Ravenwing

[The Pounder]

I’m planning on adding a unit of Outriders with Plasmaguns to my Dark Angels.

 

I’ll be using Ravenwing Black Knigts from the 40K range.

 

 The question I need answered is how do I go about it?
 

What shall I arm the Sergeant with? 
 

Am I right that I can’t give them a banner? Or an Apothecary?
 

It’s mainly for a painting project so it doesn’t have to be top level competitive but I’d like it to be lore accurate and useable.

 

Please help, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Shard of Magnus]

No option for banner or apothecary in 3.0 aside from adding command characters. You could use two as a mounted herald and mounted primus medicae. Does require using multiple boxes to have enough outriders unfortunately.

 

For the sergeant I would go with Corvus hammer (I love the look) and use it as either a power maul or thunder hammer in game.

 

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 08:28 PM by Shard of Magnus
Fixing typo

[SlickSamos]

I put the Black Knights' Plasma Guns on regular old bikes and put their Bolters on the Black Knights' bikes to make a Command Squad plus Specialists (Apothecary & Librarian) as the sculpts and parts are too nice to waste on regular Marines!

 

Also second hand bikes are quite cheap so striping and swapping parts around would let you build a Command Squad as well as Plasma Outriders.  I think for running them no upgrades except vox and auspex is probably the way to go!  

 

6 Plasma Outriders!

One of them has an Auspex but it's not in the picture, I do need to give them a Vox though...

 

Command Squad and Specialists:

 

[The Pounder]

Thank you both very much.

 

Thats exactly what I was looking for!

 

I have 6 total and I’d like to make a single squadron I think.

 

Could I use a Thunder Hammer for the Sergeant? Or is that reserved for Command?

[SlickSamos]

In 3rd edition Sergeants only have one attack, so I personally wouldn't upgrade him.  But if I'd built them in 2nd edition I would've probably given him a Power Lance or Corvus Hammer (as a Power Maul).  By the time I finish it'll be 4th edition so who knows what the right choice is 

[The Pounder]

I’m hoping to get all my Dark Angels done by September!

 

So I won’t upgrade the Serg, what is his default weapon?

[Shard of Magnus]

Chainsword is the default.

That’s a great point on the attacks for the outrider squad. I have used the praetorian command squad version when I’ve tried them because they have 3+ attacks and the 2+ save. But I wasn’t using plasmas either as my intent was to get them in to close combat.