This is a Blog-O-Warmaster Skaven, tracking my progress towards Adepticon in parallel with my Vanaheim Air Cav.
Really most of the army is complete and has been for about two years now. However I've only ever been able to field about 1.5k, and have been reluctant to make the investment to bring the army up to a full 2k. However, I burnt my anniversery gift this year on the remaining $120 of rats I needed, and intend to have them complete by Adepticon.
Army shot as it stands today:
The 2k will consist of 8 Rat Swarms, 8 Clanrats, 4 Rat Ogres, 4 Jezzails, 2 Warp Lightning Cannon, a Doomwheel, a Grey Seer, two Warlocks, and four Heroes. I still need to complete one unit of Rat Swarms, one Rat Ogre unit, three units of Clanrats, a unit of Jezzails, and two Heroes.
Characters. A Grey Seer, two Heroes, and three Warlocks.
Gutter Runners. Not using them at A-Con, but might throw them in or a change of pace now and then.
Jezzails.
War Engines. Two WLCs and a Doomwheel.
Screaming Bell crew. The bell itself is only basecoated, but I won't need it for A-Con anyway.
Infantry block. One of four of these formations. Rats in front to soak shooting (they aren't driven back by shooting), and to split off and flank when the formation charges.
One of the little details I was (and am) pretty proud of when these were painted. Rat Ogre with an exposed spine.
Newest unit, some more Rat Swarms. Did a few new things here, like picking out a few rats in slightly different fur colors, and adding some visual interest to the dead skaven, who tends to blend into the rats otherwise.
The basing is simple, almost Legion4-like (in a good way L4
), but I'm not sure it'll get revisited. It's what most of the army already had, and will likely stay that way.
