Skaven Yes-Yes!

[mrmanstory]

Well with the battleforce finally being in my hands soon I decided to put up my first skaven list! So couple of "here's what this does" notes. I get extra 1" range per 10 skaven models in a unit. The screaming Belk let's me ignore morale and the verminlord warpbringer also gives me bravery 10 on my rats (within a 13" range on both). The warlock bombardier can give +1 to hit and wound for my big stormfiend unit with a chance to blow himself. The warp lightning cannon has a chance to do lots of mortal wounds also with a chance to blow itself up. The stormfiends weapons may look odd but they have wonky wording. A third of the unit has an option between 2 weapons another 3rd has 2 more options and another 3rd has 2 other options. The gnawholes let units teleport between them. Anyway here's the list seems super fun to me wish the battleforce came out before the league started lol.

- Army Faction: Skaven
- Grand Strategy: Defend What’s Ours
LEADERS
Verminlord Warpseer (360)
- Artefacts of Power: Skavenbrew
- Spells: Flaming Weapon
Grey Seer On Screaming Bell (325)
- Spells: Death Frenzy
Warlock Bombardier (115)
- General
- Command Traits: Deranged Inventor
- Spells: More-more-more Warp Power!
BATTLELINE
Clanrats (200)
- Clawleader
- Rusty Blade
- 4 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
- 4 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
Clanrats (100)
- Clawleader
- Rusty Blade
- 2 x Clanrat Standard Bearer
- 2 x Clanrat Bell-ringer
Stormfiends (640)
- 2 x Windlaunchers and Clubbing Blows
- 2 x Ratling Cannons and Clubbing Blows
- 2 x Shock Gauntlets and Warpstone-laced Armour
Clanrats (100)
- Clawleader
- Clanrat Standard Bearer
- Clanrat Bell-ringer
- Rusty Blade
ARTILLERY
Warp Lightning Cannon (150)
TERRAIN
1 x Gnawhole (0)
TOTAL POINTS: 1990/2000
Created with Warhammer Age of Sigmar: The App

[Jack Shrapnel]

skaven is a blast to play... you'll have fun with that!

Verminlord is one of the coolest models for sure. Lots of crazy destructive clan skyre going on here.

I like it!

[Hi I'm Derek]

Gonna need some movement trays

[dave]

I've never seen skaven on the table, but would love to. Since I already have Beasts, I'm really trying to avoid starting another horde army. But someone needs to play them!

[distractedcarnifex]

Assuming that the Stormfiends are killy units?

Looks fun!

[mrmanstory]

Stormfiends are very killy the rating Cannons are something like 2d6 shots each and windlaunchers are good rend good damage. They're probably what I would sY most of the damage output is from actually since the cannon it's very swingy.

[mrmanstory]

Dec 2, 2022 11:42:36 GMT -5 Hi I'm Derek said:

Gonna need some movement trays

I've been playing gaunt carpet tyranids for 40k trust me I have enough movement trays lol

[distractedcarnifex]

Skavenslayer is probably my favourite Black Library book due to Thanquol.

I look forward to meeting your Skaven across the table! Kill kill quick quick!

[StepwisePilot]

So, I was curious, and plugged this into the warscroll builder site so that I can see how many models this is.

90 models.

As much as I love Skaven, and would love to make an army of them, that is a huge commitment. Still, I'll echo what others have said, and say it would be cool to see them on the table.

[dave]

My current Beast list is 82 models on the board. I carry 53 more for my summoning pool. Probably a mistake given my painting style (slow) but I regret nothing!

[mrmanstory]

Dec 2, 2022 22:51:06 GMT -5 StepwisePilot said:

So, I was curious, and plugged this into the warscroll builder site so that I can see how many models this is.

90 models.

As much as I love Skaven, and would love to make an army of them, that is a huge commitment. Still, I'll echo what others have said, and say it would be cool to see them on the table.

it's honestly not as bad as it seems. The issue is that 80 of it is clanrats. Thankfully army painter speed paints exist so hopefully it's not too bad.

[StepwisePilot]

That's fair, hahaha. Just be sure to paint other things between the clanrats. In my experience at least, it does help, as that way I'm not just painting the same thing over and over. Sure, they still need to get painted, but at least this way it's broken up by other models/units.