Ravenwing progress

Yesterday Zac and I made our pilgrimage to Dwayne's World. We were both blown away by the sheer majesty of the new hobby shop and eager to buy new toys. Afterwards, we were both pumped up to work on our models. So this morning I'd like to show you a peek at what i've been working on.

Ravenwing In Progress

All this unpainted plastic got me thinking though, "Wouldn't it be awesome if all of it was painted?" Well the obvious answer is "of course." So Zac and I are planning on doing a paint jam! Thats right, we're gonna shift this shit into high gear and crank through all of it as fast as possible very soon. We're still finalising the plans. Keep an eye out for more pictures! 

"Your orders are quite clear!"

The Deathwing!

Well they're finally done, and and they say a picture is worth a thousand words. So let's take a look!

Deathwing Knights

Deathwing Close Ups

A few of my favorites

Keep an eye out for your retribution heretic!

Stay tuned for more as it comes, Cya!

The Deathwing

In my last post I mentioned how I was painting the last member of the deathwing command squad and gave you a little teaser with my Converted Apothecary. Well, i've finally finished the squad. Now that the glue is dry, it's time to show them off!

Somebody say Cypher?!

Not all the terminators are done yet, but those that are look good! Once I get those Deathwing Knights painted up I'll have all the terminators done. I can't wait to play with these guys!

Converted Deathwing Command Squad

So here's a closer look. Finished not even an hour ago. Entirely converted from the Dark Vengeance and Command Squad kit. The banner was really fun to paint, and I really like how my Champion turned out.

Deathwing Terminators

Here is a closer view of the regular Dark Vengeance Terminators in case you forgot what they look like unmodified.

 Cypher and Interrogator Chaplain

For those of you with a keen eye, you may have spotted cypher in that first picture hiding amongst the Deathwing. Here is a closer shot of him and his hunter, my Interrogator Chaplain.

Well, that'll do it for this update. Keep an eye out for more to come.

Conversions

I've always like conversions. They are a subtle way to add a bit of unique flavor into your minis. So today I think I will show off some of mine.

 Captain Sicarius Iron Halo Conversion

The banner on this guy was really poorly painted and made me cringe every time I looked at it. So what better way to fix that than to clip the dumb thing off? Plus, he fits a lot better in the travel case now.

 Assault On Black Reach Captain Conversion

This model was actually a repaint as well. Once I had all the paint stripped off, I figured I might as well add a helmet and change his backpack.

Space Marine Librarian Helmet Conversion

Terminator Librarian Storm Shield Conversion

Simply adding a helmet or modifying the wargear to make your model wysiwyg is a great way to start converting your models.

Red Corsair Plasma Gun Mutation Conversion

Obliterator Terminator Helmet Conversion

Now I can't honestly take credit for these two conversions, but that plasma gun arm is pretty sick. And hey, if you have a spare terminator helmet laying around, look how good it looks on the obliterator!

Havoc Launcher Conversion

Now I do love to magnetize my weapon options, so this conversion was done to make my rhino options wysiwyg. Plus, since it's magnetized, it even swivels around!

Dark Vengeance Apothecary Conversion

So since Dark Vengeance terminators are so abundant at the moment, I decided to take advantage of the cheap offers on ebay and buy too many. Since I also managed to acquire some Deathwing Knights via a friend, I had the spare bits left over to make an entire command squad. I'm actually painting up the last member of the command squad at the moment. (keep an eye out for that update.) Anyway, look what can be achieved from just swapping a few arms around!

Grey Knight Space Marine Librarian Conversion

This last one was done by my friend Corey. It is a custom librarian made from a grey knights kit! What a great idea! This certainly gives you a lot of options for modeling wargear. I may just make my own librarian in the future.

Anywho that's all for now.

The Dawn of The Obsidian Tower

So I've never been a super big fan of writing long lengthy paragraphs. Which you might find ironic since I've decided to start a blog. So setting that aside, I aim to mostly post pictures on here and keep the updates short and sweet for anyone curious what I may be working on. At the moment I am working on an entirely new army!

 That's right, Dark Angels.

For those of you who don't know, I have a boatload of Ultramarines and Red Corsairs. Hopefully soon I will count the Dark Angels among my ranks. Heretics, Loyalists, and everything inbetween! (Sorry Dark Angel fans.) You could say, at this point, I have a raging hard on for space marines. And you would be right. So to Justify buying what is essentially more space marines, I had to go for what made the Dark Angels Unique from other chapters. Those sweet terminators! Unfortunately, you can't really make an army of Terminators work very well, so I had to throw some bikes in there. Luckily Ravenwing are some of the best bikers in 40k, so i'll happily throw them in the mix. 

Currently I'm about halfway through the assembly and painting process on my new army. So it will be a while before they hit the board. (I personally prefer to only play with painted models.) But i'll keep you posted when I make some progress. Well, I guess that does it for my first post. See ya next time!

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