Squall Guppy Modeling Thoughts

So as most are aware, the Storm Raven is up for preorder (I have 2 coming my way, thanks for asking) and they'll be out the first week of February. Someone on the Internet took a picture of the back of the box and it has the Guppy painted up nicely for the Grey Knights. I approve. So depending on how the turrets swap out (or not) between the Guppy and Razorback and how the GK codex fixes the transport issue for Grey Knights, I may grab a bunch of Razorback kits and make Rhinos for the GKs and apply the Lazorback turrets to my Guppies. Or the LR Assault Cannons might fit! Either way I think the air scoop is probably getting "forgotten."

Sanguinary Priest Conversion, Part 3

I procured a box of regular Terminators this evening and constructed one of my Sanguinary Priests in Terminator Armor. I used the same procedure to remove the Storm Bolter but this time I've added one of the back icons for a Sgt onto his hand. I nicked a bitty chalice off a Death Company Bolter and added it to the belt. The blood drop and wing I added to the knee is also from the Death Company kit. Finally I gave him one of the heads from the Sanguinary Guard kit. My other one is set up similarly, but I'm waiting on a Sgt Power Sword I've ordered. The shoulders are waiting on Forge World BA shoulder pads.

Blood Angels Successor Chapter

So I'm trying to decide what color scheme to go with for my Blood Angels. It will be primarily red, of course. And I don't do halves or quarters on colors with my armies. I've decided that it will be a Successor Chapter with some Inquisition ties (a shock, you say?). I also need a name for the Chapter.

My initial list is 1850 points and is as follows:

HQ
Captain with Power Fist, Infernus Pistol, and Jump Pack OR Librarian Epistolary with Jump Pack (Captain results in 10 free points, Libby fills up the points exactly at 1850)

Elite
2x 5-man Lightning Claw Terminators
1x 2 Sanginary Priests in Terminator Armor

Troops
1x 10-man Assault Squad with 2 Hand Flamers and Sgt with Power Sword
2x 10-man Assault Squad with 2 Meltaguns

Heavy Support
2x Stormraven with TL Multimelta, TL Lascannon, Hurricane Bolter sponsons

Progress on construction of said models is looking pretty good (since it'll be a few months until Squall Guppies are released). Nothing much is painted or primed; I'm still putting them together. Completed models are Captain, Librarian, all 10 Terminators, the 3 Assault Marine Sgts, the 4 Meltagun AMs (as previously showcased), and I'm working on the last 12 AMs (one of which is the other Hand Flamer model). I still haven't completely decided on how to handle the Sanguinary Priests.

I have mentioned before that I'm using Death Company boxes for all of my AMs. I also had gotten a Sanguinary Guard kit to style up my Captain (which barely uses the SM Captain kit). As you can see, I kept the Capt torso and banner, but replaced most of the rest with Sanguinary Guard bits. I removed the generic bit on top of the banner with the nifty BA wings and chalice piece from the top of their banner.

Since I had all the extra bits, I decided to also use legs, heads, and shoulder pads to spruce up my Sgts so they will definitely stand out. In case I want to run several 5-man squads, there is a "secondary" Sgt in the back half of the large squads that simply use Death Company kits with no Sanguinary Guard bits. Only the Sgt depicted below has a Power Sword. Those other Sgts all use the same Jump Pack, torsos, Chain Swords, and Bolt Pistols as the second two.

Finally, the Librarian is a Sanguinary Guard. I won't be using any in my army, so it'll look unique. The current plan is to paint it up with typical Librarian colors but with a white death mask (both on the head and knee) with the crest/crown/whatever silver. The wings will be black while the top bit on top of them silver as well. I may make the very upper edge gold.

I'm almost afraid to paint my Blood Angels since some of the models' details are really nice and I don't want to botch them with a bad paint job!

Assault Marine Meltagun Conversion, Part 2

I've finished the 4 Meltaguns I plan on making for my Blood Angels.

And here are the complete models (sans shoulder pads).

 

Update: (11DEC) The models with shoulder pads and closeups of each.

Assault Marine Meltagun Conversion

More conversions! This time I was working on a way to make Meltaguns from my existing kits. I have 6 boxes of Death Company to make my Blood Angel Assault Marines, and I decided to equip some with Meltaguns. Problem: the boxes come with Bolters and Infernus Pistols, but it does not come with Meltaguns. Solution: Hack the tip off of the Bolter and the Clip, replacing them with the barrel of the Infernus Pistol and what looks like a cartridge off the side of the IP. Result:

The top two in the picture are simply examples of an unmodified IP and Bolter, while the bottom is the result. The bonus is that I now have Blood Angels styles on my Meltaguns!

And I also put together my second squad of Lightning Claw Terminators while waiting in queue for World of Warcraft:

Sanguinary Priest Conversion, Part 2

So I decided to surgically destroy modify one of my AoBR Terminator Stormbolters. No more Stormbolter.

Here's the prototype with empty hand and Sgt's Power Sword.

And here's one squad of my Lightning Claw Terminators. The second squad is that pile of bits you can see behind the prototype in the above pictures. I've decided only the Sgt will have the heraldry shield. You'll also notice the right shoulderpad is missing. I'm going to wait for my Forge World Blood Angels Shoulder Pads to come in for that (but I need to order them first!).

Sanguinary Priest Conversion

So I'm thinking of running a Blood Angels list with Assault Terminators and attached Sanguinary Priest in Terminator Armor. This means there must be a model converted to be in Terminator Armor but only wielding a Power Sword (with Chalice). No Stormbolter. Here's my first prototype:

That's an Assault on Black Reach Terminator with his Stormbolter traded out for a Grey Knight Terminator Nemesis Force Sword. I'm not too fond of the AoBR model quality, so I may end up getting a box of regular Terminators to do the final model. The Power Fist in this case would be explained away as decorative. Another option I was considering is to use a Terminator Sgt Power Sword and cutting the Stormbolter off of a hand.