Hello bunnies!!
I hope that you are all well and that the Gods of painting and gaming are favouring you lol
Today I wanted to take a closer look at one of my completed Raven Guard units, the Dark Furies!
When I first played with these (admittedly with their old rules) I was tremendously underwhelmed with them. The new Red Book has given them a new lease of life though by giving them Raven's Talons as standard.
So, not only are they highly mobile, they sting like a bitch on any turn they charge! With buffs to strength (through legion traits - Furious Assault), initiative, master-crafted, rend, shred and 4 attacks, these really become a nightmare for heavier Mechanicum units and Elites!
My favourite 2 stories for them came during Throne of Skulls 2016. First was in my second game where they charged and decimated Michaels Castellax - a unit which was terrifying me! - and then in my third game where they charged Curze and some Raptors. Kyle rolled some great dice and both units disappeared leaving Curze as the sole survivor with 3 wounds remaining. Truly a game changing unit if they get to combat. Just wish they had artificer armour lol.
The models themselves are beautifully designed but I think some of the poses look a bit clumsy...the shoulder pads and helmets are my favourite part of the design. I would like to buy some more in the future to kitbash into an Assault Squad (if anyone has 10 pairs of MKVI assault arms let me know lol). It would also be kinda cool if they were scoring but I can understand that isn't their role and why there are fewer units in 30k that can claim objectives.
They are good to be run in groups of 10...so why wouldn't you? Go buy some now lol! I will be plonking my Praetor with them for most battles (he has a jump pack so he can keep up!) too to make them even more killy.
What do you all think of the Dark Furies? How do you run yours? Is there anything I have missed in my rundown which is worth mentioning?
Until next time, stay fluffy!
Kaelo
Great work! I have been in a dilemma with my bases. And working with black armour myself I really like the contrast of your bases. What material/paints do you use ?
ReplyDeleteIt's just gravel with some extra slightly bigger stones in it.
DeletePaint black
Drybrush Dryad Bark
Slightly lighter Drybrush with Gothor Brown
Slightly lighter again with Baneblade Brown
Light Drybrush over the slightly bigger stones with Karak stone.
Nice and easy. It also looks good if you get it over the boots/shins slightly as it make them look weathered.
Hope this helps!
Looking good Brother. What you planning for the Raven Guard next?
ReplyDeleteI'm not for the moment. I have a few more units to show but after that (and a small 30k break) I will be cracking on with Ultramarines. Eventually I will come back to RG, probably to add an assault squad and some Seekers.
DeleteAnd finish the Jetbikes I have started. Plus some more HQs.
DeleteAmazing work. But I gotta say seeing these pictures makes me wanna play 40k outside lol.
ReplyDeleteIt was such a nice day. I probably wouldn't have had the resin models out there much longer though lol
DeleteGotta say these guys Kaelo never feared me when I first played against them but infiltrating my bots was a bad move and getting hit by your charge was amazing to witness the brutality - Michael
ReplyDeleteI was also impressed by the destructive power of your Kakophoni. They were mental lol!
DeleteThey're so good and capture the 3rd company feel but not happy with the paint job so it's back to the airbrushing the next lot and going for a fluent infiltrating and moving force of troops tooled up.
ReplyDeleteNo vehicles in 3k mwahaha