Skaven Army Progression

I finally got around to painting this week. I have been working a lot of overtime recently so I haven't had much hobby time. However I ended up having today off! So the wife and I sat down after kids  went down for a nap and started painting. I finished my poisoned wind mortar team and my wife finished her Swifthawk Agents' chariot.

Aforementioned Mortar Team..

Once I post a full showcase of my painted collection; you'll see my Skaven don't have a unifying color scheme. That's mainly due to experimenting with different painting techniques. On some of my clan rats I used a wash only method. On some others I experiment with Games Workshop's Death Guard Green spray can; which I highly recommend by the way.

What I used to tie the army together was the bases. I wanted my Skaven  to look like they were walking through a toxic, ghoulish, nasty sewer. I think they turned out well. I just might do a how-to tutorial, let me know in the comments if you'd like to know how to do your bases this way!

I am really enjoying blogging. It's been enjoyable to just jot down my ideas and share them with the world. I'd have to say what I've enjoyed most about blogging has been the photography. I found this app in the app store called Fotor. It's super easy to use and it really makes your miniature photos stand out in my opinion. Taking photos has almost become a hobby of it's own. Photography has really motivated me to paint my miniatures. I can't wait to finish painting so I can take hundreds of photos of my finished work. Obviously I won't post all of my pictures, but it takes lots of photos to get a good one. Once I find a photo I like, that's when the fun begins for me with the photo editing.







I am so close to finishing my half of the Spire of Dawn Box. I only have 11 minis left to paint. 10 Clan Rats and 1 Skaven Warlord is all that stands between me and blog post showcasing my Skaven collection!
















Until next time,
-Ben

Clan Moulder yes-yes!

So here is a small sampling of my first Age of Sigmar army. Skaven!

Why did I choose Skaven?

I remember being 10 years old looking for a book to read during our library class in school. I found this book called The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis. I could not put it down! I was hooked. The antagonist was truly evil. The Rat God’s goal was to unleash the Black Death upon the world once more. Then conquer it when all mankind had died. I thought the setting of an entire evil empire lurking in our sewers to be a truly fascinating setting. I want to pick up a copy of it and read it again.

With the above paragraph in mind; I was totally sold on the Spire of Dawn starter box when my wife and I got into Age of Sigmar.  Rats trying to conquer the realms? Against a few Aelves? What a great antagonist to go up against. They’re ugly, horrifying, and evil. You want to quick-quick, kill-kill them!

As much as I love Skaven. I have hobby A.D.D. I literally want every army represented in my collection.  So I have kind of neglected them. However I do plan on painting up the remaining 12 Skaven from the Spire of Dawn box. Once I finish them, I’ll do a post of the whole army. Until then here’s my painted Clan Moulder collection.

Kill-kill, yes-yes!

As for what I’ll add next...

Hard to say. Torn between Clam Eshin and Clan Moulder. All the clans are super interesting to me.

Until next time,

Ben