Kings of War - Ratkin Brutes

I've repurposed some more of my Skaven into Ratkin for my Kings of War army.  I've got a big box of Skaven waiting to become a functional army again.  I've literally lost any interest in Age of Sigmar (but not Warcry, Warcy is fucking awesome) and Kings of War is the only game that allows me to use them they way they should be used.  I've had these three rat ogres sitting on my desk for months begging for a repaint.  They have now been repainted and rebased, they are now Ratkin brutes.

Rats with Giant Laser Guns

Now my Ratkin have laser weaponry.   I'm probably going to use it as shredder.  It fires multiple shots so it should do some damage every turn.  Anyway I'm working through my Skaven at quite a rate, I  should be at 2000 points at no time.

The Horde

I've been converting a bunch of Skaven Clanrats over to Kings of War.  Most of these are repaints.  I've painted water effects into the textureless parts of the base to emphasise a blasted wasteland look.  A dank wasteland needs puddles damn it.  I've tried to arrange them to look like they're surging forward on command.  F.Y.I. Rats surge forward in a living tide, they don't charge.

Queek Headtaker

Finally a leader worthy of my Ratkin.  This is the Queek Headtaker mini from old Warhemmer Fantasy.  I'm using him in Kings of War as a War Cheif for my Ratkin army.  For those that don't know I'm slowly converting my old Skaven army over to Kings of War, in the form of Ratkin.

Queek is my favourite Skaven mini.  Back from a era when the fantasy line was still dark and gritty, you know before  the new cartoon fantasy stuff they've been pumping out.  This mini actually predates Finecast, yes he is metal.  That does mean he's a bit front heavy and faceplants quite a bit.  Queek never really performed for me in Warhammer Fantasy, he always wiffed his attacks and ran away... every sodding time.  Hopefully he'l perform better in Kings of War.

Abhorrant Archregent

I've decided to take the plunge into Age of Sigmar, by converting my Vampire Counts stuff over.  To start with I'm going Flesh Eater Courts and busting out my ghoul horde.  I found this vampire from Heresy Miniatures to be my Abhorrant Archregent.

I've not decided on what kind of grass to put on his base yet.  So I might do the whole force at the same time.

Ratkin Shocktroops for Kings of War

I've rebased my Skaven Stormvermin for use in King's of War as Ratkin Shocktroops.  Stormvermin in Warhammer Fantasy were a bit shit.  Mine spent most of their time running away, some elite troops those.  In Kings of War shocktroops are rock sold.  They have the elite, vicious and crushing strength (1) rules, which means they add 1 to their damage rules and reroll rolls of 1 to hit and wound.  They actually feel like elite troops.  I need more.

On to the pictures.

Second Ratkin Weapon Team for kings of War

I've finished another weapon team for my Ratkin army.  This time they have a flamethrower.

Now which unit should I Kings of Warify next?

Ratkin Weapon Team for Kings of War

I'm having a slight break from painting my Death Guard, I'm trying to avoid the burnout.  So I thought I'd continue the Kings of Warifacation of my Skaven.  So I did a weapon team.  I've done two hordes already, and they need some support.

I decided to repose these dudes.  It didn't make much sense that the mortar guy was standing behind the loader, while the loader had his back to him.  So I turned the loader to make him look like he's about to load the mortar.  I've also put them on a 50mm x 50mm base, they are a warmachine after all, and that's the minimum size they can go on.

The Harvest part 8; Lord in Terminator Armour

I know I said I might paint Harley Quinn next, but this guy has been sitting, undercoated, on my desk for weeks, staring at me... seriously it was starting to creep me out.

He's what I call my cheap lord.  Terminator armour, lightning claws and a sigil of corruption.  He doesn't need much else.  He's not a straight out of the box model.  The base of him is the standard plastic chaos space marine lord, his head on the other hand is the spare one that comes with Forge World's Lord Zhufor.  I've done him in the standard Harvest colours, with a bit more brass thrown in.  He's allowed a bit of bling, he's in charge after all.

What to paint next? I do have a half painted defiler sitting over there.  That'll do.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

The Harvest part 7 Chaos Space Marine Lord

Ok, confession time.  I bought an Age of Sigmar model, and I feel really dirty.  However I turned him into chaos space marine, so it's ok.

See he's a chaos space marine now

I've decided to make him a chaos lord with an axe of Khorne, a powerfist (he's holding an axe in a crab claw), the Blood-forged Armour, and a sigil of corruption.  He's also got a collar of Khorne and an attack familiar represented by his flesh hound.  He rocks in at a hefty 235 points, a tad expensive but I prefer thematic characters.  Now he just needs a name.

Warhammer Quest; Daemon Summoning

When we last left our adventurers they had just accepted a quest to investigate some strange lights coming from a nearby abandoned manse. 

Having traveled for most of the day our intrepid band of heroes arrived at the gates of Vretund Hall just as the sun was beginning to set.  The rumours of mysterious lights proved true.  The windows of the manse were glowing a baleful green.

"The winds of magic are flowing here like a river." Said Milia  "I believe someone is attempting to summon a daemon of immense power."

"Well we cannae let them dae that, eh lass." grunted Snorri "Right lads! We'd better stop these bastards before they can hurt onybody!"

Onwards to glory.

Our heroes come across the first batch of guards.  A horrifying horde of snotlings.  Guess what happens?  Yup, they get wiped out in one round.

Our heroes bust into the next room.  Unfortunately the floor was littered with scorpions.  So they start stamping on them.  The were so busy killing the scorpions that they didn't notice the goblins lining the room.  And they were none to please that a bunch of "do gooders" busted up their scorpion race.  The shaman called upon his god, Mork (or possibly Gork), for aid, thus creating a magical blast wave that knocked the party on its collective arse. 

A few goblins met their end in retaliation.

The goblin shaman calls down the foot of Gork (or possibly Mork) and squashes Snorri into dwarf jam.  He is now drinking with his ancestors in Grimnir's Halls.

"HEY! GOBLIN SHAMAN!" *sound of an arrow loosing* "You just got elfed!"

And in the next room...

More goblins.  A whole four of them.  They didn't last long.

A few empty corridors later and we find the culprits.  A horde of loathsome Skaven.

A handful of stormvermin lead the verminous horde.

Our heroes carve their way through the Skaven.

After a long and bloody battle our heroes prove victorious, and disrupt the summoning ritual.  They would receive a hefty reward once the got back to town.  But first they would raise a mug of Bugman's to Snorri's memory.