Source: Warhammer Armies Project: Unofficial 9th Edition (v2.2)

Skaven
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The Skaven are a race of malevolent rat-men that inhabit the underground of the Warhammer world. The tunnels of their vast under-empire reach from the steaming jungles of the South Lands to the snow-covered steppes of Kislev, from the western borders of Estalia and Bretonnia to the lost realms of the Far East. Their capital is the mysterious city of Skavenblight, hidden in the centre of the foul marshes lying on the western borders of Tilea. There the mighty Lords of Decay, ruthless rulers of all Skaven, sit in the Council of Thirteen, scheming and planning in preparation for the time when their armies will emerge from their subterranean realm to raze the entire surface world and rule over its ruins. This is the ultimate ambition of the Skaven race. The only thing that keeps them in check is the constant internal strife between the clans that make up their society, but one day the Grey Seers, who speak for the Horned Rat himself, will unify them and lead them to inevitable victory.

Skaven are a characterful, black parody of mankind and ultimately embody everything that is wrong with humanity, only more so. In addition to being cowardly, Skaven cheat, steal, and endlessly stab each other in the back for their own promotion. They will, quite literally, eat each other alive. Skaven are never culpable, being wholly unable to take the blame for even the most obvious and egregious errors entirely of their own making. But, unlike humans (at least, the better sorts), Skaven embrace this total lack of scruples or honour. In fact, the better at scheming and double-crossing a Skaven is, and the more swaggeringly arrogant he acts about it, the more suitable he is for leadership of a Warlord clan!

A Skaven army is a ragged mass of vicious cut-throats, eager to usurp civilisation and nest in its broken ruins. They are a multitudinous horde with a staggering amount of troops at their disposal, from rank after rank of warriors, such as Clanrats, Stormvermin, or Skavenslaves, to packs of war-beasts like Giant Rats or the hulking Rat Ogres. Specialist troops, such as the Poisoned Wind Globadiers or stealthy death squads of Gutter Runners, march alongside the larger blocks of infantry. Towering over it all are the devilish war machines of a wickedly clever race. Masters of an insane blend of magic and technology, the Skaven can field a number of infernal devices of destruction, such as the infamous Doomwheel or the highly feared war engine of ruination known as the Screaming Bell.

The Skaven are the ultimate scavenger army and they are led to battle by a Warlord or a Grey Seer, the powerful mage-rats that claim to be the prophets of their foul vermin-god, the Great Horned Rat.

Armour

Units

Reference Chart

Unit Name

Troop Type

Base Size (mm)

Assassin

Infantry

20x20

Boneripper

Monstrous Infantry

40x40

Boneripper MkII

Monster

100x60

Brood Horror

Monster

50x100

Chieftain

Infantry

20x20

Clanrats

Infantry

20x20

Deathmaster Snikch

Infantry

20x20

Doomwheel

Chariot

50x100

Eshin Sorcerer

Infantry

20x20

Ghoritch

Monstrous Infantry

40x40

Giant Rats

Warbeast

20x20

Great Pox Rat

Warbeast

25x50

Grey Seer

Infantry

20x20

Gutter Runners

Infantry

20x20

Hell Pit Abomination

Monster

60x100

Ikit Claw

Infantry

20x20

Klawmunkast

Infantry

20x20

Lord Skrolk

Infantry

20x20

Master Assassin

Infantry

20x20

Master Moulder

Infantry

20x20

Master Mutator

Infantry

20x20

Morbius Sanguis

Infantry

20x20

Night Runners

Infantry

20x20

Nurglitch

Cavalry

25x50

Packmaster

Infantry

20x20

Plague Censer Bearers

Infantry

20x20

Plague Furnace

Shrine

60x100

Plague Monks

Infantry

20x20

Plague Priest

Infantry

20x20

Plague Rats

Swarm

40x40

Plagueclaw Catapult

War Machine

50x100

Plaguelord

Infantry

20x20

Poisoned Wind Globadiers

Infantry

20x20

Queek Headtaker

Infantry

20x20

Rat Ogre Bonebreaker

Monstrous Beast

40x40

Rat Ogres

Monstrous Infantry

40x40

Rat Swarms

Swarm

40x40

Screaming Bell

Shrine

60x100

Skavenslaves

Infantry

20x20

Skreech Verminking

Monster

50x100

Skweel Gnawtooth

Infantry

20x20

Spinetail

Infantry

20x20

Stormfiends

Monstrous Infantry

50x50

Stormvermin

Infantry

20x20

Thanquol

Infantry

20x20

Throt The Unclean

Infantry

20x20

Tretch Craventail

Infantry

20x20

Vermin Lord

Monster

50x50 or 50x100

Veskit

Infantry

20x20

War Litter

Infantry

40x40

Warlock Engineer

Infantry

20x20

Warlock Master

Infantry

20x20

Warlord

Infantry

20x20

Warp Lightning Cannon

War Machine

50x100

Warplock Jezzails

Infantry

25x50

Weapon Team

Infantry

25x50

Wolf Rats

Warbeast

25x50