And the winner is...

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...The Stormvermin!  (tada~bugles etc.)

Let's take a look at the results shall we?

1. Stormvermin: 67% (29 votes)
2. Tie: Doomflayer, Clanrats, Plague Censer Bearers: 9% each (4 votes each)
3. Plague Wind Globadiers: 4% (2 votes)
4. Warpgrinder: 0% (absolutely no votes whatsoever.)

Well, that is a whole load o' love for the Stormvermin, and a disappointing kick in the crotch for the Warpgrinder. I guess not only do current Skaven players not field this thing too much, they also aren't too keen on seeing them painted...

...at least when one of the other options is the Stormvermin!

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So, I guess that pretty much decides what I will paint and post a "Step-by-step guide" to next. It may have to wait a little bit though due to a pretty busy week, but I am looking forward to it.

A quick look around seems to show two distinct ways of painting these guys.

1. Use your main army colour on the cloth, and keep the armour in traditional metal (Boltgun Metal etc.) with lots of Devlan Mud (or black) as in the GW unit pictured above (an informal Google search shows this to be the most common approach.)
2. Use the main army colour on the actual armour itself, and do the cloth in a complimentary colour. (Kind of like Queek Headtaker's armour in the image below.)

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Certainly, when GW does the latter it looks very striking (especially in red.) I think though that a good compromise between the time it would take to do approach "2" on all the models and a good effect would be to do only the Unit Champion with coloured armour, and the others with regular armour.

This could work because it would show that the Champion is not just special by being harder and meaner, but perhaps he also inherits the best armour with the colour. This would be a mark of leadership or favour AND a good way for him to be known when on the battlefield. I'd have to be careful to show that he isn't as important as Queek though - a good excuse to learn how to weather armour with scratches and chips?

I only have 20 Stormvermin at the moment, but who knows, once I get them painted up, perhaps that will spur me to buy more?

Thanks to everyone who voted and thanks in advance for your patience until I get this underway!

Cheers,

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Reader Poll - Choose my next painting project!

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OK, now I need your help with a decision...

...what unit to paint next!

Please do me a favour and click on the poll on the screen to help me choose. 
I will paint whatever you - the hated man-things, decide. (If you happen to be a Grey Seer, or other notable member of the great Skaven race, then accept my apologies for such an insult....)

I own the following models so really just need a decision. In brackets below you can see how many of the unit I actually already have "ready to play" and painted in my force. 

The choices are:

1. Poison Wind Globadiers. (Currently: 0)
2. Plague Censer Bearers. ( Currently: 0)
3. Stormvermin. (Currently: 0 )
4. Warpgrinder Team(s) (Currently: 0)
5. Doom-flayer(s) (Currently: 0)
6. Clanrats. (Currently: 120)

My thoughts are:

Poison Wind Globadiers
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Globadiers? 

Cool, but would almost never use them. Also not so keen on the fact that they all look so similar, so might do some light conversions with the weapons etc to shake things up a bit.

Plague Censer Bearers
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Plague Censer Bearers? 

Not a huge fan of the models compared to the IOB and more recent plastics, and it seems as though not many people take them these days. On the other hand, I only need a small unit so they wouldn't take too long...

Stormvermin
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Stormvermin?

I have had these from my first purchase but just never got around to them. I only have 20, so they couldn't be a major force on the battlefield. They might be useful as a small bunker for my general or battle-standard bearer though?

Warpgrinder
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Warpgrinder? 

Now that I actually have some Clan Eshin guys in my army, they might be helpful. On the other hand, why take the risk of a cave-in when the Clan Eshin unit can probably make its way to the enemy's backline without too much trouble anyway?

Doomflayer
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Doom-Flayer? 

A big plus - it is a cool model and the fluff is great. 

A big fat minus - most people don't seem to think they are too effective on the battlefield. (But then again, I never get to play any games of WFB anyway!)

Skaven Clanrats
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Clanrats?

Who doesn't need more Clanrats?

Now that I have a pretty strong core of my army built up, it might be fun to spend some time on units that don't seem to be essential to the Skaven in 8th edition, but I will leave that up to you - the voting public - to decide!

Cheers,

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Doomwheel Update!

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Phew, it's about 25 past midnight here in Japan on the morning of Tuesday 21st of September. While that means I broke my deadline of posting an update on Monday, at least I have something to share with everyone who voted on my poll a few days ago.

Here is my Doomwheel at the time of writing. I started at 1 PM today, and in total I would say to get to the stage at bottom of the photos took about 8 hours in total (Yeah - I know, pretty slow eh?):

It isn't finished by any stretch of the imagination.., but I am well on the way now. Lots of details to be tidied up, basing (of course) highlighting in lots of areas etc...To be honest, I think it looks OK so far, but I have the feeling that the base will pull it all together in the next few days.

Once that is all done, I'll try to find the time to post a full step-by-step.

DOOMWHEEL! 
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Thanks for dropping by!

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And the poll winner is...

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...the DOOMWHEEL!
...neek, neek, squeeel!

Here are the poll results at the time of closing...the Doomwheel just edged ("rumbled"?) ahead, surely due to a potent combination of arcane technology, warpstone and rodent treadmill power...

1. Doomwheel...look, it's a frikkin' Doomwheel OK? 18 (34%)
2. Stormvermin...awesome... 17 (32%)
3. Clanrats...ALWAYS need more! 6 (11%)
4. Grey Seer...you're toast without magiks... 5 (9%)
5. Warpfire Thrower...burn, baby, burn! 2 (3%)
6. More Slaves...cannon fodder FTW!! 4 (7%)

Looks like those Stormvermin were just edged out...

So a big thanks to all those who voted! If you came here but just missed the voting - apologies, I had to close it otherwise I wouldn't have time to try to finish the Doomwheel by the end of the long weekend.

(As it is that may be a stretch as my litter are demanding attention...)

I'll start working on this today and will post updates over the weekend and (hopefully) a full blog post at the end of the day, Monday 20th Sept!

To work Clan Skyre slaves - to work!

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