Back in the olden days, when I was just a pup, I played a bit of the Chaos Warbands variant of WHFB. My very first champion was a Skaven. Since at that time I had a Skaven army (which I later sold, keeping only a few figures) I did manage to pluck out an appropriate figure for use, with the sword, dagger, and a crest of evil-looking spines. This guy had a very, very old paintjob, and so I’ve gone over most of it as well as rebasing him. The biggest changes were reversing the colours on his Skaven-style lorica segmentata, and a repaint over his clothing in order to brighten it a little, and getting rid of his yellow pouch.
Skaven Champion of Khorne and Follower.
I don’t remember the story behind his little mate, but I do remember having Khorne in mind when I painted up his shield, so I figure he can stand in for now as a follower of the first guy. he just needed as bit of a touch-up and tone down to bring him up to scratch.
For the time being, I’m still a long way off building and painting my Skaven army, which will see the field under the Kings of War “Ratkin” list in the future. Until then, the odd Skaven that I may paint will be dropped into either my “Chaos” Army with my Realm of Chaos beastmen, or my “Beastmen” Army for any “cleaner” looking Skaven.
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Khornate Skaven. That’s something new for me:) Classy painting. Very Oldhammer. Perfect for such old models.
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Yep. A roll of 96-00 followed by a roll of 81-93 on the old Starting Profile Table. He certainly made for a unique champion way back then. 🙂
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Love ’em – again, packed with character and nicely refreshed paint scheme. Nice job! 😎
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Thanks Alex. In some ways I’m finding that actually it’s more satisfying to bring an old model up to speed than to paint a new one. Odd but true!
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Cool idea to make one rat red/brown. Provides a good contrast to the other chap. Both are painted very well and I also like the freehand on the shield as well as the wood texture on the back.
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Just seemed the way to go for a Khornate Rat. 🙂 Just a shame that the ornate Khornate rune on his tabard looks like a blurry mess in the photo. Ah well, can’t win ’em all.
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