AmCjkh Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I've been slowly building up my fully true scaled custom chapter, the Angels Revenant. I know the Angels Revenant are a fringe canon chapter, they were primarily referenced in IA:12 and noted for their obsession with the dead, religious zeal, crusading/space faring history, and a mysterious last stand against the Necrons. They are described as dark blue with bone pauldrons, and I chose to go with dark purple with cold grey pauldrons. Their canon symbol is a flaming skull, and as shown above mine is a merger of the two (shamelessly lifted from the 1999 game Starsiege). There is significant overlap between the motifs I use and what little canon is known about the Angels Revenant, so I chose to adopt their name for my own chapter. I so far have built and painted: 55 true scale power armor marines (tactical, assault, devastator, honor guard) 10 true scale scouts 10 true scale bikers 6 true scale terminators 9 true scale thunderwolf/juggernaut cavalry 3 extra tall centurions 1 extra tall imperial knight 1 nightbringer/angel hybrid 1 custom contemptor/deredeo dreadnought dreadnoughts, pods, armor pool, goodies, etc Every infantry model is built up with terminator legs, a custom sculpted shoulder pad, and re-sculpted torsos. Rule of cool is the most important rule to me, so that means true grit tacticals, chain glaives all over, eviscerators, chaos-based skull helms, punisher cannon dreadnoughts, and whatever creative posing I can come up with. The bikes and thunderwolves/juggernauts are designed such that the riders are also appropriately true scale. The knight has an extra leg segment added in for height, a left handed reaper chain glaive, and has LED lights wired into his eyes. I built a nightbringer/angel hybrid model that I haven't yet decided a use for, he's a bit big to be a jump pack captain. My chapter banner is entirely sculpted and the honor guard wear necron-inspired skull helmets and armor. All the bases and vehicles are magnetized so I can use a magnetic case. The pods have magnetic doors to allow them to open and close. I have nothing against airbrushing, but I really like the crisp, clean, edge-highlighted old 'Eavy Metal style so this entire army has been painted with a brush. I've put many years into this army and it truly is a labor of love, you can tell how much it means to me! Without further ado, here they are! I know nothing about photography so I apologize, I would appreciate any advice you guys have on that front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Very cool :tu: Some close-ups would be appreciated. Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmCjkh Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Here's a few close ups with size comparisons. From left to right that's my honor guard champion, standard bearer, captain, terminator captain, cypher, and regular tactical marine interspersed with some regular sized marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Looking great. Do you have some close-ups of your "juggernaut cavalry"? A tutorial for making them would also be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhalLeNoir Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Woah....awesome stuff. Do you have Tutorials on your true scales? And i like the use of necron bits. Great idea here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmCjkh Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Unfortunately I don't have extensive progress pictures, but I can recount my process. My technique was very similar to this tutorial by a fellow named Lamenter except I kept the hip plates and used terminator arms. I felt that power armor arms take too much work and look too short. Also I used chaos backpacks because I think the profile fits marines of this stature better than conventional loyalist backpacks. A few more pictures to from more angles to get a sense of what that looks like. I used custom sculpted right shoulder pads, which I casted using Blu Stuff and press molded from green stuff en-mass. The credit for this process comes from the From The Warp blog, namely sculpting and casting. I then just expanded to grey knight terminator legs, exotic weaponry, and creative posing. On that front I drew inspiration from Veteran Sergeant, Sh0sen, the_balloon_dog, and countless others since lost in the Warp (Internet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna707 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Wow! It's very rare to see a whole true scale contingent executed with such consistency. Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Most impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 The sheer scope of the project is really staggering, and there are so many cool conversions -- excellent use of Necron parts, and that Cypher is really something else! All in all, it's a really, really impressive army, and you should be proud of yourself! If I have one small gripe with this otherwise brilliant collection, it's that I think the army would really have profited from a contrasting basing scheme, as the models are looking slightly too monochromatic on those grey bases, and I think a contrasting colour (and maybe a slightly less tidy base design) would have made the whole army even more stunning. Anyway, fantastic work! Thanks for sharing! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I have to admit, I was kind of looking forward to seeing the official Angels Revenant heraldry and colours. BUT these guys are so amazing that I don't mind at all :D Really incredible work on the truescaling and the colour scheme is well done, looks overall really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undeadsoldier Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Wow truly inspiring stuff. Any possibility of a quick tutorial? Some of the stuff on that blog seems like it is a bit tedious such as beefing up the chest plates. Maybe molding them would be quicker. I really want to do this now though it looks so great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmCjkh Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Thank you all for the kind words! I'm working on writing up some steps for my true scale and my juggernaut cavalry, and next time I make any more marines I'll document the process. KrautScientist, I really appreciate it because your blog has been a huge inspiration to me before. I looked up your juggernaut posts for modeling inspiration and I'm brainstorming some scions/henchmen designed like these guys. I'm amazed at how productive you've been with creative content over all these years! I agree with you on the basing, when I first started this army years ago I went with grey tone simplistic bases and I've stuck with that since, to maintain army coherency and for lack of a better idea. I'm also not confident with weathering and battle damage, hence the clean style. What do you think I could try? GrandMagnus, to be honest I only stumbled on the Angels Revenant years after committing to this scheme and motif, and fortunately they mostly fit. It's definitely a slant rhyme sort of thing though. Loose canon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 GrandMagnus, to be honest I only stumbled on the Angels Revenant years after committing to this scheme and motif, and fortunately they mostly fit. It's definitely a slant rhyme sort of thing though. Loose canon? Hah, that gave me a good laugh. Yeah, I mean I like fluff but when it comes to small chapters that have only appeared in a single book and aren't that well known it's not like I have anything against changes being added. I know I myself am guilty of it :P Still your guys look great, I was just looking through the images again and those scout conversions are really something,I see quite a lot of work put into them, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemainus Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 These guys are nuts. I'm especially a fan of all the chain glaives. Those guys don't look like they take :cuss from anyone, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Sefiel Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Top quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MordentHex Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 wow awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakur Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Preeeetty damn amazing. For a whole host of reasons. You should be very proud, this is a great achievement so far :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavianCool Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 These are amazing. I can't believe you truescaled and converted an enitre army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBoiKyknos Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Those look interesting. Might have to come back for a second look. Are you aware that were is an "Angels Revenant" in the lore (though currently deceased)? (---> http://wh40k-de.lexicanum.com/wiki/Angels_Revenant ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakur Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Those look interesting. Might have to come back for a second look. Are you aware that were is an "Angels Revenant" in the lore (though currently deceased)? (---> http://wh40k-de.lexicanum.com/wiki/Angels_Revenant ) He literally talks about exactly this in the very first main paragraph of the thread =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBoiKyknos Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Oh! Sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratboy1664 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 One of the best armies on the site, you should be very proud sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainStabby Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Wow, those are amazing. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graymane Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Outstanding work! Very fine quality building and painting and overall an amazing effort. Thoroughly impressed! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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