Raven Guard Plans

Hey Everyone,

So as promised we are going to go over a few of the plans for my newer legion and also some other side projects that will be going on. This one will just be covering the modeling aspect and some of the initial goals I have for the legion.

The Fleet

So this is going to be the tough part but even if they don’t see use, I really want to, is have each force I build have a small fleet that could transport them. This is of course going to get harder since most of its out of print but I do have a few ships I can repaint from my collection and ebay is going to be my friend. Now I have idea that not only will build the ravens up but also expand the Luna Wolves Fleet.

For the Luna wolves, if this goes through, is going to get a few more escorts as well as a few capital ships. For the escorts am going to try and get 6 cobra class destroyers to give the fleet some punch. In addition to this the capital ships are going to get both a strike cruiser and a battle barge to really increase the fire power. Hoping that not only will this make sense from a narrative point but also make the fleet a bit stronger and flexible in game play. If this all goes well we should see the Luna Wolves Fleet being a fun crusade fleet.

The Ravens are not being ignored though and will be getting some ships.  The fleet it going to be built around a single strike cruiser since the Raven Guard will be a small detachment. In addition to this they will have 3 cobras which are enough to escort the strike cruiser as well as have a single recon ship. I think this will work since for me I'm going to be building, at most, a company strength force who would support my luna wolves. This will be just enough to field the Ravens if I need to and I think fits with what I want to go with.

Raven Guard Company

So as I talked about in the previous post, I will be building a Raven Guard Force. I picked this since I need something that will be able to not only work with my Luna Wolves but, since I think I can build them fluffy. also have a change from my Mechanized Force. The legion rules force me to change my build pattern as well since I can’t take more tanks then I have infantry. With that in mind, this is going to be interesting but I think I’ve come up with a good starting idea that fits my play style and my idea of a Raven Guard Force.

The main bulk of the force is going to initially be a drop pod assault force. This is a favored tactic of the Ravens Guard for their surgical strikes and this is very different from my Wolves. The extra benefit is if I don’t paint the droppods a single legion scheme I can run them in any legions I have or plan to have, so this is a extra boost on that front. Lastly this is going to be a major change from my play style since I will have to focus more on drop locations as well as getting a good balance with speed and fire power instead of relying on the heavy tanks I normally use.

So lets get on to the initial 1000 points I want for this army.

Legion Praetor

Iron Halo

Raven Talons

Digital Weapons 

Melta bomb 

Tactical Squad (10)

Power Fist

Artificer

Vexilla

vox

Droppod

Tactical Squad (10)

Power Fist

Artificer

Vexilla

Vox

Droppod

Mor Deythan (8)

8 Combi Meltas

Drop Pod

Javelin Speeder

Lascannon 

So looking at this list by itself, we have some strengths and we have some weaknesses in the army. With a total model count of 29 its not the high count of infantry, the other thing is only half will be on the table so if I am against a gun line I might have some issues. I think the anti tank is ok with the Mor Deythan being the primary anti tank for the initial drop and the Javelin flowing up. The armies close combat won’t be too bad but not as strong as my wolves and how I normally equip them but I think that will be ok.

So since I am going with smaller force I will need to build this up in particular way. I hope to keep the army mostly Mark IV and, of course, Mk VI since they were more advanced as well as built more for stealth. If the 30k Plastics are true this will help it out otherwise this will be a bit more slow going. Also for paint scheme I am going to keep it more in line with the lore compared to the wolves including sergeant markings and officer markings so hopefully this will look great. Hoping with these 2 things it will look amazing dropping down next to the wolves.

Closing

So that’s the project plans for now and once it starts rolling I will let you know here with photos as usual. As always stay tuned for more 30k and keep gaming my friends!

General Soban 

Signing off till next time