One More Box of Rats… and Somehow a Hell Pit Abomination
It was supposed to be just one more Spearhead
Michał dropped into chat with the kind of update that every Skaven collector understands immediately: he bought a second Skaven Spearhead.
And honestly? We get it.
That one purchase already adds a lot to the pile:
- a Grey Seer different from the one in Skaventide
- 20 Clanrats, which brings Michał up to 60 total
- 3 Stormfiends
- and the warp-grinder style cannon that skips wound rolls because every hit turns straight into mortal damage
The funniest part is that the Clanrat count is now becoming a real project milestone. With 60 already on hand and another 20 somewhere over the horizon, Michał is getting dangerously close to the classic dream of just pushing a proper wall of rats around the table.
Stormfiends: subtle is not the word
The Stormfiends got immediate attention in chat, and for good reason. Michał described them in the most accurate way possible: basically rat ogors on steroids.
One of them can make 6 attacks, but if those attacks start turning into crits, things get silly very quickly. In the absolute best-case scenario, that can explode into a ridiculous number of attacks. The kind of profile that makes you stop, reread the warscroll, and grin like an idiot.
That is peak Skaven energy: unstable, excessive, and just a little bit rude.
Then the shopkeeper said the dangerous words
Of course, the story did not end with the second Spearhead.
Because then came the phrase that has probably doomed many hobby budgets before:
they had an online exclusive in the shop that someone had ordered and never picked up
At that point, what was Michał supposed to do? Leave it there to gather dust on a shelf?
Obviously not.
So he bought the Hell Pit Abomination.
The only Skaven behemoth. A giant stitched-together nightmare. A model we have definitely called controversial before.
Ugly? Yes. Exciting? Also yes.
Michał’s immediate reaction to the model was brutally honest: he really does not like how it looks.
In fact, the exact energy was less “what a beautiful centerpiece” and more “this thing is incredibly ugly :)”. Which, to be fair, might actually be the most Skaven-appropriate reaction possible.
The Hell Pit Abomination is not elegant. It is not noble. It is not even clean in concept. It is a pile of flesh, claws, teeth and bad decisions, and that is exactly why it has such a weird charm.
On the table, though, it sounds like a proper menace:
- 13 melee attacks
- it heals every turn
- and it can even refuse to die properly
So yes, maybe it is hideous. But it also sounds like exactly the kind of thing that will create stories.
The real hobby plan: no opening new boxes yet
The most responsible part of this whole story is that Michał is not opening either box yet.
Not the Hell Pit. Not the second Spearhead.
First, he wants to finish painting the rats already on the desk. At the moment that means 15 Clanrats and the cannon are still waiting, which in Michał’s estimate should be about three days of work.
We respect that. We also know how fragile that kind of discipline can be when there is a giant mutant rat monster sitting nearby in shrink wrap.
He also mentioned that he wants to have everything Skaven, and honestly that is the part we understand the most. There is a point where an army stops being a random collection of purchases and starts becoming a proper themed force, and it sounds like he is getting very close to that feeling.
The assembly problem we are all pretending not to think about
There is, however, one small issue.
The Hell Pit Abomination apparently has around 80 parts, and Michał is already mentally preparing for a build process that may take three months.
This feels realistic.
Not because every big kit actually takes that long, but because there is a special category of hobby project where you keep looking at the sprues, sighing, and deciding that maybe today is not the day to begin the flesh horror.
And before we even get to painting, there is the bigger question raised by Staś:
Where do you even keep all this? ;)
A fair question. Possibly the most important question in all of Warhammer.
Closing thoughts
So this started as “I bought a second Spearhead” and ended with “also now there is a Hell Pit Abomination in the house.” That feels extremely on-brand for both Skaven and Warhammer collecting in general.
We are very curious to see two things:
- what painting scheme Michał eventually picks for the Abomination
- whether the model wins us over once it is actually built and painted
Because right now, it is still in that magical stage where it is equal parts exciting purchase, future project, and mild storage problem.
And honestly? That is the hobby.