Primaris Lieutenant in Reiver Armour

 With an extra lieutenant body left over from the imperium magazines I decided it was time I made my own version to lead my Reivers.

The conversion was pretty easy with the Reiver kit supplying the head, heavy bolt pistol arm, knife wielding arm and a couple of extra pouches and a purity seal.

I wanted him to be a bit of a throw back to lieutenants of old so he got a back banner too.  This one also had a purity seal.

The left shoulder pad came from the Dark Angels upgrade kit.

Although he already has the obligatory tactical rock I built this up further with extra cork.

Painting followed the same approach as the Reivers with a little extra silver befitting of his status.  The skull mask is a standout feature so I took a bit of extra time on this with a skeleton speed paint followed by lighter highlights of bone to white.

The base used the GW Stirling mud as a base followed by various browns up to a bone for highlights. A couple of tuffs of static grass and green were added. The rocks were painted black and dark grey highlights.

The right should pad had the obligatory Ravenwing symbol whilst the banner got a larger version of the skull in a yellow circle. I used a smaller version on my ATVs so it will fit for this bro.

My plan for him will be to lead the Reivers supported by the Invictus Warsuit. They will scout ahead and take the mid board objectives whilst scaring the foe.

Ravenwing Command Squad

After giving my Chaplain on bike a bit of a glow up I decided to finish off my Ravenwing Command Squad.

Although I expect these minis to be updated in the next few years, my current Ravenwing army list has these bros leading a unit of Outriders so it was time to paint them up.

I tried a few different schemes compared to how most paint them up including the apothecary being more grey and black than white as he is usually painted.

The use of black speed paint over white power armour came out a bit like comic book painting style I have seen a few people use for space marines.

Similarly I painted the Ancient’s banner with a black sun unlike most who go for the red / yellow sun. 

I added a variety of transfers over various sections of the banner as I reckon this turns out better than my attempts at free hand.

As they are usually on smaller bases I decided to use the larger outrider bases with cork to also lift their height.

Am happy with how these bros turned out so am looking forward to give them a run in the next few weeks.

Ravenwing Chaplain Conversion Redux

This is a repost from my earlier version of this mini.

Not only was he was on the wrong size base, I was never happy with the paint job so after rebasing I got to work to tidying up the paint job. Particular focus was the red in the underside of the cloak and the finish of the power armour. I also tidied up a heap of the green highlights and am now happy so here is the old blog post with updated pictures.

As my Ravenwing force grows I decided they needed a chaplain to lead them into their most secret of missions.

Going through my pile of shame I came across the Ravenwing sergeant from the 6/7th edition box set.  I always liked this mini so decided he would be suitable for the chaplain.

The conversion was pretty easy with an exchange of the back pack to a skull version from the veterans box. The chainsword and forearm were removed and replaced with a cool looking power club and a winged skull also from the veterans box to create a unique Crozuis Arcanum.

The book on the front of the bike also came from the extras in the veterans box with a couple of transfers.

The converted Crozuis Arcanum. 

The “writing” on the scroll for the back came from a couple of different transfer sheets and came out pretty cool.

Although not play tested, my thought was this bro would lead a maxxed out Outrider unit with an ATV and smite the foes of the Emperor.

Dark Angels Desolation Squad

Grab your nerf guns and your Bob Dylan albums because it’s time for a Dark Angels Desolation Squad.

Despite my initial thoughts on these bros they have come to grow on me and I managed to pick up an assembled squad off marketplace.

Unlike most of my previous greenwing Dark Angles I started with a black base coat and then drybrushed grey and white. This was followed by a green speed paint and then highlights of various greens. The gold trim followed this approach with a gold speed paint and then gold and silver highlights.

The paints I used in the approach above are below.

I am most happy with how the eye lenses came out using the below paints including the plasma red paint that I have just started using.

The base includes some old cork that was painted with black speed paint and then highlighted with the same paints I used for the base over GW astrotragranite.

Like most of my purchases I don’t know how they will go on the battlefield but am looking forward to giving them a go. 

 

Plasma Inceptors

These Inceptors were another second hand pick up and came with a light almost Salamander green paint job. A 50/50 mix of dark green and black speed paints darkened the paint on the power armour to make them match my other Dark Angels Inceptors.

The plasma coils used my current approach which starts GW white air paint followed by the plasmatic blue speed paint.

The armour trim used gold speed paints with Vallejo gold and GW silver highlights.

I prefer these GW flights stands for flying bros rather than the current trend of tactical rocks. I positioned them as if they were coming in “hot” using their plasma at short range. I also had them at different heights to break up the unit.

The base uses cork for the rocks and various flocks. Vallejo earth, beasty brown, leather and bone white paints were used to paint over the astrogranite base.

Ravenwing Darkshroud

 I picked up this Ravenwing Darkshroud at a second hand sale. Although its origin may be dubious, a little bit of green stuff repaired the worst of the miscast bits.

Painting of the crew and landspeeder followed the approach of my other Ravenwing. The stained glass used plasmatic blue speed paint over a white undercoat. 

The trim was painted with gold speed paints and various gold and silver highlights.

The same approach was used for the gold on the structure on the Darkshroud. 

Am looking forward to getting this on the battlefield to provide stealth and the benefit of cover to the Ravenwing.

Dark Angels Interrogator- Chaplain

I have always been a fan of Interrogator-Chaplains in my Dark Angels army and now I have finished another one.

I always liked this bro and picked him up second hand. Unlike my previous Chaplains this guy started with a white undercoat and I used a lot of green and black speed paints over the power armour and cloaks.

The heavy bolt pistol has more gold trim befitting of his high status within the Unforgiven.

I tried to keep a limited palette of colours with the only real exception being the plasmatic blue coil around his neck. I am liking this paint so it was included.

I used a heap of transfers including some Dark Angels words on the cloak. They are pretty hard to see on these crappy phone pics.

I am most happy with the skull face / helm which I think came out well.  

Next up is the Ravenwing Darkshroud.