A quick one this time round, I painted another model for my Skaven army, a Warpfire Thrower, a cool (or not as it turns out!) little weapons team.
I really like painting weapons teams, whether fantasy or historical, as they always represent a little vignette. This makes for interaction between models that is often absent in armies of individually based models. Here we have a hapless rat that was clearly wandered too close to the last jet of warp fire!
There is a fair amount of detail on this model considering it was a starter set model from back in the day and must have been 2-3 pieces at most. The fire on the rat was fun to paint, if a bit challenging as I’m used to having a bit more space to try and get some fiery gradients happening! The smoke billowing out of the reservoir looks a little rough in the photos but seems to work well enough on the tabletop, so I’m happy with it overall.
This gets me one step closer to finishing the original 2000pt list I’d put together, only two characters left now, although with the new army book having been released a few weeks back it’s likely it would have to change if I ever decided to play it in a game.
Lair of the Lagomorph 
It’s funny to hear the Island of Blood set described as being from back in the day! I still think of it as new. Lovely paint work, very atmospheric.
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Thanks! Yes I did type that, think about it and decided that yes I supposed it was a while ago now! 2010 I believe.
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Now I like that! 🙂 Nicely done, Nicolas!
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Thanks John! Enough copper and brass to satisfy your Steampunk tendencies!
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Haha, definitely, although I could not have managed to get that very realistic verdigris/corroded finish! 🙂
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These two rats came out great and I agree that its a really fun model. I wish there were more fun models like this in Warhammer currently as I feel like they were a regular thing in Warhammer Fantasy. Either way, excellent work and its exciting to hear that you’re nearly done with this army too. That is quite an accomplishment considering how many rats you can squeeze into 2,000 points!
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Thanks Jeff! I think you’re right there’s been a serious streak to the models for a while now. And while I definitely didn’t go for the most rats I could fit in there’s definitely quite a few!
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