Blood Ravens - Dark Vengeance in BR colours 22/03/13

[Rob_Loken]

Hiya everyone,

 

Whilst I'm waiting for my funds to recharge  so I can carry on with my pre-heresy stuff, I thought I'd paint up the marines from the Dark Vengeance set. I love the models but I'm not great at painting all bone white armour. So, I decided I'd paint them up as some Blood Ravens. I'm not crazily keen on their fluff but I do like the colour scheme. I also had a spare Master of the Chapter lying around so with a bit of converting I thought I'd donate him to the chapter.

 

Anyway, on to the pics.

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/01a5ae0d-2439-4889-8071-9b76f0c6612b_zpse3b3d8c3.jpg

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/94f8d499-cb01-447a-a3c8-1370d653859c_zps1834ae3b.jpg

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Rob

[The Yncarne]

Looking good so far.

 

Since you aren't painting bone, what are you using for the shoulder pads?

[Rob_Loken]

Cheers mate, for the bone I'm starting with a base of XV25 ( I think that's it ) and then slowly mixing in Ushabti Bone until I've got pure bone. It takes a lot of layers to get it, hence why I don't want to do a whole mini haha. For highlighting I add a bit of Ceramite white to Ushabti bone and Bobs your Uncle, as they say.

[War Angel]

Nice looking, great models too! And the captain has a spear at that!!!!

 

I like you're kit bash, are you telling me those awesome legs are in the dark vengeance box???

[miniaturepainter]

The terminators legs are and I believe the captain with the spear is the 3rd or 4th captain from the space marine captains box, leader of scouts or initiate or something.... :-)

But yeah awesome work! Blood Ravens fits nicely with the feathers and all.

[Rob_Loken]

Yep the terminator is a stock Dark Vengeance model with zero conversions. The sculpts are great. Almost as good as the Space Hulk ones, but not quite.

[The Yncarne]

Thanks for the color rundown. I've not used the 'new' colors. Seems like Ushabti is the new Bone.

[Rob_Loken]

Yeah I think it is. In fact I'm pretty sure they just changed the name and that's all haha. The XV28 or whatever it is is like a foundation version of snakebite leather which is awesome.

[deathspectersgt7]

Really dig the capt converstion

[Rob_Loken]

Cheers mate, I'me quite pleased with him considering he was just a knock about.

 

Did a wee bit more on the Terminator tonight. Not as much as I'd like but at least I've got something done. I went with a red power fist as I thought it looked better than adding more bone, and I thought black is represented enough on the ropes and feathers.

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/eabe7489-97f6-42e6-bfa0-eea63ddf599b_zps5e04ad74.jpg

[BKZer0]

Very very sharp. I like them alot. You have convinced me to do white helmets on my terminators.

[MagicMan]

Great idea, being able to leave the feathers and etc on the terminators. Looking forward to seeing how these come along.

[Rob_Loken]

Thanks for the kind word brothers. I've done a bit more on him tonight. I'd say he's 99% finished, just needs a few touch ups on the feathers and lens and maybe a few highlights to the gold.

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/e9985a21-8a8f-4a25-b1ca-23cce2037355_zps89216c81.jpg

[Rob_Loken]

Well, I'd say he's about as finished as he'll ever be. Really enjoyed painting this guy. Next up is the Librarian and to finish off the force commander.

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/a5a2e6ad-ea14-46f7-8d1f-38d169da27a3_zps113ff3ca.jpg

[MagicMan]

Looks great mate. I'd say the only thing letting him down is the base. Seems a shame to just have glued sand on there after all the effort you've spent on the model.

[Rob_Loken]

Yeah I might take him off that and do some sort of ice world, like Aurelia. I don't think sand and bright green grass goes together, unless he's in a well looked after garden.

[MagicMan]

I used to just glue sand on, but i can say that painted sand looks a lot better. It sounds silly, but painting sand to look like a desert, looks more realistic than just gluing sand on. :P 

[Rob_Loken]

Oh aye couldn't agree more sir. I shall return to his base before long with a much better look.

 

I've been working on the commander. I started trying NMM but as I was just "winging it", it's not come out very well. So I've stopped and now I've decided to practice a bit more on NMM before carrying on.

 

Here's the commander with his NMM ;

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/B57134BF-A3B9-4852-B280-51ED1B4815F8-440-000001349691BC47_zpse0ce1a61.jpg

 

its a bit meh.

 

and here's a Rune Priest I gave it a go on today ;

 

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae63/Astartes_Loken/94D7BA77-B3EB-40AC-A3E4-65F6EF8AAB50-440-0000013489BE84DB_zps9f881d92.jpg

 

I'm sure you'll agree, there's a bit of a difference. My dilemma now though is, do I forget the NMM on the commander and use normal metallic, or do I restart.

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[reckoning]

Amazing work on both the Blood Ravens and the NMM.

[BoogeyMan^]

You have great skills, keep it up!

[Finn]

The red is great, very vibrant. However, I'd highlight it some more with Blazing orange/Fiery Orange. But possibly it's just me :)