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@rbleisem

3 күн бұрын

A fun one of the Rats their box enemy, remember that winged emperors son that was just killed? What did his sons look like? Second conversion, in order to turn them into Space Marines?

@mr_vivita5026

3 күн бұрын

The video was amaizing

@Lomhow

Күн бұрын

Please more Imperial Palace! Would love to see more paint on foam!

@Menhtrol

20 сағат бұрын

Crazy idea But how about using some of the McFarlane toys as massive Statues. 😅

Classic Necromunda had an answer to this: Scavvys. They were a mutant gang that survived off of scavenging from the Underhive. Makes a kind of sense if a group turned into rats.

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Oooooooooooh yessssss I'd forgotten about those!!!! Good call mate.

@jaanikaapa6925

3 күн бұрын

I was about to say something like this... Abhumans or mutants. Just like the beastmen

@jesterprince4949

3 күн бұрын

Makes sense, with all the chaos warp shenanigans going on during the siege of terror all your mutants would be fleeing the under hives. Heck there was so much warp shenanigans going on they could have actual rats that Chaos "elevated" to sentience. Either way, rat men aren't out of the scope of 40k and these wacky conversions are the kind of energy these lads need if they ever become a legit thing.

@bobcrutch8905

2 күн бұрын

I did exactly that I used the flamer guys as shotguns,the long guns as auto guns and I just did a couple of hand swaps with auto pistols and stub pistols,and net guys and converted rat ogres with spear guns as scalies,the only mission they play is kidnap so they can get food 😂😂

@PerfectionHunter

Күн бұрын

I wish GW would release Scavvies as a Kill Team. Really emaciated and slender like zombies. Mismatched armor och weapons etc. Gods i would love that 😍

As an ork player I adore a good conversion, that army is gonna look incredible

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Thank you Joe! I was definitely channelling my inner Ork for this one haha, very much the sane vibes it's why I couldn't resist that aircraft turret from the Ork flyer hahaha

This series needs to be named 'Hobby Madness' and somehow find its way into your regular rotation with Gondor and the Imperial Palace

As someone who does 'Cheesestealer Cults' in 40k which are mainly kitbashes and 3D prints, it was very welcome sight to see you were diving in to Skaven in 40k too!

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

Hahaha thank you mate, stoked you enjoyed it so much, cannot WAIT to do the knight haha. Thank you for the super mate means the world

A skaven in power armour? I bet it’s gun sounds like, Rat a Tat Rat when it’s fired.

@innocentBystander19

3 күн бұрын

Take my upvote, you fiend.

@baahbb

3 күн бұрын

I feel like culturally these guys would shove every rat pun possible into everything? General agreement: "ratified"

@moleculeman27

3 күн бұрын

*Pained groaning*

@aregulargamer1

3 күн бұрын

Mortian has a line of "40k Skaven" and they're absolutely amazing. I don't dig the army enough to collect, but anyone who's into space rats should give 'em a look.

@imperialjake114

3 күн бұрын

😂

You may call them skaven, but the inqusition will probably conclude they've found a mutant brood of ratlings, to be purged before their presence spreads.

“I knocked up the big rat” nice

Those kitbashes are SIIIIICK! My favorite part of the video is the evidence that your mental crises of projects appears to be growing. Also, just gonna casually drop the information that Grimdark Future has SPAAAACE SKAAAAVEN!

this video reminds me of the meme "I'm going to need 2 bolters for this heresy" 🤣

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Hahahahahahaha yesssssssssssssss that is absolutely the energy

@caveychip7510

3 күн бұрын

Brother get the flamer

@KanzRedDusk

3 күн бұрын

The *heavy* flamer.

Some may call it hobby madness, I call it some of the best hobby energy on youtube

"Let me just take a break from building two of the largest projects ever attempted in the history of the hobby to build AN ENTIRE KITBASHED ARMY." You really are an inspiration....and a madman...

My one note is that those solar auxilia rats need tails to really sell the illusion- though I'm sure thats easier said than done. Overall really great work, I love the creativity.

Yes-yes, the Cult of the Fang have unlocked a technology that has long evaded the Mechanicus - armouring the back of the Leman Russ!

Space-Skaven is truly a growing phenomenon. These conversions look really fun, and look like they could be with some further tweaking made to look more steampunk-y to fit with fantasy-Skaven. In an old White Dwarf there was a Skaven tank conversion that looked a bit like this one.

When GW keeps trying to get you into Stormcast, but you literally throw them away to get to the ratty goodness, yes-yes.

@stephenjenkins7971

3 күн бұрын

Its okay, I plan to throw away the rattos when I get the box too. Everyone has favorites.

Holy Horned Rat this is awesome! Love to see the work on the small models, nice counterpoint to the HUMONGOUS board :)

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Yeah that was my thinking too!! Would love to do the odd video here and there focussing on the forces as we build up to the big siege :)

Sidetracked : “to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one . . . 😂

It's really surprising that they've never made a 40k version of the Skaven. They are the most unique thing in the warhammer IP as a whole, so you'd think that they'd be in all the universes, especially as they are creatures of chaos and the warp touches all realms!

This conversion is insane. Madness. Heresy! I love it. I could see some Skaven conversions making a great Blooded Kill Team.

@AltoStratusX1

3 күн бұрын

Or genestealers...

My good sir, we all think you're a mental mad lad. But that's exactly why we love you. lmfao

Absolutely beautiful! Conversions to me are the best part of the hobby. It brings so much joy to really make an army your own and deck them out with little bits and peaces that match the vibe. Great job! Looking forward to see them painted and in action!

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

I completely agree mate! It's actually my favourite part of the hobby too and I do not get to do it often enough haha

The Auxilias definetly are in some need of rat tails!

awesome video! can't wait to see them painted. Maybe replace the shields on the skaven as wooden shields seem a bit out of place or maybe green stuff them to look more flat and more like the combat shields of the imperium. I think some guard, heavy weapon teams would be a simple but cool conversion too!

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Yeah the shields do still need a bit of something that might work nicely!!!!

i was always thinking of how skaven would fit into 40k. i had a idea of skaven who sneaked into a giant ship and hid in the airshafts and other small holes/ never entered places, where they bred and grew in size, they stole food weapons and other stuff and even let some groups board other ships on docking bays so they would expand in size. they eventually have the amount of numbers to take over some small ships and than attack the big one with attackrs from outside and a big horde from the inside who always lived there. they capture the ship and than target smaller ships to take them over. sometimes they attack a ship but leave it with the ditress signal on and hide some skaven inside the ship so they can board the ship that comes to it. and so expanding their terretory. some might even snuck out and nested on planets where they evantually attack it with all their might and take it completly over. they are like sneaky pirates that kinda act like xenomorphs nesting in ships hiding in the shadows stealing and slowly killing its crew.

I have seen a whole bunch of these Skaven box videos recently but this... This was next level. Very impressed with how easy you make this look. Any time you feel like mixing it up a little with another juicy conversion project you have my vote!

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Yay thank you so much Tim! I loooooooooooooooove armies full of completely converted models, probably my favourite part of the hobby I don't get to do it often enough.

@timtiny01

3 күн бұрын

@@Zorpazorp now just to paint them all.... (foreboding)

These Ratty boys are either gonna be great "friends" or the worst enemy of the Orks... 😆👍

100% sold on those Skaven conversions. I liked the Skaven to start with, but this is a dream I have yet to have. Thank you for making this.

Hobby Madness - now a recognized medical condition that may result in awesome conversions, epic scenery, massive collections, over the top paint scheme, expanding to side hobbies like printing, foamcutting, rock and twig collecting, glue sniffing, and just general obsession about all things plastic, paint and lore related.

These turned out great! I loved the Russ conversion. I'm both excited and terrified to see them in the narrative campaign in the future!

Excellent video with incredible builds! This is exactly what I thought about when I saw the new Skaven models. Those tanks are seriously cool and I'm impressed how relatively small changes to the brutes' profiles bring them into the 31st/41st milleniums.

I thought it would be a Imperial Palace video, i got snacks, and a drink to get ready to watch the full thing, but then it turned into a Skavenblight thing and I felt cheated.

Blood Ravens and Orkz both weeping like proud parents at another kindred spirit that just gets the idea of pilfering other people's stuff.

I love this! I've always wanted the rat clan in 40k. I've always thought about doing an Orc army but replace them with rats

The "Cult of the fang" kinda sounds like a Valka Fenryka successor chapter. Great conversions. Would love to see what the "Fangs" would do to a Land Raider. More conversions PLEASE!!!!

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Oh yessssssssssss a Rat Landy would look so good. I was actually listening to 'A Thousand Sons', which features of lot of Vlka Fenryka screentime so that influenced me hahaha

@thomasbraden8242

3 күн бұрын

@@Zorpazorp if this is madness I want to go crazy. Ball turrets on a Land Raider that look like hamster ball's.

You just knew when he smashed the Skaventide box down on the table that he'd had some crazy and ingenious new idea for a megabuild!

What a brilliant idea and project ! Awesome work !

Sooo space rat Orkz that make things 'WORK' somehow.

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

Yup hahahaha

Brilliant idea 💡 I absolutely love the Rat-nought! The Tank as well, I didn't know that this is what I wanted but now I do!

Live to see a Tank powered by a mouse wheel.

Awesome as always Lucky 🤘 Years ago I kitbashed some of the old clan rats with Kroot rifles which turned out pretty good for a mutant warband which also included all sorts of other kitbashed creatures such as the Beastmen from Blackstone Fortress as well as other Beastmen from AOS that had a particular characterful charm so that no two miniatures were duplicated in my Warband. I can’t wait for this batrep on ZorpHammer to come out so I can finally be inspired to take my Warband to the next level and make it a full fledged army 🤘

Great change of pace! Great video! Looking forward to seeing these finished and on that amazing table.

Love em. On board for a painting video.

I can't think of any other big Warhammer channels that use the starter boxes in such a creative way.

Simply lovely to see you take something and turn in into something completely fifferent through sheer creativity :)

If you did another leman russ you could have a big blast hole kill shot that the rats stuck a machine gun through using the blast hole as another weapon port.

@Zorpazorp

8 сағат бұрын

That is such a good idea hahaha

I'm not a fan of Age of Sigmar, but I could get on board with building an army like this! Amazing!!

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

Thank you Jaden! Yeah one of my favourite things is usually models for a totally unintended use haha! Thanks for the ongoing support mate 😊

It was interesting to watch a video where I had no idea where it was going. Cool idea, you just need to finish them rats. This will be interesting to follow, because I just love to spin up narrative campaigns locally and you usually have ideas that are easy to re-appropriate :)

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

Thank you mate!!!

Those look amazing. Such a great idea for a conversion. Good work. Thanks for sharing!

I dont think we were the only people to do it, but our local GW back in the early 2000s when the plastic catachans came out, you mixed a box of them with a box of plastic skaven and got..... RATACHANS!!!!

Amazing conversion! Love to see this kind of creativity and excitement for the hobby... really makes me want to jump back in

The world is ending, though few believe it... The chaos gods, the dark brothers tire of their great game. Now they seek to swipe the board clean with blood and fire. For millenia, the imperium has has faced no foe that their legions could not tame, or walls could not hold, or at least that is what the ecclesiarchy has told. No one spoke of the ancient enemy, now rising from beneath and no one will be left to tell the tale.

These guys look awesome! Can't wait to see em painted up

See, when your thumbnail's you sat next to the palace and saying "I've made a huge mistake", I thought perhaps you'd realised the tower doesn't fit in the garage after all!

this is gonna be such a cool project to watch unfold, this is the stuff I love to see people make

5:40 "I knocked up the big rat cos-playing as a horse." I think 🧐 that's one for an epitaph. 😂

Freaking awesome conversion! A lot of fun to watch

Man what a great idea. As only a LOTR nerd i didnt even realise there was no skaven in 40k. But what a fun theme and set up it looks

Man, those kitbash projects that get your brain going is the lifeblood of the hobby. It's great to see you have fun with making your own units and narrative.

Also maybe gene-stealer cults might have useful bits, vehicles, and rules for you to take inspiration from as well? either for use in the next video, or perhaps a second generation of rat conversions...

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

Yeah I think you're spot on mate, GSC have such an overlapping vibe!

Part 2 please! This is a very creative conversion, and I love the story behind it too!

This new project is fantastic! Please don’t rush this one, give the paint job a lot of time and care 🙏

Love watching these videos when you convert/paint miniatures, massive inspiration!

Love it, always wanted a 40k ratman army.

This is above and beyond. I really see your dedication to the hobby here! 😮

This was amazing!! Seeing conversions like this is always very inspiring to go and be creative with my own models!

This was great! Fantastic change of pace from the board megabuilds and your conversions are awesome!

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot Jimmy! Glad you liked them :)

Man, i'm loving the new vids. Looking forward to every episode. you're a mad man!

Reminds me of the Bruva Alfabusa 'day in the life of Boy' video. That mentioned a ratty imperium living beneath the surface of Terra

😮😳😳😳😳 OHH HECK YES! As a long time Skaven player since the earlier Warhammer Fantasy editions (finally finished painting that collection this year! So happy) this was just a blast! So freaking enjoyable and creative and fun and something i thought about a few times but would never do myself - so consuming it through your creative process and work makes for just a great little bite sized happy meal of warhamer fun!

The skaven did it for me; time to become a Patron. Awesome builds!

There is a 40k equivalent of the skaven, an alien species called the Hrud. They're mentioned very rarely in some of the older fluff, mostly as the source of weird warp-lightning weapons

Seriously, considering you only have 150k subscribers, your channel is awesome! And your builds are so complex and extravagant, I'm seriously impressed!

Amazing mate can't wait to see them all painted up!

@Zorpazorp

3 күн бұрын

Me tooooooooooo and riding their big daddy Rat Knight into battle!

Converting the Skaventide box for Horus Heresy’s aftermath. That’s a tall order but fuck it.

“May thy resin chip and shatter” - Dune, probably.

That is the best thing about Games Workshop. The conversions are so much fun! They should have a sprue purchasing option so you can mix and match kits more easily. Great work!! Would love a bat rep with these guys.

Love this, I love converted armies so very much

Such a good idea. Absolutely love the results and can’t wait to see more.

Great stuff! Always cool to see the hobby inspiration fire up in someone. Some of the coolest conversions I seen in a long time! :)

A very cool concept. I’m sure alot of hobbiest will be tempted to do something similar to their Skaven.

I love how much you can do with this gigantic playable board. Please keep it going!!

Im curious and concerned to see where this goes. Cant wait to see what madness this is Edit: This idea is amazing! Beastmen already exist in 30/40k so giving them a raty twist is genius! Ive been having a bit of hobby burnout but maybe now ill make some sifi Skaven with an Iron Warriors twist

@Tarabulus

3 күн бұрын

on point :)

Great stuff - tank is perfectly ratified

Mate this is an epic video :) love these conversions, I demand MORE!

Love this!! 😆 This is exactly what OG Rogue Trader and the Slaves to Darkness books were all about! 😁 Getting absolutely captivated by a crazy mad-cap theme and converting every single mini to make them your own ☺️ Reminds me of the OG Black Crusade codex that GW released in the early 2000s. Gave players actual rules to run an entire army of muties/ the lost and the damned. Absolutely wild conversions for the muties in the White Dwarf Magazines back then Good times... cheers for making this vid and reminding us all what OG warhammer was all about 😊

I hope this gets painted and featured as a part of the release. Cause this is fun and amazing :D

I absolutely love this. Love skaven, love kitbashing, probably we will ever get to skaven in 40k

Absolutely love this. Skaven are so fun

You could have the Skaven-bashed just proxied as assorted mutant-chaos touched mortals that the Traitor Legions used during the Siege!

Love projects like these. One of my favourite armies back in 3rd edition was the lost and the damned, you could go wild with conversions.

Awesome idea with the narrative and the conversions! I'm solely MESBG, but kitbashing AoS with Heresy and 40k would definitely be the way to get me into it. I love a good kitbash project!

This is incredible. I have dreamed of a 40Kish Skaven army for years. Looks amazing! So cool. Can't wait to see more.

Great video - amazing conversion skills!

I'd love to see this as a small project series. Something you can go from zero to completion on in just a few videos.

@Zorpazorp

Күн бұрын

That would be so nice!!!

LOVE the creativity they look amazing!

I can't tell if these are best played as Orks or some kind of modified Genestealer Cult. But regardless: it would be cool to see some rat swarms or wolf rats inbetween the main units, if you have any lying around. :D

It brings me such joy to see Zorp going strong still.

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For a moment I saw the doorframe of the warehouse in roughly the same color as the palace and got a little worried