Big, Bad Skaven

Whole Lotta Skaven Goin' On

 Well, the 2,250 point Skaven vs. Orcs & Goblins showdown has been made official, and a date has been set. This Friday there will be a clash of horde armies, and I may be fighting uphill in terms of sheer volume of models. "Why?" you may find yourself asking. Simple. I'm taking every big model I own. "Why?" you may again ask. Well, either I've never used them before, or I forgot some of a given model's rules, leading to it under-performing in previous battles. Plus, big honkin' models are just cool. The only model I'm unsure about is the Screaming Bell, as it seems counter-intuitive to place my non-fighty general directly in harm's way. Luckily, as long as the Screaming Bell itself does not get wrecked, the unit pushing it is Unbreakable. Added to the impact hits the unit will cause, plus the inclusion of three sledgehammer close-combat units. Now, I'm not too sure how this army will preform as it's got a bunch of unknown factors in it, but there's enough to this army that I am sure of to make me comfortable enough with it to field it.

"But what is actually in this army?" you may well ask.
"You ask too many questions," I'd reply. Then I'd rattle off the following army list:

Lords
1x Grey Seer (General) with Screaming Bell, Power Scroll, Ironcurse Icon (480 points)

Heroes
1x Chieftain Battle Standard Bearer with Enchanted Shield, Talisman of Preservation (120 points)
1x Warlock Engineer with Warplock Pistol, Doomrocket (53 points)

Core
44x Clanrats with shields, full command; attached Poison Wind Mortar (283 points)
40x Clanrats with shields, full command; attached Poison Wind Mortar (265 points)
40x Skavenslaves (80 points)
40x Skavenslaves (80 points)

Special
7x Gutter Runners with slings, Poisoned Attacks (126 points)
6xRat Ogres; 4x Packmasters (272 points)

Rare
1x Doomwheel (150points)
1x Hell Pit Abomination with Warpstone Spikes (250 points)
1x Warp-Lightning Cannon (90 points)

As you can see, I dumped a lot of points into Rare units, and kept my Heroes to a minimum. Really, all that's required of Skaven characters is to have a commander and a Battle Standard Bearer to keep your low-leadership rats in line.

That's all for this army list, as I don't really want to give away my tactics until after the battle, but let's just say that no flank is safe from this army.