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The Raven or the Fox? Picking a Legion...


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I would lean toward the Scars, given the choices in the OP, although both ideas are excellent. The only thing that would make me consider the Raven Guard option above the Scar option is that the RG will be getting a lot of love from the next FW HH book, Massacre, whereas we'll be waiting for ever until the Scars book comes out.

 

Having said that, I do always feel a little sad for the Terrans, as they do often seem to get sidelined once the Primarch is found....so perhaps the Raven Guard choice is better.....

 

Ho hum, I'm not being very helpful....so I'll say go with mainly Scars, but with a Raven Guard element of Terrans who survived the Drop Site...

Grimdarkness, on 16 Jun 2013 - 17:04, said:snapback.png

The

raven guard are often described as having native american feature's or

at least corax was iirc so why not do the scar's idea with the raven

gaurd just an idea.

If not I vote scar's.

Where the hell they picked up that aspect is beyond me though, except

that they have the name "raven". I always related the original RG

Legion to more Germanic leanings, only going all stealthy when they were

crippled. Even so, I want Terrans, and the more native aspects would

have appeared later. Also, I want something unique to my army, so simply

making an army with an aesthetic that many already apply to that army

would be a bit boring to me. In any case, I'll take that as a Scars

vote, thanks!

Yeah I really should re read the first post before replying. Besides the germanic people had load's of "tribes" rolleyes.gif

put me down for a mix vote: make one the parent army, and bring in a squad or two of the other.

this way you can have your cake and eat it.

WLK

Alrighty then, a split vote it is, thanks.

Wow, white scars are really taking the lead.

Well, yeah. Imagine Touch-The-Clouds in power armour...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Touch_the_Clouds_1877a.jpg

I vote Scars but I am biased because of my Lakota Sioux ancestry.

How will you play them? Rules-wise.

Háu, kȟolá. A Sioux in Japan....there must be a very interesting story there, or you or your family are in the service. :)

Rules-wise, I'm not entirely sure yet. I'd like to keep them on foot, and I'm building them to act as a zone mortalis / boarding action group. Basically, they are to confined spaces as the rest of the Scars Legion are to open plains: absolute murder. Coincidently, I'm making a interiour ship board for gaming as we speak...

I'm an avid fan of anything RG/Corax related....but I think the White Scars idea is a better one and will look phenomenal!

You seem more motivated towards it as well, so you'll enjoy it more I think.

Scars it is, thanks!

I would lean toward the Scars, given the choices in the OP, although both ideas are excellent. The only thing that would make me consider the Raven Guard option above the Scar option is that the RG will be getting a lot of love from the next FW HH book, Massacre, whereas we'll be waiting for ever until the Scars book comes out.

Having said that, I do always feel a little sad for the Terrans, as they do often seem to get sidelined once the Primarch is found....so perhaps the Raven Guard choice is better.....

Ho hum, I'm not being very helpful....so I'll say go with mainly Scars, but with a Raven Guard element of Terrans who survived the Drop Site...

I can wait til book 3 or 4 anyway. The Raven Guard get more love in general, so it's alright.

I suggest the nevermore option wink.png

A vote for the Raven Guard. Thank you!

I am actually old enough to remember those stories coming out, lol.

Agreed, though; the pairing of the two cultures never felt right, and

I'm kinda glad that it quietly died out. Funny you mention shamanism, I

have some great ideas for that. Vote added, and thank you.

Yes, Native American Dark Angels did not mesh well with the Dark Angel's overall  theme. It was more "what the fu**" than "whoah that's cool".

 

May I suggest a Magua Khan

 

http://fysheroes.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/magua3.jpg

 

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/4/47262/3114871-magua.jpg

Alright, with such a strong lead, I'm going to call the vote complete, in favor of the White Scars Legion, Fox Brotherhood. The Raven Guard will make an appearance, though, alongside possibly one or two Salamanders, survivors / refugees of Istvaan. How exactly they will be used, I am unsure of yet, but they will definetly be there. I'll start hammering out a test mini over the next few days, and will start a new thread down in the WIP when he's ready. Thank you all for your help and support.

For the Survivors, maybe one of the "rear echelon" units(no, not the rear echelon, just the guys who sort of play rear guard) like a tank/artillery crew(RG playing with an artillery piece would be rather unique) or maybe something like a Breacher squad to show that they might be down, but they're still more than willing to get their hands dirty.

I love both ideas, but have to choose the White Scars, there just isn't enough of them about. But, why not indulge yourself? Why not have an allied force? The black and white contrast would look fantastic on the table top.

 

Cheers,

Jono

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Terran Raven Guard.

 

I see it less as them being naive, and more that the cloak is there to distinguish who the commander is, since the Raven Guard tend not to show off as much. Sort of a concession on their part, pretty much the opposite of the Alpha Legion.

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