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I would suggest looking at the current prices of boxes of plastic core choice infantry...

fitzeh wrote:I would suggest looking at the current prices of boxes of plastic core choice infantry...

That didnt stop price hikes for example like IG battalion .

Cheers Red, good to see any news. Like the new plastics, and let me say now it's going to be weird seeing skaven armies in the gaming scene again

- Salvage

I like the concept of Rat ogre ALOT ,

but i was very dissapointed by the plastic box set
( i mean the contents were great so much goodies )

But the rat ogre sculpt itself ( mainly the arm attachment areas ) need some work.

I wonder what new units they are adding / redoing.

More poison globes?

LunaHound wrote:
But the rat ogre sculpt itself ( mainly the arm attachment areas ) need some work.

It's hard to think of another kit where you have to do as much GS work to make it look decent. The spawn kit is close, but then GSing spawny things is expected

- Salvage

Boss_Salvage wrote:

LunaHound wrote:
But the rat ogre sculpt itself ( mainly the arm attachment areas ) need some work.

It's hard to think of another kit where you have to do as much GS work to make it look decent. The spawn kit is close, but then GSing spawny things is expected

- Salvage

I wonder if the problem for the obvious joint areas can be solved if they include some sort of...
extra fur , extra rags that fit the area , and is able to cover it up alittle. ( but chances of new rat ogre box set is very low right? :x )

fitzeh wrote:I would suggest looking at the current prices of boxes of plastic core choice infantry...

So $35 for a number between 12 and 16 or $22 for 10.

I would be sad if they arnt packaged in 20s :/

No they'll package them in numbers not divisable by 5 because they're a bunch of pricks. Expect 16-man (man?) Clanrat boxes.

Hmm! With a little bit of GS work on my spare Empire heads, these might make great Psyker Squaddies!

Something about the length of the legs puts me off. Mark me down for "Wait and see in person", as I've wanted to do a proper Skaven horde(instead of just Eshin) for a while.

H.B.M.C. wrote:No they'll package them in numbers not divisable by 5 because they're a bunch of pricks. Expect 16-man (man?) Clanrat boxes.

hmm... guess that might encourage people to by atleast 3 boxes for total of 48 rats.

split into 2 groups of 24 , 6x4 ranks.

If the heads are seperate they'll make great genestealer cultists.

The Noisome Hrud will be coming in waves when these babies hit the shelves. Awesome.

Must say, the quality of the basic plastics are going up, up, up. Once the monkeydogs are gone, it's only the Catachans and the Deldar that will be unsalvageably atrocious.

I do wonder whether the Clanrat set will be easily divisible into slave-looking (more raggy) models and line-trooper-looking (more armored) models. Hope so. Equal numbers of both would be nice.

And given the number of troops that the army needs, even $35-40 for 20 models would be way too expensive. Sadly, that's probably what we'll see. I would be surprised if it was actually as low as 15-16 models per box, though.

Hate to go against Red, but it's going to be 10 for $22. Skeletons are 10 for $22 as are Ghouls, Empire State Troops, Crossbowmen and Bloodletters. All some of the most recent troops and all are 10 for $22.

woah i only just saw this thread
finally an update for skaven its been a lonf time coming right?
and with those new models for clanrats themselves you could use the elder ones as storm vermin. And therefore not pay hundreds on metal models woot. That is unless storm vermin come out in plastic.
OOOOO.... what about rattling guns and warp throwers in one kit -plastic-
awwww this is all too good xD
GW would reach a new low if they put a horde army in boxes of 10. We know they lost it if that happens

ahh crap now im gonna have to go back to fantasy again, my money is once again going to be spent on overpriced plastic figurines. The wew clanrats look very very good I wonder what else they are doing in plastic and I hope they do plastic stormvermin.

Do we get DOOMWHEELS?

Cheese Elemental wrote:Do we get DOOMWHEELS?

You want to ride one dont ya !

Then he'll become a Cheese Wheel Elemental, and that's just a scary thought.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Then he'll become a Cheese Wheel Elemental, and that's just a scary thought.

Sounds delicious though, thought clearly not the best choice around rats.

While we're on the topic of Skaven, let me ask something quickly.

When I first started with GW products back in the long long ago before I even hit my teenage years, Skaven had something called a 'Vermin Lord' or somesuch. It was basically a Greater Daemon of Skaven or something. Now I never paid much attention to Fantasy back then and even for a long time after, so I didn't notice when it was finally removed from the game.

What was that thing, and could it ever come back?

I just hope the clanrats are easier to put together now.

Even though my list has pretty much been set for years now and will likely never change.

Only thing I remember about a Vermin Lord was that he was a match for a Greater Daemon of Khorne and gave the army LD 10. I also believe he weighed in at 600 pts.

I hope something like that makes a comeback. I always pictured Skaven as being a bit like Tyranids in terms of gameplay, with hordes of little guys backed up by huge scary monsters.

The one on the far right looks semi-feline. However, these are MUCH better than the older ones and I am very, very excited to see what else is coming.

H.B.M.C. wrote:No they'll package them in numbers not divisable by 5 because they're a bunch of pricks. Expect 16-man (man?) Clanrat boxes.

Never have I seen a more true comment on dakka.

I like the sculpts.

But I'm doing a O&G army as my horde army, so I won't be buying them.

And you would always run them 5 wide as they are lame fighters and you want them for rank bonus only.

H.B.M.C. wrote:While we're on the topic of Skaven, let me ask something quickly.

When I first started with GW products back in the long long ago before I even hit my teenage years, Skaven had something called a 'Vermin Lord' or somesuch. It was basically a Greater Daemon of Skaven or something. Now I never paid much attention to Fantasy back then and even for a long time after, so I didn't notice when it was finally removed from the game.

What was that thing, and could it ever come back?

That "thing" was indeed a Vermin Lord, and it has already been back! I'm not sure if it's still there, but after the release of the current version of Warhammer Armies:Skaven, GW released a pdf that reintroduced both the Doom Wheel and the Verminlord for "the latest version of Warhammer." Vermin Lords are apparently thought to be daemonic forms of ancient Lords of Decay, warped by the Horned Rat into immortal servants of his. They have/had Daemonic instability, cause terror, are Level 4 Wizards, etc. all at a cost of 650pts.

I remember some rumours a waaaaaays back saying the Vermin Lord might make a reappearance into the Skaven book, but I won't be surprised if it doesn't...

-Vilegrimm

Those new Clanrats look fantastic compared to the old ones, and considering it was the absolutely shockingly bad quality of Clandogs that led to me quitting WFB forever...

I will resist. My budget can't support 40K AND WFB

Don't like 'em. Too hunchbacked, too monopose. Getting the tails of the current modelsto rank up was a pain, but these look terrible.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com