From StuartL - Rats! (70 points)

For this week's challenge entry, I present a unit of 14 Skaven for the Age of Sigmar The Great Horned Rat! For those of you who aren't familiar with Warhammer Fantasy or it's reboot, Age of Sigmar, Skaven are a race of vile, craven, rat-like humanoids (or human like verminoids). They make use of magically powered technology and the fantasy equivalent of nuclear waste. 

First off, we have a unit of 12 warriors armed with a variety of rusty blades, spiky things and stabby bits. Included in the unit is a standard bearer and a musician. There is probably a unit champion as well, but as champions inevitably get called upon to fight opposing champions, he is probably hiding somewhere at the back of the unit, trying to blend in.

In support of the warriors is a Poison Wind Mortar. This ingenious device lobs glass vials filled with poisonous gases mixed with warpstone, the aforementioned nuclear waste-like material into the enemy ranks, swiftly wiping out whole units in one fell cloud of gas. Of course, it sometimes misfires and the units wiped out are fellow Skaven, but they breed like rats (obviously) anyway, so they can always be replaced.

I have had these models for about 8 years now and have only just gotten around to painting them. They were surprisingly fun to do once I had chosen a colour scheme for them. I still have plenty more unpainted models in the pile, so I may well add some more before the end of the challenge.

Anyway, by my count there are 14x 28mm models at 5 points a pop, giving me a total of 70 I believe, plus an extra squirrel rodent point for my tally.

Squeak!!

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I do like the Skaven!

Their courage in battle (as long as they outnumber the enemy at least 3 to 1), their fiendish ingenuity (in engineering weapons which are at least as likely to kill them as they are the foe) and their commitment to a long-term plan for world domination, all entirely laudable traits. And these guys are perfect examples of the breed!

70 points in the bag, Stu - and I think you have something else for us as well, unless I'm very much mistaken...?

Ev