Clan of the Drowned Rat - 1102.5/1500 points painted in March '14

[Dez667]

Hello, and welcome to the insanity! I've teamed up with a friend of mine over on the Miniwargaming forums, to paint as many Skaven as possible during the month of March. I'm personally planning on setting the goal of having a 1500 point army done to a tabletop quality, and will go even further if I can! I'm sure I'll have to take a second pass at it later, as I'd like to enter it into the Golden Rat contest.

I love Clan Eshin, and I think of the Clan of the Drowned Rat as a descendent. I envision them as being very mysterious, showing up with no warning to accomplish an objective and then disappearing. Very few have seen them, and those that have are startled at their appearances in places that should take weeks or months to travel to in a matter of days, sometimes hours! I figure most of their work is done around Mordheim, which would explain their green glowing eyes and wealth. I went for a Tunnel/Cave basing scheme, and will do Dwarf and Night Goblin slaves to match. These slaves will also belong in their own armies, whether I play them or not I want to have matching armies in a theme

I'll be painting them in dark colors, mainly black and red. The lower the ranking, the more color they will have (so as to draw attention away from the leadership).

Painted:

25 Clan Rats
Plaguewind Mortar
Ikit Claw
2 Assassins
Warplightning Cannon

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[Ben_S]

Wow. They're not the best painted miniatures I've ever seen, but I'm amazed how quickly you've done them. All I've managed this month is seven Chaos Warriors...

[Dez667]

Thanks Ben! I'm going for speed, but tried to lay the groundwork to make them great painted models later.

I wasn't able to post the Warp Lightning Cannon because I went over the pic limit, hopefully it makes it now!

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[Ben_S]

I should have said, in case I sounded critical, that these are better than my seven Chaos Warriors too!

The green is a bit bright for my tastes, but the OSL is very impressive. How did you do it?

[Marc Levitt]

Very sharp; I like the lighting effects!

[Dez667]

Thanks guys! I'll find my easy peasy tutorial and post it up. In a nutshell, I base things in Warpstone glow, highlight with Moot Green, then make a wash with Moot Green. Sometimes I have to go through and highlight them again.

I got the 35 Stormvermin done! I had a little bit of fun with these guys, and made them rank up so that the Musician faces backwards. This rat is smart enough to know that the way the music is turned down is with a knife in the back. Unfortunately he will be in trouble from whatever they meet in the front, but he knows the greater threat I also modeled several of these guys with shields on their backs and arms, also as insurance against knives in the back

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[The_Gonk]

You're going great guns with this mate, nice one.

[Chronowraith]

I see your stormvermin musician is a true aspiring Skaven leader :-) (he's facing the wrong way)

Regardless of that small distraction, I'm always glad to know I'm not the only one with a fully painted Skaven army out there.

[Dez667]

Thanks guys! It's an army I've always been interested in, before I dove into Miniature Gaming (and GW) at all I read The Gotrek and Felix books and absolutely loved the Skaven. I'm really excited to be diving in, and I'm hoping to have 2500 painted to a high tabletop standard by May 17th. That means I'll have to knock out a bunch more stuff and take a second pass at what I've already painted.

I'm trying to get a bunch of stuff done for a 40k tournament Saturday, I'll be back to the Rats in no time! I've got a Doomwheel and Plaguewind Mortar sitting in front of me primed, demanding paint!

[The_Gonk]

I love the Gotrek & Felix books too. I'd love to do skaven but I'm put off by the number of models!

Good luck in the tournament mate.