This is a piece from a little while ago. I wanted a unique character to lead my Ravenwing/Deathwing 1000 points list (see below). The only mounted non-epic character is a chaplain on a bike, so here we go.

I removed the standard chaplain weapon and swapped it for a power sword from one of the various Dark Angels upgrade sprues. The key was very carefully cutting away the original weapon hand while retaining the extended wrist guard. Some further fettling to get a reasonable pose and 90% of the work was done. The other changes were a shoulder pad swap for one with Dark Angels insignia and adding a variety of small items (bags, skulls, keys, etc.) across the model. I didn’t add the halo from the Chaplain kit – I’ll fill in the gap on the back of the helmet before he gets primed.

On to the battlefield!

The Chaplain’s first outing was for a series of three games against the Thousand Sons. You can see the starting positions for one of the games above.

The list:

Space Marines
Dark Angels
Incursion (1000 points)
Company of Hunters


CHARACTERS

Chaplain on Bike (75 points)
  • Warlord

Ravenwing Command Squad (140 points)
  • 1x Ravenwing Champion
    • Enhancement: Recon Hunter
  • 1x Ravenwing Apothecary
  • 1x Ravenwing Ancient

BATTLELINE

Outrider Squad (140 points)
  • 1x Outrider Sergeant
  • 2x Outrider
  • 1x Invader ATV
      1x Multi-melta

Outrider Squad (140 points)
  • 1x Outrider Sergeant
  • 2x Outrider
  • 1x Invader ATV
      1x Onslaught Gatling Cannon

Outrider Squad (80 points)
  • 1x Outrider Sergeant
  • 2x Outrider

OTHER DATASHEETS

Deathwing Terminator Squad (360 points)
  • 1x Deathwing Sergeant
  • 9x Deathwing Terminator
    • 2x Assault cannon
      2x Chainfist

Invader ATV (60 points)
    1x Multi-melta
   
All three games resulted in crushing victories for the Dark Angels! Admittedly this was not at all a competitive Thousand Sons build. We also learned that rolling double sixes to wound with a multi-melta when the Chaplain granted it Devastating Wounds is not something even a Daemon Prince can survive.

You may have noticed in the photo that not a single Ravenwing model is painted yet (and only 50% of the terminators). That is something I hope to get around to soon.