"I am Grey Seer Thanquol. I am the chosen representative of their malevolent majesties, the Lords of Decay, the Council of Thirteen of holy Skavenblight and the living claws of his most vengeful divinity the Horned Rat. I am the eyes, nose and ears of Skavenblight. I am their judge and their dagger! Know me and tremble, spleenless-mouse, and beg my indulgence for your impiety"
- Grey Seer Thanquol
As you can see, I've pivoted back painting old Skaven models for potential use in the new edition of Age of Sigmar, and this time I've focused on the first of two leaders included in the soon to be released Spearhead force, a Grey Seer.
But not just any Grey Seer. No-no. The greatest and most powerful Grey Seer to ever scurry through the Under Empire, with the most cunning and devious plan-schemes in creation. Grey Seer Thanquol.
I've had this miniature for a long time, and originally bought him and the first Boneripper (yes, he'll be popping along soon) to add a wizard and a Rat Ogre to my Skaven Bloodbowl team.
However, unlike Boneripper, he never got painted, and I think this was due to me feeling a bit intimidated by the model, something which time, practice and the existence of contrast paint seems to have abated.
I'm learning that Skaven, especially old metal Skaven, respond fantastically to contrast paints, and it makes painting them much less daunting and time-consuming than I found in the past.
I'm absolutely delighted how Thanquol has turned out, and he's really enthused me to crack on with this project.
"Forward to inevitable victory! Die-die, man-things!"
In other less exciting news, I've painted up the last five plastic Giant Rats.
I've still not fully decided how to use them, but I'm leaning towards using them as a kitbashed Vermintide endless spell, partly because that's a game feature that is unique to Age of Sigmar and it would be interesting to try it out, but also I think putting together a scenic base for them could be fun.
Next up are three Rat Ogres (see, I told you Boneripper was coming), but I need to get hold of some 50mm bases first, and I also need work out what I'm going to do to represent the Clawlord on Gnaw-Beast model to complete my cobbled-together Spearhead force.
Acquired: -82
Painted: 284
Lead Mountain: 686
I really must save up for some speed paints if that's how good the results can be. Mile pile of sham is very large.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. I think Skaven (and metal ones in particular) respond really well to contrast, dry brushing and washes due to all the fur, folds and tears. They don't work anywhere near as well on models with flatter, smoother surfaces.
DeleteExcellent job on Thanquol and the rats, and you can never have too many rats with Skaven, shall be interesting to see if you make them into an endless spell.
ReplyDeleteI'm learning that way at the moment. The Giant Rats were part of the old Rat Ogre kit that's been removed from sale, so it's not clear whether they'll return. The endless spells, however, are remaining the same.
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