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You can use practically anything to represent Skavenslaves. I've seen people using gobbos/dwarves from Black Reach, zombies and skeletons, models from your opponent's army... but I like to go for a mix.

Since I've dedicated myself to painting an excessive number of miniatures this year with no actual focus, this thread will be the afterburner to make sure I reach my goals.

The first model I present is a cancerous, deformed slave scratchbuilt from excess greenstuff a couple years ago. I finally painted him up last night. His 'hair' is static grass glued in place before priming. The green chunks of warpstone in the fleshclump of his right arm are actually grains of rice. The blade is from a skaven spear.




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Keep posted, there will be plenty of fun had with this project!

Ummm...it is unique, I'll say that...

I like it, it fits with the filthy feel of Skaven, and the sculpt isn't bad either. I'm not sure what's up with it's right hand, but it's not bad overall.

What? The sculpt is terrible! It was progressively built over a bent paperclip from spare bits of GS!

Heh, thanks anyway.

I've never attempted to sculpt a figure properly, but as I said, a Skavenslave can take many forms, especially where warpstone is involved.

My next victim is pretty much the opposite, quite a character - an Empire Handgunner from the 6th ed. starter box. The hook is another bit of bent paperclip, and eventually I think I'd like to fashion him an eyepatch, and a ball-and-chain on his front leg.

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Captain Ruten had an interesting philospohy on life and luck. He was born to a noble family, and his younger years were happy and carefree. All that he asked for was his, and he was treated with the utmost respect.
As he grew older, though, life seemed to show him the other side of luck. He was suddenly required to assume certain responsibilities, and to act in a manner that appealed to others, rather than himself.

"This," Ruten thought, "must be because I was so lucky as a child. Whilst the other children played in the mud, I had a little mud-catapult to play with. When the other children had to work with their parents on my faather's fields, I was allowed to watch, and learn terrific insults from the labourmaster!
It seems that luck is proportionate, and I can only have it so good for so long! I shall cast aside this terrible weight of responsibility, and ride the open waves. Eventually my luck will change again, and what bliss it will be!"

'Captain' Ruten has been a slave of Clan Shankrot for several weeks now, after many extremely unfortunate years upon the high seas. The 'bliss' he awaits grows more incredible every passing day. His captors are quite bemused by his overall positivity, and have thus far been inclined to observe rather than experiment on this rather interesting man-thing...




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All in all, this is just a great excuse to experiment with different painting styles on different mediums.

Only critisism of the second is that he's very clean for a skavenslave....

Like the hook though.

Agreed. Once I do the eyepatch and ball'n'chain, I'll muddy him up past the boots. Goblins to come next!

Also, if anyone can point me to a good tutorial or hint me on putting a corroded green-effect to bronze, it would be greatly appreciated.

I use a quick DA green wash. seens to work alright.