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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.