Skreech Verminking Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ungface said: Im actually hoping it is just Skryre because then for certain we will get a ton of models in the future. As long as it has new models and as long as it is combined in somways with the verminus clan, or gets a cheap Infanterie units (hoping for skavenslaves to come back), I’ll be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Num Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) I'll try not to get too hyped up... Remember Skritch Spiteclaw... We fantasized pages and pages long on this thread. They released a warscroll and we were OMG such powercreep! Made dozens of lists that abused his power. And then the unit did not end so great after all... And got even nerfed a few weeks later. I painted mine, it's a great sculpt, but boy that was some over-hype and a day one purchase I regret... I pray the Great Horned Rat that this is finally a release that (1) brings beautiful yet powerful models, (2) just boosts the power of Skavens in general so we can play them to some competitive level. If they include the Doomwheel in the starter box, I also hope they change its warscroll... I suppose the Bombardier will have a warscroll somewhere in between an Arch-Warlock and a Warlock Engineer. One spell, some powerful range nuke, of course that will bear the risk of self-destruction. Random thought: pick a point within 24" and roll a dice. On a 2+, all units within 3" of that point suffer D3 MW. On a 1, the Warlock Bombardier suffers D6 MW. And then some aura that boosts nearby war machines... What are your creative predictions? I know it's useless because they're going to reveal the warscroll soon anyway... Oh well, I guess I'm also aboard the hype train and am going to pre-order just like I did with Skritch... Edited January 5, 2019 by Num 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ungface Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The thing about Skritch is that those models were fantastic, if only clanrats where as good models as the guys in that set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthvegeta8 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Has anyone ever tried this range of miniatures? https://www.windmaster-miniatures.com/clan-raitz/ They're clearly lesser quality compared to GW but seem very good to fill out ranks of large units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin620 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I'm pretty sure a combined skaven book is in the works. This is like the 3rd "semi-concrete" evidence of a skaven book imo. Though whos to say Skryre isn't feeling generous this time around? Remember Stormfiends are what happened after they combined their power with moulder rat ogres. Maybe things like Eshin Assassins with Sniper Rifles are a possibility. Looking at the Gobbapalooza, I can imagine a Skaven version of that with a bunch of crazy ratmen models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ungface Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Darthvegeta8 said: Has anyone ever tried this range of miniatures? https://www.windmaster-miniatures.com/clan-raitz/ They're clearly lesser quality compared to GW but seem very good to fill out ranks of large units. Those are good acolytes, but hopefully we will be getting new plastic ones by GW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Num Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) I found a zoom of the box cover art: https://www.artstation.com/sidwill/albums/47539 That clanrat on the left has a gas mask... Wild dream: perhaps clanrats will be customizable depending on their allegiance (such as by putting a gas mask head for a Skryre clanrat)... Edited January 5, 2019 by Num 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin620 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Num said: That clanrat on the left has a gas mask... Wild dream: perhaps clanrats will be customizable depending on their allegiance (such as by putting a gas mask head for a Skryre clanrat)... Or maybe a proper Skryre acolyte kit. Which then you could put said heads onto a clanrat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdead909 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Oh man that would mean I could stop making mine out of bloodbowl rats, gas mask heads, & 40k bits! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erasercrumbs Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I must admit a bit of pity for the FEC. Eating Skaven sounds like a terrible idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skreech Verminking Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 17 hours ago, Num said: I found a zoom of the box cover art: https://www.artstation.com/sidwill/albums/47539 That clanrat on the left has a gas mask... Wild dream: perhaps clanrats will be customizable depending on their allegiance (such as by putting a gas mask head for a Skryre clanrat)... So from the looks of it clanrats May be a part of a possible skaven faction release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kugane Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 2:09 PM, Skreech Verminking said: Got a picture of the back of the box. sadly there isn’t really anything special about it. Although i did notice 2books shown at the left corner. maybe this books contain some allegiance ability for the skaven faction. just like they did when Nurgle was first introduced, with the stormcast eternal starter box set. Regardless! A new skaven is a great sight. I'm glad they are getting some love. About time. I hope this isn't a 1 time thing to shut us Skaven players up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kugane Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 16 hours ago, erasercrumbs said: I must admit a bit of pity for the FEC. Eating Skaven sounds like a terrible idea. FEC eating skaven? No no no no. Gnash gnaw on their bones! We are the hunters they are the prey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthethird Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 18 hours ago, erasercrumbs said: I must admit a bit of pity for the FEC. Eating Skaven sounds like a terrible idea. Nah, any honourable knight worth his armor should revel in putting these vile servants of evil to the sword. For the lady! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronnelg Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Aerherquartz brooch - each time you use a CP, on a 5+ you get it back. What are peoples opinions on this artefact? Across 5 rounds + 1 starting CP that's a total of 6 CP. With this artefact you would statistically end up with a total of 8 in this situation. Is it worth it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 hours ago, gronnelg said: Aerherquartz brooch - each time you use a CP, on a 5+ you get it back. What are peoples opinions on this artefact? Across 5 rounds + 1 starting CP that's a total of 6 CP. With this artefact you would statistically end up with a total of 8 in this situation. Is it worth it? I mean, it's good I suppose but honestly I think most of us here would prefer to use the Crown to keep a few units alive at once and maybe even go 50-100 under to bank a few right at the start. The Crown would allow to save some CP over time anyway, assuming you keep the bearer out of combat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michu Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yeah, we could go into Aetherquartz brooch if we would still have Clawpack Battalions, because battleshock immunity and two ways to generate CPs would be so good. Aetherquartz brooch will probably never be good for us, because when we will finally have battalions back we'll also have battletome and our own artefacts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronnelg Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 So would you say Aetherquartz brooch has any place in Skryre then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riff_Raff_Rascal Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 @gronnelg I would say yes. The only thing is finding uses for the command points in skryre. We do have lots of tunneling, I suppose re-rolling those important surprise charges is handy. Personally, I always ally in Verminlord Warpseer for skryre and the brooch is quite handy for a 33% chance each turn to get a free unit of giant rat chump units. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Riff_Raff_Rascal said: @gronnelg I would say yes. The only thing is finding uses for the command points in skryre. We do have lots of tunneling, I suppose re-rolling those important surprise charges is handy. Personally, I always ally in Verminlord Warpseer for skryre and the brooch is quite handy for a 33% chance each turn to get a free unit of giant rat chump units. I would definitely agree that having more to fuel the Giant Rats is great for Skryre who lack bodies unless you ally in Clanrats. I typically go 100 under on lists with the Warpseer just to summon a bunch of them turn 1. I find that my tunneling units are generally not in the short range needed to get charge re-rolls but if that isn't an issue then it's another good use. Of course...I tend to roll 6's on BS when 1 Stormfiend dies so I've started using CP to prevent that from happening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riff_Raff_Rascal Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 @Gwendar oh see thats your mistake right there: you let a stormfiend die. tsk tsk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATS Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) Im getting into Skaven soon, most of all Clan verminus over everything else, love the aesthetics, the question is, how viable it would be to put together a list without a Verminlord, as i absolutely hate the aesthetics of it and most of the other newer models, it would look very much out of place with the more classic looking rats and im pretty ****** about things like that :L Not to mention the Verminlords look like if you stare at it hard enough itll snap in three. Also, can I run units from other keywords, such as ratling guns and so on, and keep the verminus keyword if i have the correct amount of battlelines and so on? Edited January 9, 2019 by CATS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Num Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 No need for verminlords. Skaven have many good foot heroes (arch warlock, warlords, assassins, deathrunners, plague priests, warlock engineers, grey seers...) that you can build a full army on 25mm bases... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Riff_Raff_Rascal said: @Gwendar oh see thats your mistake right there: you let a stormfiend die. tsk tsk. I expect as much when a unit of shock gauntlets deletes a 20-40 man horde in one turn or warpfire kills a couple heroes that got within 8". From that point on people tend to not like them and they get targeted pretty heavily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riff_Raff_Rascal Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 @CATS Mix and match all you'd like. You only have to worry about keywords is if you want stormvermin to be part of your batteline. Generally, when running skaven, you're using the Chaos Grand Alliance allegiance and so allies are not really a concern. Thats still true if in reality you're running almost all verminous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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