OK so this post will deal with the Raven guard marines by posting some links which will also help to explain why I choose to build the army the way I am building it.
There are extensive resources on the web to explain the history of the Raven Guard Space Marines chapter and successor chapters. To save time, and to spare anyone not interested in the fluff, I will just post some links.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?autocom=ineo&showarticle=316
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_Guard
There are also extensive resources on Space Marine power armor. Which I will also post links here.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Power_Armour
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Space_Marine_Transition_Collectors_Guide
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?autocom=ineo&showarticle=43
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Imperium_%28Warhammer_40%2C000%29
http://29thgreatcompany.home.comcast.net/~29thgreatcompany/Armor/marine_armor.htm
The history of the raven Guard explains that they don’t have access to all the resources that the other Space Marine chapters have. They also rely on stealth and lightning strikes to accomplish their missions.
In this vein I have chosen to use Mark VI Corvus armor for all of my raven Guard tactical and Assault Marines. There is even what appears to be mark VI Terminator armor, which I will use for my terminators. I don’t have all the details yet on that. Once I’m through researching I’ll have more info on that.
One of the convenient things about using the Mark VI armor is that they all have the “beaky” helmets which seems to fit nicely with the avian theme of the Raven Guard.
These are the pictures of the different suits of power armor below. I put together two marines using blue tac, just to show the differences. The two torsos to the right, I’m not sure which era they come from, still doing some research on those. They may be Mark III or a modified Mark VI/VII/VIII. Maybe for special weapons marines?
Close up of the Mark VII/VIII power armor below. The noticeable differences being the non-"beaky" helmet, the raised edges to the shoulder pads, the imperial eagle on the chest plate, and the knee pads.
Mark VI Marine below, which is the style I will use for my Raven Guard. Notice the "beaky" helmet, the left shoulder pad with the studs, the right shoulder pad without the raised edge, the chest plate without the eagle, and the legs with no knee pads.
Below is a pic to show the left studded shoulder pad. They used the studs to add on extra armor during the heresy era. The idea was that the left shoulder was pointed towards the enemy and therefore was the one requiring extra protection.
Below is a closeup of the right shoulder. I took a normal Mark VII/VIII shoulder pad and shaved down the edge with a hobby knife. Then I used a dremel tool to smooth it out. It still needs some work, and I'm still working out the best way to do this conversion so that I will have a nice smooth finish to the shoulder pad.
One problem with using the Mark VI only approach is that the poses are quite limited when it comes to the legs. So I am thinking I'm going to have to do some converting, by cutting legs and using greenstuff to try to mix things up a bit. Also I probably will use some of the mark VI running legs (from the assault sprue) as well.
That's all for today....
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