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[jchaos79]

The paint is great. Did you consider to crop the image and enlarge it to see them in all his magnificient?

[TheIronPainter]

JChaos,

I could enlarge them, but due to the scale, it would look, to me at least, a bit splotchy, you might not even get to see the detail. I'll fiddle around with it and see what I come up with. I'm painting a ton of Skaven so you'll get all types of new photos as I work.

[jchaos79]

It was only a idea to show your great work!

Great for your enthusiasm,

looking forward to see more of your work

[TheIronPainter]

My apologies. Edited.

[pw]

I think this is all very magnificent! These are certainly the finest skaven I've seen.

In an attempt to say something constructive (i.e. beyond the 'wow' that I feel) I wonder if they might not look a little dark on the tabletop and some of the detail might not pop as well as it deserves. My suggestion would be to try slightly ligher colours for the basing to give them a little contrast from a distance. Of course, these aren't for me (how I wish they were!) and it may be that lighter bases might spoil things but I'd certainly want to try it out to see.

Now, I wonder if I need my Kislev painting for me...

[Kesseki]

I agree with pw, this army is going to be the best skaven warmaster painted never ever, thank you for sharing with us :-)

[David Wasilewski]

I suspect that this won't be Iron Painter's last commission from this forum after my army is finished!

Dave

[TheIronPainter]

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Dave,

I'm still working on my own personal Undead army and I still want to do a Lizardman army and maybe even an Empire army! So lot's of stuff in the works. Another commission though would be a wonderful proposition - hint-hint-nudge-nudge out there 

Here are two characters... not happy with the gray seer sculpt, but I tried my best to paint it.

[Toon]

I think the badass ratogre form the character set belongs to the grey seer (as in Tanquol and Boneripper from the novels). Maybe if you add him to the seer, you will like the model more.

Great paint job, as always

[David Wasilewski]

The Clan Moulder figure looks awesome! Perhaps use some of the spare, single rats to clump round him?
I'll see if I've got a spare single base of rat swarm spare to send out with the next eventual batch. If you were to do this character stand a second time, in order to differentiate him from this one, perhaps you could paint up a carpet of rats on his base using the rat swarm? (I'll compensate your extra painting time by not including something else from the character pack)? Just an idea? Let me know what you think!

I agree re the grey seer - you've painted him up very nicely but he's not reallly a "blow you away" sculpt. I too, think that he will look better based on a coin if you include the rat ogre character figure with him. Perhaps a way to differentiate the same figure (character stand) in the second batch would be to swap the "special" rat ogre for a normal one (and include the special rat ogre on one of the bases of a rat ogre unit).

Looking good!!

Dave

[Toon]

If you want your second grey seer stand to look different maybe adding stormvermin bodyguards might be a good idea?

[Kesseki]

Just wonderful painting!, good job!.

[TheIronPainter]

Perhaps use some of the spare, single rats to clump round him?

I have no problem doing that. For the first one though I simply glued the packmaster with the two mutant clan moulders, the one with two heads and the one with the claws and spikes on his back.

I really want to do one on a carpet of rats! Great idea! I'll cut up a single rat swarm square from what you gave me. Just send me one extra rat swarm square in the next shipment.

@the rest of you guys

Thanquol had Boneripper in Skavenslayer so I will totally base the grey seer with him. What you guys see there on the blog is just the after-paint... I still have to base them all and everything. Don't worry, more pictures will come!

[David Wasilewski]

Great!
O.k. - will do!

Dave

[TheIronPainter]

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