Uginius Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Greetings, protectors of the humankind all over the Imperium! I'm a tabletop gamer in South Korea, recently got into building some Raven Guard stuffs. Originally I was a xenos player, but I'd been always an enthusiast of RG for every aspect of them. I was expressing those enthusiasm only by playing RG marine in Deathwatch TRPG, but suddenly Kauyon supplement came out, and I was stunned by bunch of awesome formations, relics, etc.... So I immediately planned to build an army in accord with the chapter organization chart in the book. 3rd company, in command of that infamous Shadow Captain Shrike, was the most revealed company to me, so that it would be easier for me to build a fluffy army. But I wanted to make a captain free from equipment issues, so decided to handle with Aajz Solari. Only little was known of him, but his fluff information of the internet and his company nickname(The Shadowborne) got me crush onto it. Therefore I decided to made a Talon Strike Force, consists of his Pinion Battle-Demi Company and some other support things(I'm considering Bladewing, Raptor Wing, and Shadow Force). So It would be Aajz himself, 3 Tactical squads, an Assault squad, a Devastator squad, variable amount of Scout squads, plus something extra. Because of my circumstantial restriction, which is a mandatory military service, my working speed on assembly and painting is seriously slow. Thus, I no only finished painting some of Tactical marines, Vanguards, and a prototype model of Aajz. Take a look. First off, Vanguards. These models were assembled when I was first got into the RG, so mostly they are being a little bit reckless with their melee armaments, and some embellishments. I'm planning to build some more of them using forge world upgrade kits, so that they could be more like RG marines. Aajz here, is a little bit messy with unnecessary embellishments, mainly because I had no idea how to do a conversion with a Space marine model assembling this. That's why I call it a prototype, probably will be replaced with more exquisitely conversed model. I feel sorry for those RG bits used decorating him, but also I'm not satisfied with this crude form, so I will make a more dynamic and tall-shaped Aajz someday. Here are my first Tactical squad models. I will later on paint some squad numbers on their left kneepad, varying from 4 to 6. I mainly focused on practicing how to highlight black miniatures, and to freehand paint the RG symbol. I feel glad at the results got out, so I maybe will paint 20 more models quite in the same way I did. Curruntly I'm assembling Dev, Assault and 2 more Tactical squad for TSF, so please look forward to my results later on. Happy wargaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhalLeNoir Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I am a big fan. Shading. Black. White. All is far above standard. Only your bases are a bit....dull;) Oh and 안영 :) (For non korean speakers: I greeted him. Means something like "hello") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobrakei Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I love a well painted Raven Guard army. Kudos :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Lovely work all round! Nice conversions with some interesting poses coupled with some lovely painting, really like the blue eye lenses and the white you achieved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Great looking Ravens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphariusOmegon108 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 How did you paint those? That is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I agree with the above statements. Beautifully painted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Excellent work so far! I have problems with painting black on anything other than shoulder pad rims and boltgun casings. If you have the time, I'd really appreciate having some info on how you paint your black Then again, having done military service myself, I know only too well that having time isn't necessarily the main issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrieker Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Great job, what is your recipe for black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amayasu Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 These are great. You know when you think you're doing well with your own Ravens, and then you see someone else's Ravens, and then you realise your own Ravens aren't quite what you thought they were, and the other guy's Ravens are just that notch above your own? I do. Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 I am a big fan. Shading. Black. White. All is far above standard. Only your bases are a bit....dull;) Oh and 안영 (For non korean speakers: I greeted him. Means something like "hello") 안녕! I trying some basings too but, I think, I'm not used to it yet. Hope I can achieve some ornate basing skills someday. Great job, what is your recipe for black? Primed them with Chaos Black spray, and basecoated all over them with 1:1 mix of Abbadon Black + Eshin Grey, avoiding the recesses. I highlighted the raised areas starting from Eshin Grey to Dawnstone, diluting the pigment about 1:1 with water. Final highlights for edges I used Administratum Grey, also used for scratches. Excellent work so far! I have problems with painting black on anything other than shoulder pad rims and boltgun casings. If you have the time, I'd really appreciate having some info on how you paint your black Then again, having done military service myself, I know only too well that having time isn't necessarily the main issue Recipe is the same as above, but the point is diluting the paint to the level of a little bit thin condensed milk, and using the brush to draw lines countless times to get smooth transition between the layers. These are great. You know when you think you're doing well with your own Ravens, and then you see someone else's Ravens, and then you realise your own Ravens aren't quite what you thought they were, and the other guy's Ravens are just that notch above your own? I do. Now. Well, I saw your Iron Shroud WIP posts, and those could be very useful references for me when painting my vehicles. Those ravenwings painted on the Stormtalon's wings are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Assembled and painted some Assault marines. Awesome sculpts, feel sad that Vanguard Vets didn't get such dynamic poses. * There were some issues in image links when I last uploaded this post, however they now work normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 They are a bit too much on the grey side for my taste, but the precision with which you yield your brush is quite astounding. Great work; I look forward to seeing more. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Finally got the Blood Angels Chaplain kit, for my new captain and chaplain model. I'll use left leg part of it for captain, and rest of it for chaplain. Painting some Scout bikes nowdays, which will be used for locator beacon shuttle and Outflank conveyers(thanks for the Wayfinders SR of the Pinion formation). Sadly, it is a drudgery for me to paint these flat, non-infantry models, so they might be painted only as the tabletop standard. ...And a lot more to go. They are a bit too much on the grey side for my taste, but the precision with which you yield your brush is quite astounding. Great work; I look forward to seeing more. Thanks! Well, what you're saying is totally true, because I'm trying to paint those models dirty-greyish, rather than ordinary black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 yay updates! love the progress you've made on these. I missed the last update you did, the assault marine is very nice (albeit a little greyer than some of your others?) Scout bikes are looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Look Great to me, by the way I like the Gray . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Raven Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I love how you shaded the black and the white. Good freehand too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 yay updates! love the progress you've made on these. I missed the last update you did, the assault marine is very nice (albeit a little greyer than some of your others?) Scout bikes are looking good Thanks! Think I'm going to keep practicing how to get certain balance between grey and black shade. Look Great to me, by the way I like the Gray . Thank you! Glad you like it. I love how you shaded the black and the white. Good freehand too. It was frustrating to paint white on black, and then trimming them again with black... By the way thank you for recognizing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Additional assault marines, prepared to be painted. I tried posing the sergeant into pseudo-Corax dynamics, however it didn't worked out well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Some painting WIP updates! Life happened... so I couldn't afford my time to paint my ravens :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy Matt Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 These guys are incredible. There's so much depth to their armour. I'll be following this closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Another update! I'm painting my Van. vets, and I have 13 more to assemble. These are just 7 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uginius Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 And my beloved captain, Aajz Solari. I built him once, but I wasn't satisfied with my conversion, so I mutilated him and made him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy Matt Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Awesome. I particularly like the skin on the fourth vanguard down. That's how Raven Guard should look, not just kinda pale dudes. Your Solari is a very dynamic conversion too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Nice, I know it's hard to get those Vanguard claws into poses that make sense. The re-working of the Captain is great, really dynamic. Not GW 'dynamic' either, actual genuine motion dynamic. Kudos to you, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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