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Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Myu — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:11:11 -0000

Oh ok, fair enough. I wasn't actually referring to the tails though, just the heads and left arms. Having the heads separate at least (and more head options) would be good

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Samuel David Larson III — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:29:01 -0000

You obviously never assembled 200 clantrats that ranked up WITH TAILS. It is 100% a pain in the [cheese it]!

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Mastahh B — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:57:06 -0000

After assembling 15 of the 40 clanrats for my LGS the only issue I have with them is that w/out going the conversion route, they're not very customizable. Not that you really want to customize 40 rats, but I would like to put a shield on the other arm every now and then yknow? GORGEOUS sculpts and minimal mold lines help make up for it though. It is awesomely simple to build a rat, and this works out nicely for anyone wanting to easily build a horde type army.

I'll be working on the DoomWheel tonite and will be posting up pics eventually showing the building process on my blogsite. Wish me luck!

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

LordSandwich — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:05:40 -0000

Damn, this sucks. Looks like I'm starting Skaven now.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Bitten By Design — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:02:10 -0000

I am surprised as well they went for the solid body, legs and head. I would of preferred a true multipart kit. But we may see that through other sets.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Davis — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:25:42 -0000

...Did you even read what he said? It says 'head', not tail. Having the heads separate is nothing but a good thing (See - eldar, IG, SM, etc minis)

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Oblivion_Necroninja — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:58:08 -0000

That's only because it's not painted red yet.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Dr Henry Killinger — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:54:52 -0000

I have a book of Jes Goodwin's artwork where he did some concept sketches for 40K Skaven. The style was based on WWI trench warfare concepts with a lot of steampunk influences. It is a shame they never went through it it, but I think it would have played too much like a Guard infantry horde (though I think it would be easy enough to make a Skaven 40K list using the Guard Codex...).

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Dr Henry Killinger — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:46:28 -0000

I think it looks more Nurgle-like...

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

magiler — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:45:30 -0000

I hope that NO! It's enough that this Space Dwarf mini appeared last days, informing us that interstellar gnomes are unfortunately not fully dead!

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

asymmetricalxeno — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:05:36 -0000

I hope these new kits inspire some people to do some 40k space skaven armies..

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

faultie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:03:37 -0000

Kroot Jungle Warwheels!

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

BrassScorpion — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:56:05 -0000

I built the DOOMWHEEL for my local GW store yesterday. Interesting kit and very well done. Lots of great little humorous details in it. For the sake of immediate display I built it in its entirety, but if I was building one for myself I would definitely paint some parts along the way before completing assembly.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Jason B — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:23:12 -0000

No, not really. If you've ever made a skaven army before you'll appreciate the limited number of parts. If you haven't, then be quiet and read this.

The old Skaven were notoriously difficult to rank up after assembly and you needed to make hundreds of models for a proper skaven horde. A person would be sick of assembling models and breaking off tails and re-gluing to allow for ranking.

These will make the armies much easier to build and rank. Now with the tails as part of the main body, they won't be in the way of ranking.

When GW release the plastic Plague Monks, this was an indicator that they noticed the problem too. Its taken many years to get new skaven models and I applaud the efforts to correct ranking problems.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Lord_Gir — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:51:41 -0000

i think the poseability issue is purely rank-related, something 40k models never ever have to consider. apparently the old skaven, which were multipart, were hell to rank up, especially with their tails. i love these models though. I was about to start a skaven army 'cos they were the only army my friends didn't have, now i'm really glad i chose them because they look soo cool with all the new kits coming out. can't wait to see the screaming bell!

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Kaptin Scuzgob — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:44:59 -0000

Doomwheel? I think you mean GIGANTIC TYRES FOR MY ORK MONSTER TRUKKS

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Name — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:48:38 -0000

Interesting box set. It is more like a combined clan rat and slaves box, because the bodies on the first sprue look more armed while the bodies on the second have shabby cloaks and even shackles.
This allows some awesome possibilites.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Myu — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:14:25 -0000

I always paint before assembly, unless (as with some tau vehicles or lotr models) it doesn't make a difference. Then again, I know people who could paint the 2nd ed marines bolt gun when it was glued to the figure - Without accidentally painting the marine's body at the same time! Well... that and I don't paint that often. But hey.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

miagel — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:32:27 -0000

when looking at the store yesterday my mate decided he was doing skaven because the doomwheel looked cool. he only got more excited when we told him that his basic troops (of which he'd need 16 gajillion) are 3 peice models. I think going with very few peices is a good thing, just think of when you had to assemble 60 guard who are all 5 points per model and how annoying it was. now on a space marine or something where you only need 30 poseablility is great but when there are loads of nameless spods you just want them done a lot of the time

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Poi — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:25:40 -0000

Loving them all. Any word on the battalion contents?

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

nextjenn — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:19:06 -0000

First thing I thought of when seeing the doomwheel was how painful it would be to paint...

Deffinitely one I would consider painting before assembly.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Angelic Despot — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:52:04 -0000

I think it's a real shame that the models aren't multi-part and poseable, but that seems to be the way they're going with (especially WFB) plastics.

On the other hand, they do look beautiful (actually like rat-men) and I love the ball and socket arm joints: that will help the models look a lot more individual.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Myu — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:53:33 -0000

Third on the monkey limbs, they looked awful.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

7eAL — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:43:07 -0000

Seconded on the monkey limbs. Some of the old heads even looked monkey-like.

Re: WFB: Skaven Doomwheel and Clanrat Sprues

Hungry_Santa — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:32:26 -0000

these will make awesome conversions for my chaos guard army. clanrats for conscripts, doomwheel for stumblegun. *happy*