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Wow your stuff is simply amazing. I am just starting my Raven Guard and now I am sad.

These look excellent, I like the FW pieces

Another (sporadic) update:

Raven Guard Vanguard Veteran Squad Ravill


Zoomable image here

The links below go to my B&C blog, you'll get more photos and some commentary on each Marine there if you're interested:
Front left: Brother Apothecary Andros
Rear left: Battle Brother Zalman
Centre: Battle Brother Ravill
Rear right: Battle Brother Durzo
Front right: Battle Brother Galt

Dude they look awesome! the Apothecary is simply brilliant! how many have you finished now? you'd have to have a decent strike force by now?

Yeah, getting close to finished with these guys.

Completed Raven Guard so far:

Librarian
Captain
Command Squad (5)
Vanguard Veteran Squad (5)
Tactical squad w/Rhino (10)
Tactical squad w/Rhino (10)
Tactical squad (5)
Bike Squad (3)
(FW) Rapier Laser Destroyer
Whirlwind
Predator
Venerable Dread

That leaves me with the following:

Razorback (for the Librarian & Vanguards)
Tacticals (5) + Rhino
Attack bike
Chaplain
(FW) Storm Eagle (for the Captain & Command Squad )

No idea what the points value on that is, but it's a nice fluffy Marine force with a little bit of everything a mechanised strike force would have I think. I'd like to add a Vindicator and maybe a Damocles Rhino (I have one partially built with a detailed driver compartment to go with the Damocles detailing in back) too.

In an ideal world there's also a couple of Tactical Marines from early on I'd replace with better versions, but with luck, less than 6 months to completion!

Looking forward to seeing the rest done chris! especially the command rhino! I do like the model heaps!

i wouldn't worry about replacing some older ones you painted, they all look amazingly good! seriously some of the best Raven guard i have seen! :-)

Looking forward to more! It makes me sad that posts are rare but then when you do post it becomes all the more exciting! Love the stuff, great as always! That's the FW apothecary, am I correct?

Yep, lovely FW Mk.IV Apothecary. FW have made a fortune from this army, they really have...

Yep, lovely FW Mk.IV Apothecary. FW have made a fortune from this army, they really have...

I feel your pain! really if they stopped making such crisp models i wouldn't have to work so hard! maybe after a few more purchases they'll name a model after you?

Really impressed with your painting and models and overall feel of the army, I am thinking of doing 30k RG so this has been bookmarked and will refer back to for inspiration thanks!

A few minor updates:

Rapier Laser Destroyer Empalion's Lance

This Rapier battery earned it's soubriquet during the Siege of Empalion II as the Raven Guard Fourth Company besieged an Iron Warriors force, mounting a laser destroyer battery Empalion's Lance destroyed numerous Iron Warriors strongpoints and fortifications during the campaign beore the arrival of reinforcements from the Brazen Minotaurs chapter.

During the height of the following battle Empalion's Lance was deployed alongside the Minotaur's diversionary force and claimed the un-life of the Chaos Land Raider Medrengard's Fury before it's crew perished. Recovered by the Minotaurs at battle's end, the Rapier battery was returned to the Raven Guard and after undergoing repair and re-consecration is once more at the service of the Fourth Company.



Detail of the battery spotter/commander:


And Chaplain Uirroth:

I was very happy with how the conversion for Uirroth turned out but not the paint job:

I'm currently waiting on a Greif lens for the 'rosarius' raven skull and I ran out of Dull Cote at the end of the second coat and have a slightly spotty finish as a result. I can fix that up simply enough with the next supply run to the hobby store.

I can admit to myself the model isn't bad, but it isn't what I'd imagine it would be and what it could have been. I'm still happy with the pose and feel of the model and I learned a lot in building and painting it, but it hasn't been a pleasant experience in any way. I dropped him at least three times resulting in a wonky crozius that got wonkier with each repair and a revamped 'rosarius' in his left hand when the original proved far too flimsy for the real world.

The worst thing though is the right shoulder pad, I tried any number of schemes here with no luck I couldn't make the raven on circle work at all. I even tried removing it, but it's glued, pinned and GS'd in place so I gave up before I broke the damned crozius (again!). It gives me fits just to look at it

Like I said, I know it isn't a bad result, but it's not what I'd hoped...

Maybe you're being a bit over-critical about your chaplain - trauma from the hard build? He looks great to me, worthy of standing alongside your others.

Can't wait to see what you do with a Raven Guard Storm Eagle ..

That Chaplain looks really, really good!

I really like the Rapier and crew, I think the chaplain looks great but you haven't shown us the right shoulder so how about another pic? As usual great work, I would love to see this army in the flesh.

Can we get a 3/4 and side view of that Rapier?

This is a wonderful looking army. But.....Where are the scouts??? I thought this was a fluffy RG force.
Kidding aside, I love your work here, the black is fantastic and the lenses and scopes are breathtaking.

Bu-...Ha-... how-...HOW can it be that good! Where's the gasoline? I'm gonna burn my army! How ling did that take you? my army took ages and it looks like crap to this! Astronomically good! That's all I've got to say.

Subbed.

 Jordan wrote:
Can we get a 3/4 and side view of that Rapier?

Yes, yes you can:







@IronEagle: Thanks. The lenses/scopes are easy - just buy some Greif (or MV) lenses and glue et voila!

@Valgaurd: Thanks I've been working on the army on and off for two years now, but the minis are averaging 5 hours/infantry, 7.5 characters & bikes and 10 for vehicles under my 'play not display' rule.

@ReaperMan: As much as I'd like not to show that right shoulder pad, here it is...

Doesn't look horrendous, is it the red disk you were worried about?

Wow that is awesome love the mixed armor marks