FriendlyFire21 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Ok so heres the deal. besides my WIP chaos army, I have a Red Talon space marine army. They were my first army EVER and I stopped playing after space marines lost the chapter traits. Now I have always based my army off of faster moving units, usually mounting squads in razerbacks etc. My favorite unit of all time is Scouts. I always have good luck with them and 3 squads used to be necessary. So I have picked up some of the newer scouts etc. the problem is, what else should I pick up? I need some ideas for a character conversion for my leader. I want him to have a jump pack. The force is going to represent a high speed quick hitting army. Another question is, I always get asked "Hey are those Blood Angels" and my response is of course no. Any ideas on how to give them kind of a distinguished look? http://images.wikia.com/warhammer40k/images/6/64/Red_Talons_Marine.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik84 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Forge World Raven guard upgrade pack is your friend, they have the bird theme and there also mrk 6 helms. this will give your army a cool and diffrent look on the table, also what codex you using? rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 To distinguish them without changing the red all over scheme? Blood angels have pretty strong iconography, with all the tear drop gems + wings, you could find something to adorn your models with to set them apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 someone triple posted his topic :D i'd go with the raven guard topic too. and if you're a friend of conversions, check out forgeworlds Shadow Captain Korvydae , he comes with a nice jumppack and could be converted into your captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 I will be using the regular space marine book and yeah i know i did for some reason my comp said it wasnt posting then i look and there are 3 of them....>.< and I will give it a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaurdian31 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 You could make a custom Shrike to give your army fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 hmmm that could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyoz Devastrius Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 They are Iron Hands second founding successors so give them some bionics and mechanicus symbols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuNCHBiZZLe Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well hell, between the FW raven guard bits and all the IH/IW/Bionics/mechanicus bits on them I don't think anyone will mistake them for BA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 OK so ive been trying to plan out a shrike conversion. this guy for the lightning claws http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1240904_99060101340_SMVeteranlightclawsmain_445x319.jpg and this guy for the body http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m2050482_99060101413_SMVanguardPlasma1_445x319.jpg my question is 1 would this look good and 2 are these 1 piece medal models or multi part medal models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 While I'm all for cool conversions... why not get the Shrike model? It's a pretty cool figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogan Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Perhaps he doesn't want to get Shrike because he has such a generic pose... Whatever the cause, the first miniature is made from three pieces, body, left and right claw. The second one has his right arm (the chainsword one) already attached. Hope this helped and won't stop you from completing your vision. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0MMY Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Shrike is a good idea - plus he's cool. This thread will answer your question about the metal mini's - you're gunna need a saw! http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...149384&st=0 Let us see how you get on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 I do not want to get the shrike model because of the fact this is not a raven guard army....it is red talons as seen in the giant red space marine above. and sweet! I was hoping I didnt have to cut the lightning claws the rest will be easy thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Shrike conversion http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8826/downloadug.jpg http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3369/download1s.jpg http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4634/download2zd.jpg http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4452/download3ol.jpg http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5735/download4d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceadwe Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I want one! I'm a huge fan of relaxed 'I'm so hard I don't have to try and look hard' poses. I can completely imagine him perched high on the corner of a ruin watching the enemy draw closer to his cunning trap... Me likey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 haha sweet thanks it really wasnt a hard conversion either and so do I, I hate it when people try to hard to make them look like they are attacking someone lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Hm, neat! The very dynamic pose of his legs goes a long way to balance out the neutral pose of the arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFire21 Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 thank you. so should i add more to him or leave him like that? i dont wanna over do the model with things that will make him look worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I'd say he already has enough bitz and bobz. Any extra fine detail is up to your painting at this point. Though for one, I'd consider swapping out his traditional Jump Pack for a Sang. Guard one (minus the wings). They're sexy, and may help to make him stand out more from a unit using the traditional dual-thruster JPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 As Firepower says, he's ornate enough already. Don't agree on the SG jump pack idea though - I dislike those things. Might I suggest instead a MkV armour jump pack instead? :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 nice and simple conversion mate! good combination of parts and a sweet pose. the green stuff looks very rough though and not like armor ribbing at all. it also looks like you used a little too much green stuff, because it looks like it goes over the edge of the shoulderpads. i would strongly recommend to redo the green stuff and add some ribbing with the blade of a modelling knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuNCHBiZZLe Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I think he looks great, I do like the single thruster JPs from the sang guard box but I think he looks just fine with a normal JP, if you are looking for a little more flash maybe switch it for the metal JP from the JP-Chaplin, or an old turbo fan JP, maybe try your hand at green stuffing the chapter symbol and/or the mechanicus symbol on the shoulder pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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