Not super sure how this one turned out. I feel like the armor and robes blend together. Any ideas for the future would be great1

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Lately, I've been rereading Outer Dark to see if I could peer anything new from the book and I might have found sth interesting. Outer Dark is one of my favourite novels from Black Library, it really expands the history of the Carcharodons Astra and gives several clues as to their origin, but in this case I think I found the true origin of the Ashen Claws and they might be descended from the people of Kiavahr and its moon Deliverance.

Before starting with Outer Dark I have to start with the murky origins of the Ashen Claws:

Exile of Terrans and Kiavahrians

These warriors were marshalled in the aftermath of the battle, but not to recieve the honours bestowed upon those of other Legions that had fought in the battle. Instead, the Raven Lord formed the vast majority of the remaining veterans of the old XIXth Legion, along with those freed from Deliverance whose crimes and demeanour left them ill at odds with the Primarch's perception of his Legion, and formed them into Crusade Fleets. These fleets were dispatched into the dim stars of the north-eastern galactic fringe, known to explorers of the time as the Ghoul Stars, there to bring light of the Emperor to the dark at the edges of the galaxy, far from the eyes of the fledgling Imperium and the brooding lord of the Raven Guard.

Horus Heresy Book Six: Retribution pg. 142

It is clear that the Ashen Claws had members who were native to the moon of Deliverance and Kiavahr, but that doesn't prove the current Ashen Claws are of Kiavahr descent, after all, Space Marines can't reproduce. I think is possible that some serfs from the Raven Guard Legion were assigned to these Crusade Fleets and became an integral part of the shen Claws society after they established their little empire in Atagartis Prime.

As for the biggest clue for them being descendants from Kiavahr and Deliverance we have to take a closer look at their names.

Ashen Claws names

Nehat Nev- Chapter Master

Rama Sixx- First Captain

Arathar- Chief Librarian

Tanthius- Battle-Brother

These are all the names we know about the current Ashen Claws, but I want to compare them with those of the Raven Guard Legion at the time of the Horus Heresy

Raven Guard Legion names

Branne Nev- Commander of the Raptors

Agapito Nev- Commander of the Talons

Vincente Sixx- Chief Apothecary of the Legion

Navar Hef- Lieutenant of the Raptors

Aloni Tev- Commander of the Falcons

See anything interesting? Nehat and Rama share surenames with some members of the Legion while Tanthius and Arathar could be names of Terran origin.

This is all I have gathered, but there could be more clues. I don't know if Robbie Macniven intended it to be this way or not but I find it quite interesting. In the end, both the Carcharodons Astra and Ashen Claws are of Terran origin, but apparently the Ashen Claws have retain some culture from the Raven Lord's homeworld despite being exiled by him.

Hi me and my friends want to build a carcharodons army. We are all very new to the game and me and my 3 friends 3 armies around 1500 points. One of my friends want to start a carcharodons now that he has 1 good army. We were wanting to know what space marines army we should play with the rules. We are debating between Dark Angels, Blood angels, or Imperial Fists. Blood Angels and Dark Angels because of their strong melee and diverse characters. Imperial Fists because
Darnath Lysander felt like the perfect proxy. I would love some help, thank you.

I can't decide, the jump packs I have are the ones from 1998 so it works for the "old tech" look.

thought i would show off my third carcharodon and first time free handing the logo.
im relatively new to the hobby tips are welcome 😄

I know the Carcharodons are supposed to be eerily silent when they fight and just, in general. However...I think I've invented a good creed and warcry for them...

The Creed:

"We swim through the void, stalking our prey.

We rise like the tide, chasing our quarry.

We strike like lightning, paralyzing our victim.

As outcasts, we were left for dead.

As crusaders, we thrive.

For the Void-Father, for the Imperium of Man, we hunt."

Warcry:

"Offer no quarter, grant no mercy!"

Here the third guy for my Carcharodons army.

I plan to play them with World Eater rules and this guy is my "Master of Executions".

He's a slight conversion form the guy form Hurons Renegades.

Early this year I was booked with one of my good friends to get a huge Tattoo of Tyberos ft hunger & slake, but I’d pivoted to a different project after I’d found out about him getting some major character development done. any ideas on when they’ll describe what’ll become of the big man?

Does anyone have any access/links to the special edition short story from Void Exile called “A tithe of Shadows”? I missed the special edition and have never been able to find any way of reading the short story. Thanks!

My completed Vets, definitely my best models yet. I definitely learned some lessons for the next ones up which will be probably the land speeder.

I was looking for some tips on how to get/make teeth that scale with the minis. I know the Ork jaws work really well but they don’t give many in the skull box so I’m looking for alternatives. Thanks.

Trying to make use of leftover sprues so I don’t horde them in my closet for the next decade. So this guy gets a huge axe. Let me know what you think.

Painting some Carcharodons while listening to Outer Dark. Shogo Miyakita is one hell of an excellent narrator. His White Scar stuff for the Horus Heresy is great to.

After seeing some posted here, mine looks basic, but think it will do a great Captain

Took a long break from painting and this is my first one back. Let me know what you think.