Skaven Update #7.1

Work was brutal last week so I didn't get much done. This week was little more productive.

I finally finished basing both slave units and my general. Took 2 nights to finish. Now I need to base all of clanrat unit #2, finish the conversion work on a few slaves(thanks Chris for the night goblins!) and conversion work on my general. Once everything is primed I'll post another progress pic.

1) clanrat unit #1: paint bases, and static grass
2) clanrat unit #2: everything
3) clanrat unit #3: paint bases, and static grass
4) slave unit #1: prime and paint
5) slave unit #2: finish conversion work, prime and paint
6) gutter runner unit: paint bases, and static grass
7) ratling gun team: paint base, and static grass
8) warpfire thrower team: paint base, and static grass
9) warlock engineer: paint base, static grass, and retouch paint
10) hero: finish conversion work, prime and paint
11) giant rat pack: paint bases, and static grass
12) paint/magnetize all movement trays and bases

Skaven Update #7

Well, after much talk with my teammate I think this is the army that I will be fielding. I'm short on a few slaves but I hope I can find something on Ebay... something like night goblins would be nice to fill up the ranks. I'm also needing a proper hero to lead the bunch. I have a couple ideas but it's still up in the air.



Pretty much everything will need to be touched up in some way. So here's my To-D0-List:
1) clanrat unit #1: finish basing
2) clanrat unit #2: everything
3) clanrat unit #3: finish basing
4) slave unit #1: base and do everything to a few replacements
5) slave unit #2: start basing and do everything
6) gutter runner unit: start basing
7) ratling gun team: finish basing
8) warpfire thrower team: finish basing
9) warlock engineer: finish basing and retouch paint
10) hero: find one and do everything
11) giant rat pack: finish basing
12) paint/magnetize all movement trays

All this by the end of March/ beginning of April. Wish me luck, 'cause I'm going to need it!

Skaven Update #6.2

So it might be looking like I'll be participating in a Warhammer team tourney in April. In which case I'll be doing a lot of painting in the following weeks and in turn more updates! Soon I'll have a list so I can figure out how much actual work I'll have to do. Keep your eyes peeled!

Skaven Update #6.1

Small update. Really small.

I finally picked up some cork to use on my Aberration base. It's almost done. I still need to add boils.

I also finally assembled some Empire infantry... which will technically be my second army.



Next on the list is to base a unit of giant rats and finish assembling/basing 2 rat ogre packs. Once they are done I can probably start priming the bunch. However, seeing that it's winter and it's crazy cold outside, I doubt I'll be doing that anytime soon. Sooo, I'll be either assembling/basing more minis OR paint the stuff I already have. Choices, choices, choices...

Skaven Update #6

Update time. Just a couple things though...

1) I've been working on this Aberration conversion on and off for a bit for this small contest held at UnderEmpire. Anyway, long story short the Aberration contest might not happen afterall so I figure I'd still continue my progress but document it here.

An Aberration in Skaven Warhammer world is basically a Skaven Spawn. To make one, I took a fairly obvious route and picked up a Chaos Spawn box and hopefully with some extra Skaven bits I can make a somewhat believable model.





Much of the time at this point unfortunately was used on trying to figure out what 'X' piece to put in 'Y' slot/hole and planning it all out. Pace was fairly steady until I came to the last 2 slots/holes on its chest.



Do I add an eye or a tentacle or visa versa? What about both eyes or both tentacles? Should I add something totally different or cop out and just fill them up with putty?

After much thought and indecision I chose this:





But now I'm having second thoughts. D'oh!

2) I've acquired about 2 large zip lock bags full of plastic rats from someone that dumped his Skaven collection onto me a long, long time ago. A quick count I can do 2 30 clanrat units and and about 20 skirmishers. But they are all crap and not how I want them. A couple nights ago I started taking some of them apart and hopefully put a couple units together and/or maybe revise current ones.

In the end I hope to do the following:
1. get a unit of 30 spear rats
2. get a handful of a slave-looking rats to A) replace minis in current slave units and to B) start another slave unit
3. create more night runners and gutter runners to add to the pool
4. stick whatever is left into a new clanrat unit

Game Day x 2!

Two Saturdays ago I had a wonderful and certainly a well overdue game day. It was a bit of a last minute thing but I was lucky enough to go. Needless to say I had fun. I played 3 games: Wings of War, Citadels, and a new co-operative game, Red November(another Bruno Faidutti game!). All pretty light games but, truth be told, if I played some super light game like Munchkin or MagBlast all day I think I still would've had fun. I was pretty eager to game.

The following weekend(which was a holiday weekend) I was blessed with another impromptu game day! Yay me! Although I played only 2 games, the actual games we did play made the day all worth while. I got there late and caught the group playing Wings of War. Here's hoping we eventually graduate to the WoW expansions! After Wings of War we played a quick game of Red November- lost... again. Then we ended with my highlight of the night: Starfarers of Catan. It's been a long time since I played it so I was glad I got to dust this off and introduce it to a new batch of players. A lot happier now that they actually like it! Sweet, I might actually get to play this game again this year (knock on wood)!

Skaven Update #5

Good news! I finished a unit! I went back to my rat swarms and finally finished them! Yay! They come 2 to a blister but in the game you're only allowed a maximum of 5. Go figure. But the sixth model didn't go unused. I repainted it to look like a plagued rat swarm- an upgraded version of the normal rat swarm. It's a pretty specific mini and I probably won't ever use them due to the new edition rules. But, since I painted one, I'd like to pick up another blister to make a nice size unit. Maybe when the new Skaven army book comes around...