XIX Legion: The Raven Guard, sons of Corax

This army is more for modern era of play but was no less fun to collect and paint.

My current army as of late January, 2020.  It's a mix of different eras of Space Marines and home to some of my favorite modern era conversions.

This started out as a Sternguard Veteran that I picked up at a convention in a used models bin.  I had an old metal backpack from the 2nd edition Marneus Calgar lying around and I thought it'd make a good Captain or Lieutenant model.

Pretty happy with how he turned out.  Very simple conversion.

I love the Primaris Captain in Phobos Armor model, but it's pretty distinct.  I wanted one for my Raven Guard but I wanted it to look a lot different from the one in my Ultramarines army.  I did some looking around and this is what I came up with.

The original sculpt has a helmet hanging on his belt, so I removed that very carefully and used some packs from the Infiltrators/Incursors kit.  I used one of the Mk VI "Beaky" helmets from the Raven Guard Upgrade Pack after removing the original head.

The suppressed Bolt Pistol comes from the Eliminators kit.  I liked it's look for his sidearm.

I had a push-fit right arm from a Reiver kit and I used that to replace the right arm of the original model after carefully removing the Instigator Bolt Rifle.

Here he is all painted up.  

The Redemptor Dreadnought feels a little out of place in this army. Currently it's the only vehicle I have for the Raven Guard.

Chapter Master Shrike.  I like the new sculpt, dislike the scenic base which is a pain when it comes to storing the model.

The Intercessors and the two squads of scouts were the original nucleus of this army.  I really love the 3rd edition metal Scout sculpts.

I was torn about how to build these Eliminators.  I ended up going with Las-Fusils because the army doesn't have a lot of high strength weapons.  I've been pretty happy with them so far.

Incursors are another surprisingly good unit, very flexible.

Reivers were also part of the original build in the army, I don't use them often and I don't know if they're good or not.

I wanted a jump pack equipped unit to go into battle with Shrike and the Jump Pack Lieutenant.  I wanted them to be tough, too, and so I went with Vanguard Veterans with Chainswords and Storm Shields.  The Sergeant has a Plasma Pistol and Relic Blade.  They can deal with larger, lightly armored units pretty well while Shrike, the Sergeant, and the Lieutenant can take on heavier targets in melee.