



i didn't like how wide the claw was one the oger so i trimmed it down so its narrower







i was also thinking of adding either snow or some tuffs of grass to there basses anyone got any thoughts on this

another update on how the hoard grows, finshed the sculpt on the rat ogers tail nothing to fancy but does the job.



yet more skaven slaves join the army



and the first stages of paint get applied to the rat oger all the base colours and washes are done along with all the rusty metal and the fur has been highlighted all that is left is the skin, yellow armour, warpstone, teeth, claws etc and the little details (scars, boils and such

Wow, great use of the Balrog and Necromancer plastic kits! I will be watching this project with interest...subbed!

@fango thanks man i will try and update as much as possible but painting up unites of 40 models takes time and i dont want to bore people with here is another clanrat and another clanrat type posts hahha

anyway just a quick update today finished the remade rat oger and primed my fourth one think this unit of ogers will be six in total

time for another update on the old skaven army gonna call them clan Skabmore i think might try writing some fluff for these guys soon, anyway onto the modles.

i decided to add snow to the bases didnt go all out with clumpy snow mixes just straight out of the tub snow flock i think it looks more like frost which i like.





and lastly a group shot of the army as it stands



still lots to do

PAINT

1 rat oger

10 skavenslaves w/spears & shields

BUILD & PAINT

40 skaven clanrats w/hand weapon & shields

40 skaven clanrats w/spears & shields

40 skavenslaves w/hand weapon & shields

20 plauge monks

small update more bases done and started the second unit of slaves

another rat oger joins the ranks last of the ones i have so just more slaves to paint and the start of a 40 strong unit of clanrats, might use them as an opportunity to do a tutorial on painting yellow as the painting and modeling thread is always full of people asking how to do it.

anyway few picks of the rat oger

and my newest model, a warlord on rat ogre bonebreaker. i started out with one of the rat ogers from the IoB kit i added a skull from the oger bulls kit and also the banner top to make the platform for my warlord.




i also used the warlord from IoB since i have like 4 of them. i removed the pillar from his feet. chopped off the cleaver arm to hold the chain the connects to the oger, converted the spear into a mace and finally replaced the back banner with a trophy rack made from some left over pieces.





here is how he loos so far





i need to greenstuff some huge straps across the oger to look like the platform is held on that way and also fix the warlords elbow. then do the base before painting

so i just got featured on the dakka home page how i dont know

Happens from time to time. I think it's just an algorithmic function of the site. Neat skaven conversion so far.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Happens from time to time. I think it's just an algorithmic function of the site. Neat skaven conversion so far.

i figured it probably was and thans i follow a couple of your threads you do some awesome work

Nice stuff! I play skaven too and have way to many and painting is so slow.

I like that vermin lord, just a heads up with the third end times book there is supposed to be a new plastic vermin lord kit (and if you look at all the huge sculpts from the end times releases it might be monster model lol)

How big is your army now 2 years later? Would like to see a picture of those stormvermin all ranked up I really like the yellow (although I hate painting yellow lol)

 chiefbigredman wrote:
Nice stuff! I play skaven too and have way to many and painting is so slow.

I like that vermin lord, just a heads up with the third end times book there is supposed to be a new plastic vermin lord kit (and if you look at all the huge sculpts from the end times releases it might be monster model lol)

How big is your army now 2 years later? Would like to see a picture of those stormvermin all ranked up I really like the yellow (although I hate painting yellow lol)

damn i bet the new plastic will be huge hahahaaahaaha

unfortunatly its not that much bigger since i have been out of the hobby for some time so i joint a campain to hopfully push it forward as i have at least another 40 rats to add an additional rat oger and i think another 4 weapon teams

I hope its huge....I hope it turns out to be real lol

Ah well at least that gives you time to paint. I have 6500 points of skaven (my blog is in my sig) but I have very little painted and it is very intimidating to paint that many models so building slowly like you have s probably a much better idea but its to late for me

 chiefbigredman wrote:
I hope its huge....I hope it turns out to be real lol

Ah well at least that gives you time to paint. I have 6500 points of skaven (my blog is in my sig) but I have very little painted and it is very intimidating to paint that many models so building slowly like you have s probably a much better idea but its to late for me

yeah it would be nice and its about time it had a new model.

wow you have a loot to paint hahaa i really like your doomwheels base whats it made from

Well that last picture I posted was only about 4000 points.
Have another 2500 points in the mail.

I used polyfill (the stuff for filling cracks in drywall) and I just took a knife and waved it up a bit. I did the same with the Hellpit Abomination but painted that one to look like mud.


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Oh and I also added some polystyrene for those rocks (dont spray paint the polystyrene it will melt lol)

 chiefbigredman wrote:
Well that last picture I posted was only about 4000 points.
Have another 2500 points in the mail.

I used polyfill (the stuff for filling cracks in drywall) and I just took a knife and waved it up a bit. I did the same with the Hellpit Abomination but painted that one to look like mud.


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Oh and I also added some polystyrene for those rocks (dont spray paint the polystyrene it will melt lol)

damn n i thought painting 2000pts was gonna be hard work haha

aww thats cool i have used it before on a board never thought to do it on bases


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so i have done some more work on the warlord with bonebreaker mount, all thats left is to attach the arm to the warlord and then greenstuff his elbow any C&C would be appreciated

 chiefbigredman wrote:
Would like to see a picture of those stormvermin all ranked up I really like the yellow (although I hate painting yellow lol)

as requested





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got the arm attached now just need to fill in that elbow

Finally went out and got some primer so my skaven are even getting painted and i have my first game in about 12 hours lol but check out my cool home spray station lol



also i started work on something else today i think my plauge priest has had some influence

more work on this guy he will either be a herald of nurgle or a count as beast of nurgle





this is his weapon


im also gonna give him this container on his back thats gonna be full of skulls n guts

more work for papa nurgle

Really liking those stormvermin! still have about 52 to paint up myself ugh lol

That bonebreaker mount is looking great too I might have to make one. Not 100% sure I like the skull on him it seems a little big but o do like that idea!

I have to many rat ogres and warlords lol not that I ever use him but it will give me an excuse to convert something new! (And avoid painting the rest of my stuff )
Also just posting a picture of my 6000-6500ish skaven in my blog if you want to see what it looks like on the tabletop lol

Nice conversion work. Love the cyclops eye. I think he'd make an excellent herald! Look forward to seeing the final result.

chiefbigredman wrote:Really liking those stormvermin! still have about 52 to paint up myself ugh lol

That bonebreaker mount is looking great too I might have to make one. Not 100% sure I like the skull on him it seems a little big but o do like that idea!

I have to many rat ogres and warlords lol not that I ever use him but it will give me an excuse to convert something new! (And avoid painting the rest of my stuff )
Also just posting a picture of my 6000-6500ish skaven in my blog if you want to see what it looks like on the tabletop lol

yeah i still aint 100% on it myself, i have left him for a bit so i can come at him with fresh eyes, i migt add a bunch more armor to him see how he looks then.

i just saw that army is mind blowing no wounder you dont know where to start ton painting hahahh

ckig wrote:Nice conversion work. Love the cyclops eye. I think he'd make an excellent herald! Look forward to seeing the final result.

thanks alot hope to do somemore work on him soon also i have something special plannedfor the base

my herald finally has his weapon in hand


also some work on a base im using an old sculpters method of using tinfoil to build bulk before putty work not sure if it will work but hey its worth a try

more work on the base


also another base to hint at things to come

[i]Skreet made his way back to his own lair-workshop on the other side of the warren, waiting for him upon his arrival was fangleader kreklaw preening his thick white fur, Warlord Skabmore had paid the engineer vast sums of money to obtain albino pups from across the under-empire without the councils knowledge. It had taken three years to create the elite stormvermin squad force grown on clan moulder nutrient elixirs, albino pups are sort after by the council for their unskaven like loyalty to their master. The warlord had the most elite group outside the council itself or so he thought since it was Skreet that raised and trained them from the moment the mulling creatures had opened their eyes they had swore loyalty to him and only faked allegiance to Krittit.

"Master how goes your journey was the mission a success?" Asked Kreklaw, once he had noticed the arrival of the warplock engineer.
Removing the filthy greedy brown robe that he had worn to help fake his so called secret allegiance to the unclean one, Skreet walked over to the rack built into the back wall of the lair-workshop and dressed first in his robes and then the drab mustard yellow armour of clan Skabmore. Now feeling himself again he reached for his energy condenser, finally strapped into the weird copper and warpstone contraption he turned to the fangleader. "All is as planned we march for the sacred site before morrsleib next reaches its fullest," he says as he pulls a hidden lever next to his armour rack the entrance to his lair locks with a large iron bolt as the rear wall of the workshop slides into the floor. Hidden behind is a small antechamber with a desk upon which sits books of arcane knowledge and the plans of his dastardly plot to take control of clan Skabmore

so added a unit of clan rats to my army for the escalation league at my local store along with bumping up some other units was really suprised by how my giant rat pack did for a unit that cost less then 50 points, glad i added clanrats now though as my color scheme is really starting to show through, they still need a bit of work extra 5 rats to paint plus snow to the bases



also i started to have a go at my first truescale marine to go with my nurgle herald for a possible armies on parade board, while i was lengthening the legs i took the opportunity to add some details to make them more chaos like gonna do some more work on top when the GS drys. i also started to build up an abdomen

Just browsed trough you blog...looking awesome Ken
Keep up the good work!
Regards
Mark

thanks alot mark


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so did a trial run on the pose of my marine, i think i will change the position of the chainsword to be more across his body, but so far im pleased with the bitz just need to find a backpack for him now




i also did some more work on my herald

so i lost my instamould for my skaven bases so had to remake it but on the plus side i made two so i can turn out bases faster i had forgotten how long they took to make out of plasticard mind


i also started my secound unit of clanrats, they are gonnabe armed with spears and include my first ever skaven which i used as a tester for this army



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had a tinker n started a new project i now have two small projects along side my skaven

anyway coolpoints if you can guess what he is for

A sketch made of warlord Skabmore by adventurer Ulnric Von Castamere, found on his corpse in the catacombs below a small settlement in the outer region of the Empire, no other evidence of what had happened to the villages populace.

So i started a mordheim warband after reading Bruticus amazing fluff for a campaign he is starting called throne of bones so here is the start of my warband

they are the dregs for a vampire warband






i also did some more work on my truescale marine, you can see his size i think he is starting to look right as his shoulders are the same height as the top of a normal marines head

fineshed my truescale marine almost





im gonna sculpt the deathguard symbol on this blank shoulder pad




also finished my clanrats just one more unit to go to run my 1500pts list in the escalation leauge

Nice work on the marine. Only thing I'm not sure about is the little buckler attached to the gun.

The skaven are looking good too

Really loving those dregs. The coffin on the back one is probably my favourite.

Your bow strings look really great, what is it that you use?

ckig wrote:Nice work on the marine. Only thing I'm not sure about is the little buckler attached to the gun.

The skaven are looking good too

thanks alot its my first go at truescaling so im really happy with how it turned out he is leaning back abit thou, im gonna do a little work on the buckler and add some boils and stuff to it i think hopefully tie it in a bit more then.

Medium of Death wrote:Really loving those dregs. The coffin on the back one is probably my favourite.

Your bow strings look really great, what is it that you use?

high praise indeed haha i think the coffin character is my fav to all i really like the hunchback im just not sure about the relicy thing on his back yet i might change it to look like he is carying a large bag or something i see him as the igor of the group

oh and im also gutted as i went to buy that ghoul king and they had sold out but i have an idea for a von carstein vampire instead so im not just ripping of bruticus's warband hahaah i might also use the lord of the rings wargs as dire wolves if i can get my hands on them

as for the bow strings its just regular old cotton i put a dab of superglue on the end of the bow rap it around once or twice then make sure the cotton is stuck so it goes straight down and then do the same thing on the bottom

You really have the tones for a skaven army just right, and your yellow is the perfect colour for skaven armour.

I am very impressed by your dregs, They look very interesting...

 Fifty wrote:
You really have the tones for a skaven army just right, and your yellow is the perfect colour for skaven armour.

I am very impressed by your dregs, They look very interesting...

thanks alot the yellow was quite easy to achive but i use the old GW foundation paints sucks that they are out of production as im running out

glad you like thedregs im hoping i will have a unique warband when im finished

 kencotter wrote:

thanks alot its my first go at truescaling so im really happy with how it turned out he is leaning back abit thou, im gonna do a little work on the buckler and add some boils and stuff to it i think hopefully tie it in a bit more then.

Looks really good for your first attempt! I don't really mind him leaning back. You can just say its a dynamic pose . Sounds good with the buckler. Maybe you can make it look like its melded on not just stuck there. I dunno I have no greenstuff skills

 ckig wrote:

Looks really good for your first attempt! I don't really mind him leaning back. You can just say its a dynamic pose . Sounds good with the buckler. Maybe you can make it look like its melded on not just stuck there. I dunno I have no greenstuff skills

yeah I'm thinking maybe a mass of flesh melding it into his arm

As a full morrslieb reached the highest point of its arc through the night sky casting an eerie green glow over the land, the skaven of clan Skabmore gathered. The foul priest of the plague monks came forward to meet with the skreet and the warlord. "Are you ready to begin the incantations" he asked between the thick gurgles of a puss filled voic, the engineer could smell the thin wisps of noxious green gas wisping from his slack jaw and nostrils.

While the warlord watched on with evident excitment of the power he had been promised, together Skreet and the priest drew upon the ground with blades made of pure warpstone, a summoning circle surrounded by arcane runes nether the warlord nor the priest understood. They stepped back and the enginer gestured for the warlord to enter the circle. " Step to the center my master, and the power you so dearly crave shall be yours."

Skreet signalled to the priest and they began, finally Skreet thought the clan shall be mine. He drew power from the winds of magic through the warpstone and copper condenser upon his back channelling and intensifying the energy as him and the priest began to chant. Arcs of bright green energy flowed out of his fingertips to the circle lighting the lines they had drawn with an unworldly glow, the foul green mist of the plague priest magic swirled around the edge of the circle building into a whirlwind. Suddenly lightning arced from the clouds of gathering magic into the warlords body causing him to cry out in agony. "Skreet," the warlord bellowed " what have you done?"

His body began to rise tell he was suspended like a puppet a few feet from the ground "Kreklaw stop them they have betrayed me" the warlord cried out. " I would never serve you, you ignorant fool. Skreet is my true master, clan Skabmore belongs to him now." Shouted Kreklaw with mirth in his voice finally their treachery was reviled and his stormvermin spread out slaying the few clawleaders loyal to the warlord and replacing them with agents loyal to the engineer.
Krittit's body began to spasm as more lighting arced into him, there was a loud and agonising crunch of bones as his limbs bent out of shape and elongated. "Now our deal is done Skreet the great unclean one comes," rasped the priest.

Skreet chuckled aloud and looked the priest in his cataract filled eyes. " Fool your god does not come, look and bow down at what my power has unleashed the avatar of the horned rat approaches kneel and swear loyalty or your fate shall be delivered." With that the warlord skreams turned into a bestial roar the stink of fear musk from the collected skaven suddenly filled the air. The warlords body grew tremendous in size, the skin on one side of his face stretching and breaking apart to reveal a gleaming white skull the eyes filled with the glow of eldritch warp magic's as great horns grew from his head. a massive gout of warpfire spewed from his talons solidifying into a massive glaive. The verming lord was born into this world. "Forward we march!" shouted Skreet "This world will be ours!"

so i haven't had massive amounts of hobby time lately and what little i have had has been spent finishing my skaven for the campaign i'm now nearly at 2000pts

big units of skaven mean big movement trays these will hold a unit of 50 in hoard formation


and hear is my army so far in all its glory








a few models need repairs nothing major its just normal gaming ear and tear nothing a dab of glue wont fix

i still have a unit of 30 slaves to add and 10 clanrats to add to an existing unit

He whispers to death, whispers promises. Promises of power over the living, a promise death can not refuse. Souls are bargained for, to their nonliving corpses returned. For power over death humanity is exchanged for unending life.



just a little necromancer i put together i have another in the works but i need more greenstuff first as i was editing these pics i noticed the huge mold line across the skull that is gone now.this is how i usually start a model build just a pile of bits i think will be useful.


i built up the robe inside the carn wraith to give more layers i also cut away the hood then added the fin and head which i painstakingly shaved baled with a craft knife.



the skull in his hand has symbols carved into it which you can just about see in this crappy pic


i then added the knife arm and then built up the base




let me know what you guys think

Looking great Ken
Keep up the greta work
Grtz
Mark

ayoku wrote:
Looking great Ken
Keep up the greta work
Grtz
Mark

thanks man your elf diorama is looking awesome too

Looks awesome! Just one thing- is that a mould line going across the skull?

master of asgard wrote:
Looks awesome! Just one thing- is that a mould line going across the skull?

it was but its gone now

so painted the necromancer up wanted a kind of Blanchian feel not sure i quite hit the mark but im still happy with him

Martilth was born under the strange light of Morrsleib, to a woman striken by the plauge. Her father unable to look at this wyrdling omen left her in the darkwoods. Found and raised by a mutant gang she was taught the ways of magik by a beastlin shaman. Ever questing for more power she was drawn to a strange power growing in the west there she found the Necromancer

my very WIP witch/necromancer made from a combination of grave guard, wood elf, necromancer and corpse cart bits she needs a lot of GS work but im all out atm.

so i really like the idea of spirit hosts but i don't like the models so i thought why not do something different and after seeing gardens of hecate

http://gardensofhecate.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-08-16T03:23:00-07:00&max-results=10

i had an idea to do some weird creatures for my spirithosts im gonna aim for between 3 or 4 models a base here are my first two









they both need some GS work but then they should be done

made this little road side shrine/crypt to day not sure if i will use it as scatter terrain or as a base for something monstrous




also made some bases for my spirit hosts

so been a bit quiet over the holidays but i did get a big supply drop



i now have lots of stuff to do like make terrain, objective markers and i recently reoganised my work space. i now have a larger modelling/ painting area and enough room to play necromunda or mordheim without to much hassle.




also my local GW store is holding a painting comp this month with the theme of a warband all it takes to enter is buy a box of miniatures from the store and since i just bought two i thought why not.
i figure i will expand on my necromancer by making a strogi vampire warband about the size of a mordheim gang and even do a nice little display base for them which is something i haven't done before.
so heres my start four dire wolves and the start of the display base

been working on my warband some more got everything placed out where its going, just need to build a few more ghouls, another dreg and my vampire. should have all the bits soon.



also i want a way to mark out my doom wolf so i as thinking about him being the only black wolf in the pack and using a skull on a rope. i have two options either hanging underneath or like the Japanese kitsune myth tying it to the top but im not sure anybody feel like helping

finished the greenstuff work on my witch finally

Looks prommising Ken
Keep those updates comming and keep up the great work!
Grtz
Mark

here is Igor for my warband

more painting this time my witch




i also did some work on a variant ghoul what do you guys think

Looking great Ken
Like the gory look on Igor witch and his scenic base look cool also
Leep it up!
Grtz
Mark

little update on my warband






and some work on the display base

They come, approaching through the mist, fleeting shadows and a stench of decaying flesh. When they attacked it was terrifying all claws and teeth, howling with hunger. They came in packs pulling men down, clawing and biting into their flesh devouring them and gnawing on their bones.



lots of work on my warband entry all the wolves are done and half the ghouls. here are some of them.




here is a look at them all on their display base

Smythe was a wretched creature of small stature, he could always be found lurking in the ghoul kings shadows, following after him like some daemon envisioned parody of a child. His one arm a stump with a cruel hook lashed to it, in the over he wields a wicked blade.

really like how this little guy turned out and is the last member of my warband.






i had a conversion planned for the ghoul king but i have run out of time and money to get him before the entry date so i did a little re positioning of an arm, leg and foot of the one from the zombie dragon kit to stand in for now

The Ghoul King rises

big entry today my warband is done

first up is my ghoul king and smythe, i wasn't really a fan of the ghoul king cause i was planning on a conversion and it felt like a little bit of a let down to use the one from the zombie dragon kiy. until i painted him now i really like him.





and here is everything together on its base




i have also been making some objective markers for an upcoming 40k campaign in which im running my orks

and the LIGHT UP yeah thats right





my fav is the hobo fire oil drum



now all i have to do is build another 3 objectives and 4 army map markers

my new ork looted wagon made from an old chimera i had stashed away

im gonna use this little oop orc shaman as my 40k ork weirdboy i like the savage look he has to make him stand out as something entirely different to the rest of the army

my finished looted wagons

Wow, I love the use of light on that terrain/objectives!

Those looted wagons look spiffing as well..

@norn king thanks the objectives where easy to make just electric T-lights opened up then bits of models, sprue n straws glued all over.

soo a few of you may know im keen on playing necromunda so i started buildind a board and some scenery

here is my board its not textured just used paint to give it a textured look i choose not to texture it so terrain would balance easily as i have always been a fan of tall stacked boards


i found these bridges for childrens toy trains and thought they maybe usefull


after taking them apart i thought the wooden center would look good if painted up a a sort of monorail


i cut these bits off n flipped the bridge to give it a different look i think they may be useful to make smaller walkways. I then added granny grating to some card then glued them in place

painted up the wooden tracks and i don't think they look to bad possibly glue some grating over the connectors to hide them

so havent updated in awhile because i have been painting numerous ork boys not real intresting so here is what else i got up to

a massive 6000pt a side storm of magic game




i also went on a bit of a terrain bender this week and cranked out a few things the last piece of train rail, i added some grating to mask the joins i think it came out well and the last footbridge




i also made this industrial quarter




add lastly started this piece for my scrap quuarter

got some lasercut MDF terrain today scored it pretty cheap about £4 as its my first purchase didnt want to spend to much.

but i gotta say it was great and i will be investing in some more, so here we go

so i found these car model kits in the pondshop/dollar store


after cutting them up i think they look good as wrecks and they are almost to scale maybe a little big



based and stacked they look great


here is my necromunda board so far

here is some of the terrain i completed recently

so im starting a new painting project to enter into my local GW store painting comp and also the dakka (unofficial) painting comp found here

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/642414.page#7721471

here he is the start of something truescale


and some very small sculpting

done a bit more work on my truescale chaos lord im just waiting on some parts for his other arm now

Not much is known of the Chaos Lord Kar'thor Ulasis, what little intelligence gathered by imperial spy's through out the Sabbat system indicate that he was once an apothecary of the Astartes before the battle for Terra. Quickly finding favour with the god of pestilence, Kar'thor seems unmarked by the taint of chaos at first glance but samples of his blood prove otherwise. It seems like his body is home to all manner of pathogens including a strain of the world eater virus. He was first brought to the attention of High Command for leading a small band of piratical traitors aboard his small strike cruiser "Fell Fury", but has since been more troublesome as he gains a loyal following of cultist lead by a strange council of wyrds, mutants and xenos

Pic feed recovered from an inquisitorial strike force


here he is in all his glory although at the moment his power fist is only tacked on as this may change if i have some parts arrive on time. he has to servoskulls which will act as wound counters in game





i really like his collection of severed hands



i also need to do a little more sculpting on his back to join up the fur



and lastly his servoskulls each one is different






this is an example of how they will be based

a little WIP of my truescale chaos lord



i also started my second one

Baltor Tal the most devote of Kar'thors piratical followers blessed by the chaos gods with glorious mutations and gifted a daemonic blade by a herald of khorne, he leads his squad of bloodthirsty warriors in brutal charges




lastly a little scale shot


also trying out a new scheme both paint style and basing with this avatar of khaine

finally finished this guy

Looking good. Your terrain looks fantastic. Would love to play on that board.

What're you plans for the avatar?

 ckig wrote:
Looking good. Your terrain looks fantastic. Would love to play on that board.

What're you plans for the avatar?

thanks man i played a game of 40k the other day on it and it was great got plans for a lot more terrain on it soon

im going for a really clean look to my avatar and bright colors and a forest theme base

here is my take on the avatar of khaine he came out more dark eldar than eldar but i like him im especially happy with the base

kencotter wrote:finally finished this guy

Looks very good, I like the pouldron of hands, very chaos! I've always been a fan of the dirty white chaos look. Out of interest, the cars you got from the dollar store, what scale are they? It's a great idea for scenery.

@Calibanite Lion thanks a lot man im really pleased with his armor. as for the cars unfortunately they didn't have a scale on them they are also a weird clip together kit. i just rather rudly opened a box in store and looked at them lol they are a little on the big size i know that 1:48 scale is about right for 28mm though if that helps

finally finished painting Baltor Tal i'm really happy with how the free hand came out

I like how the eye looks like an organic eye not just a gem. Very Chaosy

Avatar is coming along nicely.

Tanthor Bal icon bearer of Kar'thor Ulasis pirate warband

I'm not to sure on his icon at the moment but I'm going to paint it up and see how it looks if it doesnt look right i have the icon form the chaos spacemaries on order any way

I love your Chaos Marines man. Seems I have a lot to go through and catch up on!

The chaos servo skulls are really neat too.

These are a great inspiration. Well done man

Baltor Tal model looks awesome. He came out really great. The new icon bearer is looking good, too. If I may suggest, maybe if you linked the 3 shields in the front with 3 strips of plasticard to kind of show that they are bolted together it might make it look a little better? Just an idea.

Medium of Death wrote:I love your Chaos Marines man. Seems I have a lot to go through and catch up on!

The chaos servo skulls are really neat too.

hhaha i have been cranking stuff out lately mostly painting thou done a lot of orks, i really like making servo skulls and im thinking of doing some serv spiders like meade but swarmed together on big bases to witch as summoned nurglings

sectmonster wrote:These are a great inspiration. Well done man

thanks a lot dude

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Baltor Tal model looks awesome. He came out really great. The new icon bearer is looking good, too. If I may suggest, maybe if you linked the 3 shields in the front with 3 strips of plasticard to kind of show that they are bolted together it might make it look a little better? Just an idea.

i may do that thanks for the idea its really not looking right to me thou so i am leaning towards changing it

so been working on some terrain recently picked up some of the Prometheus pipe lines, they are a great kit might pick up more.



i also after months of searching finally got my hands on a bus thats to scale needs a little extra work some highlighting and some transfers then done




i also changed the icon on Tanthor Bal much happier with it now

Tanthor Bal, icon bearer, warden to the deamons gateway. Tanthor carries the pirate warbands icon, with it he is abe to channel a gateway to the warp to help summon deamons to the material realm. Kar'thor is loath to do so as he knows that no pact with deamons comes without a hefty price and has warned Tanthor it is only a last resort.

He's looking nice. Like the muted colours. Like the new icon too.

Is the base done with the new GW stuff?

As for the Electro priests that you mentioned in my thread I'll need to check them out. Probably just kitbash something though as I've got tons of bits and pieces left.

 Medium of Death wrote:
He's looking nice. Like the muted colours. Like the new icon too.

Is the base done with the new GW stuff?

As for the Electro priests that you mentioned in my thread I'll need to check them out. Probably just kitbash something though as I've got tons of bits and pieces left.

yeah i much prefer the new icon too looks less unwieldy,

good spot on the bases it is indeed the new GW stuff all i do is apply it and drybrush it with GWs kindleflame.

i'm sure what ever you do he will turn out looking cool.

Altarim Mas'ud company commander of the Tallaran 11th known as the sand raiders. The 11th regiment were called to the Sabbat system to gather intel on Kar'thor and his pirates. Their knowledge of covert desert war-fair is unparalleled. Altarim and his men have had several successful raids and have used delay tactics against Kar'thors troops effectively enough to stop Kar'thor becoming to much of a threat in the grand scheme of the war so far. Although the high command are unsure how long this will hold true.

Horon the fell-handed. When it came time to intern the fallen battle-brother Horon into a dreadnought body, the pirates sought the aid of a human follower of chaos blessed with wyrd powers. when the ritual was complete Horon rose again as a warp infused war engine. Rage filled his heart and his screams of agony can be heard echoing through the decks of Kar'thors ship.




i have also started on another of Kar'thors crew.

been a little while but here is an update

some spirits and a graveyard home

its been awhile as real life has got in the way but i have still been hobbing

Ransis Barinor was a vox specialist for the legionaries before the heresy, he still has an advance array interred in his armor able to reach a ship in high orbit. Although now his brothers voices aren't the only ones he hears he constantly whispers to himself and says he hears voices on the vox when no one else does.




here he is with the rest of Baltor Tal's kill squad



and my truescale chaos force in its entirety



i have also been doing some fantasy, and yes i have played Age of Sigmar. i like it as a small skirmish game but anything bigger than 30 models i will play 8th

so first up you have seen one already but here are my spirit hosts




here is a look from the back you can see their bases better




and my newest addition vargheist

been a bit quiet as i have started a new job and find all my creative juices going to that rather than my models. that being said i have managed to crack on with some stuff mainly this.



with the additional graves i made earlier and some extra i have managed to produce a substantial graveyard for Mordheim and Age of Sigmar



i found a rather innovative way of basing my rows of gravestones using rulers



i had a lot of fun painting the crypts and even converted one to have a descending staircase inside

so after all that fantasy terrain i decided to do some quick 40k stuff as i see a lot of fantasy in my future here are some easy craters i made




i also got around to painting Altarim Mas'ud, he is about 95% done im really happy with how his base tured out just the sand effect i was going for and he is based using baking powder + superglue

finally got round to doing one of these guys he is very WIP atm but i like how he is coming out i changed to a sword cause i wanted to have a more high fantasy feel i have also removed the details from the shoulder and shield the big rock on his base is from the giant kit with the giants hand cut off

here is my finished Stormcast Eternal i am very happy with the way he turned out i wanted to give him lots of free hand work as the shields are perfect once the molded on details are taken off and i wanted to link him to my vampires. so i imagined him as some sort of vampire hunter the metal work has all been glased with purple n blue hazes to look like tempered iron i think in the fluff of the stormcast they are reborn in lightening everytime they die so i imagine there armor is reforged each time.





speaking of vampires some new additions to my vampire counts, bat swarms




its been awhile since i made a metal model, these are the LOTR giant bats but i will be using them as batswarms

Stormcast looks fantastic. Really like the checkers and iconography. Nice work.

 youwashock wrote:
Stormcast looks fantastic. Really like the checkers and iconography. Nice work.

thanks a lot buddy

got a little sidetracked while painting bats so did this little guy




he makes a great companion to my Stormcast Eternal



my bats only need a little more work but they are coming along nicely




and i also started this, the start of a mounted necromancer/wizard

so here is my mounted necromancer/wizard i think long with my stormcast to count as a knight these guys will be the start of my frost grave crew

so i got a lot to show you guys tonight firstly a new truescale marine



next up is my wizard for frostgrave, i wanted him to be some insane travelling preacher spreading the word, his search for the right words has driven him to insanity. he carrys a multitude of books to keep track of word combinations that are intresting to him





next up is a simple armsman, i wanted him to be affiliated with my stormcast/knight so went with a similar colour scheme and shield pattern




and here is my frostgrave expedition force so far, im in the middle of building an apprentice and a secound armsmen

Bentiear Tulm, not much is known about him he seem to be utterly loyal to the pirates cause and finds pleasure in dismembering the corpses of foes killed by his holy bolter with his ritual knife.

another truescale, he does have a bionic arm that i spent ages making then was promptly coverd by the shoulderpad
i also built another servoskull




small addition to my frostgrave warband



first up my wizards apprentice i wanted to keep up with the theme of spreading the word, so i created a massive horn type staff to project her words further, she also has bells to announce the warbands arrival bring more people to gather and hear her words




here is my second armsmen



i have plans for one more armsmen, then i want to add some ranged support a couple of crossbow men and a duelist there are no rules in frostgrave for pistols so he will probably just count as a third crossbowmen

huge update and i hope to be more active again firstly the lat bits of my frostgrave warband
armsmen



next up is the duelist and a crossbow men



and lastly my summoned creatures, an imp, a minor demon and a major demon




Unslor "The Hunter" leader of the strike team in Kar'thor Ulasis's warband, Unslor is the master of the hunt, chasing down enemies of the warband for sport. He is often first through the breach and excels at close quarter fighting.




The Legion Plagueius followers of Kar'thor,dont be fooled by their rag tag appearance, they are more organised then they seem and have exhibited a keen tactical cohesion much akin to the blood pack, though not as disciplined. Their ranks are made up of human traitors,mutants and abhuman scum. It is said that they are commanded by a cohourt of chaos worshiping xenos.




Designation "Servo Swarm" named so by the few surviving guardsmen to encounter them for their likeness to imperial servo skulls. Although some display similarities to the imperial design in appearance the similarities stop there. often making use of mutant skulls or decomposing corpses as bases the "Servo Swarms" were thought to be advanced recon units. However recent developments suggest they have a will of their own. Hunting down small groups the Swarms will rend flesh and drag off useful components, both mechanical and biological. Even evading or escaping a swarms attack does not always guarantee survival as meany have fallen victim to strong pathogens shortly after encounters with the"Servo Swarms".

finished off my "Servo Swarm" and five more cultists. I'm planing on running the swarm as a pack of furies in game.




Kantorius, deamon prince of nurgle. Not much is known about the deamon prince as Kar'thor is loathed to unleash him and only summons him in dire circumstances. How he keeps a deamon as powerful as the prince at his beck and call is strange, it is rumored that Kar'thor knows its true name





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