Leading the hunt - Ravenwing project for 2016

[Hexagon Sun]

Soooo... I started Dark Angels again when I first got back into the hobby at the end of 5th edition and then decided to collect Grey Knights until the new codex came out. Unfortunately I didn't stop buying stuff in the meantime, so i'm now sitting on a mountain of plastic which I decided I should finally do something about. I thought that i'd try a Ravenwing army first as it'll make a nice change from footslogging Grey Knights and it's a very different playstyle. I'll get onto the Deathwing and a battle company at a later date hopefully. Luckily I stocked up on a couple of battleforces and got another 10-11 bikes off a friend that I could strip and break apart so there's no shortage of bits.

 

I've been looking at a few conversions and started a librarian on a bike based on Turmiel and the DV sergeant. He's pretty standard, but I need to break out the greenstuff to fill some gaps. Since I used the sergeants right arm I want to try sculpting the horned skull back onto the shoulder pad too. I also want to add some cabling from the bionic arm into the sword.

 

http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o551/hexagonsun1/Dark%20Angels/Ravenwing/libby_wip_1_zps8xd3vqsc.jpg

 

Attack bike and Black Knights, there's another 3 almost built too. I've put the attack bike on an 80mm base and it fits perfectly as I didn't want the overhang you get on a 60mm.

 

http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o551/hexagonsun1/Dark%20Angels/Ravenwing/bk_ab_wip_1_zpsammk21xi.jpg

 

Bike squad with magnetised special weapons. I've got the other three almost built and I need one more grav gun so I can magnetise those up too.

 

http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o551/hexagonsun1/Dark%20Angels/Ravenwing/ras_wip_1_zps0gsaeymo.jpg

 

This is my 2016 project so I'll probably be making fairly sporadic updates as and when I get time to work on them. Still in the pile is the following:

 

Sammael

Black Knight standard bearer and apothecary

Land speeder vengeance / Dark shroud (magnetised but crew aren't totally built)

Nephilim / Dark Talon (mostly built but needing magnets)

2 more bike squads

2 more attack bikes

3-4 Land Speeders (2 built and needing magnets, one is a salvage job so I need to pillage some more bits)

 

I think my plan will be to finish the librarian, get the bases done, undercoat everything and then paint a test as i've got a spare biker. More updates to follow fiarly soon I hope.

[cretacianborn]

Looking good mate. This makes me want to get started on my Ravenwing, alas I still have 90+ Marines to model and paint...

 

I just took a peek at your Grey Knights too, inspiring stuff!

[Hexagon Sun]

Thanks, It's nice to move onto something else as i'm sick of the sight of silver!

 

Made some more progress, finished building 3 more Black Knights and the rest of the attack squad. Just noticed I need to drill out the grenade launcher, photos are quite useful sometimes...

 

http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o551/hexagonsun1/Dark%20Angels/Ravenwing/bk_ras_wip_1_zps8d7w6xpo.jpg

[Dosjetka]

Is there any chance you would be willing to share details about how you cut up Turmiel and put him on a bike? I'd like to do a similar conversion and am not too sure where to start. Also, looking forward to seeing more of your Dark Angels. :)

[Hexagon Sun]

No worries, I basically watching this tutorial and then did my own amendments.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnozkqHSKlw

 

I used the DV sergeants arm so he's got one hand on the handlebars and a different left arm, but the rest is more or less as that video. I need to do some greenstuffing to fill in gaps around the right arm and torso as it's not the most precise fit. There's a few bits you can trim down on the waist/legs to get a better fit, but it's just a case of trying it yourself as I was on for at least half an hour trimming it down and testing it again.

 

I would take some photos but it's quite hard to get it to see it once it's been glued!