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Every day unveils a new boon for the dark angels - an apoc game last night, my opponents used some DWC's - as Alpha Legion, I have a lot of character assassination shenanigans, and the DWC rules allow you to ignore precision shots, strikes and the sniper rule. With 3 of the group playing DA's I need a work around - is there any way to get around it, or is the only way to kill all the companions? They can also take wargear to get an outrageous 4++ against shooting (10pts/model, I think a refractor field is 15pts for a 5++?). My first thought was lots of High S firepower - maybe a conversion beamer from 42+"away, maybe lots of breaching plasma, but then the 4++ comes into it. Is there a decent way to kill these guys to get at the juicy HQ choice, or is it best just to ignore them?

G'day Bolter n' Chainsword brothers. Slowly getting back into hobby-ing / wargaming, and I have heard the Horus Heresy gets back to some more classic roots of the game. Which I am finding more and more as a thumb through the rulebook. To help save from amounting a pile of shame, but to start putting together a list my experienced friends aren't going to initially steam-roll I was wondering if I could have some input to a little list I put together. I have a plan to escalate this to a 1500, 2000 and then 3000 list. Dark Angels - Loyalist HQ - 367 Praetor (Deathwing) Artificer Armour, Iron Halo, Bolt Pistol, Frag and Krak Grenades, Master of the Legion Terranic Greatsword, Volkite Charger, Seneschal of the Keys Deathwing Companion Detachment (Deathwing) Artificer Artificer Armour, Bolt Pistol, Frag and Krak Grenades Deathwing Oathbearer Bolter, Terranic Greatsword, Refractor Field 2 Deathwing Companions Bolter, Terranic Greatsword 3 Deathwing Companions Calibanite Warblade, Cytheron Pattern Aegis Elites - 370 Contemptor Dreadnought (Dreadwing) Gravis Power Fist with built in Plasma Blaster, Volkite Dual-Culverin Dreadwing Interemptor Squad (Dreadwing) Bolt Pistol, Frag, Krak and Rad Grenades Interemptor Praefectus Artificer Armour, Plasma Burner, 2 Phosphex Bomb 4 Interemptors 3 Plasma Burners, 1 Plasma Incinerator Troops - 260 Tactical Squad (Stormwing) Bolter, Bolt Pistol, Frag and Krak Grenades Sergeant Artificer Armour, Power Weapon 9 Battle Brothers 1 Legion Vexilla Tactical Squad (Stormwing) Bolter, Bolt Pistol, Frag and Krak Grenades Sergeant Artificer Armour, Power Weapon 9 Battle Brothers 1 Legion Vexilla

Septembers Vow. I Elmo vow to complete 1 Vindicator with Siege Shield, extra armour and pintle mounted Storm Bolter (150 pts.) in the month of September 2012 as redemption for not vowing as much as I had hoped for in the ETL. Or words to this effect.... http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/jonbrooks_photo/B%20and%20S%20WIP/P9060001.jpg This will be a new build for my line breaker Squadron The Vindi so far. The magnetisation has been completed The model has been primed in Matt Black External surfaces primed in Angels Green http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/jonbrooks_photo/B%20and%20S%20WIP/P9100013.jpg This weeks plan is to paint the internals and to assemble the main chassis and start work on the Siege Shield icon. More on Friday

Hi all, long-time lurker (to the extent that I legitimately forgot I had an account here and had to get Kurgan the Lurker's help recovering it [thanks man!]) and I thought that, since I'm a responsibleish adult, I felt that I should make a WIP log of my, already sizable collections. Now, my one, true love for factions is the World Eaters/Khorne Daemonkin. Even though it's the smallest of my factions right now, as I managed to luck out with some friends not wanting the Death Guard halves of Dark Imperium, so I got those on the cheap. And the Dark Angels were literally given to me by a friend who said, and I quote "Yeah, they're yours. I don't have the time to play 40k, or the space to store these". So I was just casually given at least 2k points of Dark Angels. So, welcome to my WIP thread. Some pretty pictures: Maulerfiend I'm most happy about how the eyes and legion badge came out Skarbrand Everyone's favorite madman: Khârn the Betrayer Some Daemons and a Spawn Mortarion More to come!

Greetings Brothers, Stormraven Gunship "Wings of Wrath" is about to be commissioned and attached to the 5th Battle Company for operational service. I have a couple questions on how it should painted: Would the pilot be a techmarine (red, as per the Codex), or would we use Ravenwing pilots? I am personally leaning towards Ravenwing pilots. A pilot needs to maintain battlefield awareness as well have access to multiple communication channels, and my need to understand aspects of a battle and higher strategy that requires a certain level of...'understanding'. The Dark Angels may be more inclined to rely on the skill and 'understanding' of the 2nd company, rather than a marine who has not had any exposure to certain aspects of the chapter. Land Raiders that have served the Chapter with distinction, are able to be inducted into the Deathwing, for their sole use, and are given the honour of being painted in the bone white of the company. I want to paint the stormraven green, with the wings in bone so show that this asset can be seconded to the Deathwing when required. Would the Deathwing allow an asset such as the Stormraven to be shared or would they, like the Land Raider, inducted into the company for its sole use. For the Lion! For the First!

hi all I have been reading about the dark angels and i have found them quite interesting (specially the novel Angels of Darkness) but i still have some questions about their identity. So i thought i might ask to the experts. ¿What would you say that are the defining quirks or characteristics that define the dark angels and their successors, in lore, personality and iconography? also a bonus question: ¿is it possible to do a Dark Angels successor that doesn´t have anything to do with the Deathwing and Ravenwing? thank you guys and i hope you can help me with this

So begins the assembly of my 30k dark angels army. I will keep a log here as I build and paint them. Glory to the Emperor Glory to the Lion

This is now my XX Legion Part III (which will hopefully be my final scheme) As well As my VI legion thread. For the next month or so you will be seeing Alot of Test minis. I want to make sure my Alphas are exacty how i want them and i want to lock down a good wolf scheme by the time Prospero Drops. So alot OF WIP to come

+++ This will be the WIP thread for a Dark Angels Ravenwing Army I am building set during the Thramas Crusade. The entirely different thread with the fully painted models completed and photographed in terrain with a bit of backstory to the picture will be posted in the Hall of Honor, which I will include a link here when that goes up. Until then... +++ UPDATE: ALL MY PICTURES ARE UPLOADED TO MY GALLERY, SO GO LOOK THERE IF YOU WANTED TO SEE A BIGGER PICTURE http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/gallery/album/13052-dark-angels/ The editor was so I just wanted the thread to go up. Anyways this is my Praetor/Centurion model on a jetbike. Pretty standard as HQ's go armed with only a terran greatsword. My friend suggested I sculpt the hair long rather than short due to the Lions hair in artwork depicting him, so I went with that, maybe a bit much though

Hi there folks, this is going to be a log for me to post up all those small one off projects that we find ourselves constantly drawn to. There's going to be a mix of building and painting projects, maybe even some terrain too! To start off with I've got an Executioner/Judiciar from the Dark Angels, or perhaps one of their successor chapters, I'd like to hear peoples' opinions on the model, both in general and in regards to what he should have adorning his power pack. Plain: Angel: Icon: Banner: Skulls: Thanks for looking and if anyone has alternative suggestions for decoration, please suggest those too!