Rats for Necromunda by Mierce Miniatures

Who doesn’t love a change and painting something new and different? Well we’ve definitely got different this week on ‘How to Paint…’ at Woehammer.

Necromunda

Necromunda is the game of gang-warfare in the brutal grim darkness of the 41st millennium – it’s also a campaign!

Mierce Miniatures

Mierce Miniatures is a company based in the UK which makes strange fantasy miniatures for their own in house game – Darklands.

Rats

Who doesn’t need Rats and so I picked these up in a recent sale which Mierce switched to a new website with the intent to use them in Necromunda. Adding the Necromunda bases really teleports them into the Hive and their size is perfect… scary rats of huge size stalking the denizens of the underhive on Necromunda Prime.

Despite the Necromunda basing these would perfect in a wide range of sci-fi or fantasy games, particularly skirmish ones.

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How do they play?

Rats are an essential enemy in most fantasy and sci-fi settings and these are a great addition to the communal box of monsters for GMs (or Arbitrators) to use against their players.

I bought them as Cawdor bomb rats, which the gangers attach grenades to, push them on their way and hope they explode near the enemeny.

Release these as your last activation in one round and they’ll act immediately at the beginning of the second giving them a fantastic range… and as Cawdor you are likely to outnumber your enemy so can guarantee to have the last activation if you need it.

You pay for the rat and the grenade so they are not cheap… but they are fun!

Outside Necromunda I would use these in other sci-fi skirmish games like Stargrave and they wouldn’t feel out of place in Silver Bayonet either… although maybe add a bit of flock to hide the bases.

Paints Used

Sometimes I just want to get toys on the table, and the rats offered a chance to do just that. Undercoated black I then applied Gloss Varnish to the black ones to give them a lovely coat, Scorched Brown for the 2 brown ones, and drybrushes of Mechanicus Grey & Grey Seer for the white one.

Finally the bases are very simple – black undercoat, Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold and a wash (or 2) of Nuln Oil — all with an Abbadon Black rim. This simple basing brings them into the hive to play with Gangers and Juves alike.

Buying a Box?

Mierce Miniatures tend to sell directly only within the UK, but you may be able to find a distributor for further afield. They have a new website which is actually useable — hurrah — and you can pick up the rats as £25- for 10 in resin which I think is a very reasonable price.

— Declan and Eeyore