Superb work, love that unit! Screams of Zharr Vyxa to me. :hat off
Love the doodling as well, gives a lot of character to the project! Makes me think of Natilus from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic...
tjub
Great comics and inspiring art. Predated the Black Kraken for sure x.x
Fabulous unit. I love the feel. Again I am with Tjub, it screams Zharr Vyxa. If only GW/FW watched CDO.
Uther the unhinged
I'm not sure GW could handle interacting with all of this fantastic fan generated content. ;P
A little atypical here but a pile of Skaven slaves fell into my lap and I wanted to make use of the filthy little expendable rat-things as slaves for my Dawi-Zharr. What better place to throw them than in the mines or in the holds of slave galleys. Stay tuned for some background lore on their integration.
Skaven certainly present some fun opportunities for conversion and crossover of their haphazard primitive tech with the more infernal devices of the Chaos Dwarfs. One idea was incorporating gas mask heads to represent filtration of the pervasive ash and choking soot in the Dark Lands. In addition to the mining equipment I wanted to add some devices for catching or dealing with the various deadly creatures they might encounter.
Painted up unit of rat-thing slaves and some individual pictures of my favorite conversions and filler. I couldn’t resist the idea of a “standard bearer” carrying a nightlight for the scaredy-rats. Neither could I resist a warpstone jackhammer pogo stick riding slave.
Introduction to the chieftain of my offshoot band of rat-things that find themselves in servitude to the Reavers of Uzkulak. The color scheme and location of Clan Krizzor conveniently suited my needs and I went down a decent sized rabbit hole having fun with the unit while testing out painting methods to use on their Dawi-Zharr overlords. As the project expanded I decided to document some of their background and flesh out the motivations behind these enterprising rat-men ultimately doomed by their ambition. Lashikk was a quick conversion again using some 40k Admech/Skitarii bits that fell into my lap along with these old metal poison wind globadiers that I couldn’t bring myself to sell. I may use Lashikk as a Hobgoblin Khan proxy or even just as unit filler.
Okay, last rat-slaves related post (for a while) to bring some of their lore full circle. I never claimed to have laser focus for the hobby… but sometimes the tangent tracks are productive and reinvigorating, especially if they get spun into something useful in post. :idea
Here are some blurbs about how offshoots of Clan Krizzor were lured into slavery by destructive technology and promises of retribution against their fellow Skaven with the Dawi-Zharr subsuming the resources of a weak clan to destabilize more powerful enemies (ideally leading to the annihilation of both).
Oh, great conversions and painting. Love the miners! Skaven has always been among my favorite races. The lore is super as well. :hat off
tjub
Thanks Tjub! My friend that got me into the game in the first place played a very thematic Clan Skryre Skaven army. Some of these models are his leftovers that I've repurposed so there's no small amount of catharsis seeing them enslaved on my side of the table. x.x
Wow! Use of the mechanicis bits for your skaven was brilliant and resulted in a stunning piece! The end result came out beautifully and fits to your army. :hat off
Wonderful conversions! Thanks for sharing these. The nautical theme fits CDs perfectly. Also, the artwork along with the minis really makes the army come to life :hat off
Quick hobby space update. Cobbled together this DIY project over the weekend. Only had to purchase the filter and the switch (thankfully salvaged an old stove blower which would’ve been the key expense). Excited to put it through more tests but i’m sure it will be better than the cardboard box I used before x.x
Back to painting after a bit of a jaunt off in green stuff land, hope to get some images of those WIP minis up soon. As always, thanks all for the support :cheers
Astounding background and artwork and painting and conversions! Great work on the Skavenslaves, and I look forward to see those Fuggit Bazookadwarfs painted.
Beautiful. I never thought kharadrons looked sinister enough to be good CDs but you found a way! The skavens aren’t half bad either, specialy the one with the tech adept body. I love the idea of CDs using a skaven clan to destroy another.
Beautiful. I never thought kharadrons looked sinister enough to be good CDs but you found a way! The skavens aren't half bad either, specialy the one with the tech adept body. I love the idea of CDs using a skaven clan to destroy another.
Great army!
ashur
Thanks! Initially I had similar thoughts about the Kharadron but I liked their nautical bits and steampunk style. At first I owned just a few models without intention to use them for CDs yet the contest helped motivate me to revisit them. It took a lot of pointy dark elf/eldar bits to bring them closer to a CD feel. Hopefully they'll jive when I have more units ready for the table (same with the slaves). Sometimes the hobby just spins its own path and I'm along for the ride but it's definitely fun to see how small ideas can snowball x.x
Beautiful. I never thought kharadrons looked sinister enough to be good CDs but you found a way! The skavens aren't half bad either, specialy the one with the tech adept body. I love the idea of CDs using a skaven clan to destroy another.
Great army!
ashur
Thanks! Initially I had similar thoughts about the Kharadron but I liked their nautical bits and steampunk style. At first I owned just a few models without intention to use them for CDs yet the contest helped motivate me to revisit them. It took a lot of pointy dark elf/eldar bits to bring them closer to a CD feel. Hopefully they'll jive when I have more units ready for the table (same with the slaves). Sometimes the hobby just spins its own path and I'm along for the ride but it's definitely fun to see how small ideas can snowball x.x
Reaver of Uzkulak
Can't wait to see more. I like the idea of "regional" armies, in this case Uzkulak and a sea theme for CDs. It adds a lot of flavour! besides, one cannot go wrong by adding captain Nemo to everything.
