Clan Moaney

[Moose123]

I have been thining of starting a skaven army, and I know I should ask this on the Under empire site but Asrai.org is just so much better.

Now, my Idea for my army is a clan Rictus warlord obsessed with money. So his clan name is Moaney because other warlords moan about how rich he is compared to them.

My warlords name will be Gready, I have taken the time to write up some fluff for him.

Warlord Greedy is not the greatest warrior in clan Rictus but he is beyond doubt the best negotiator. Greedy is said to have bargained an ogre out of his lunch for nothing more than common dirt, he has also bribed a Beastman chieftain to swear his allegiance in return for only 200 slaves a year. Greedy represents clan Rictus at many gatherings and is the personnal representative of Vrisk IronScratch himself.

The most notorious trait of Gready is his terrible love for money. He is constantly inventing new schemes to gain more of it and he is richer than all the other warlords of clan Rictus combined, why because he is the one in charge of the travel tax into the dark lands and he takes his fare share of interest.

Since Greedy is not very skilled on the field of battle he simply hires another warlord to do all the ground work for him, and when this little puppet gets killed Gready simply hires another one. Greedy is so rich in fact he has hired a Clan Eshin assasin loyal only to him, because almost no one can pay as much as Greedy can. This assasin has had his name taken from him so that no one can track him down he is simply reffered to as 1. Now this may seem strange but it is infact very good at inspiring fear in Gready rivals.

Gready is also famous for his many attempts at exploration to discover new warp stone deposits outside of the dark lands. Gready has funded expeditions to The northern wastes, the Drakwald forest and even into the home of the wood elves Athel Loren.

So there is my fluff.
Now models wise I only have a warlord model and an Assasin model. I realise that because it is clan Rictus I should paint my army with black fur but I despise painting black and so I was wondering if someone on here could help me come up with a new scheme for clan Moaney.

I was thinking that I would paint my characters with black fur along with my stormvermin. I intend to have an elite skaven army, yes you heard me correctly. I am going to have alot of stormvermin and weapon teams. But I also realise that I will need some slaves for tarpits and I want a really easy color scheme that is not much more than a base coat and a wash. I don't want to take a long time on 2 point models.

I also was wondering what I should buy first I was thinkin of buying the skaven half of the Island of blood set and converting all the clanrats in it to stormvermin. Then I would just buy 4 of the clanrat boxes and a hellpit abomination. This would get me at about 1500 points. After that I have no clue.

Thanks in advance.

[Billthesurly]

Ok Moose. What the heck, I'll bite. Not sure what you're looking for but here's my ideas on your theme.
It sounds to me, on reading your fluff, that clan Moaney is loosely based on an organized crime model. You have your evil genius at the top of the heap protected by his loyal #1 guy - who is loyal for his own personal reasons. Everybody lower down the pyramid is probably constantly jockying for position and attempting to bump one another off in order to climb as close to Warlord Greedy as they can. As you say, Warlord Greedy is not the greatest fighter but he has a knack for getting powerful people to do his bidding either because he bribes them (inefficient) or because he is able to convince them that they are actually acting more in their own interest (genius). He is so good that he can make enemies believe they are acting against him when they are in reality forwarding his plans. He may seem like he merely buys off opposition but that is only a surface appearance. The trouble with merely bribing Skaven is that they never stay bought. He puts up a front of being only a greedy rat but his genius and subtlety runs far deeper. The other end of Greedy's genius is that he has realized that it takes money to make money. He pays his minions generously so he is able to recruit the best. Since he has the best he gets the most goodies and is able to pay more and so on. His inner circle of underling sub-commanders are each the best at what they do. He has found what motivates each of them and is able to keep them by giving each what he most desires but not ALL he desires. Got to keep them hungry and watching each other. He understands the Skaven psyche and uses it to his advantage. His personal bodyguard are all white rats with pink noses and are called the Lab Rats. Each of the Lab Rats has been extensively "modified" as the Skaven are wont to do. They are utterly ruthless, massively lethal and totally loyal to Greedy.
#1 of course has an entire hierarchy of spys and assassins working for him. Most of them are actually watching each other. His job is to keep an eye on all of Greedy's under-commanders as well as running the spy network in other clans. He is not the "power behind the throne" but his is the hand that carries out the plans of the mind of Greedy.
What color are the rest of the clan? No idea.
Ok, so ...how did I do?

[Moose123]

I guess I wasn't really clear on what I was looking for. Mostly just opinions and criticism on the idea.

Bill you noticed something I hadn't even considered, the relation to organised crime. Your nickname should be BilltheGenious.

Now I was also trying to figure out how I should paint and possibly convert my army. Any opinion on that.

[Oregonwoodelf]

I like this idea allot, it made me think of Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective. I would suggest a purple, black, rusty orange/brown, red, grey and lots of gold. You could use the bight colors (Purple/red/gold) on characters and highlights for interesting bits of detail on models you want to spend more time on. Then use the duller colors on the mass block units. I think they need less shading or wash. Converting wise I would definitely give your general a crown, maybe a scepter, or massive treasure chest.







PS: Thought this model might give you some ideas for converting

[Aemir]

I've read rats are moved into differents cosidering their fur color - brown go to slaves, black to stormvermin and lords, grey with horns to grey seers, dunno about albino.

[Moose123]

Thanks for the feed back. I was actually thinking of putting my warlord on a war litter, and a big treasure chest getting caried around by a bunch of slaves is an idea I really like.

Now I really like the idea of poisoned wind globadiers but I realise they are not a very strong choice, I don't care I want a fluff list I don't care about making a strong army. Now I want to use something different from the normal globadier models.
I was thinking something from 40K with a tail snaking out from under their cloak, or something. The problem is I can't find a model I am really happy with.

[Baardah]

Check out the mantic sci-fi rats. Might be something out of the ordinary there