Why im enjoying more of Skavens fascinating/crazy Clan Moulder



I have been trying to get through some of my skaven stuff the last few weeks. Going through boxes, seeing what needs to be painted and even striking up some conversion ideas but i did find a packmaster model that was mixed in with some clan rats i had bought off ebay months ago. Everything went pretty straight forward you know the usual, clipped off sprue, cleaned mold lines, primed and painted , but the more i was looking at the model the more i was thinking about its clan, Clan Moulder. Probably the coolest clan i have never really looked into.

So what are Clan Moulder mostly known for? Each of the the major clans are know for certain things like clan Skyre and their weapons so what's Moulders deal? Their ability to make monstrous creatures such as the Hellpit Abomination, rat Ogors, giant rats and even controlling rat swarms is what they do and they do it well. But it's the hellpit Abomination that got me thinking. It's stitched together from muscle, limbs, flesh and made for war, hell the model represents it perfectly it's something straight from your own nightmares. So it got me thinking is a hell pit Abomination the same creature every time? The only straight answer i can give is it can't be. When the rats of Clan moulder are making the abomination i can only imagine they're not going to be making each one identical? If they do then Clan Moulder are heavily underestimated!

Straight from your nightmares to under your bed

So why has this got me invested in Clan Moulder lately? Think about it. No  Hell Pit Abominations can be the same and you could add rat Ogors into the mix here. So i got thinking about HP Abomination conversions and i know in warhammer you can make conversions for anything and im all for conversions because it's part of the hobby but the HP Abomination is the ideal conversion monster. It's literally made from parts that are found by Moulder members stitched together and powered by warpstone. This is all the base i needed to get thinking about a making a different one. It doesn't b have to be the model that GW supplies. Currently now im working on a Giant/Gargant converted into a HP Abomination. And the conversions are endless. The only thing i wanted to make sure it had was a warpstone powersource.

Now i know the argument could be "But you can do that to any army in warhammer" and i know that but it fits directly into the fluff of clan Moulder. The fluff literally says to you "these monsters are made from bits and pieces by a mad group of rats, go nuts". You got a licence to go nuts and really use you imagination. You could have any creature like dragon with a Gorgons arms but no wings etc.
My idea so far is a giant's body and two skaven coming out of his neck instead of his head

Excuse the bad photos but you can see what i meant about the rats coming out of his neck

My interest in clan Moulder is only starting with the giant conversion, but one thing did come to mind. If i really get into converting a few HP Abominations can i field them all? In Age of Sigmar yes you can and i will cover that in a new post.

One thing i mentioned earlier that i want to add before i finish is the rat Ogors. Maybe a little harder to convert because they're not made they are bred, not made from scratch and the only models are not as easy to come across on ebay (without paying a heft price that is). They are a lot more specific than a HP Abomination but its still do-able like i was thinking of adding maybe crypt horror bits to make it look a failed rat Ogor or maybe a bigger rat Ogor but that's still awhile away yet.

In short give Clan Moulder a look in. They make monsters! They are crazy and not the "ha ha" crazy but "oh shit they're coming with some messed up looking creatures" crazy! And that's one of the many reasons i love the skaven...

30K Calth legion marines #1

It has been a while since i last posted a here. Shame on me..............

Yes it has been a while since i last posted but if you have been following my youtube channel you would have  known that (cheap plug :-) ). But the newest project i am working on is the Betrayal at Calth 30K set. I got this as a Christmas present and i only got around to getting a start on it now. And i really wanted to start doing some 40K stuff on my channel and this is such a great box to start with. I am most looking forward to painting the dreadnought. So the first video update is up now and on only really got a small start on the tactical marines. But its the tactical marines i want to get done first because they are a good chunk of the box and i can get painting power Armour nailed down. 

Maybe i will start on the terminators after these because THEY LOOK AMAZING! Close combat equipment all the way!  

Enjoy

Blood Bowl 2 Clan Skurvy Vs Humans (The Sharp Marauders) Game week 3

Well how ya's getting on?
Its games week 3 in the Old world league in the Bronze division and Clan Skurvy are still looking for their first win of the season. It was a Human team up this week called the Sharp Marauders

All good men, even some with mustaches and a big o'l Ogre and everything! But we had Big Crunch our own Rat Ogre to back us up. To be honest these guys weren't that difficult. I was able to control the game and play the defense pretty good. And believe it or not we got our first win! A 1-0 win was just what we need to really get our season started. I was a little bit concerned at the start as these guys had 2 wins outta 2 and us rats had 0 wins after 2 games. It was a decent game but they never had us under much pressure and im getting better at playing the defensive side and not taking to many risks

Anyways i dont want to spoil to much for ya do heres the video of the game

Bitz what are they for good for? Guardsman in a barrell

Well how ya's getting on?

Ah the good old bitz box. Have you got one?
Of course you do!
Everyone has one!
I have two big ones one for 40K and one for fantasy/AOS and a few smaller ones for bits from certain kits. Converting models with bitz is a big part of the hobby that everybody enjoys and im going to share some conversions i have done with some of the bitz i have

So what have i got to show this week for "Bitz what are they for good for?"

I present to you Guardsman in a barrell!

Blood Bowl 2 Clan Skurvy Vs Bretonnians Game week 2

Well how ya's getting on?
So after last weeks defeat at the hands of the Lizard men (see result here) we needed to get some points on the board. Up this week we had a game against a Bretonnian team called The Blessed Lords

 The Blessed Lords

What a handsome bunch the Bretonnian lads are

Blood Bowl 2 Clan Skurvy Vs Lizardmen Game Week 1

Well how ya's getting on?

Ah Blood Bowl the game that everyone used to love but no longer available. But now its out on the PlayStation 4 and i managed to get myself a copy! Im gonna start this post with a little bit about my experience with this game starting off. Now i have never played any version of Blood Bowl before so there was quiet a learning curve i had to get used to but after getting a few games under my belt and sorting out the bugs the game has I LOVE IT!

Grand Alliance Chaos Book Review Pros & Cons

Well how ya's getting on?

Before i talk about this book my jaw nearly hit the floor when i seen the price of it. €26!! Now €26 euro might seem a little bit much for a book especially since its just a warscroll book (talk about that later) but this is a Games Workshop book! This is such a different game from fantasy 8th edition and from the way its looking the alliance part of the game is going to be a big factor.

So where does this book fit in..............

2016 Painting Challenge: Febuary Stormcast Retributors & Prosecutors

I wanted to stick with the Stormcast for Febuary's painting challenge so i would still have the paint scheme still fresh in my head. Their is nothing worse trying to match a paint scheme from a model you did weeks ago especially since i still haven't learned the my lesson about writing down what paints i used. But a good chunk of the Stormcast have been done with nine of the models from the set done from last month and to speed things up i decided to get the 3 man unit of Retributors and 3 man unit of Prosecutors done in Febuary instead of just doing the one unit this month.

Got off to a bad start this month. Based the Retributors with some Leadbelcher and then some "real life" stuff happened and didn't get any hobby done for about a week and a half. But got back into the swing of it and got a good bit done a few days ago.

IDIC BEER'S Terrain square

Well hows ya getting on?
Something i have always looked forward every year idicbeer's terrain square competition. If you dont know who idicbeer is you have been living under a rock! I have entered it twice and hoping to enter it again this year. But my favorite part of it is seeing the results of everyone's work at the end. Its a terrain square with almost parts of a diorama parts mixed in as well. Its always a great competition with good prizes also and Nick deserves a lot of credit for putting it on every year. But here is a post from the man himself. Make sure to check out his site and his YouTube channel all the links will be below as well as the competitions sponsor Inside out terrain

Nick speaking,

First of all I would like to say a big thank you to Spunge Hammer for letting me do this guest post. I am Nick from my blog and YouTube Channel IDICBeer and I am posting to share the details of a terrain making competition I am hosting. This will be the third year of the competition, and it has managed to inspire a lot of awesome looking pieces of terrain around the world.

There will be prizes for my favorite pieces, and it isn't always the best pieces that win. I take lots of things into consideration when 'judging' the winners, but ultimately the idea behind the event is to just get people making terrain, and many of my entrants have used the competition to make their first ever piece, which is great to see.

The first prize will be £60.00 of loot of your choice and the second prize will be a £40.00 voucher for Inside Out Terrain to make you a custom piece of terrain. A huge thank you to Inside Out Terrain who have sponsored this years competition, please don't forget to check out their facebook page as they really do have some amazing terrain over there to inspire us all.

Here are all the details of the competition. I hope to see a few of you joining in and having some fun making terrain. Who knows, you could even win and be this years Terrain Square Champion!

2016 Painting Challenge: January Stormcast Eternals Liberators FINISHED!!!

(This took a little longer to update because i couldn't get decent photos until now)

Well hows ya getting on?

The first challenge i set for myself this year is painting the Stormcast Liberators from the Age Of Sigmar starter box. And im happy to say i finished them! I only did nine of the ten models because i wanted to do a painting tutorial on the leader guy. The colours i settled on for the shields and shoulder pads came out much better then i thought they would but as for it on the hammers im still not to sure about the colour but its ok.

How to magnetize Contemptor Dreadnought

Well how are ya's now?

Magnetizing models is something i haven't really tried too much. The thoughts of drilling holes into expensive model and of course me making a mess of it puts the fear level kinda high. But i wanted to make the most of the dreadnought from the Betrayal At Calth box. Its right arm has two weapon choices to choose from so there was no other better time to start magnetizing then now. I magnetized both sides because it will make it much easier to paint that way

Tools you are going to need

2016 Painting Challenge: January Stormcast Eternals Liberators

To keep myself motivated for 2016 i made a painting checklist and challenged myself to a monthly painting challenge. Each month i pick a unit/models to get done during that month. Will i stay on track? Jaysus i hope so......

How long has the Age Of Sigmar starter set been out for now? Off the top of my head im not sure. Couple of months for definite. Why im asking that? Because the box i have has been on the shelf for bloody to long! I like both armies and its probably the best starter set i have seen. So since 2016 is

Work In Progress Hell Pit Abomination

Got to a bit of a late start on the Abomination recently but im confident of getting it done brfore the end of the month. Putting him together was pretty straight forward except for the fist part.

WarbossTaes Spookeytoberfest 2015

What up playaaaaaaaaaassssssss!!! Straight from WarbossTaes intro! So my favorite time of year is finally here when ghosts, ghouls and horror movie icons supposedly come to life and have there time shine but in reality good old horror movies don't get the silver screen time they deserve and Halloween quickly brushed over to make space for Christmas decorations. But it also means WarbossTae's yearly painting challenge for Halloween/October has begun and its about time i got myself into a painting challenge. The theme is pretty simple paint something scary themed or something that seems scary to paint up (we all have that one model!) or just paint whatever you want as long as your  doing something for the challenge and uploading the progress. So what have i chosen this year?

Khorne Bloodreavers

Finally got these guys all painted up from the Age Of Sigmar starter kit. There is 20 of these in the box but doing ten for now was enough for me. The detail is incredible on these guys especially

Skarbrand the incredible Hulk of the warhammer world?

So Skarbrand hit the pre orders on the GW site and to be honest i didn't know anything about this guy until now.

 At first

Thoughts on the new Age of Sigmar release

Its the 11th of July and the new warhammer set Age of Sigmar is finally available. But is this new release is more then just a new edition of warhammer fantasy? Its much more....

Thoughts and rumors on 9th edition

The End Times came, destroyed everything and has left the warhammer community in a panic state of, rage quitting, armies being redundant, round base fiasco and "Oh that's your favorite character?.......Dead!!!". But its strongly rumored that 9th edition is coming this summer with some sizable changes. But nothing is set in stone yet and with rumors coming out every other day its hard to tell what the changes will be. I didn't pick up warhammer until just after 8th edition came out so the next edition rumor thing is new to me and as a collector and not much of a gamer its fun to follow the rumor mill so saying that lets have look at some of these rumors (Have to give credit to the warseer forum for the rumor thread) Make sure to check out my thoughts of it all at the end

• Bubblehammer:

End Times what happened to the Ogres?

As much as i wanted to i didn't get any of the End Times books i knew that i would struggle with he majority of the the fluff because i only really know 2 army's fluff history: Skaven and the Ogres. Now saying that i know their fluff really means i just enough to get me by without knowing all the tiny details. So as for knowing whats going on with the End Times i listen to the Garage Hammer and Heelan Hammer End Times reviews (great reviews check em out) but there only just finished the Khaine reviews. So being curious about what happened to the Ogres since they had got little to no mention so far i looked it up and found this page. (If anything is wrong make sure to let me know) The page pretty much covers the whole End Times story in good detail and each army has its own section. The Ogres have a tiny part in the middle of the fluff section, its not much but it tells what they got up to.

And what did they get up to? One thing is they joined up with this bad ass!

A Fluff Journey: Introduction

The main thing that got me into warhammer was the fantasy setting. The models is what got me first interested but the races, creatures, monsters, magic, the hero's (and villains!) and all the story's you read about the old world is what kept my interest alive. Now i just do the hobby side of it and not the gaming side but when End Times books first started coming out i was excited because it was a major story line and some new epic models. I have been wanting to really dig into the fluff side of warhammer for a while but with the End Times story practically destroying the whole old world i thought of holding off on reading the army books fluff until we see what 9th edition brings. I wanted to get the End Times books when they came out but upon listening the Khaine review i would have been out of my dept! (So many Elf names!). So where do i start? I have a copy of the Gotrek & Felix omnibus and i know they are pretty well known characters in the warhammer world so i think this is a safe book to start on. Plus its 3 books in 1 so i will be reading 3 story's straight after each other! After these are finished im not what i will read next but im sure 9th edition will be out by then and we will see what way the fluff and rules will be heading. I will be posting update post after i read each book with my thought after reading it. If you can recommend any books to start reading  make sure to let me know! Thanks for reading............