Forge World Breed A Rat Ogre Star Player For Blood Bowl
May 13, 2017 by brennon
Forge World have put together one heck of an experiment as the Skaven of Blood Bowl get their new Star Player, the Rat Ogre known as Hakflem Skuttlespike.
"Hakflem Skuttlespike, the result of decades of unpleasant Skaven experiments, a player upon whose shoulders Clan Rigens immediately placed the future of the Skaven game of Blood Bowl.
A petty, jealous and vicious example of Skaven cunning, he ensured that no other player would be created to rival him by killing any Clan Rigens experiment or creation that looked like a potential equal."
Sounds most assuredly Skaven to me when you think about it. He does look like quite the dangerous player, armed to the teeth and ready to gut anyone who goes anywhere near his ball. It's certainly a good upgrade from his original model...
It's actually pretty cool to see that the new model has taken a lot of what made the old model cool and just given it a modern twist.
Rules for this Star Player can be found in Rules for this model can be found in Blood Bowl Death Zone Season One so if you want to build on your deep now is the chance.
What do you think of this new Star Player?
"It's actually pretty cool to see that the new model has taken a lot of what made the old model cool and just given it a modern twist..."
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It it is anything like the rat ogre (which I hated when I first saw it but was great when I got it) it will be a nice model ….I don’t think forge world’s painters do them too many favors. I will be picking one up for my Skaven team.
You have such a good point. Paint jobs really do highlight details for the good of the model or for its detriment.
He’s not a rat ogre, he’s a regular skaven with some spare body parts.
That’s right. He’s a Star Catcher, not a Rat Ogre.
I was talking about the rat ogre released in March …Yeah I know he’s the star player 🙂 …. and like March(February’s) Rat ogre .. I don’t really like the paint job but I am sure the mini is fine
Sorry wasn’t aimed at you Brennon said it was a rat ogre at the top of the page. Agree with you on the paint job, some of the worst to come out of forgeworld.
Cheers mate 🙂
Ah, i get you sir. I share your thoughts on the paintjob, not the best i’ve ever seen from them .
That looks really good as far as sculpt goes.
That must be the world’s tiniest rat ogre..
I think the new skaven are the best new team GW produced. Great sculpts.
@Brennon I think we are looking at different models, the nicest thing I can say about the new one is its better than the rat ogre, which I rate as the worst forgeworld model. However, it could be paint job or photography as Morg in the cabinet looked amazing not so much in the photos
I think a lot of these minis look better in the flesh. They are pretty dynamic sculpts so look weird in a 2d image.
Mate they do … I am loving Forge World’s Blood Bowl stuff… but usually don’t think much of it when I see it online.