Skaven Expansion; Part 2

 

So many more rats to paint, lets get started.

I re-printed and re-painted both Gutter Runners and Clanrats with newer better models. Originally I thought I would re-paint my old Gutter Runners and Clanrats to be Skaven Slaves, because I was having trouble finding suitable STLs for Slaves. Then Telegram came through for me with some very old Skaven Slave STLs. 

I figured I wanted these different types of skaven to stand out from each other. Clanrats have a light brown color, while Gutter Runners have a dark brown color, and I'm giving Skaven Slaves a dirty White color. 

Here you can see the different paint schemes between the different types of skaven. Back row with Stormvermin and Plague Monk. Front row with Slave, Gutter Runner, and Clanrat.

 The Slaves STLs I have had quite a few variations to choose from, I picked 12 different models and printed each one twice as I needed 24 Skaven Slaves. Monster Card for this model found at bottom of this post.

The variations are slight, wearing Shawl, no Shawl, eye patch, has Sling, Sword, Club, Spear or Cleaver. 

 

All 24 together.

Of coarse, pink tails.

Skaven Slaves Paint:
Slings & Belts: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Skin: "White Scar"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash, then dry brushed over again with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Clubs, Spears, & Leather Straps:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Shawl: "Adminstratum Grey"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash

On March 4th, I did another poll on the Facebook Group "Warhammer Quest!" on what I should paint next. The results were as follows:

Wolf Rats: 33% -First
Doomwheel: 21% - 2nd
Brood Horror, Hellpit Abomination, & Exalted Vermin Lord: each at 13% - 3rd three way tie
Screaming Bell: 6% - dead last

The STL for these were found on Telegram. I believe these are a proxi for the Forge-World Wolf Rats. These add a Skaven Cavalry model like Warhound or Chaos Hounds to our Sewer Encounters list. Monster Card for this model found at bottom of this post.

 

Wolf Rats Paint:

Skin: "Catachan Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Fur:  "Aboddon Black" dry brushed over with  "Adminstratum Grey"
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash

 

 

Lastly for today, Doomwheel!

Another STL found on Telegram. Monster Card for this model found at bottom of this post.

 

Doomwheel Paint:
 

Driver's Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Driver's Shawl: "Xereus Purple" dry brushed over with "Genestealer Purple"
Driver's Claws: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Rats in Hamster Wheel & Driver's Robes & Gloves: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar"
Wood Parts: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Control Nobs & Seat Cusion: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Spikes, Engine Coils, & Round Jars: "Moot Green" dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (white Scar & Moot Green ) then just "White Scar" on edges
Springs & Lightning Bolts: "Flash Gitz Yellow" dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (white Scar & Flash Gitz Yellow )

This puts me to 40 of 49 models I need for the Skaven Monster Encounter list.

You may have noticed my number of posts has really slowed down. I've hit a few things that are slowing my progress. First, I keep deciding to redo older models. Then many of the models I want don't really exists in the style I want so I'm having to make them in blender myself. Can't wait to show you my "retro" Stormfiends! Then in my personal life, I fell way behind on bills and had to start working Saturdays. One less day a week to work with blender, 3D printing, and painting.

 

That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.

DeMagic Tutor out.

 

 

Wait, didn't I paint these already?

 

One of the next miniature groups I want to paint is Skaven Slaves. The problem I keep running into is I can't find good miniatures for Skaven Slaves. I then had an idea, what if I instead re-painted my current Clanrats and current Gutter Runner to be Skaven Slaves and just printing new and better looking Clanrats and Gutter Runners. This might work, but the first step would be finding newer Models for Clanrats and Gutter Runners.

My current Clanrats are essentially a proxi of the old Mono-pose plastic miniature that would come in the Warhammer Quest box. This STL is available for free here and pictured below.

 

I found some STLs for some very old metal models (I think 3-4 edition Skaven). These I found on Telegram.

 

 

 

 

I selected 5 variations, and printed a total of 12. Some needed shields and I found those separate.

 Skaven Clanrats Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Woodend Shields: "XV-88"
Hats & Shawl: "Sotek Green"
Skirts & Pants: "Mephistone Red" 
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink

 

My current Gutter Runners is a "build your own gutter runner" STL kit, I found on  Cults3d.com. 

 

I found some STLs for some very old metal models (I think 3-4 edition). These I found on Telegram.

 

 I selected 5 variations, and printed a total of 12. 

 Skaven Gutter Runner Paint:
Skin: "Catachan Flesh"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz:  "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Ropes & Belts: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Capes & Face Masks: "Naggaroth Night"
Shirts & Pants: "Dark Angel's Green" 
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink

After finishing painting these, I did eventually find some Skaven Slave models I likes, so I just printed off 24 Slaves, and the old Clanrats and old Gutter Runners will no longer be used. 

 A few blog posts back I painted up the Catacombs of Terror expansion. I needed 3 Tomb Guardians for that expansion and was able to get the original STL. These turned out great and were so much better than the proxi I was using that I decided to print off 9 more, to replace the proxi's entirely.

Here are all 12 painted up.

 

So that's me printing & painting 33 miniatures, to replaced 33 miniatures I had already printed & painted just so they could be slightly cooler looking GW sculpts.

That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.

DeMagic Tutor out.