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Zombie flesh is dead easy (hur hur). Firstly, you undercoat the whole thing in The Fang. Then you wash it with a suitable colour, depending on what overall tint you want it to have. Green for traditional zombie look; blue or purple for tzeentchian or slaaneshi flesh respectively; red for a meaty, khornate look or just nuln oil. Then you drybrush it all with Fenrisian grey, which will give it your overall pallid zombie colour. (the wash is optional really, it just colours the recesses a little). This generally works with anything, be it chaos, daemons, undead, or even raven guard or iron hands! Anyone with a serious vitamin D deficiency, basically, and in the grim darkness of the 41st millenium, there is no sunlight...

Thank you, I'll give it a try once those Undead bits come 'round

My Death Ravens get their lovely tan from walking on a Desert world in dark colours all day

Hello everyone, it's time for another update on the Death Ravens!

I originally planned to add some more pictures of my Inq28 warband here, but I decided they'd be better off in their own thread, so this one doesn't get derailed too much
Here's the link to the Inq28 thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/642832.page; be sure to check it out, the warband received some reinforcements yesterday

Now, progress on the Death Ravens is a bit slow these days, many distractions (and interesting models!) are preventing me from getting many of them painted. At the moment, I've got one Scout in the works, he's nearly finished (still have to do a detail pass and basing), and I've got several guys primed and waiting.

You'd think this would prompt me to continue painting them rather than making more models that will require painting in the future, but no, I went ahead and built some more guys

The first one is an actual Death Raven, a Sternguard Veteran with a Stormbolter no less:


And the second one's a dirty Heretic, a Slaaneshi Terminator:

He'll be sporting the Flawless Hosts colour scheme, I think

I'm considering entering one of these (or both, or the full Sternguard squad) in the new Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge, the theme being 'Veteran'. I think the Slaaneshi Terminator would be more of a challenge, considering I've never painted the scheme before, nor fleshy mutated bits. Thoughts?

That's sadly all I have for you now, thanks for stopping by!

Sexy! You should totally enter that Terminator to the challenge. Protip for awesome looking mutations: Paint them Khorne Red and apply a blue shade. Awesomeness.

Thanks for the tip!

(also, if you got some time to spare, check out the Inq28 thread, I could use some feedback on it )

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
You'd think this would prompt me to continue painting them rather than making more models that will require painting in the future, but no, I went ahead and built

Story of my life bro Can't seem to stop building new things. expanding the painting list even further

Anyways, nice stuff you've going on here! I think you should enter the competition with the chaos termie as you said yourself, it'll be more of a challenge

*scurries off to the Inq28 thread*

Thank you! I'm going to test the colour scheme on one of those push-fit SM to get a feel of the pinks and purples, already got him primed up

Hello everyone, here's another quick update on the Death Ravens.

As said before, I'm working on a Scout Marine, namely this one:





He isn't finished yet, but he's getting there

I've decided to go and try to finish the Scout squad before I work on any of the other squads, trying to get more squads actually finished and all that jazz There's two scouts left after this one, so I should be able to finish the squad sometime soon.


Here's a little group shot of the Scouts thus far

I'm not sure which squad I'm going to go for next; atm, I've got 3-4 Tactical Marines from the second tac squad, one Devastator with a Multi-Melta and one Assault Sergeant primed and ready to go. Reason I haven't started on the tac squad yet is that I'm not too happy with their poses, I tried getting away from the 'vanilla' poses, but ended up with them nonetheless

Also, I've tested the colour scheme for the Flawless Host Terminator, here's a few pics:






I personally like it this way, it's not too complicated and gives me a nice opportunity to refine my freehanding skills

My ebay orders decided to arrive today as well, so I'm sitting on a small pile of interesting bits, including some zombies, an Ork head and choppa, several mutant arms, some Defiler heads, parts to make one Cadian trooper and some funky other bits Maybe I'll post some pics later.

That's all I have for now, thanks for stopping by!

Awesomesauce! Scouts look great the Flawless colourscheme works pretty good as well! But why did you only paint his legs and shoulderpads?

Oh wow, that is one Flawless Marine...
Get it? Because he... he's a...

Is it strange that I get seriously uncomfortable when chaos marines end up in space marine threads? I think my dedication to the lore rates way up on the "way too seriously" scale. Sorry. Anyway, your models look cool. The paint job is coming along nicely.

Leviathus wrote:Awesomesauce! Scouts look great the Flawless colourscheme works pretty good as well! But why did you only paint his legs and shoulderpads?

Thank you! I only painted the legs and shoulderpad out of laziness, I just needed to get a view of how the colours would look together

Matthew wrote:Oh wow, that is one Flawless Marine...
Get it? Because he... he's a...

Haaaaaaaaaaaaa it's funny because it's heresy

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Is it strange that I get seriously uncomfortable when chaos marines end up in space marine threads?

I think my dedication to the lore rates way up on the "way too seriously" scale. Sorry. Anyway, your models look cool. The paint job is coming along nicely.

Thank you I'll try to keep the amount of Heresy in this thread down a bit

HERESY!
*BLAM*

Hello everyone, I've got another update on the Death Ravens for you, not many new things but an overview on what the Death Ravens currently have.
But perhaps I should let the Ravens do the talking...

"Tell me, Master Rahman, how is our Chapter faring?"
It was one of the rare occasions where the Chapter Master met with the Master of the Marches, the unending task of the latter consuming most of the noble warrior's time. Master Rahman had been around since the founding of the Chapter, his uncanny ability to coordinate the vast resources circulating in the bowels of the mountain complex invaluable to the Ravens' organisation.
"It goes well", Rahman replied dryly, "Slower than I would like."
Levi chuckled. "Wasn't it you who said patience is a virtue, brother?"
Rahman slapped his pauldron, the gesture a mix of mild annoyance and amusement.
"I just wish our Chapter to be on its feet again, that is all."
"And it will be", Levi replied. "Rebuilding what once was always takes time."
"And our allies' trust? Can that be rebuilt?"
Levi winced at the remark. Trust. Loyalty. These things had been robbed of them too much lately.
"That I do not know, Rahman", he replied wearily. "Only time shall tell."

After that bit of fluff, on to the army itself!

The army in all its glory

The current state of the army. Only primed or assembled figures on display.

HQ
Chapter Master and Chief Librarian

These guys are pretty much finished, not sure what I could add to them. The Chapter master will probably lead one of the Terminator Squads (the Assault one probably, for obvious reasons ).

Elites
Honour Company

The fabled Honour Company of the Death Ravens, the Heroes of Saint Salaberga's Pass. They were the first members of the Chapter to earn Terminator Honours for their heroic actions in the Antillus VII Campaign.

Terminator Squad

This Sergeant is still rather lonely, the rest of his brothers are awaiting assembly I've also got an Assault Terminator Squad that's waiting to be built.

Command Squad

Currently comprises of only the Chaplain and one pissed-off dude. He's probably going to end up as the Company Champion, although I did build a swordmaster-esque character to fit that role already... oops I think I'll add an Apothecary and a Standard bearer to this squad, if I can find the models on the cheap somewhere.

Sternguard

These are actually two squads, one old metal Veteran squad (that has the Force Commander as its Sergeant) and a Sternguard squad, of which I've built only one model so far. The metal squad is still partially Ultramarine, so I'll have to give them a nice bath in some brake fluid, which I sadly don't have at the moment. Not that I don't have anything else to paint

Troops
Combat Squad 1

Squad Antioch, counting 5 heads at the moment. These guys were all reclaimed from the Ultramarines, and some of the first models of the chapter. I'm thinking of adding more members to it, but I'll have to see how many members the second squad ends up with first.

Combat Squad 2

The second Tactical squad, made from a new box. I'm not too happy with all the poses yet, and I'm running low on parts for new recruits (mostly due to mixing and matching bits from the GK kit and the like for my characters), so I might buy another box of em... I could also repaint some more Ultramarine models to bolster the ranks, I'll have to see what the future brings.

Scoutt Squad

The Scouts in their nearly-finished phase. The two last recruits still need their bases finished, and maybe I'll do an overhaul of the first models to tie everything together a bit more (for example, making all the grenades green like on the new ones).

Fast Attack
Assault Squad

The Assault Squad's in a bit of trouble, as they're already one man short due to the tragic demise of brother Münir, who died in the toxic wastes on Sallius V. (as in, my first attempts at stripping paint were....less than successful). Not sure how I'm going to fix that, as I don't exactly have another model to fill the gap. I do have some Heresy-era jumppacks, which I was saving for a Vanguard Veteran squad....

Attack Bike

One lone rider speeds ahead of the army, his bike surging forward, looking for an opening. Few can keep up with Artabas as he effortlessly navigates the battlefield, slipping through the cracks in the enemy's lines and wreaking havoc along the way to victory.
I really like this model, something about the design just speaks to me (or I'm secretly becoming a White Scar, who knows). I've also got one of those bikes with a gunner attached to it, so there's a chance Artabas won't be stalking the plains alone anymore

Land Speeder

This thing was a to paint, but the end result made up for the trouble. Haven't attached the main gun to it though, I'm afraid the metal would tip the model forward too much.

Heavy Support
Devastator Squad

Currently only comprising two guys, the Sergeant (recently returned from service in the Deathwatch) and a guy with a Multi-Melta. I've got a Plasma gunner and a Heavy Bolter in Ultramarine livery as well, so I'm just one man short of a full squad. Maybe I'll steal the Missile Launcher guy from the Tac Squad to fill the gap

Predator

And lastly, the Predator. This guy's probably going to get a repaint, as much as I like the original colours (if anyone knows what colour the brown parts are, let me know!).

Dreadnought: sadly, I haven't found a suitable base for my dread yet, so 'Lucifer' won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon. I can't bring myself to repaint my old Ultramarine dread, that thing's got sentimental value

So there, that's the Death Ravens thus far. Comments and suggestions are always welcome, and thanks for stopping by

Beautiful! I love how your force is coming along! I Especially love the scouts.

Thank you! Any thoughts on that second Tactical Squad? I'm a bit afraid that their poses are too stiff

No, they look awesome! The stiffness may come from... the fact that they are glued together?

... *eye twitches*

It's just that I was looking at other people's SM stuff and saw more varied and interesting poses

Nah, don't worry. They look just as cool as everyone elses.

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Any thoughts on that second Tactical Squad? I'm a bit afraid that their poses are too stiff

Tac squads tend to get a wee bit plain due to the "holding mah bolter brah!" pose but yours look fine! You always could through some assault squad legs in the mix. But then the squad will get less coherent methinks. I shouldn't worry too much about it.

I also like the rest of your force! It's nice too see them together

Thanks guys

I've been working on my Flawless Host Terminator some more, he's pretty close to being finished now:








Pics are a bit crappy, I don't have my regular camera at the moment

It's been a lot of fun painting this guy, I'm not used to painting brighter colours, so this was a nice little exercise I'm not sure how I'll do the base though, I'd like to have it a bit more grimdark this time around...burned ground perhaps?

The Dark Gods wanted to have some more followers though, so I started cobbling together the other Terminators. So far, I've got another Slaanesh worshipper and one Khornate in test poses...

First up, a Slaaneshi swordmaster whose sword has merged with his body:


He's probably going to end up as another Flawless Host marine, as I've grown a bit of a taste for the colour scheme

And here's the Khornate, or the resident crazy person of the warband, who's an expert in CQC attacks with his lightning claws. One of his arms was chopped off during a particularly bloody battle, and Khorne favoured him enough to gift him a new one which emulates his beloved lightning claws. He's also completely bonkers, incoherently screaming and raging every second he's awake, which is why the warband sedates him into a coma in between deployments.


I tried to go for a 'Come at me, Loyalists!' pose, the combination of lightning claw and mutant arm just begged for it. His base sports a few 'lost' appendages from his last victims, courtesy of the Undead bits I received recently.

Here he is with the Terminator Lord's cape, as I feel I can't let such an awesome piece of equipment go to waste. It gives a bit of a rogue Space Wolf feel, doesn't it?


And finally, here's a group shot of the trio. The plan is to add a Tzeentch Terminator and a Nurgle one as well, the first being the level-headed leader of the squad while the latter is the calm and durable heavy weapons guy. Colour-scheme wise, I'm not sure; I'd love for all of them to have different colour schemes, like they're just a loose group of survivors, guys who were left behind or lost by their own warband. Thoughts?

That's all I have for now, thanks for stopping by

Looking good! Nice freehanding on the Slaaneshi terminator I think the Khornate crazy guy is my favourite

Thank you!

Any ideas for the Khornate's colour scheme? I'd take a lesser known warband to reinforce the 'abandoned survivors' idea, but all the Khornate warbands seem to look the same

Yeah, they're all red.... let's see... I took a peek at Lexicanum.com.

Some warbands I found interesting and are not entirely red:

- Hounds of Abaddon
- Knights of Blood
- The Sanctified
- Wrath

Not much colour difference... but it's the best I could find atm or just develop your own... or go Red Corsairs! No wait- they are Chaos Undivided... ah well, still red though

I love that freehand, how can anyone be that not-shaky?
Seems like both of us fell to Chaos, eh?

Leviathus wrote:Yeah, they're all red.... let's see... I took a peek at Lexicanum.com.

Some warbands I found interesting and are not entirely red:

- Hounds of Abaddon
- Knights of Blood
- The Sanctified
- Wrath

Not much colour difference... but it's the best I could find atm or just develop your own... or go Red Corsairs! No wait- they are Chaos Undivided... ah well, still red though

Those are some interesting warbands indeed Those 'The Wrath' guys have a pretty sweet colour scheme, I might try that one...

It's also pretty funny how 'the Sanctified' and the 'Knights of Blood' have rather similar-looking colour schemes, must be confusing when those two clash

Matthew wrote:I love that freehand, how can anyone be that not-shaky?
Seems like both of us fell to Chaos, eh?

There are many advantages to joining Chaos, brother.... like painting freehand without shaking all that much! This new tentacle really helps out A LOT, you should totally try it!
- Probably some Emperor's Children marine

In all seriousness, it's quite tedious to get things like that done; a really fine brush and a lot of patience are a must (and another fine brush to repaint the parts you fethed up)

My Chaos deviations are on the rise indeed, maybe I should open another thread for them... (ignore the Orks screaming for attention in the background, for they are no followers of Chaos and THUS UNWORTHY MAGGOTS WHO DESERVE DEATH! GLORY TO CHAOS!)

Hello again everyone, here's another update on my Chaos Terminators (maybe I should get them a separate thread)

I started building the Tzeentchian and the Nurglite, posing those guys went pretty smoothly:

Firstly, the Tzeentchian, who's also the squad leader (being one of the few sane individuals in your warband has its merits).



I went for a 'calm and composed' pose, to reflect his role as leader. While CrazyKhornate and Burnsy the Fleshburner are ripping and burning people apart, he's moving in on the actual objective, making sure that whatever the warband wants dead, captured, or fethed beyond recognition ends up that way.

He's probably going to get the pimp-cape, I feel he deserves it as squad leader. Colourscheme-wise, I'm not sure, gonna have to head down to the Lexicanum for a good Tzeentchian colour scheme... suggestions are always welcome

Next up, the Nurglite Heavy gunner, who doesn't mind chopping people up:


I tried to make him look a bit 'slow and purposeful'-like, as he is a kind of laid back Nurglite. He's fine with playing the support role, lighting up targets with his autocannon so the rest of the squad can move up. He's not in a rush, either; death comes to all, sooner or later.

A good Nurgle paint job should be easy enough, I've got enough greens to get most Nurgle colour schemes done. Which one, however, is another question...

The Slaaneshi swordsman is still in the planning stage, although this pose is a bit better I feel:


Lastly, I assembled most of the Khornate, might give him a few extra skulls though:


He looks a lot better now, those spikes really 'finished' the overall look. The pauldrons helped too, I guess

I swapped his Terminator helmet with a naked head from the Terminator Lord kit, it reminds me of those Butcher's Nails the World Eaters are 'equipped' with; I think it works rather well, actually

A head that shows pure RAGE


And here's the obligatory group shot.

That's all I have for now, comments and suggestions are more than welcome

It feels like a comedy! The muredring Khornate guy, a Nurgle dude who just wants to kill, and that one calm guy who always gets mad at his friends for disturbing him.

The A-Team (or Chaos-Team for that matter) is coming along nicely!

Thanks guys!

I really like the idea of them being a Chaos 'A-Team' I mean, followers from the four Chaos gods being forced to work together, if that isn't a recipe for hilarious disaster I don't know what is

I'll delve deeper into their personal relations to one another in some fluff texts, that'll have to wait until I have them painted though

I'm also thinking of using them as a Kill-team of sort, seeing as I'm not planning on starting another army any time soon (my wallet wishes to live for a while longer, y'know ), which would make their different colour schemes make a bit more sense