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I really like the dreadnought and the biker..... white side panels on the front forks with black raven symbols might help.

Fantastic blog. It's very difficult to get black armor to look right and your Ravenguard pull it off very nicely. Thanks for sharing. Definitely looking forward to more.

Very nice stuff, man. Can't wait to see more.

Maybe the bike farings could get a coat of very dark colour to represent the squad attatchment? might be done subtle enough to work with the overall theme? but before you even consider that, you need to paint and post more up! love your work!


Nerdfest09

I proudly present Venerable Brother Pallas, Fourth Company, Adeptus Astartes Raven Guard:



The model is straight out of the box - Forgeworld Venerable Raven Guard Dreadnought with FW DCCW and Autocannon arms and a coupla bits of etched brass (plus some MV lenses because I can't paint lenses). That FW gear is a god send for RG players, it really is I've left off the FW banner, I just couldn't get black and white to work on cloth, I'll come back to it when the army is closer to being finished and I have time for luxuries like that. And finally, some bigger pictures:

Front:

Back:

Front left hand quarter:

Front right hand quarter:

Rear left hand quarter:

RHS:

Lovely, the best thing about your painting is its understated and not in-your-face bold, I really like that! The bike doesn't seem to work for me...I think that the bike is a little cartoon-y in its shape and style, whereas the figure riding it is much more....i don't know what the word is, but they don't seem to fit. Anyway. Keep it up, I love your work....

Sweet as!
this is great!
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how have you got such a mat black finish on them? i gotta say though they look amazing. i love the striking white helm on khalid.


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how have you got such a mat black finish on them? i gotta say though they look amazing. i love the striking white helm on khalid.


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sorry only just seen the tutorail! keep up the good work!


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Sorry only just seen the tutorail! keep up the good work!

Long time no see!

Between moving and back problems I've not been able to do much modelling in the last few months, but everything seems to have settled down now and I've been making progress on my 'Captain' and his command squad. And without further ado, here is that 'captain' - in fact a First Company Sergeant, but rules wise Captain will do just fine:



Arcolin here is much fancier than the rest of the army bar Codicier Dragomir, but still in keeping with the grimdark feel of the Shadow Force. I'm particularly fond of the combat shield and it's white stripe, but best of all I think is the menace of the pose, I think it's got the hunting vibe I was aiming for down pretty well.

The first member of his command squad (which will also double as a Sternguard squad for smaller games) is also complete, apologies for the photo but you get the idea:



Note the stripes on the weapons of these Marines, a theme that'll carry through the squad and inspired by the Imperial Armour Vol. VIII book Nerdfest so kindly donated to my RG army.

some pretty sweet painting dude

These guys are everything the ravenguard should be, fantastic work well done

Love how your RG turned out . Very clean, I can't wait to see more.

Glad to have you back! I must say, I've been wanting to see more of these guys. You've got the most perfect black armor I think I've ever seen on a mini, but it's the subtle details and natural poses that really bump it up to the next level.

So glad you have done some more models! Fantastic additions to the force, looking forward to more.

Really great models! When/ are you going to add any of the named characters (Shrike or that guy on Forge world)?

The combi-flamer fella looks like he's leaning back too much...looks unnatural...

great work! consider me subscribed

Magnificent looking marines. The crows skull on the dread provides great contrast making the model that much cooler.

Hey Chris, great to see you back dude I like others have really missed seeing these guys into fruition ! and I can say the wait was well worth it! love what you've done, the dread is amazingly good, especially for the large areas of black, and the bone detailing is beautiful, you have captured the colour spot on! I also am a huge fan of your latest marines! the characters look great! and I'm pleased the book has offered you some ideas for them that are usable! I can't wait to see more of this army! it's truly inspiring to see!

hopefully i'll catch you soon!

cheers dude, keep it up!

Nerdfest09

Nicely done!

Looks great keep it up !

Nice'n'smooth!

A truly beautiful job. Your army is excellently done. Everything from the great posing and modeling to the cleanness of the painting job. That Captain is just intimidating. Cheers.

I LOVE Arcolin's pose, it conveys the stalking menace very well. I can just imagine some poor grot cowering in terror behind a pile of rubble as he walks by.

Not so sure about the white studs, but I can't think of a color that would do much better (as you've already used the steel color in a lot of the details). And I also like what you did with the champion's combat shield, you really made it work.

Beautiful!

Wheres the Captain's Chainsword from? Looks very cool.

@everyone who said nice things: Thanks very much folks, glad you're enjoying the army. Battlefield 3 is slowing progress but I'm still managing to get paint on plastic (and resin).

CappyBen wrote:Really great models! When/ are you going to add any of the named characters (Shrike or that guy on Forge world)?

My RG force is pretty much straight Codex so no fancy characters for me. That said I have re-purposed the FW Korvydae model to help create several upcoming miniatures so keep an eye for that...

Imperial Monkey wrote:The combi-flamer fella looks like he's leaning back too much...looks unnatural...

Agreed :(

It seemed alright until the paint went on for some reason, as an interim fix I've shaved the underside front of the base down and built up the back and it looks more natural now. When the army is finished and I have the luxury of time I'll see about a proper fix...

Rayth Phaenor wrote:I LOVE Arcolin's pose, it conveys the stalking menace very well. I can just imagine some poor grot cowering in terror behind a pile of rubble as he walks by.

Not so sure about the white studs, but I can't think of a color that would do much better (as you've already used the steel color in a lot of the details). And I also like what you did with the champion's combat shield, you really made it work.

I can't tell you how pleased I am you used the words 'stalking' and ' menace', that's really made my day

As for the white studs, the rest of the army (4th Company) has black studs and I prefer that look overall, I went with white as part of a deliberate effort to identify Arcolin here as 1st Company - the studs, white stripe on the shield and full white pad are all part of that effort.

whalemusic360 wrote:Wheres the Captain's Chainsword from? Looks very cool.

It's a Forge World chainsword from the Mk.II assault squad they do, I believe the Mk.V assault squad has the same swords too.

Great work!

Special cookie for that shield on the pauldron of that sternguard. The talon is striking, especially with the muted detail on the rest of the model...The contrasts are brilliant.

I must also commend you on these guys, very very nice! Love the muted blacks and white.

Now THAT's someone doing justice to the cool FW Marine armor! This force is absolutely beautiful, and I'm envious of your painting skill and dedication.

From a gaming perspective, why a TL Autocannon and Fist on the Dread? Double AC would have been effective and still looked just as cool...not to say your paint job looks any worse for the weapons selection!