Tale of Four Gamers - Challenge 1: Skaven

Well hello! Let me introduce myself: my name is Warlord Cam Ratpainter, and I'm here to give you the low-down on the Skaven army in the TLoDHFAWHFBToFG. As soon as we made the decision to explore the world of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, I quickly noticed that Warlord Queek Headtaker was by far the coolest looking mini of all the armies, so I settled on the Skaven army. Naturally, the army will be Clan Mors, with Queek laying waste to all in his path. With that in mind, it's important that I try to make Queek look like as much of a BA as possible to better strike fear in to the hearts of my enemies.

I'm a bit behind in the competition, but I'm hoping to make a strong showing to finish out these last few days. My Warlock Engineer is only primed at this point, but I do have Queek completely based (it took forever!). So the plan at this point is to get the WE based as quickly as possible, and then dual-highlight the models at the same time. Anyway, on to the Q-man.


I really like the red armor that Queek is typically portrayed in. Because I'm cheap, I don't use GW paints (I use a set of acrylics), and therefore have to mix my paints each time to get the desired colors. I'm happy with the red I created, and later on I'll be adding some fiery highlights to really make the armor pop. The gold will be a challenge, as NMM always is, but to be honest I'm just not a big metal paint person.


While fooling around with paint mixing, I made a light, almost powder blue that I decided to use for Queek's accent cloth under his armor. It felt like a gamble, but I really like the way it contrasts with the deep red of the armor.


I went for a pretty bleached-bone white for the skeletons on Queek's trophy rack. I think it's maybe a little against the norm for a rat to not be grimy, but I like the idea of of Queek valuing his trophies so much that he keeps them shiny and polished, to better taunt his enemies.

So there's Queek. He needs some work, but I'm feeling good about his progress. Now if only that pesky Warlock Engineer would get some paint on him!

Cam