hobgoblinclub Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I've started a plog of my efforts to get a skaven army painted in order to join the tournament scene. First post is the beginning of my clanrats: Please comment. Advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysandestolpe Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Great work dude, I really hope you can keep that level up throughout your army. I cant wait to see more of your larger models. Make sure you give them a little more saturation and have fun with the smoke effects and blisters like they have. That's gonna make your army really pop. I'm not super excited about the bases, however. The skin is really what I find to be a great focal point for rat armies and Orruks. But the base color you have on blends the two together and either one stands out. Right now you have a piece of fabric as that. Perhaps a non brown tone to the base? Grey is not a bad option if you want to keep it simple, or really make tiles with some .20 plasticards. That could give them that sewer environment I always imagine for a skaven army of my own. Then you could paint the tiles grey, give some small piles of brownish gravel and then some "Nurgle's Rot" for some gross sewer water. Maybe even some small blood splatter on a few. I know this most likely a 100+ model army, but if you have the time, patience and energy you could knock that out pretty quickly and still have it look great. I hope that helps and keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Cheers. It's been time consuming already, as I'm a slow painter, but I'm enjoying it. Totally agree on the bases. Thankfully they're not finished. I'm going for swampy style I think. I've done a test one (no pics yet) with Nurgle's Rot but I'm not sure about it. I think I might try to find an orange equivalent to contrast with the blue. I'm not sure such a thing exists though so I'm gonna have to mix it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Misfire Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'll never approve of anyone starting a skaven force, but insanely nice work so far, well done! How many clanrats are you planning on doing in total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thanks! Only the minimum 30 for grabbing objectives. I'm building 16 rat ogres with guns as the bulk of the force. Probably running in three units of 6/6/4. They hit like a train with a couple of buffs, often producing 30/40 wounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Converting them all from rat ogres, river trolls and chaos spawn. They'll get painted last I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Misfire Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 18 minutes ago, hobgoblinclub said: Converting them all from rat ogres, river trolls and chaos spawn. They'll get painted last I think. They sound amazing, got any wip photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Yeah. I'll stick some up soon. They're just kit bashed at the moment. I'm attempting the green stuff work after I've painted the clanrats. Not done that much green stuff before though so it could be terrible. Actually, I there's a couple of photos of one or two of them on my Twitter if you're on there.@hobgoblinclub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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