Well, I've finished the latest lot:

Clan Skryre






So far, in the few games I've played, the Jezzails' performance has seemed to be proportional to the skill of my opponent: against Ras, they tended to obliterate COK units in one or two volleys, against a first-timer down at the GW, they managed to kill two of their own and none of the enemy in their first shooting phase and immediately panicked themselves off the table.

Globadiers, on the other hand, rock. I can't believe how little-used they are considering how deadly they are to monsters, characters and the like. And they can come in units of 2-3, which don't cause panic and are perfect for screening weapons teams...

The banner on the Warlock is a bit of a botch job - I used a shred of J-cloth and once it was painted all the perforations came out really dark, so I'm going to have to re-surface it with paper or green stuff or something and do it again. Quite pleased with how the rest of the model turned out, though.

Clan Pestilens






Probably some of my favourite models... I was particularly happy with how the banner on the Monks and the Censer Bearers' robes turned out. The Plague Monk plastics are absolutely brilliant. I really, really hope they make some more Skaven plastics in that vein.

Clan Moulder







Just rounding out what was already done... two new Rat Ogres and another Rat pack make for three rather nasty units, rather than three weak and tiny gaggles.

Clanrats



There! 75 Clanrats painted. All I should need to do for a long time... although if I really want to make the Warlord's list effective, I do need to do 60-odd Slaves *sob*.

Still, I've managed to get a good technique for speed-painting Clannies (which is why the new regiment in the first picture looks a bit better than the other two). And I only have one regiment left to do before I will have all the models for Quekrit's list (admittedly I also need to do Quekrit and his huge screaming bell of towering doom, but that will be fun. Unlike painting 30-odd Stormvermin all in the same pose, I suspect).

Nicely-painted stuff there, Chili. What was the hardest/most annoying think about painting the Clanrats?

Your patience amazes me, Chili... :blink:

The banner-bearing Warplock is very well done.

Your job to make everything in the army look 'dirty' is a nice success. Painting Skaven must be very long, but it must also be a great deal of fun.

Skin. Everything else was basecoat, ink, or basecoat, highlight; the skin was basecoat, ink, highlight, otherwise it looked pretty poor. And there are six separate areas of skin on each Clanrat, not counting how some are more mangy than others and so have furless knees, elbows etc... so I usually had to go back to get the bits I missed as well.

@ @ztech: They are quite fun to paint, except for the Clanrats, who get boring pretty fast. I'm going to try and do the same copper armour as I did on the Warlord for the Stormvermin regiment, so that should make them slightly more entertaining...

Very niclely done!

YAY!

Wow Chili they look superb! theres nothing better than looking at a full painted army, or in your case a close to being fully painted.

I admire your patience, and have to ask, how did you have, and maintain your patience, to sit down for what seems like it took days if not weeks to paint these guys.

Anyway I can't wait to see your screaming bell once you have finished it! should be a great centrepeice for an already good looking army ^_^

PS I actually like the banner on the warlord, it gives it a great dirty, decaying feel (Which im sure you were aiming for)

'Cos after working for four hours in a coffee shop in the morning, coming home and painting skaven is something to look forward to.

I did 'em in fives, mainly, to break up the boredom: I'd do five Clanrats, then part of a character model, then another five, then finish the character model, then another five, then a Censer Bearer, and so on. I think the only things that really got on my nerves were the Jezzails - I'd run out of Clanrats and Plague Monks by then, and Jezzails have so many nooks and crannies that you are continuously going back to get the bits you missed. So they took a long time and got quite tedious.

Screaming Bell should be interesting... on the plans, it's about seven inches high. So it's either going to be an imposing towering war machine of loomy doom, or it's going to be a collapsed heap of splinters. Taking all bets...

Nice ones.

The only thing I can find wrong with them (and believe me, I am trying hard to find fault here :D ) is that the rat ogres look way too red in one picture. But that's probably a problem with the photo (the others look fine).

I guess what I'm saying is great job. I especially like the plague priests: they look a lot more exciting than the eavy metal paintjob. The rat swarms look hideous (in the nicest possible, skaveny way), and the banners on all units are perfect.

Great job Chilli

Nicely done. Are those the plastic rat ogres, or the older metal miniatures?

I always find this strange. Everyone i have met, paints a lot faster then i do. I mean, it takes me forever to paint 4-5 models. How long does it take you guys? It might be because im painting dwarves, and like to use a bunch of different paints for all the little things on their persons and all, but it still seems like such a time difference.

Burro Boskov

In my case, it may take me a lot of time to get motivated to paint: I often spend several months without painting anything, probably because I'm too lazy to prepare all my stuff for painting. Then I have those sudden "painting urges", in which I paint several miniatures in just a few days.

I love painting when I've had a bad day and need to focus.

Yeah, I reckon that I'm the same as @ztech. That's why I have over 3,000 points of greenies and only about a third of them are painted ^_^

Used to be the same, but I have developed an acute distaste for fielding unpainted models. Now I set myself a pace (say, 5 rank and file models and one 'special' model, like a censer bearer or a character per day), and work through the models methodically until they are all done - I don't allow myself to buy any more until they are all painted.

Benedictus: they are the plastics. They require GS work on the fur to look good, but they are quite a lot bigger and meaner-looking than the metals.


The Screaming Bell is now assembled - just adding the final details now. 'Tis nine and a half inches high!

*cackles in demented glee*

Presenting: a very large Screaming Bell.



In scale with a clanrat









And...

QUEKRIT





Not the greatest photos in the world, but hopefully they give an idea. I'm really rather happy with how His Mightiness has turned out... and the Screaming Bell is suitably tall.

Very nice, that is indeed very tall :D . Just one objection, that rock underneath the bell looks a bit out of place. Surely it would tip over if it ran over a rock of that size B) . Still, its huge!

The rock is there so that it doesn't fall over in real life: the main frame is made of wood, but the bell and its supports on the top platform are metal, so it's very top-heavy. If you look at the way it's positioned, it is actually rocking back as if it is in danger of toppling because of the rock - Skaven health and safety supervisors are in pretty short supply, after all.

That is really good chili. But how do you transport it?

Of course! a rock for a counter weight! Youve just helped my Gyrocopter from a few more accidental crashes!

Querkit also looks good.

Burro Boskov

Oh, in that case I understand :). Looks great IMO.

Awesome, Chili! :clap:

The huge-huge screaming bell must be a bit unstable...

That. Is big.

<has nothing more to say due to mouth-openingness of the sheer hugeness of the model>

So far I haven't had to, but I plan to use a shoebox padded with bubble-wrap.

And yes, yes it is unstable. That is why Quekrit looks a bit shiny... very heavily varnished to protect against the inevitable 9.5" falls. To counter its top-heaviness, we have the rock on the base, the metal base platform and wheels (the only parts taken from the current Screaming Bell, unless you count Quekrit's body), and a lot of metal offcuts glued to the underside of the base.

EDIT: Here's a better pic of Quekrit and the detail on the bell.

I'd just use a larger base, model some clanrats (I assume you'll be using Clanrats to push it and not the expensive Stormvermin, unless you want to have what I call "a giant point sink, can I aim all my cannons at it") on it and have some wound counters to keep track of which ones are dead. A large base may (especially with the rock at the back or something) help balance the gigantic monstrosity better and keep it from looking quite so unstable.

It's a beautiful piece, though! Gorgeous. And Quekrit is suitably terrifying in his role as Ruler of the World With a Nice Grey Robe.

What? Nay! Quekrit will not be pushed around by inferior Clanrat scum! Only the finest Stormvermin may push the mighty bell!

Seriously, a fully upgraded Stormvermin is cheaper than a fully upgraded Skeleton, and the unit can take a magic banner. This unit is going to have the War Banner and be accompanied by a BSB with the Banner of the Swarm (+2 rather than +1 for outnumber) for a static CR of 8. Not to mention the fact that halberds actually make them quite a dangerous unit in cc, what with the Bell's ability to frenzy them/grant them hatred and the impact hits it causes on the charge.

I'm used to playing with a unit worth 1000pts before bonuses. One worth about 700pts doesn't bother me, especially when the rest of my army is still cheap and numerous enough to overrun most opponents in a tide of furry stabbity death.

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Well, damn. That's a big pile of good points right there.

Anyway, what I said still applies, if you replace "clanrat" with "stormvermin." And it's fluffier, too.

(looks at Screaming Bell pic :o )

Yow. That's all I'm going to saw: yow.

bloody well done lad. Nice paintings, do you use, a very thin black felt moddeling pen, for the shadows?

Yours sean

What shadows?

you know how u get the dark bits n stuff, do you use a black felt moddling pen?

Nay, just paint & inks. For most things other than clanrats I tend to paint in layers, starting with a dark basecoat and working through a series of highlights to create shading. Then I ink any parts I want to look darker/mottled, or where I want to bring out obscured detail (like the wood grain on the Bell).

ahh nice lad. nice going, i normaly use a black paint first, then do the colours twice then use a small black moddeling pen and carefully draw face, n shadows, and dark bits, after everything is dry i wash it then after they are dry they are varnished.

Cool bell tower dude

Yay.

Definitely big enough for my liing. Its really kool. Like the way it rocks backwards with the belling comming forward. Very dynamic, very big, very YES!

Don't see LEDs though my dear friend.

Harry

Couldn't get any :(. I went all round B&Q, but the smallest lights they had were much too big, and not even green.

LEDs on the Screaming Bell? That would have been cool.