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Hello Brothers,

 

My Flesh Tearer Army is taking shape now,

 

it now has the following:

 

20x ASM

20x Tac Marines

5x Devastators

5x DeathCompany

5x Sanguariy Guard

5x Honour Guard

 

1x Stormraven, 1x LRR, 2x Rhino/Razor's , 1 Vindi

 

 

My problem is HQ models.

 

I want a Librarian & Apothecary to go with JP Assault Squads, however i dont know which model looks best with the JP's on. 

 

so brothers, which model do you think is the best suited to having a JP or should i go for making one of my own?

 

 

Cheers

 

KCA

 

It partly depends how you want to outfit him, due to weapon choice (axe, sword and staff all being different now) - of the 3 GW ones, I think the one with the Force Sword is the most appropriately posed for a jump pack model. I personally converted mine from the death company box, and think he looks a tad more dynamic, but can never quite shake the feeling that he's just an assault sergeant painted blue.

The models from GW are really horrible in my opinion :/

I scratchbuilt mine using DC bits, a robed BT breastplate (the one to the left I think http://www.spikeybits.com/media/12/a2079181332e43808275a7_l.JPG ) and a head with a cowl ( http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/images/dark_angels_head_6_large.jpg ), then gave him a GK halberd. Looks very cool and stands out smile.png

The libby from dark vengeance look awesome as well, you just have to get rid of the DA bling.

I've been having a similar quandary lately. The GW options are pretty awful, and Loth is awesome, but at $50+shipping, that's far too pricey. Does anybody know of any non-GW/FW companies making decent Librarian options. Al I usually see are Nazi Orks and Razorback turrets on the 3rd party miniature makers.

I'm using the DV librarian. I shaved off the DA icon from the front, removed the left shoulder pad and used another from the sanguinary guard kit (I think). I magnetised the left arm so I can use and axe or something later on. The jump pack is from the DC kit and also magnetised so I can use a normal backpack.

I'm pretty happy with it. For inspiration:

 

With jumppack

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p485/CaptainDarius/Blood%20Angels/th_L_front_JP_zpsb0a1f2c8.jpg

 

With standard backpack

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p485/CaptainDarius/Blood%20Angels/th_L_front_zps0cae1261.jpg
 

Options

http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p485/CaptainDarius/Blood%20Angels/th_IMGP6188_zpscadbaeed.jpg

I have next to zero modelling experience, but that doesn't look like too much...something OK to make my first attempt, anyway. Thank you.

 

And I have a metal Tigurius that I'm using now...let me tell you, the Ultramarines have some models I love, but they are all COVERED in the "U" logo. Too much effort to get those off of pewter.

Sevrin Loth from Forge World, greatest librarian model ever made...

I have to disagree, this was the greatest librarian ever laugh.png

Certainly the most brutal one I ever made.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/fatjazzer/new_librarian05.jpg

I used the Sanguinary Guard head that has a "Halo" around a normal Mark VII helmet as my Psychic Hood stand in. The rest of the bits are the Death Co./Sang Guard stuff, with a standard BA shoulder on one side. I also used "wings" painted in a ghostly-white color to represent the "wings of sanguinus" power Mephiston had since when I made the model power weapons all were the same.

 

I can't overstate how important it is just painting them blue sets them apart from the rest of the army. My guy wouldn't look any different from another veteran/artificer type of model if it wasn't for the blue and copper/gold making him look instantly recognizable as an HQ compared to the rest of the army that's red and black. If I was playing an Ultramaring army, maybe I'd need a "more librarian" look, but painting him blue and giving him a jump pack lets everyone know in a BA army he's a librarian.

Hey there, just as a quick bit - Your post prodded me into finally converting my black reach librarian and he is a lovely model to convert - heres a quick pic for further ideas :)

 

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/nurglespuss/IMAG2151-1-1_zps29f43ae7.jpg

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