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For the past few years i've built roughly similar armies relying mostly on overwhelming firepower to form the basis of my tactics. As an iron warrior to the most part that's worked well for me, serving to re-enforce my first choice legions play style.

However i've found myself in danger of stagnating, going for what i know will win over what might win if i'm skilled enough. So it was, 4 weeks ago, I began to devise a plan. I would develop an army that's very familar yet totally again the playstyle I have. The solution cam to me; Raven Guard.

In 30k Raven Guard have great lore and a insanely cool play style and in 40k they have some unique attributes.

Over the next three months i'm going to build a functional fast drop force capable of doing doing alot of damage but without relying too much on the conventional sources of fire power. In the meantime here's my opening soft-core shot; A drop pod.





-skrall

Droppod looks beautiful. Looking forward to the rest of this army.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Droppod looks beautiful. Looking forward to the rest of this army.

Thanks warboss!

Now while i work on the squad i thought i'd try a bit of photo shoppistry.




-skrall

Purtty

Awesome, more Raven Guard can only be a good thing, and if that pod is anything to go by we're in for a treat here!

'More', quoth the Raven!

I feel sorry for Raven Guard, always getting neglected.

Nice to see they're making a comeback with a sweet paintjob! Keep it coming

Thanks guys! I'm going to be doing more ravens this weekend.

However for the moment i have a one off...

Lorgar the Corrupted, my weekend project has entered the paint in progress stage. There's still much to be done before I can call him finished, but so far he's looking the part.






-skrall

Heresy! Lovely, coming-along-very-nicely-indeed Heresy!

I'm guessing that's a headswap?

Conversion actually, i've added horns from the plague bearer kit to make them uneven and twisted.



Ten marines and six drop pods left to build.... sweet jesus i hate building drop pods.

-skrall

Outstanding work. Your paint in progress Lorgar looks better than any of my completed minis :p
Looking forward to watching this army get painted.

@xysis; thanks man! i've actually started on the painting.


For my next kitbash, i actually have a unique conversion. I've used a Sons of Horus Reaver, a MKII command head, a MKIV assault arm, a devistator open hand and a blood angel axe to build Tollock 'Shadow Eater'. He's the first of the three librarians i'm building... and i may or may not have painted him.





asides from the axe wing needing a little work, thoughts?

-skrall

Looks good! All I'd say is the blue arm looks a little bright, maybe use a deeper blue?

And now for something completely different;

Alpha legion event model i've had since the heresy weekender.






-skrall

Oh, a Skrall Plog? Subscribed, unsusbscribed and subscribed again, just to subrcribe twice.

Looking good!