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Title: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on December 24, 2014, 06:48:49 PM
Right now there isn't much to say, but they're definitely happening.  :)

(https://fbcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-0/c16.0.248.497/p280x280/10881697_10153020243009175_5098153232652843778_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=ed7e0cb9051ea3c38238896da4f9c596&oe=55434102&__gda__=1426364146_dd94c7f929e5a95885578a50a9c8d7e0)
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Jubal on December 24, 2014, 07:14:25 PM
My initial impression from that image is not a favourable one. Looks more Slaaneshi than Skaven.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on December 24, 2014, 07:21:37 PM
Yes, lots of people seem to get that same impression...

However, that's favorable for me since I'm actually rocking a Slaaneshi WoC army. This could be my new Daemon prince. ;D
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Jubal on December 24, 2014, 07:23:17 PM
Yes, it could well be repurposed - but as a Skaven model, I don't like it.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on December 24, 2014, 08:40:50 PM
I've noticed that the newer models seem to look as though they were inspired by World of Warcraft.
And I don't like that at all...

For example, Wood elves were a complete failure in my eyes... I was on the verge of buying an army, even got some old characters, a dark elf dragon, and then I saw those new models. Great quality, awful design if you ask me... Right now I'm on the lookout for the old metal Eternal guard (and I HATE metal figures).

The only recent thing I've liked were Nugle releases. They look suitably disgusting and scary. The rest of the releases was just mediocre.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on December 24, 2014, 08:53:24 PM
Aaaand a bigger picture:

(http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=204796&d=1419437053)

Looks like a monkey with too many horns and a Slaaneshi tail...
And it's as tall as Nagash model.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on January 06, 2015, 03:01:51 AM
And they're out:
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-SE/Verminlords

Most of them look fine. Looks like the one on cover page just had a bad colour scheme.


Also, Thaquol and Boneripper:
(https://fbcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-0/10898042_10153075356694175_5105134667347219057_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=7755da4637ad75adab1da53ee07ae034&oe=552328E3&__gda__=1430034870_63597a10e733539a8d37edb24c2f9071)

The rider looks bit generic if you ask me, but nice overall.
The old Boneripper idea felt a bit cooler, too. Like an undead rat-thingy... This one sure looks menacing, but the old one was much creepier. ;D


And this looks like a new Gray seer:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HppF5CYAu7Y/VKiqA9-6qHI/AAAAAAAAl0E/zBk9jUcqza8/s1600/Seer.jpg)

I like the model. The face looks a bit goofy, but maybe it's just the paint job/bad angle.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on January 09, 2015, 10:13:35 PM
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/Giladis/Bell_roundbase_zpscf668669.jpg~original)

Screaming bell and Plague furnace on oval bases...

Seems like rumours about 9th edition may be true.  :-\
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Jubal on January 09, 2015, 10:16:17 PM
I'm sorry, but that new Boneripper just looks extremely silly.

Not to mention that it has no claws. That's right, "boneripper"  may be able to singe your flesh off or whatever the cannons do, but that is not a creature that can, in fact, "rip" anything.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on January 09, 2015, 11:17:52 PM
Well, you're right.
I didn't actually notice that all of his hands are cannons. :/

I like this style much more:
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Thanquol often employs mutated rat-orge bodyguards for protection, each called Boneripper. The first was slain by Gotrek in the manse of Fritz von Halstadt in Nuln, the second by Felix , who threw a bomb down its throat in the Battle of the Lonely Tower. Recently, Clan Skryre gave Thanquol an important gift as a sign of reconciliation for past deeds. Clan Eshin warriors were hired to recover the body of Thanquol's first Rat Ogre, which had been on display in a freak show in Nuln. Clan Skyre reassembled the cadaver and reanimated it as a mindless machine at the order of Thanquol.


I like the mail mask and the collar on the new one, though.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on January 10, 2015, 01:16:39 PM
And there's this:

(http://spikeybitsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10406884_902602666439985_3253522296070848596_n.png)

It looks nice in general, but the armour is way too 40k for my taste.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Clockwork on January 10, 2015, 07:45:24 PM
The chain gun thing behind him is pretty 40k as well :P
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on January 10, 2015, 07:57:11 PM
Didn't even notice it.  :o
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Clockwork on January 10, 2015, 09:18:57 PM
It looks like a Skaven sign on the giant 40k shoulderpad of the chaingun model as well. Perhaps they'll be melded into existing 40k Chaos? Part of me wants to field a 40-skaven unit armed with lazguns xD
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Silver Wolf on January 11, 2015, 12:05:40 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/ic0mmq.jpg)
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Jubal on January 11, 2015, 02:47:30 PM
I mean, seriously.

WHAT THE HELL.
Title: Re: Endtime: Skaven
Post by: Clockwork on January 11, 2015, 09:07:31 PM
In case anyone wants a rundown of whats happening in the End Times in one all inclusive package: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_End_Times