Ravenwing Captain with Jump Pack

 My Ravenwing continues to grow with the addition of a Captain with jump pack.

I am not a big fan of the recent GW release so decided to convert a spare suppressor mini I had in the pile of shame.

The conversion required a new head, lower arms, weapons and backpack.

The head is from a primaris captain with the wings from the Dark Angels upgrade sprue. The winged helm fits nicely with the Ravenwing atheistic.

The right lower arm came from an Age of Sigmar chaos bro and the left from my space marine bits. The right arm has a cool rune which I reckon fits in well with the mini. The thunder hammer came from my bits and fitted nicely with the lower part of the former weapon attached to the right arm. The relic shield came from the Dark Angels veteran kit and again was an easy conversion.

The backpack was also from the vet kit and was combined with the winged top and exhaust from the former suppressor.

Painting was kept suitably dark with limited colours much like my other Ravenwing bros. The only real colour is the red on the eyes, weapon handle and some other details.

As I did not have the flight stand that normally comes with the mini I used the paint brush covers/ tips I also used on my Suppressors.

I am just over a 1000 points and next for the Ravenwing will be the invictus warsuit, Reivers and some more outriders with another ATV.

Dark Angels Scouts

My quest to demolish the plastic krak pile continues with these mid 2000s plastic scouts.

Although they have just started their journey towards full marine and primaris status, they are pretty cool minis. I got them second hand and my favourite is definitely the bro with his mow-hawk and heavy bolter.

The sarge has some first born space marine arms with a bolt pistol and chainsword from the Dark Angels veterans kit.

Although they are on smaller bases than the current scout range I will get some adapters in the future to get them to the require 28mm base.

Painting followed my usual Dark Angel approach but I added some extra clumps of vegetation to the bases.the faces had a fair bit of detail considering their age and got some extra attention noting I mixed up the skin tones across the unit.

I have no idea how they go in 10th edition with the load out of shotguns but I am happy with their paint job so will given them a run in the coming weeks.

 

Ravenwing Outriders Part 3

 Another three Outriders are completed for my Ravenwing force.

These three will join my first unit of Outriders and Invader ATV and were painted to match.

As these are fairly monopose minis, I did a head swap on the bald head one for a different chrome dome and gave him a custom made chainsword. 

Here is the complete unit.

Jump Pack Chaplain

 Although a little short these days, this metal Chaplain is a classic mini from the 2000s.

Painting relied on a metal undercoat and then highlights followed by contrast black for the power armour and contrast green for the cloth.

Although missing his original right arm, the bits box delivered the essential plasma pistol.

Tried a bit of light source painting on the pistol which came out ok. Next up will be a unit of jump pack assault intercessors for him to join.

Despite his size compared to his primaris bro, a built up base somewhat evens the difference.

Ravenwing Invader ATV

Ready to support my growing Outriders is my first Invader ATV.

This one comes with the onslaught Gatling cannon and followed the painting of my other Ravenwing which although slightly heretical, kept their power armour black with the ahem, dark green vehicle colour. 

With six outriders and a Ravenwing Chaplain on bike done I still have another six outriders and an ATV with multi melta left to assemble and paint.

The Fallen have much to fear.

Primaris Dark Angels Chaplain

 The Unforgiven continues to expand, this time with a Primaris Chaplain.

With his half skull and blackened armour the Interrogator hunts the fallen to give them one last chance for redemption.

I tried to maintain the grim dark of his mission by using a lot of dark washes over my usual approach to the Dark Angels power armour.

Looking forward to getting him on the battlefield.

Ravenwing Chaplain Conversion

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.

Ravenwing Lieutenant in Phobos Armour

My Ravenwing continues to grow with this Lieutenant in Phobos armour.

Painting followed the same approach as my Outriders with some extra silver trim on the shoulder pads and gold on some other areas.

My thought is he will be joining the Infiltrators for the lethal hits he will give them. 

Nords Trolls

The warriors of the north continue to grow with my finished unit of trolls.

I used the below contrast the following speed paint blues to get a little variety in the skin tone as I did not want them to look like a unit of smurfs.  The paints went straight over the usual black undercoat with dry brush white/ grey highlights.

I decided to go bright in the hair as a throw back to the troll toys of the 80s and 90s again using speed and contrast paints. 

The did well in the first game so have been rewarded with this cool paint job that I really dig.

Ravenwing Infiltrators

After liking the finish on my first three Ravenwing Infiltrators and Suppressor I have managed to finish the remaining seven bros for the unit.

Painting followed the approach of the first three with the load out of a couple of bros in this unit permitting some extra colours on their screens and other kit.

As these dudes came with the imperium magazine I followed the paint guide on the grenade and smoke and am happy with the finished mini.

My Ravenwing force is slowly growing with the also now completed unit of Suppressors and two units of Outriders.

Here is the complete ten man unit ready to scout ahead of the forthcoming bike, ATV and Suppressor attack.