Kinda repost, jump captain is still WIP but this is a photo I rediscovered from a little bit ago

I've been trying to make Shadowmark Talon work for over a year, and aside from a few months last year, it just doesn't perform.

I played two games today with Shadowmark + Vengeful Host today. One game I ran disruption and the other take and hold. Our detachment doesn't do much with flamers and ignores cover being popular right now. Plus we lose our detachment bonus when the enemy gets close.

The points increases today nuked my list. Vanguard veterans feel worse but went up in points. Vengeful Host being take and hold seems like a bad choice. Disruption is the worst disposition in the game right now. I expected a change to Shadowmark and Vanguard Spearhead today considering we effectively lost half our detachments with the changes to cover but nothing.

My two games today were by far the worst Ravenguard have felt in awhile.

At a glance, not only buffing our JP Infantry makes it a great Detachment, but it being Take & Hold seems like a nasty and effective combo when combined with the -1 to Hit that both Detachments have on top of Shrike and Aethon abilities. Is anyone else considering this combo or is it not worth it?

Base/decals are going to be done when I finish the rest of my army

Pls advice on my first 1k-point list

Raven Guard Army, Shadowmark Talon (1000 pts)

Aethon Shaan (Warlord • Epic Hero) ──────────────── [110 pts]

├── Kayvaan Shrike (Epic Hero) ──────────────────────── [100 pts]

│ └── Attached to Vanguard Veterans Squad

├── Vanguard Veterans with Jump Packs (5-man Squad) ─── [100 pts]

├── Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (5-man Squad) ─ [90 pts]

├── [DECISION SLOT]

│ ├── OPTION A: Centurion Assault Squad + Enhancement

│ │ ├── Centurion Assault Squad (3-man Squad) ── [150 pts]

│ │ └── Coronal Susurrant on Captain in Phobos Armour ─ [30 pts]

│ └── OPTION B: Terminator Assault Squad

│ └──Terminator Assault Squad (5-man Squad) ─ [180 pts]

├── Inceptor Squad (3-man Squad) ────────────────────── [120 pts]

├── Devastator Squad (5-man Squad) ──────────────────── [120 pts]

├── Infiltrator Squad (5-man Squad) ─────────────────── [100 pts]

└── Captain in Phobos Armour (Character) ────────────── [70 pts]

└── Attached to Infiltrator Squad

TOTAL ARMY POINTS: [990 / 1,000 pts]

Really happy with how this mini came out, I think it might be my best mini I’ve ever painted. I’m really proud ✨

How do you prioritize who gets them in your units? Is it for leaders?

Ready for the table…

Caw caw…

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Over all my list has gone over 45pts... not sure what im going to cut.

Librarians up, VV up, Centurions Dev with Las up, Inceptors up, Lieutenant with Combi up, Sternguard up... now i dont want to take it personally but with nothing I use down i feel like someone at GW has it in for us 😕....

Edit: now im thinking Fusillade on a Phobos Librarian with Eliminators might be more interesting. With Stunning Fusillade that's 3 shots hitting on 2s even vs Cover with Sustained 1, 6s being lethal with ap4 is basically auto damage vs anything with only a 3+ (no invuln or 2+ save).

Thats probably about 2d6 damage on average with potential to spike, so no where near what it was but is interesting...

Any suggestions for somebody who is trying to get back into reading, but also new to Warhammer

Right now I have 5 jump pack inters, 10 assault inters, 10 infiltrators, Kayvaan Shrike, and a storm hawk interceptor

I want to get into warhammer, and I like the idea of the raven guard very much. Alot of the post I've been seeing say to start with the combat patrol and work from there, but the combat patrol is out of stock everywhere and from what I heard it won't be making a return to shelves. Should I just get base space marines and get the raven guard add ons and I heard the combat patrol released last year in September so should I wait a couple more months to see if they release anything else this year?

Trying to get into RG but the main units I like looks kinda similar, I'm guessing the Veterans go forward and kill and the intercessors are more tacticals, but then the JPI have mortals on charge so I wanna charge with them

Can you help me to know for what I should use each unit?

Most recent squad finished! I used to really not like Inceptors and thought they were ugly but I made some modifications and these ended up being my favourite looking unit so far!

I suck at taking pictures and in person I like these a lot more though from now on I'm going to stop using varnish as I don't like how it's changing the look of the armour

Getting close to 1k points Raven Guard and hopefully the multipart Vanguard Vets come out soon as I'm planning to do 20 of those! (please GW give us lightning claws)

Maybe this sub can help me. But how exactly do Ravenguard marines keep themselves hidden act do stealth attacks?

I know during the HH some members had a similar ability to Corax where he could force someone's brain to not register him.

But as far as I am aware this was very rare and seems to no longer be a thing the RG can do.

So how do 8ish ft tall Marines conceal themselves, do they use advanced tech camo, or Invisibility generators?

I've tried looking it up and all I get are claims that they are stealthy.

So if someone could help, preferably with quotes to back it up that would be appreciated.

Still somewhat new to playing but not new to the building and painting aspect of our hobby. I'm hoping 11th edition will finally be the time for me to get a full game in.

Asking our veteran RG brothers if they can impart any general philosophies or strats against these opposing armies:

Death Guard

T'au

Grey Knights

As you can see I'm working to get a number of unique units to fill out the various companies. I do have the Armageddon box in case there are some sexy units there that could help my game day at the beginning of next month.

Right now it's friendly, but I have a feeling my friends are prepping to win. So I'm looking for collective intelligence to help prepare for the day. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share a tip or two.

I know the fifth company captain is