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.

IV Legion: The Iron Warriors, sons of Perturabo

What started out as a project to give my Imperial Fists an enemy to fight has grown into one of my favorite armies.

This army is mostly modern oriented, though it can play in 2nd edition.  I am not generally a fan of the Chaos Space Marines aesthetic, so I stuck with more of a Horus Heresy kind of feel for this army.  I can also play it as a standard Space Marine army (just without the Daemon Prince!).

I've played Warhammer 40,000 in every single edition and it's only been in the last couple years of gaming that I ever felt interested in playing any Traitor Legions.  I credit the Horus Heresy books, specifically "Angel Exterminatus" by Graham MacNeil, for making the bad guys seem interesting.

It helps that the IV Legion hates the VII Legion.  The Imperial Fists are hands down my favorite Space Marine Legion and Chapter so having an army they can square off against is really cool.

Overhead shot of my current Iron Warriors army.

Lower angle shot showing the whole army.

The Rhinos have all been purchased used and rebuilt for this army.

The original Commander of this army on the left along with the Dark Apostle.  To the far right is a scratch built Apothecary (if I choose to run this as a standard Space Marine Army) who counts as an Exalted Champion.

The Contemptor counts as a Hellbrute, sadly.  He doesn't get fielded often.

Havocs standing ready with their Heavy Bolters.

A mere two weeks ago this tank was in horrible repair and painted dark blue.  I restored it and granted it immortality as part of my Iron Warriors.  Check out the process here:

https://nopeaceamongstthestars.blogspot.com/2020/01/in-which-i-recover-and-rebuild-2nd.html

1st Squad and their Rhino transport.

Cataphractii Terminators just look really good as Iron Warriors.

This Vindicator was originally in my Dark Angels army, it fits better with the Iron Warriors.

This was my army as of two weeks ago.  I added quite a bit in a short time.

My Daemon Prince along with 1st Squad and their Rhino.

I like my Apothecary/Exalted Champion.  Next to him is a Lt/Exalted Champion.

2nd Squad and their Rhino.

The rebuilt Predator looks right at home with this army.  Very happy with how well it turned out.

Squad 2 and their Rhino here.

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The Predator and Vindicator really bring a lot of firepower to the army.  I like how many tanks I was able to get into this army.

The Dark Apostle and Dark Disciples were originally meant for a Black Legion army I decided to trade away before doing any work on.  I forgot I had this kit and decided to throw it into the Iron Warriors.

The last unit I painted for this army (for now).  The Tartaros Terminators also lend themselves very well to the Iron Warriors look and I'm looking forward to getting to play them.

3rd Squad and their Rhino.