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.