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Loving them. Awsome work.

Very nice, makes me feel guilty for not getting my Stormvermin finished..

BLACKHAND wrote:Very nice, makes me feel guilty for not getting my Stormvermin finished..

pft says the man who is building floating castles for his army instead and Mantis Warrior Helms


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I managed to get some paint on the first 5 Stormvermin now I have to still paint details (teeth etc) and do the bases but I thought I'd test out my new light box setup (lamp and three bits of cardboard )


The cutsom guns worked well on this next one I was very happy with the final look of the gun!


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On top of the shots above as I was happy with the light box setup I retook some shots of the Vermin Lord as you can see I have started to base him

Closeup of the skull so you can see his teeth and eye socket better, the chunk of Warpstone in his head was a Diablo inspiration.

Back

and a better look at his Doom Glaive.

I am going to curl his pointy finger and I will be cutting the spines on his back attaching some SM helmets and guard heads then reattaching the spines just to make him more 40k

That verminlord is awsome to behold.

Great work.

Have to agree, that verminlord is incredible.

wolfshadow wrote:That verminlord is awsome to behold.

Great work.

CodGod wrote:Have to agree, that verminlord is incredible.

Ok so I have no new pics of the Models to show today life's been pretty busy, I have begun work on the Dirigible which is based on the Glaive design carried by the Skaven Warlord so it will be a big flying Knife/Sword but alas I have run out of Casting material which I need to cast my Doomwheel parts so I can begin the work on the ship and the Doom Wheelie Kopta (the big one the smaller ones called the Rat).

Now I do need an opinion so please give me your ideas, Airship or Blimp so flying boat powered by warpstone propellers or blimp style big oval chunk of warpstone lifting the ship in the air I can't decide so please help out!

in other news RUN FOR YOUR LIVES SKAVEN ARE REAL!!!!!!


well not really it's a hairless bear.

Updates soon but please post you choice so I can make a move on the army also what is the next unit choices should I do:

1. Tank bustas (Globaiders)
2. Big Guns (Warpstone Cannons)
3. Warbuggies (Mini Doomwheels)
4. StormBoyz (shrugs I have now idea but my guess is a some kind of tunneling rat unit).

Looks damned good!

I was totally for the dirigible until you mentioned the airship idea, you would want to keep away from anything that resembles a dark eldar raider though...

..ok just to help I will put my vote in for the warpstone blimp!

I love the idea of something floating through the air that could potentially explode when shot and then rain down chunks of deadly warpstone

Oh and I would also like to see the Globadiers as Tankbustas are you going to arm a few with tankhammers, maybe a shaft with a head of warpstone that explodes on impact?

LeBaron wrote:Looks damned good!

Cheers matey

BLACKHAND wrote:I was totally for the dirigible until you mentioned the airship idea, you would want to keep away from anything that resembles a dark eldar raider though...

..ok just to help I will put my vote in for the warpstone blimp!

I love the idea of something floating through the air that could potentially explode when shot and then rain down chunks of deadly warpstone

Oh and I would also like to see the Globadiers as Tankbustas are you going to arm a few with tankhammers, maybe a shaft with a head of warpstone that explodes on impact?

Ok one vote for the Blimp and yeah I'm thinking tank bustas or mini doomwheels myself and yes Tankhammers are a must as well as bomb strapped Rats for the squigs.

I vote airship

Oh, man what a choice, umm, think it's gonna be airship, but it's a close call and it'd probably be a different answer if I'd read this 10 minutes earlier

And is that real skaven on someone's yard wall eyeing up their dustbins?

monkeytroll wrote:Oh, man what a choice, umm, think it's gonna be airship, but it's a close call and it'd probably be a different answer if I'd read this 10 minutes earlier

And is that real skaven on someone's yard wall eyeing up their dustbins?

Yes yes dustbins are a major component in Doomwheel construction and he wants one bad...

Looks like it's an Airship, I may still make both (2x battle-wagons couldn't hurt could it) but I need one now for the actual army list.

I would love to see a skaven airship!

Love the "real" skaven

YOU. MUST. DO. SKAVEN. AIRSHIP. O_O

Airship.

So it can be captained by a Skaven in a pirate hat.

That is all.

CodGod wrote:Airship.

So it can be captained by a Skaven in a pirate hat.

That is all.

Skaven in a pirate hat that says ARGH!

LeBaron wrote:YOU. MUST. DO. SKAVEN. AIRSHIP. O_O

listen to the man, hes got a point. do the dang airship.

Santobell wrote:

CodGod wrote:Airship.

So it can be captained by a Skaven in a pirate hat.

That is all.

Skaven in a pirate hat that says ARGH!

A skaven in a pirate hat that says SQUEEEAL!

Doesn't matter what he says, all must listen to a skaven in a pirates hat

Ok so I've been Quiet well not really I've been posting but not my own stuff, needless to say I think it's time for an Update and this time I'm happy to show you the "secret" project I've been working on

Now before we begin I need to say it's early days for it still I've been toiling over it's construction but there is still much to do and a big thanks to the guys at the GW Perth store once again, it's due to their ability to sell me fantastic things that the Skaven in a Pirate hat will be the Limited edition Skaven Warlord model.

Anyway over to the Project which most have already guessed was the Airship.


if you haven't picked up on it yet that's a pack of Vick's throat drops and a box of Kleenex Tissues I have the Flu!!




so yeah C & C

lots to do lots to do!

It looks amazing! Though, because you used a lot of Ork parts (looks like Stompa and Truk parts from what I can tell) it gives it a very Orky look. Looks sorta detached from the floating fortress you made, not that same Skavy look; hell, it could just be me. I'm sure you'll fix that though, still amazing none the less, keep up the good work and I hope you get to feeling better soon!

I think it would be good if you had some warpstone coming out the jets

SWEEEEETTTTT!!!!!

Look fantastic Santo, I love the prow gun! and did I see a couple of bombs hanging on to the underside?

Have you got any spare chaos plates or glyphs left over from the bloodcrushers? It might help to tie the airship and the meganobs together if they share bits, that and any odd skaven warpstone censors if you have em, they have great trails of smoke behind them that would add the illusion of speed....not that I'm advocating buying the screaming bell kit!!!! those guys at your FLGS have probably made enough out of you at the moment

Of course you know you will have to do "counts as" warbuggies that look like mini sand skiffs from return of the jedi now right?

Awesome work Santobell..totally worth dragging yourself out of your sickbed for.

That may be the most awesome use of Gargant bitz I have seen to date. That air ship rules the lower atmosphere!

The Good Green wrote:That may be the most awesome use of Gargant bitz I have seen to date. That air ship rules the lower atmosphere!

Yeah it took a lot of planning... as in none but I got there in the end... I think it looks pretty super too Thanks matey!

BLACKHAND wrote:Look fantastic Santo, I love the prow gun! and did I see a couple of bombs hanging on to the underside?

Have you got any spare chaos plates or glyphs left over from the bloodcrushers? It might help to tie the airship and the meganobs together if they share bits, that and any odd skaven warpstone censors if you have em, they have great trails of smoke behind them that would add the illusion of speed....not that I'm advocating buying the screaming bell kit!!!! those guys at your FLGS have probably made enough out of you at the moment

Of course you know you will have to do "counts as" warbuggies that look like mini sand skiffs from return of the jedi now right?

Awesome work Santobell..totally worth dragging yourself out of your sickbed for.

Shush you every-time you say something I end up doing it so no more from you! well not really you can speak... I had planned to scatter Warpstone here there and everywhere across the ship, the large hole in the side will have a visible Chunk of the stuff in it and I will have the vapor wafting out of all the gaps like steam coming out of vents only it's the holes in the ship and trailing off like they do with the screaming bell.

Basically it will be sailing through it's own Warpstone wake should be funky all that smoke and steam... Oh and out of the smoke stacks as well, my big guns will be similar to this basically a big chunk of Warpstone with some machinery around it like big censors.

and yes big bombs hanging off the side about 5 of them actually I have to add a ratty skull and crossbones to the front of it as well and some rigging and a Pirate flag.

Return of the Jedi skimmers hmmm I could make a big fat Skave and call him "Skavy the Runt" but alas no I will be using the Doom Wheelie Koptas instead

Bloodhorror wrote:SWEEEEETTTTT!!!!!

Thanks mate that's the sort of reaction I was going for it's awesome when something you build gets such a positive response and thanks to everyone that's following this thread we made "Hot Topic" a little while ago which is a first for me and makes what I'm sharing all the more worth while.

Death Gear wrote:I think it would be good if you had some warpstone coming out the jets

There will be Vapor Trails similar to the Screraming Bell once I'm done with it, I still have so much to do, gap filling casting Warpstone etc but in the end it will be unmistakeably Skave.

LeBaron wrote:It looks amazing! Though, because you used a lot of Ork parts (looks like Stompa and Truk parts from what I can tell) it gives it a very Orky look. Looks sorta detached from the floating fortress you made, not that same Skavy look; hell, it could just be me. I'm sure you'll fix that though, still amazing none the less, keep up the good work and I hope you get to feeling better soon!

With all the converts (minus the Mega Rat which I'm thinking about remaking to be more Orky) I'm trying to have an Ork element. I'm using the Ork list for the army and to make it more identifiable as that on the tabletop for my opponent I'm having these snapshots of Orkiness.

Blackhand made the Fortress Though I am still thinking about adding one to my list it's a brilliant idea and was originally going to be included in my list as well but the airship suits my Under Imperium much better.


As a breakdown of how I see the Skaven in a 40k Role:
Skaven in Warhammer are represented as Clans, traditionally Clans over time evolve and in the Real World a lot of "Clans" become Corporations which if extrapolated over Millennium translate into Syndicates so the Skaven of the 41st Millennium are a mass of world-less black market companies with there finger in every pie on every world, basically buying a coke in the 41st millennium will fund their evil empire and it's illegal activities a space traveling Mob if you like. What fighting forces they do have are raiders and space pirates "obtaining" goods for redistribution throughout the stars.

So with this in mind I decided to go with a more quickly deployed look, small detachments of ships like this will Skitterleap from world to world stealing their way across it and then vanishing back to the "Under Imperium" their equipment and gear is scavenged/stolen/traded and reworked with Warpstone (the rocky leftovers of their long ago exterminatused home world) which makes them even harder to pick from the ruins they leave behind as any evidence left there, points to other races or dead ends.

They use misdirection, stealth and guile in all aspects of their life both in battle and in trade in most cases traders and thugs wont even know they are working for them, their only goal is to undermine everything the Imperium stands for.

I <3 that Airship. Amazing work. I cant wait to see it finished.

LEGEND!

Most impressive!

wolfshadow wrote:I <3 that Airship. Amazing work. I cant wait to see it finished.

You and me both matey good to have you here and thanks for the feedback!

Bossasaurus wrote:LEGEND!

Nah not quite there yet but I'm working on it! hahaha

Rose_Mountainz wrote:Most impressive!

Here is a size comparison shot for you, that's the vermin lord the cpatain (in metal only) and a Valkyrie.




Now I have added some new detail to the ship, no vapor yet but tonight hopefully (in between bouts of Warhammer Online) and filled most of the gaps (that I don't want left open)
First up the Warpstone Furnace

(that's a model putty chunk)

Next the masts and generator and my Jolly Roger!


Thirdly the inside railing and cannon ammo etc