Old Skaven Madness - part 38 - Harpy family picture

Hello all,
I almost forgot a few pictures of the unit of Harpies - all together ready to wreak havoc on dwarven cannons or elven Repeater Crossbows (actually they most often ran away from carrions - but thats another tale :-)).

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 37 - Harpy Banner Bearer

Hello all,
the last of the command group - the banner bearer. The banner itself really turned out well and provided an interesting focal point for the group of Harpies. It also allowed for some different symbols than on the other Skaven banners.
Hope you enjoyed it - next up will be some warmachines.

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 36 - Harpy Command Group

Hello all,
I can't remember if they were allowed to have one, but I couldn't resist adding another banner and command group to my unit of Harpies. The photos below are of the musician and the champion, next up will be the bannerbearer.
The musician really turned out well and still looks pretty imposing :-).

 And the champion also looks like he would love to smack you into next week...

Hope you enjoyed them.

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 35 - Harpies or Beastmen

Hello all,
As I mentioned I really hated the GW-harpies so I grabbed some of my old Beatmen models and granted them a mutation of Wings. They worked brilliantly (although lining them up could be troublesome) as the old Beatmen were some of the best models ever made by GW.
Anyways - here are four of them:

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 34 - Harpies II

Hello all - continuing on with the harpies here are the last of the bad old GW harpies. One has been given an oversized claw which is from an old Ral Partha dragon - he looked very mean, and was usually the last to get removed fromt he unit :-).

 Oversized claw of dooooom! :-).

 Mean looking thing!

All the best,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 33 - Harpies I

Hello all,

I realize this is not legal anymore but back when I played Skaven one would never, never, go to war without some Harpies. These were almost the only solution to warmachines a Skaven army had and without them the big units would just get shot to pieces. So the trick was to use the cheap Harpies to harass and destroy. I loved them - so diverse.

Anyways - these are the first members of my trusty Harpy unit. Unfortunately GW released these horrible minis and I bought a pack of them before realizing just how horrendous they were. They look ridiculous and trying to rank them up was impossible. On top of that, their wings always fell of during a battle. Always. So after painting these I used some of my old beastmen and gave them wings - worked and looked much better - they will be up next time.

Anyways; allow me to present the first three of the ugliest GW minis ever:

Although bad minis - I still quite like the paintjob :-).

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 32 - Rat Ogre family picture

Hello all - a family shot of all the sweet little rat Ogres waiting to be released and rip the throat out the enemy:

They look so sweet and cuddly - don't they?

Next up will be the harpies.
All the best,
 Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 31 - Rat Ogre

Hello all,
the last of the Rat Ogres is today's treat:

All the best,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 31- Rat Ogre / Headsplitter

Hello all,
Another of the vicious Rat Ogres on todays show-and-tell :-).
Back when I played Warhammer these beasts were overpriced and more or less useless (especially in a horde skaven army as I played) but they seem to be well worth including in ny army today. Makes me happy :-). I used to include a small unit in larger games just for fun. They would never do much but they were painted and looked great.

 If I remember correctly this one is called Headsplitter and was from Blood Bowl. But he is also one of the best Rat Ogres ever made, so he got a chance to show his skills on the field of battle as well :-).

Again, I do wish I had chosen a different colour for the spikes than the red but that was the thing fifteen years ago :-).

All the best,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 30 - Rat Ogre

Hello all,
another old Rat Ogre from the pack. Two mutations have blessed this one - an old scorpion tail and some kind of Skevn transformer weapon. The last was from my old transistor radio, if I remember correctly...

Looking at these beasts really brought back how much of an improvement they were when they were made. The old ROs are really pale in comparison.

All the best,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 29 - Rat Ogre

Hello all - nothing fancy, just a fierce Rat Ogre:

This rabid Rat Ogre seems to have stolen the mace from one of the very early and very small Marauder Minotaurs.

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 28 - Rat Ogre / Boneripper

Hello all,
well I guess I should get busy posting more Skaven pictures if I ever want to finish that project :-).
So to begin this second half of the lineup, Clan Ressak proudly presents Boneripper, bodyguard of Thanquol himself. Or as the case was he was most often used as a Rat Ogre "champion" as special characters were never allowed. Sadly.

 His left arm has been replaced with the claw of one of the very old Citadel Scopions - seems to fit pretty well with the rest of the mini. Although it could use with some repainting on the joints.

 The only thing I really do not like today about the paintjob on this Boneripper is the red. Still too inspired by the Red-period of Games Workshop nineties, I guess :-).

Cool mini. I remember when he was announced - the difference between him (and the other newer rat ogres) and the old mono-dimensional rat ogres was unbelievable. One of the best skaven lines ever produced.

All the best,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 27 - Clanrats

Hello all,
A few more skavens - this time some clanrats or nightrunners. I really loved those plastic sets - it was so much fun putting those rats together and the diversity was brilliant.

Beware the flailing rats!

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 26 - Wounded Skaven 074406/14

Hello all,
well if 13 is the sacred Skaven number - wouldn't 26 at least carry some importance for the little critters? If so I guess we should feature something special for the 26th post in this cavalcade of old models...

 A dead skaven! That must be pretty special - something not seen everyday in Skaven society. Oh, wait, actually there would probably be more dead skaven lying around than cheesy Lizardmen armies at a large tournament. Anyways, I have no idea where this casulty model is from but I have always appreciated that instead of just being dead, the rat is clearly dead in battle - he is missing his right arm and clutching the remains of a spear in his chest.

 The scavenging vermin move in to feed on its larger and more evolved cousin.

Not that special I know but I am running out of pictures that have been uploaded. I guess I will have to bring up a new batch from the basement soon.

Best regards,
Kasper

Old Skaven Madness - part 25 - Skaven Heroes

Hello all,

A few heroic (if such a thing is possible?) Skavens today.

The rat on the left is (apart from the rather huge Skaven head, which makes me regret not having known about Green stuff at the time :-)) mainly one of the oldest models I own. It came with the first roleplaying Game I ever read and owned (I think it was called "Drager og Dæmoner" (Dragons and Demons) and was made in Sweden?).

With the starter set came this rather small fighter. the head was terrible but I have always loved the pose - so I guess that was enough for me to give him a new head, and let him be a unit champion.

 The other guy is again a Harlequin model and once again a brilliant model. A lot of character in him and I love the epaulets on his shoulders. The sword.... well apparently it wasn't only GW who sculpted massively overdimensioned swords :-). With one of the newer barbed swords he would look excellent I feel.

 Oh - and just for fun - here is an old cowboy model - probably the first human I painted. Not the best skintone, looks a bit zombie-ish...

Best regards,
Kasper