On the Workbench [ September] - Ravenwing!

 

Greetings and welcome back.  Today I'm sharing my first project of the 2023/24 Hobby Season - a fully loaded Ravenwing Outrider squad w/Primaris Chaplain on Bike.  I plan to complete the Invader ATV and the Chaplain in September with the rest of the bikes to follow after DreadTober.  But we'll see where this ultimately ends up.

These push fit models can be easy to separate into sub-assemblies for painting.  I'm otherwise gluing the models together for stability.  I like that the weapons come complete and can easily be swapped in and out with out even using magnets.

Everything assembles smoothly.

And the ATV has been bling-ed out by the Ravenwing.  You might have noticed in the other pics that I also used heads form the Ravenwing Black knights kit for the crew. Painted up, the Invader and crew should look suitably Ravenwing.

I'm looking forward to painting this Chaplain.  A very cool model for the Ravenwing!  I bling-ed out the front fork with Ravenwing icons and put a banner pole on the black as I did with my first Outrider squad.  With an appropriate paint job, this fella should look the part.

An extra purity seal or too seals the deal.

I picked up extra bikes back along on eBay and was surprised that I had six and not three in the bag.  Memory is one of the first things to go with age, I guess.  The static poses leave these guys looking somewhat redundant.  However, I decided not to make that a thing with this squad.  Certainly I could go in with some scratch building techniques and make some changes, but I just don't thing its worth the time for this squad.  The current datasheet allows for a full squad in 10th to have six bikes and an ATV, so that's how this unit will roll.  The chaplain then joins this squad for support or, or my first painted squad of three as a body guard. Like the Chaplain, these outriders got upgraded with banner poles and Ravenwing icons.

And everyone gets the same base treatment, or course, to match my existing collection. For new readers, this is just a good coat of wood glue and a quick dunk into a bin of mixed size model railroad ballast.  I bought two bags of this stuff (fine and medium grit) back in the mid-to-late 90s (yes, no kidding!) and I'm about half way through it. It has been the exclusive battlefield ground cover for my Dark Angels since 4th edition. 😁

And with that, I'll close for today.  Check back later to see progress on the painting.  The plan is to tackle the Invader ATV and the Chaplain first, and I already have a squad of three painted Ravenwing Outriders.  Sometime later in the season I'll tackle the remaining bikes - maybe for Squaduary?  We'll see...

Cheers and Happy Gaming!