Skaven Weapon Team

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The Clans Skryre churn out mountains of material every day, more weapons of war that could ever possibly be wielded by themselves. A great many of these are cumbersome weapons of destruction intended to be borne by a pair of skaven known as a Skaven Weapon Team. They can be carried into battle by either dedicated Skryre Acolytes, or sold to the other Great Clans to be crewed by whichever overconfident fools that can be talked into the job. ^[1a]

Doom-Flayer

The Doom-Flayer is a truly unsubtle tool of slaughter. It is a motorised metal ball of whirling blades that was originally developed for tunnel clearance in subterranean warfare. A warpstone generator powers it, with one skaven tending to its temperamental motor and keeping the Doom-Flayer moving. The other crew-rat steers, cackling maniacally as the vehicle ploughs through the enemy ranks amidst sprays of gore and viscera. Should the Doom-Flayer stall in the midst of the foe, however, their vengeance is often swift and bloody. ^[1a]

Ratling Gun

Ratling Guns are multi-barrelled whirling death-machines. They are powered by warp-steam and kicked into gear by a hand-crank, causing the six barrels of the Ratling Gun to spin and whir, spitting a barrage of warpstone-laced bullets that tear rank after rank of the foe to bloody shreds. Overheating, however, can lead to an explosive misfire – which, once the skaven crew begin maniacally cranking and firing for all they are worth, is always a danger – but the carnage the guns cause more than makes up for this instability. ^[1a]

Warp-Grinder

The Warp-Grinder is the strangest of all the commonly seen weapon teams. Originally intended as a device to help create tunnels quicker, this weapon’s warp-energy projector pulverises anything in its way, compacting earth, rock and even metal and leaving a narrow tunnel in its wake. Though cave-ins and meltdowns are a constant danger, groups of skaven can scurry along the tunnel in the Warp-Grinder’s wake and – with some margin for error – burst from the ground to fall on the enemy’s flank or rear. As such, because of their propensity to allow sneak attacks, these weapons are utilised often by the Clans Eshin. ^[1a]

Warpfire Thrower

For ranged mass carnage, the Warpfire Thrower is a popular weapon. It pipes a warpstone-infused solution from a sloshing tank into a heavy nozzle, through which it is sprayed in gouts across the enemy. The viscous brew ignites on contact with the air, bursting into ferocious green-black flames that scorch their victims, whilst the crew-rats squeal sadistically. ^[1a]

Miniatures

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  A Doom-Flayer Weapons Team.

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  Two Weapon Teams, a Poisoned Wind Mortar on the back and a Warpfire Thrower on the front.

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  A Ratling Gun Weapons Team.

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  A Warp-Grinder Weapons Team

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  A Warpfire Thrower Weapons Team.

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  Warplock Jezzail Weapons Team.

Sources

• 1: Battletome: Skaven (2019)
  • 1a: Warlocks and Weapons of Skryre, pg. 34-37