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Pictors Studio28 Jul 2015 1:33 p.m. PST

I had never heard of this before:

imgur.com/wjvNtYf

It seems like it would be a neat thing to make a model of for a Skaven army. With the new AoS rules there is no reason why you couldn't just put a bunch of clan rats on a big round base and come up with some stats for the unit.

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However often it happens in the real world it would look like a pretty cool model if you had some of the multipose plastic to model crawling over each other to get to the enemy.

Sir Walter Rlyeh28 Jul 2015 4:10 p.m. PST

Well that was nasty looking

Super Mosca28 Jul 2015 4:13 p.m. PST

A Rat King is said to remain mainly stationary, and is perhaps more usually only 3-5 intertwined rats.

It's more of a 'command rat', and other rats bring it food. The intertwined rats develop a kind of hive mind.

Rat Kings are creepy cool, semi-mythical things.

-Kosta

53Punisher28 Jul 2015 4:13 p.m. PST

Although I've heard "rat king" used in many ways over the years, I never knew the real thing existed either. Very interesting! 🐀

15mm and 28mm Fanatik28 Jul 2015 4:17 p.m. PST

Need to get one for the missus.

Baranovich28 Jul 2015 5:08 p.m. PST

I've lost my appetite….gack…

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP28 Jul 2015 6:43 p.m. PST

Book rec: Sir Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
By the end, you'll be terrified of the Rat King… and laughing at the same time.

chuck05 Fezian28 Jul 2015 8:20 p.m. PST

Thanks. I didnt want to sleep tonight. :)

Andoreth29 Jul 2015 12:07 a.m. PST

The Rat King also appears in The Ballad of Halo Jones where it is used as a weapon.

Feet up now29 Jul 2015 2:34 a.m. PST

Here is a fantastic model to use with 28mm figures .it is quite large and menacing like a GW rat ogre.
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I did have one spare from the kickstarter but passed it on to a skaven player as he loved it.

Personal logo Rebel Minis Sponsoring Member of TMP30 Jul 2015 4:07 a.m. PST

That is pretty awesome!


RebelMike
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