The state of Clan Scourge

Shields done! Finally! Batch painting 64 shields really sucks! I've also (mainly) finished my 2nd Warpfire thrower 

The idea into have 4 for the army and to have them all match their 'host' units. #2 is to go with my plague monks. 

I've also finished my 2k general:

Verminlord Xerxes. I was so happy to get my mitts on this model, perhaps I rushed to get him painted, but he turned out ok. I've tried to build the bases up on my heroes so they are more easily recognize able on the tabletop. 

So, with all of this done I'm left only with 

10 gutter runners and 20 black skaven with 4 animal handlers. I can't wait to see them done! 

I've also joined:

http://ataleofseveralgamers.blogspot.ca/?m=1

Where I'll be documenting the creation of my skaven allies but who will they be? 

Well I'm running a vote over there so head over and leave a comment dark elves or chaos. It's up to you!

Thanks for stopping by and please comment below! 

Shields

Shields part 1

Here we have a basic vampire counts shield circa 2000ish. They were supposed to be used for an undead army...that was stolen from me at GW Scarborough. Whatever, they're better used here anyway

Those of u in the know realize the majority of oldlead skaven have an obtrusive knob on their left arm presumably for a shield. The simplest thing to do would be to bore the centre cap out of said shield and afix it to said model, many would do so before the priming stage. This has become common practice, after all who would know u hadn't painted what is covered by a shield? Well, I would, and that is what counts. I suppose I took the road less travelled: 

My wife in her infinite wisdom acquired these on eBay for her nails and found them...lacking, however they have proven usefully to me. 

Here are the backside of the shields, because well u know, it matters. 

Hopefully have these done by Nov. 1st.

Arreviderchi.

1500pts Skaven Finished

Well I'm halfway to my 3k goal, it's been a long road going back to March of '13. 

Here are some close ups 

Jezzailachis

Warpfire thrower

General/BSB escort Clanrats 

And my personal (aesthetic) favourite: rat ogres! 

Here's the army list:

20 Hero: Magically Inscribed light armour, shield, parasitic spear

15 Wizard

10 Hero: Light armour, shield, spear

5 Hero: BSB, relic banner, light armour, shield

20 plague monks: light armour, mus/stn relic banner

24 Clanrats: light armour, shield, spear mus/stn

23 Clanrats: light armour, shield, spear mus/stn

40 Skavenslaves: slings, spears mus/stn

4 warplock jezzailachis

1 Warpfire thrower

3 rat ogres & 3 beastmasters with shields

All I've gotta do now are the shields, which I've salvaged from the bitz bin from an old Vampire Counts army that was stolen from me 8 years ago. 

I'm so shit with green stuff I can't even make small circles for f*cks sake. Oh well. 

That's it for now. I won't be posting anything else for awhile; I've thrown out my back yet again at work so no pronged sitting for me. Looks as though my trip to Baltimore may be off as well .

Time will tell. All the best and thanks for stopping by. 

Today's progress: Plague

My finished unit of plague monks, 21 in total, an extra in case I want to throw in a plague censer bearer.

May I present warp squealer Festerlice, 15th level wizard and unit champion. After reading the rulebook I learned unit leaders MUST be placed in the centre of the front rank, for years I've been doing it wrong and placing the standard bearer there.

I also finally managed to finish;

And from the rear

It was fun to scratchbuild the base from 2x 20mm slotta bases and a strip of 2mm plasticard, I'm happy with the results, the verdigris could've been better but for a first try it's not too bad. It was also a pain getting the hoses to connect. I suppose I could've just thrown them on a cavalry base but after reading the armies book and learning they can join units in the same fashion as characters I had to make em fit on the 20x40, and it's well worth it as they are devastating when they score direct hits.

That's it for now, back to work for a stretch, on the horizon though are

My custom unit bases, very happy with these so far!

Feel free to comment, thanks for viewing!

Army Progress

Without further adieu...

Clan Scourge army progress includes 

52 Clanrats

42 Skavenslaves

19 Plague Monks 

2 Plague Censer Bearers 

6 Rat Ogres & 2 Beastmasters

1 Battle Standard Bearer 

Here's today's progress

4 Giant Rats

3 ginger Clanrats 

7 Clanrats of the brown variety 

Well that's it for now, with all this progress you'd think I was cramming for BOYL... :/ maybe next year. Good luck to those attending, especially warlord Snikkit and anyone playing for Khorne! I'm back on shift the next 6 days unfortunately so I won't be posting anything but I'll be reading ravenously for everyone's BOYL goodness.  

Today's progress

21 Clanrats in various stages of completion. You can see my characters waiting patiently in the back with a pack of giant rats circa '96. I'd originally planned on a unit of 40 way back when but sadly only finished a handful. The rest are lost to the mists of time.

If ur familiar with these then you'll remember they come mounted on a strange oblong shape so I filled in the edges with green stuff and glued on the sand. They'll be used as unit fillers in my Clanrats and skaven slaves. I'm on a self imposed ban on eBay and I've got just enough figs to finish my 3k list. I'm going to try and keep the mojo going tomorrow through Thursday.

Laters.

Battle Standard Bearer Finally Finished

Emissary Skrillix is finally finished, after 15+ hours of work. This would've been my entry into Chico's heraldry competition but real life got in the way. 

Some close ups

The standard

The 8 sided star and the unfortunate victim(?) making this a relic standard. 

And a shot from the rear (heh) for anyone interested. I'm fairly happy with it considering I'm new to plasticard, pinning, green stuff, and converting. I think the base is one of the nicest I've ever done. The more keen eyed of you will see the Roman numerals for 13 emblazoned on the rat's forehead on the banner. 

The trouble I have is that the vulture piece weighs a ton so every movement tray he stands on had to have an earth magnet glued down to stop him from tipping. I want to give a shout out to Nico for his banner tutorial without which I wouldn't have had the jam to even dream of getting Skrillix started.

Comments more than welcome.