Skaven Expansion; Part 3

 

Gonna start with the distractions. I found a few upgrades for my Hero//Lord models for Skaven.

First up, the new Stormvermin Champion//Warlord. The model on the right is my original Warlord. I think its the champion Stormvermin from 6th edition or later (heck might even be a proxi not sure). What I do know is, I would much rather use the old school Queek Headtaker as my Warlord.

 

 

New Stormvermin Warlord Paint:

Bags & Tassels: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: ""XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Posts:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Skulls & Bones: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

 

Next distraction model, is Clanrat Hero//Chieftain. The model on the left is my original Chieftain. This model was really old, like 3rd edition, I think it was labeled "Vermin Lord". I've now replaced it with Arch-PlagueLord Nurglitch. I've made him an unmounted version. More on "mounted" a little later.

New Clanrat Chieftain Paint:

Glowing Rock: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green"
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: "Abaddon Black" dry brushed over with "Dawnstone"
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Posts:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash

Banner: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar" and "Mephiston Red" symbol
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Skulls & Bones: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

Hellpit Abomination is a Gargantuan Monster, it only appears on Dungeon Levels 8-11. Its pretty nasty (rules card is located at bottom of this post). I did find the original GW model's STL. Its a 40+ piece nightmare to print and construct. So I went with a Proxi I found on Telegram. This model is called "the thing" by Resinwarfare and can be found on etsy and other places.

Hellpit Abomination Paint:

Glowing Rocks: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green"
Growths on chest: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash

Fur: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Tongue, Cuts, & Bleeding: "Mephiston Red"
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Noses, Tails, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

Next up, Exalted Vermin Lord. I intentionally used a less impressive conversion for my regular Vermin Lord, so I could use the classic model for my Exalted Vermin Lord.  It ends up being pretty close to the original size as the Exalted models are huge compared to my tiny human sized models. The Exalted Vermin Lord only appears on Dungeon Level 11 and its absolutely terrifying. Its likely the most powerful monster we added to our rules. If you can't cancel his Magic, Ambush A, he can easily party wipe in one turn before the warriors can act (rules card is located at bottom of this post)

The Vermin Lord nearly got me to play Skaven back in the late 90s, its such a cool sculpt. 
It was nice to finally get to paint it.

Exalted Vermin Lord Paint:

Glowing Rocks: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green" and tiny dot of Agrax wash in center of each flat side
Wooden Staff: "Catachan Flesh" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Posts:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar" white
Skulls, Hooves, Claws, & Horns: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Glowing Runes on Arm bands and Chest Plate: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green"

 

 

Size comparison: Left Exalted Vermin Lord, center normal Vermin Lord, right Elf warrior.

 

The "sort of" last model for today is Brood Horror. Where possible I want to use models that have a feel of late 90's early 00's GW. The normal Brood Horror model doesn't really fit the bill. I did however get a great scan of Nurglitch and his mount. If I size up his mount (which is normally the size of a horse) to say bigger than an elephant, we have exactly what I'm looking for. The Brood Horror shows up starting on Dungeon Level 7 and keeps showing up all the way through Level 11 (rules card is located at bottom of this post)

Brood Horror Paint:

Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: "Dawnstone" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz:  "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar" white
Claws: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Infected Growths: "Troll Slayer Orange" dry brushed over with "Flash Gitz Yellow"

This 6 legged monstrosity was fun to paint, and needs the ability to be mounted. In our groups first expansion for Warhammer Quest (Lustria) we added Mount//Rider rules. A rider can't be attacked/harmed/targeted until its mount is killed. The movement of the combined models follow the mounts rules, and the rider still fully effects the board as normal with the bonus of usually having a wider base size. When the mount is killed the rider is placed in one of the the spaces vacated by the missing mount. 

The Brood Horror can have mounted on it Clanrat Chieftain, Stormvermin Warlord, Packmaster, or Grey Seer Warlock. It took some editing (and more than one attempt at printing) to come up with an elegant solution.  

A square hole exists on the top of the Brood Horror's back and in the bottom of that hole I placed a small magnet. This hole is tapered to be skinnier at the bottom than it is at the top.

I created a plug that has a magnet on its bottom and top (its the grey block in the above image sitting on the letter "e" in the "Make A Wish" text). The "plug" is 95% the size of the hole, so it can fit in the hole after its painted. I can use another magnet to pull this plug out and then place one of the 4 above models as a rider (each rider has a magnet on the bottom to keep it snuggly in place). Nurglitch is the base "rider" model, the other 3 are combining Nurglitch's bottom with Warlock, Warlord, or Packmaster. Each rider is a completely separate model from its on foot version, painted with the same paint scheme.

This puts me to 43 of 49 Skaven Expansion models painted. The remaining 6 are already printed, just need to paint them. (Hmmm, the mounts are not listed in that 49, so is it actually 47 of 53 painted?)

 

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

DeMagic Tutor out.

 

 

 

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.