WIP Raven Guard Captain

[Grokkit]

I love the pose he is in. For Artificer armour (which on a captain is better than terminator armour) Try doing rimming on the greaves with plasti-card(styrene), (for a good example go to iron hands of irony thread and look at the Assault Captain), or on the edge of the shoulder pads beef up the trim with thin plasti-card and then make little rivets. For helm definately go for beakie with painted/carved, filed sculpted beak.

[Brother Masariel]

beakie helmet please!!

and maybe on of the talons should be facing up if it's more lika a stalker pose..

if it's a "coupe de grace" it's good like this..then maybe add other slain bodies (ORKS!) to rise him over his fellow brothers cause in this way it's not enough (look at me I'm the hero!) ;D

[Kaldoth]

beakie helmet please!!

and maybe on of the talons should be facing up if it's more lika a stalker pose..

if it's a "coupe de grace" it's good like this..then maybe add other slain bodies (ORKS!) to rise him over his fellow brothers cause in this way it's not enough (look at me I'm the hero!) ;D

 

I'm going for more of a "surveying the battlefield pose." This will all be accomplished with the base. I'll have a sort of cliff or ruin for him to kneel on. As far as the base, I'm going to throw a few removable ork skulls around for wound counters most likely.

 

And I have decided to give him a beakie helm <_< The model has actually been ripped to pieces since these photos. Khrangar has graciously decided to send me a modified MK VI chestplate that he GS'd up (as well as a spare so I can practice making my own ;)). Once it gets here, I'll post up a few pictures. I think I'm going to take a spare beakie helm and do a test to see how filing it into a raven's skull will look. And if I can actually do it :P Pictures of the helm later. I may also take one of the small aquilas that come in the commander box, heat it up, and try to bend it to fit on the crown of the helm. We'll see what happens.

 

Cheers,

-Kal

[TheTruePhantasm]

i personally find raven guard should have more slender claws, but thats just me

[jlmb_123]

If you're still looking for head suggestions, could I suggest an Emperor's Children style helmet? There's a how to here, I think the profile is a little more characterful than Mk6 helmets, which, as mentioned, now have a bit of a 'done before' feel to them, what with Shrike and all.

 

If I can make a further suggestion, try angling the head to look to his left, the profile might be a bit more threatening, as if he's just landed and is sizing up his surroundings than his current mid-attack pose.

[Commander Sha'son]

I always prefer the MK IV armor that is on the Black Templars sprue to denote artificer armor. And as far as heads go... if you are going to do a crusade style helm I also prefer the crusader helms from the AOBR sprue. If not, then head 1

[W.A.Rorie]

yahhhh Beakie helm

I would carve of the sensor off the to and green stuff the brow to give it more of a skull look and try to enlong the beak for more of a ravens beak

[Pendrecki]

So, I have to say, mk6 helm, ala the beakie helm.

 

There are some good guys at the sons of corax forums, they may be able to help with your army too.

 

http://sonsofcorax.freeforums.org/index.php

 

I like the pose, its clever and it works.

[Captain Mike]

1 or 2. 3 is just awful on this guy. He seems more sombre. I prefer 2, but 1 is good if you want helmetless.

[Dragonkin Arenis]

If you filing skills are good enough, round the beakie and sharpen the end like a real Raven's Beak. Just dont over do it. You could always sculpt a laurel of something onto it as well for diversity.

 

 

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This, otherwise, Head 1

 

Arenis

[captin thyphon34]

go with the second head but if you a beakie halm that would be really good

[Kaldoth]

To everyone that said "beakie helm": I have already decided on a beakie helm. Read my post above.

 

I tried filing down a beakie I had, and just due to the length of the current helm and the shape of a raven's skull, it didn't turn out too well. I'd actually have to lengthen the "nose" part of the beakie and flatten it out a bit. All in all, it turned out looking a little akward. I'll try doing it again by completely cutting off the nose and shaping one out of GS. But, if that doesn't work any better (which I doubt it will) I may just stick to a standard beakie and modify it some other way. I didn't bother taking a picture of the helmet due to epic fail, so if the next helmet turns out okay, I'll post up a picture tomorrow or later tonight, depending on how long it takes me.

 

Cheers,

-Kal

[Cal585]

Am I the only one who gets this mental image of the third version screeching like a bird? Ok maybe not that human but still... :tu: I can just imagine him leading an assault, jumping out of the mist to skewer his foe(s) and herald the attack. Hmmm, I do love Raven Guard.

Anyway, I look forward to seeing it painted, it's an excellent conversion!

[Biohazard]

If anyone remembers the 2nd Edition Legion of the Damned models there was a beakie painted up like a bird skull, if i can find an image of it on t'internet ill put it here.

[Kaldoth]

Ugh, well, I've tried sculpting a "beak" onto the practice helm to no avail. At first, I just cut off the nose and tried shaping a roll of GS into a beakish kind of thing, but it wouldn't hold. I drilled a hole into the flat space on the model and inserted a pin to shape it around, which helped a bit, but the problem is getting the lower portion of the beak shaped. With the pin, I can get a (half-decent) upper beak formed, but the space between the bottom of the eyes on the helm and the bottom of the area where the beak used to be is incredibly small. To keep it proportionate to an actual raven's beak, the bottom part of the beak has to be about half as wide as the top, but the same length. I can't get the bottom part on there without messing up the top ^_^ Incredibly frustrating. If anybody has any tips, I'd appreciate them. I have sculpting tools and I keep them well lubricated with vaseline to prevent sticking, but working on such a small scale is proving to be too much. If anyone can give me some help, or perhaps try sculpting one of their own and telling me if they fare any better (and how they did it), I'd appreciate it. Otherwise, I may just have to bite the bullet on trying to sculpt the beak and go for something else :D I don't want to give up on the sculpting, but as my skills are pretty limited, this may just be too much for what I am capable of doing.

 

Cheers,

-Kal

[onipunk]

There's always the Dark Angel Mk 6 helmet. It has a sword with wings modelled across the front, but replacing the sword with a raven shouldn't be too hard with some GS.

[Rune Priest]

head 2, IMO. I would forgo the beakie head since you don't want a Shrike copy; you want an original.

[Marek Grimfang]

My opinion is that because he is a Captain, the pose reduces his stature and sort of hides him too much. A Captain should be in a larger bolder pose, not crouching.

 

Nice mini though.

[Rune Priest]

normally I'd agree, but it works for Raven Guard; they be stealthy bastards :D

[The Normish]

I vote head number 3.

 

Any details on that base? Otherwise, looks great.

[Innus Bade 9]

If it not too late. HEAD #2. It makes him look like he is actively looking for a target to slay.

[Durfast Spiritwolf]

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