Verminlord Deceiver

The Verminlord Deceiver !

I always loved that miniature, though, I couldn't see myself buying it due to how fragile it looked...

So, the size was an issue... It might sounds stupid when obviously you want a "big guy".

It was thus, an opportunity to tweak it and find a cool pose and motion while having a coherent base with the rest of the army. Plus I wanted to carry it safely, and thus minimizing the space and volume the miniature may take in my Gw case.

Having processed that, the idea really came quickly with cutting the Verminlord in two... 

Risky bet, but I was convinced that, somehow, he could be pictured as "springing" from the earth and attacking a city; well "THE" cobbled city where my army and story takes life.

I remember cutting it just above both ankles. I had to glue the first part of the tail, and cut the rest. 

Several additional changes crossed my mind like changing the left arm for the pestilens version while keeping the throwing star. 

I first put, on the left hand part, my cobblestone layer, on wich I glued the Verminlord, I then added some green stuff around the now empty ankles to fix him to the base. 

Then started the messy stuff, I added GW sand, and bits of red brick (that you can find from your local Model Shop), and broken part of my cobblestones, to cover the ankles and the tail that are completely cut. It helped me hide part of the miniature, and add a bit of coherence to the fact that he destroyed part of the city and "flies" toward the rest of it.             

 

I added bigger stones that you can find with the GW sands and painted them in green (recipe found in older articles), to represent Warpstones.

I used different colors for my gold, with a base of Retributor Armor, I then added some Nuln Oil to darken it, and went for a second layer of pure Retributor Armor. I then added some Waywatcher Green, quite heavily on the recesses. Then a mix of Retributor and Runefang Steel on some edges. To finish with somes dots of Ryza Rust and Nihilakh Oxide here and there.

I added a bit of "life", using the ruin provided with the Verminlord kit, I also added the jumping rat that comes with the Greey Seer.

        

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Assassins & Deathrunner

Eshin Hero time !

Well, this assassin is actually THE miniature that triggered enough motivation to start the whole Skaven army project.

I always loved that Greey Seer, but somehow, I was picturing him as an assassin.

I therefore used the following kit:

Screaming Bell: Greey Seer body; Bell

Spirit Hosts: Dague and Hand.

There is not much work here, I made the hoody and the "leather" on the wrist with Greenstuff. I of course had to remove the Greey Seer horns to make the hood fit.

The second assassin received simple modifications, the whole miniature comes from the Silver Tower Box set. Since I really did not like that Deathrunner when I first saw it, the idea of painting two was daunting. (Him + his reflection)

Frankly the concept of that rat, by itself looks far too much "Riktus or Mors" and could easily be converted into a Warlord.

Kristobal helped me overcome that situation and actually made some basic leathery lanyards out of green stuff to give an Eshin feeling to the miniature.

Painting wise there is nothing new, that's the same recipe I described on my first posts.

To finish, I use as my Skaven Deathrunner, the Gutter Runners from the Blood Bowl kit, their motion looks awesome and they look just fine as a representation of a Deathrunner, deadly, swift, plus they fit well in the Eshin range, and they are two of those in a box :D.

Cheers!