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.

Skaven Expansion; Part 1

 

Time to start working on the Skaven expansion. On January 30th, I did a poll in the facebook group "Warhammer Quest!" on what Skaven models I should paint first. 

 The results of the poll:

Packmaster got 45%
Ratling Gun Team 27%
Rat Swarms 9%
Poison Wind Mortor Team 9%
Doom-Flayer Team 9% 

Skaven Packmaster Paint:
Mask: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Whip: Stripes of  "XV-88", "Aboddon Black", and "Catachan Flesh"
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Shawl: "Mephistone Red" 
Robes & Armbands: "Sotek Green"
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink

This STL was found on Telegram.

Skaven Ratling Gun Paint:
Ropes: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white 
Robes & Armbands: "Sotek Green" highlighted with Mix (50/50 Sotek Green and White Scar)
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink
Tubes and Liquid Vials: "Moot Green"

This STL was found on Telegram.

Rat Swarms Paint:
Fur type 1: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White scar"
Fur type 2: "Aboddon Black" dry brushed over with "Dawnstone" Grey
Fur type 3: "XV-88" 
Eyes: "Mephiston Red"
Teeth: "White Scar" white 
Nose, Tail, Ears, & Feet: "Emporer's Children" Pink

 

There are 7 unique rat models on each base, each was found on Telegram. 

 

That does mean painting 28 rats to fill out 4 bases. 

 

 

Poison Wind Mortor Team Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Claws: "White Scar" white 
Shawl: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink
Tubes: "Moot Green"
Globadier Balls: "Flash Gitz Yellow"
Gas Masks: "Screaming Skull"
Mortor Wheel: "XV-88"

The Mortor Team STL was found on Telegram. 

 

Doom-Flayer Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Claws & Teeth: "White Scar" white 
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink
Gas Tank: "Moot Green"
Power Cables: "Flash Gitz Yellow"

 

This is the Dwarf Blood Bowl Team Death Roller /w a Skaven Gutter runner from Mordhiem riding it, instead of a Dwarf. Someone else paired these  two models together and put it on Telegram. I used Blender to cover any obviously Dwarven Symbols with Skaven Bells. 

I wanted the Doom-Flayer to have a 90s GW feel and this felt right.

Warp-Grinder Team Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Claws & Teeth: "White Scar" white 
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink
Gas Lines, Electric Generator Glow, Grinder Crystal: "Moot Green", some times highlighted with mix (50/50 Moot Green & White Scar), and some times with Agrax Earthshade Wash

This is a conversion of my own making. Its the Ratling Gun with the mini gun barrels replaced with a Grinder Crystal and a Electric Backpack added to Fuel Hauler.

The first 10 Skaven expansion models together.

10 Skaven monsters painted of 45 needed.   

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

DeMagic Tutor out.

Lair of the Orc Lord

 

I now have all of the Skaven Expansion printed, but wanted to finish the few miniatures I already had printed for the Lair of the Orc Lord. I was already using Gorgut as my Orc Champion//Hero model and Skabnoze as my Orc Shaman. So that leaves the following models.

 

 Bogoff, the Snotling. (was having a hell of a time getting a good picture of this guy)

Skin: "Moot Green" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Loin Cloth: "Sotek Green" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" & "Gehenna"s Gold" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Teeth: "Scar White" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growler, Squig Hound

Mohawk: "Moot Green" then dry brushed over with Mix (50% Moot Green & 50% Scar White)
Claws & Teeth: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Skin: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade"
Gums: "Xereus Purple" /w "Agrax Earthshade"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gubbinz, Goblin Jester

Skin: "Moot Green" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Half the outfit: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Other Half the outfit: "Mephiston Red" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Stick for Puppet: "XV-88"
Metal Bitz:  "Runefang Steel"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "Scar White" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is all 5 together.

 I've been having a problem with my Zombie Dragon. I couldn't get the old version I wanted by the time I needed to print it, so I kitbashed my own. The big issue here, was the model I used was designed to be quite a big bigger than the size I printed it at, so his wings kept breaking. He was just too delicate at this size. In the last month or two I was able to get a hold of both the old school zombie dragon models.  The 4th edition one wasn't scaling down very well, so I decided to use the 6th edition one. I don't like the wings the 6th edtion one came with (they were the generic dragon wings used on the other healthy dragons). So I resized the 4th edition Zombie Dragon Wings to work with the 6th.

 

Skin: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wounds and Intestines: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Scales: "Xereus Purple"
Axe Staff: "Rhinox Hide"
Horn & Bones: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Claws & Teeth: "White Scar"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next time, I'll be knocking out some Skaven goodies.

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

DeMagic Tutor out.

 

 

Catacombs of Terror

 

I have set up several plates to print off the expanded Skaven Monster Encounter list. They are not printed yet, so I figured I paint up the Catacombs of Terror expansion I printed off a while ago.

I have already painted Gunther Laranscheld and am using him as my basic Necromancer.

Paint Gunther: 

Skin: "Kislev Flesh" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Skull: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Robes: "Naggaroth Night" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash and then dry brush lightly with "Genestealer Purple"
Outer Cape: "Adminstratum Grey" /w "Templar Black" wash
Inner Cape & Raised Collar:  "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash  
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" & "Gehenna"s Gold" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Shoes: "Abaddon Black"

 

 

 

 

Paint Luthor the Hunchback: 

Skin: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Robes: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Cowl: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Pants:  "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash  
Metal Bitz:  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Club: "Runefang Steel" & "Catachan Flesh" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Shoes: "Abaddon Black"
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much earlier, I painted 12 Tomb Guardians using a simpler model. As I finally have access to these STLs, I'm going to replace them with these below. I only have 8 printed so far, so I painted up these 3 to "finish" Catacombs of Terror. 

Paint Tomb Guardians: 

Robes: "Moot Green" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Bones: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

Paint Dread King & Throne: 

Robes & Throne Cushions: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Bones: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Horns on Throne: "Scar White" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Staff Wings, Throne Columns, & Crown's Veil: "Moot Green"
Teeth & Eye: "Scar White"
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" & "Gehenna"s Gold" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

Paint Grimoire:

Pages: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" WashMetal Bitz: "Gehenna"s Gold" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash  
Book Stand: "Sotek Green" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash  
Bookmark: "Flash Gitz Yellow"
Book Cover: "XV-88"

 

 

 

 

 

I think for the next blog I'll be painting what I'm missing from "Lair of the Orc Lord" and a replacement for one of the large monsters I found a more classic STL for. 

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

DeMagic Tutor out.