At Last! The Machinations Of The Horned Rat Come To Fruition!

Well that's quite a title for a silly little blog post, but there we go. I didn't do any work on them yesterday because I was busy with various other things and then went to bed early, but today - despite going to see the really beautiful Flow at the local cinema with P - I managed to get the last Clanrat block and its Warpfire Thrower team done, which means that the Skaven army is finished! Huzzah!

Warpfire Thrower team from the 8th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle starter set (I think). This pair are from Clan Skryre, as evidenced by the red hood on the operator.

Rear view, showing the huge wood-and-brass tank of warpstone infused goo that gets turned into a pressurised stream of burning doom

The business end - horrible death for someone, even if it is the operators sometimes

View showing the armour worn by the operator and the huge weight of the fuel tank

Rear (fourth) rank of Clanrats from the Order of the Grey Seers' vast pool of disposable - err indispensable - minions

Rear view, showing what they look like when running awa- tactically withdrawing to a more advantageous position

Third rank, with more armour showing this time as well as an array of quite vicious looking clubs

The armour might not be in the best condition, but it'll stop a blade (usually)

Second rank, with helmets and swords (mostly)

The clothes are ragged, but the hoods are uniform because how else will the Grey Seer know what regiment they come from (not that he really cares)

The front rank, led by an aspiring Stormvermin candidate who actually has white clothing!

I'm a huge fan of the little rat on the musician's bell

Another view of the command group, showing one side of the banner and the details on the Jes Goodwin sculpted champion, which looks not even slightly out of place next to the plastics from nearly 20 years later

Front view of the champion, showing the strange globes of ... something, as well as the chunk of polished warpstone as a decoration at his throat - and a great shot of the little bell-rat

The whole ensemble in their glory!

With the completion of the Skaven, I can move onto the Jade Falcons for Battletech and then, after that, probably stick with the Warhammer Fantasy theme and do some High Elves. But perhaps something else will call to me...

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