Ratkin Warlocks for Kings of War

I'm mentally psyching myself up paint another horde of spear armed Ratkin warriors.  So in the interim I've painted up a trio of Ratkin warlocks, because magicy lightning destruction.

Warlock 1

He was probably the hardest to paint of the three.  He's just too busy.  Got there in the end though.


Warlock 2

A really old grey seer.  Really nice to paint.  Some of the really old miniatures from GW are so nice to paint.


Warlock 3

A plastic warlock engineer from the Island of Blood set.  Blissfully simple to paint.

These will be used in my Ratkin army, maybe not all at the same time.  But I can also use them in Warhammer Quest.  

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.

Ratkin Brutes

It's amazing what fresh lick of paint can do to some tired old models.  These were all old rat ogres that I painted at different times over the last 15 years.  To make them match up I repainted them.  I then slapped them on a mulibase for Kings of War and now they're ready o take the field once more.

These are all from different times too.  The one on the left is one of the push fit ones, the one in the middle is a metal one and the one on the right is one multipart plastic jobbies.  I put the metal one in the middle for stability, it also gives him a bit of protection from getting chipped.

Ratkin Warriors

I painted up a unit of old Skaven minis and based them for my Kings of War Ratkin army.

I've put a master moulder mini armed with a big cattle prod  at the back of the unit, and tried to space the rest to look like he's goading them into battle.  Nothing says courage like an electric shock to the arse.

I'm not going to rely on  these guys winning me a game.  They're a battleline unit.  I'll probably try to use their speed to get a juicy flank charge every now and again.  Other than that their job is to hold the line and grab objectives.  I'll probably end up teaming them up with a horde to benefit from the rallying rule.

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.