Skaven Get a Second Life: Rebasing from AoS to Squares
We love these moments when an old project suddenly stops being “someday” and becomes “right now”. This week was exactly that for Michał’s Skaven: the rats came out of the cupboard, got ripped off their Age of Sigmar bases, and started their journey onto proper square bases for the upcoming campaign.
Michał summed it up perfectly: it felt bad seeing those minis just sitting there, waiting for a better tomorrow. And with a campaign getting closer, that was all the excuse needed to give them a second life.
The process started with liberating the old AoS rats from their round bases. Next step: snow effects, then moving them onto new bases.
Of course, Stas immediately asked the important question: were these the ones from Skaventide? And yes-yes, they were. Michał even clarified that the “yes, yes” was fully in character for a Skaven warlord, which we absolutely respect.
This whole thing quickly escalated from a small cleanup job into a proper army push. Michał mentioned that once he finishes painting 1500 points of Skaven — maybe even 2000 — he wants to pour all his energy into Renegade Crowns, because apparently the ideas for that army are already piling up hard. But first: rats.
There was also a brief hobby pain moment when original metal models came up, because wow, some of those prices are getting ridiculous.
Meanwhile, the rebasing machine kept rolling. Another 20 rats got moved onto squares, with more heroes and war machines lined up behind them. Michał even found a budget solution for the bases themselves: 100x 25 mm bases from Temu for 10 zł. Hard to argue with that when the goal is getting a full army table-ready fast.
The plan from there sounded gloriously ambitious: finish another 20 older maniacs from 2009, maybe get the Abomination done, and there was suddenly a real chance of closing out 2000 points in a single week. That kind of momentum is dangerous in the best possible way.
There was also a side quest into Cathay list-building, because hobby brains never stay on one track for too long. Michał dropped a screenshot of a particularly nasty weapon option and we immediately got the kind of reaction that only Warhammer players can truly appreciate.
Apparently the dream was to one-shot the Green Knight… until the tiny detail of him having 4 wounds got remembered. Classic.
And then came the real progress shots: 40 Clanrats, recycled from AoS and now properly ranked up for square-base life.
That’s honestly one of our favourite parts of this kind of project. Not every army has to be built from scratch. Sometimes the best hobby move is taking models you already own, giving them a new context, and getting them back on the table. Recycled from AoS? Great. Still full of character? Even better.
And to go with the mass of rats, Michał also showed the Grey Seer.
He said himself that if he painted that model today, he’d probably do it much better — but right now speed matters more than perfection. Honestly, we get that completely. There’s a time for endlessly refining a centerpiece, and there’s a time for finishing the army, getting it onto the table, and actually playing games. This is very much the second kind of moment.
That’s probably the biggest vibe of this whole update: momentum over hesitation. Instead of letting cool models sit in storage waiting for some mythical future version of ourselves with infinite time and energy, we just get on with it. Rebase them. Snow them. Rank them up. Finish the next 20. Push toward 2000. Then worry about the next wild project.
And judging by how this week went, those rats are not going back into the cupboard anytime soon.