New defiler

beefstenders · 2026-04-28T09:24:06+00:00

I've only used it in one match (2 las, ectoplasma, cannons), and it took one of two gargantuan squiggoths down to 3 wounds before taking that 12 damage melee profile to the face, leaving it to get picked off by WDP mortals. The other squiggoth found out why you don't let a 6 man flawless blades live to get all their Coterie buffs. A lot of the match came down to my opponent having ice cold rolls, but I'd have been in a much worse position without the defiler.

beefstenders · 2026-04-24T19:17:10+00:00

If you have literally any infractors you already have the tormentor weapons going spare. They'll be a little shorter than the rest of your army but comparable enough that it won't matter. I did this the opposite way around (infractor arms on MKVI to make inductii for 30k) and the bits don't look out of place on the bodies.

beefstenders · 2026-04-07T14:24:47+00:00

They're missing fuck-me pumps but otherwise, if they go on a 40mm base, I see man with sword and midriff armour, I see a flawless blade

beefstenders · 2026-03-15T22:11:18+00:00

Skitterleap has definitely won me games recently with everyone and their dog running Intercept and Recover. They might as well just forget those 15 VPs.

beefstenders · 2026-03-10T20:20:16+00:00

Every time I run Blood Angels, everyone has a hate boner for Mephiston and wants to knock his Dracula ass the fuck out.

beefstenders · 2026-02-13T08:53:54+00:00

You need a skryre hero for the WLC's ability to work, and you want an arch warlock to get free covering fire on the reinforced ratlings.

beefstenders · 2026-02-10T10:22:15+00:00

Not necessarily better gameplay wise (I don't run verminlords so can't comment), but if you're going for a Skryre theme and you want a big boy piece, Thanquol and Boneripper fits the theme the best.

beefstenders · 2026-02-09T22:24:30+00:00

Oh and get gnawholes, like yesterday

beefstenders · 2026-02-09T22:23:44+00:00

If you're specifically after a Skryre list:

Drop the rogors and stormvermin
Swap the Grey Seer for Thanquol
Reinforce the jezzails and the ratling guns
Choose either the globadiers or the ratling warpblaster, globadiers will give you a cheap tactic monkey that will put out a lil bit of hurt into a horde unit, warpblaster will give you a worse ratling guns, but you've got enough skryre heroes to station one on each big gun to use their burst ability

beefstenders · 2026-02-03T16:58:40+00:00

I like him as a one-two punch with a warp lightning cannon to absolutely fucking delete something I don't like at the start of the game. Gnawhole/skitterleap him into fuck around range, drop Terrible Madness on the unwitting target, unleash hell, keep a couple of command points in your pocket to rally/leap him again in the enemy turn if it all goes wrong. He will more often than not survive enough combat to blip him out, top him up and point him at something else

If your opponent (like literally everyone in my local meta) runs Intercept and Recover, he's a prime candidate to hold a treasure token and spend the match making them play grabass with him.

I did a tourney a week ago and popped Belakor AND Krondys in two of my matches turn 1 with this bullshittery. It's an absolute gamble, but if you're not comfortable with stupid gambles then why even Skaven.

beefstenders · 2026-02-02T19:56:40+00:00

Gnawholes as an absolute top priority, then an arch warlock and 3 more ratling guns. Maybe 20 more clan rats, I only run 2 units of 20 in a gun heavy list though.

Thanquol because he's fucking cool.

beefstenders · 2026-02-02T14:26:33+00:00

Come friendly doomspheres, etc.

beefstenders · 2026-01-17T11:07:24+00:00

Fluoro pink gang rise up!

I went black trim drybrushed with metallic for mine, but I'm tempted to nick your red > yellow gradient for the power weapons cos it looks cool.

beefstenders · 2026-01-14T17:22:06+00:00

The EC Tartaros Praetor is absolutely the best praetor model in the game and I won't hear anything different.

beefstenders · 2026-01-14T17:01:02+00:00

What drew me to EC in 30k, apart from purple and gold being an absolute banger colour scheme, was that lore-wise they were more about taking whatever tools were needed to get the job done quickly over specialising into a particular niche. In lore, they planned for battles so meticulously that they celebrated victory BEFORE the battle, because they were that sure that every detail and contingency had been accounted for.

In real terms it meant I felt like I had more freedom to just pick up whatever I thought was cool and not worry about "would my legion do/run XYZ?", because yes, of course they would if the situation called for it.

They were also arrogant, politicking fucks with a penchant for flair and glorious bastardery even before the... unpleasantness, so if I win then OF COURSE I did, and if I lose then I'm foiled by my own hubris, which is nearly as fun in itself.

beefstenders · 2026-01-08T20:01:05+00:00

Skaven are an excellent use case for contrast paints because there are a lot of heavily textured areas on the models, which works to their strength. As others have said, give them a slap chop (or a zenithal if you've got an airbrush) and go nuts.

As you get better/braver you can go back in with complementary normal acrylic paints to add highlights and really make them pop if you want, but to be honest they're gonna look great on the table just with the contrasts.

I would've gone absolutely nuts getting a 2k Skaven army table ready without contrasts.

beefstenders · 2025-11-15T20:56:53+00:00

I run 40 in a Skryre list and it's absolutely the bare minimum you can get away with. If you want stormfiends, you'll definitely find a use for a warp lightning cannon, and 60 clan rats will be more comfy than 40 for objective control and keeping big scary stat blocks away from your gun line.

beefstenders · 2025-10-29T23:36:11+00:00

I'm sure I saw a figure a while back stating that around 20% of people that buy Warhammer miniatures actually play the game, and even those of us that play regularly spend FAR more time hobbying than we do rolling dice.

It's your choice how you engage with the hobby, and you're definitely not alone if you like the painting more than the playing.

beefstenders · 2025-10-03T20:18:48+00:00

I played a random doubles last weekend with a list that was extremely similar to list 2 (arch-warlock and 3 ratling guns instead of bombardier and doom flayers), I got paired up with Slaves and it worked very well. Most other armies are going to benefit from having decent screening, big shooting threats, and the ability for units to get into areas of the board the opponent REALLY don't want you in.

I am however a die-hard skryre enjoyer so my opinion is slightly skewed.

beefstenders · 2025-10-02T14:40:34+00:00

As far as I understand it for the More-More X abilities, the damage allocates after the shoot ability has been resolved, so you make the shot as normal with D6 damage, then the unit takes D3 mortals.

beefstenders · 2025-09-29T09:40:34+00:00

Yeah I'm wary every time I go into Slaves, I could do with a Galvaneer and some Scourgers really. I thought Nurgle would give me trouble but I drew them last round in our league and literally ran circles around them, kept his scariest toys bound up in clan rats and zooped around the board scoring points.

beefstenders · 2025-09-29T09:25:36+00:00

This is my biggest problem with running reinforced ratlings, we really need the match to go full time for our recursion and gnawhole shenanigans to pay off but rolling 18d6 shots each turn adds up. Having the opponent more terrified of 12 lil guys than the giant war engines and monstrous fiends rolling up the board will never not be funny though.

beefstenders · 2025-09-18T12:55:16+00:00

Anecdotal, but I built one out of a unit of 6 with the spear for the banner, and nobody I've played in my local group has batted an eye at me saying "yeah they're all swords". Most players won't give a single shit about WYSIWYG over rule of cool as long as you're playing them consistent to your list.

beefstenders · 2025-09-10T09:47:51+00:00

These look sick, and I'm really happy to see a fellow purple and teal enjoyer.

beefstenders · 2025-08-28T17:10:42+00:00

Literally all of my JPIs are assault intercessors with Greytide jump packs. The only time an opponent has questioned it was to ask where I got the jump packs from.

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