10 Angry Men

I couldn't do the full twelve. Khorne didn't have the patience.


The End Times probably isn't many people's favourite part of Warhammer. At least it didn't last long, and the rules abuse and idiotic fluff-death is now pretty much behind us. Still, it did bring out a last gasp of decent models, and if these Skull-Whatever-They-Ares aren't my favourite of the lot, they're still a good paint.

Which is lucky, because I was painting two batches of the same model. Almost - hurray for the magic of magnets, which allows the upper torsos of these psychopaths to be switched round at will.

The Skullreapers are decent sculpts, as over-muscled loonies go, but I'm not quite convinced that I like their weapons. Crazy daemon blades of various sorts, and a nice mix of styles, but perhaps just a tad over the top? If that's a legitimate complaint about GW stuff? I gave a few of them some tatoos, just so that there was another colour than red involved.

The Wrathmongers (heh - silly name) are my favourite of the two. Amazing sense of movement from the plastic chains, and if they're a little fragile, it's not as bad as it looks. They got a little spackling of Blood For The Blood God, because it would be rude not to.

You know what else impressed me? Both units rank up really well. And that's no mean feat with all the mad weapon skills on display. No idea how they handle on the battlefield, but the Wrathmongers look the more fun of the two option - they drive the enemy crazy as well as themselves, and every time one dies, one of your opponent's models goes nuts and you get to make a free attack with them. Sounds fluffy, at the very least. Skullreapers have a similar sort of thing, where they might cause mortal wounds as they die, and they also look slightly more effective overall, but I still don't like the models as much.

Painting Guide:

• Basecoat - Mephiston Red spray
• Flesh - Barbarian Skin (from Army Painter), Reikland Flesh wash, Barbarian Skin again, Kislev Flesh highlights
• Red Armour - Carroberg Crimson over the basecoat, then Evil Suns Scarlet and Wild Rider Red layering
• Gold Trim - Balthasar Gold with Reikland Flesh Gloss wash, Auric Armour Gold layer and Sigmarite Drybrush
• Wrathmonger Flail Heads - Karak Stone, Agrax Earthshade, Karak Stone again, Terminatus Stone drybrush
• Bone - A standard mix of XV88 with Agrax, then Ushabti Bone, Tyrant Skull and a little Pallid Wychflesh
• Black Leathery Bits - Abaddon Black, Nuln Oil Gloss, Eshin Grey, Shadow Grey drybrush
• Bases - Just sand, Steel Legion Drab and Karak Stone drybrush. Could do with some flock over the top, but I'm out at present, and also not sure what Kasfunatu would want for grass here. 

Just three squads of infantry left in my current queue of commissions

Games Workshop's Two and a Half Men remake was destined for greatness