Warhammer 40,000 Range Review: Dark Angels
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Today for our Range Review we take a look at the Dark Angels range for Warhammer 40,0000! It's a solid range overall, with some great kits and some unique vehicles that stand out.
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"we have all the skulls to show that, even in our most stripped down form, humanity is still beautiful." - The Emperor in TTS
The interrogator-chaplain, Belial, Deathwing termies and Ravenwing vehicles are what made me choose DA as my first army. Absolutely spot-on for what I want from space marines
The robes sold me! Not a single marine of mine doesn't have a robe on 😂 even if its more a stern guard tabard
same here, dark angels where my first army too(my only army 'cause i just started) i picked them for that knightly estetict they have
I have just started in 40k and DA are my first army.. love how there are so many characters too, even though my wallet isnt talking to me anymore..
I am a Dark Angels player and I love the look of the veterans mainly because you can have so many different weapon options for them
Weapon options aside, you've got really great customization all around not just for your command squad, but regular tactical marines, scouts, ravenwing and deathwing.
I absolutely love these guys, they just scream grim darkness of the far future and they are space techno knights who wouldn't want that?
Asmodai, he has suspicious knowledge about our chapter. Make him REPENT!!
DID SOMEONE JUST SAY MURDER *ANYONE* VIOLENTLY?!
Sammael on jetbike dates back to metal era, and I mean 4th edition, but Ezekiel takes the cake, I think he dates back to 3rd. :)
Azrael and Ezekiel are 2nd edition models.
Edit: The banner bearer is just a re sculpt of Brother Bethor, also a 2nd ed model
2nd edition. Both Ezekiel and Asrael is from 2nd, so early 90's. :) Asmodai is the only of the 2nd edition characters to get a new model (The standard bearer got a slight update with the sculpted banner, but he isn't a character anymore. Poor Bethor...)
@@FoWPenguin I vaguely remember I saw 2nd ed art with Ezekiel as centerpiece, but I didn't want to overshoot. :) Yeah, these guys are positively ancient, whereas Belial is from around early 2010s, but IMHO aged even worse (scale excepted).
All of my DA characters are still the original metal ones from 2nd Ed. As I find Finecast to be, let’s say inconsistent, I have never replaced any of them. Wish the paper banners had held up though, only one I have now is the Dreadnought.
Catibeth P saaaaame
Oh man, a primaris dark angels vet squad would just be the best models, and not just for dark angels players. Imagine the kitbash potential!
Agreed... the issue Is 90% of the DA characters/ units are still Marine level scale. I’ve got all the librarians, interrogator chaplain plus a couple converted characters...
1 or 2 tactical units, standard vets.. with some dreadnaught support.
The additional squad of super sized marines just doesn’t look right to me :(
Like with all Primaris baring most of the Plotcon Primaris characters GW would somehow stuff it up.
I know a few aero engineers and I'm so tempted to sit them down with pictures of the 40k aircraft and see how much of an aneurysm I can give them
Please do.
See if they can fix it 😂
I love that Sammael's jetbike is just a tiny (or huge, depending on how you measure it) Battlefleet Gothic ship.
I am in the middle of painting my metal Samael as I type this. METAL.
What will you use as a stand? To me the plastic one is just not that sturdy. Have you had any problems?. My Sammael tends to go on a side and doesn't stay centered
Mine too pre fail cast
Alfonso Carreon I have gone through 3 stands in the last 10 years for him-That is the amount of time he’s been under coated and not painted. I’ve drilled out the bass so he sits a little lower but is far more sturdy. Missed some mould lines as well. But it’s far too late now haha
The death wing terminators hat THE BEST storm shields! Used a few for my own terminators.
12:00 WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
To me, the Dark Angels seem like they'd be amongst the chapters that'd really benefit from the bigger "canvas" of being Primaris-ified - whilst also being a chapter that, with regards to the lore, is amongst the least compatible with being Primaris-ified
Samual on Jetbike was designed by Jes Goodwin in 2005, and was cast in metal.
the images on the website are of the metal model, thats why its so crisp.
What I’ve never understood is why the Dark Angels never got more chapter specific units and weapons like the Space Wolves and the Blood Angels. Those two chapters, for example, have a very specific tactical squad and even dreadnoughts and lets not forget all the chapter specific weapons they got.
'cuts the banners off the packs' crew checking in... The only banners i keep are the standard bearers/ancients like the og brother bethor!
Wow. I'm a huge painter (not much of a gamer- yet) and looking at Azrael I can totally see what you mean. The lines on the dark portion of his robe, the definition on the sword in the middle of his chest, the choice of tint of red on his gun, and the lack of definition there... It really shows how the approach to painting has evolved. Nobody at Eavy Metal would paint the wings on his helmet that tone of red today. Just wouldn't happen.
Yeeeeaaah first legion best legion
indeed brother
I had the same Azrael in metal from 2nd Ed! And its def the same sculpt.
Id be looking at bashing the old belthazar winged helmet for a lazarus/Azrael conversion... Shouldnt be too hard to clip the wings and fit them to a primaris helm
I was going to say something similar. DA were my first army, way back in second. I think I still have that metal Azrael somewhere in storage.
I also have the metal Azrael from 20 years ago. Sword has broken like 15 years ago, though. Fun thing, though, they are still selling the metal one. I looked the other day on the website, thinking it would be resin and kinda wanting to buy one, but it is still in metal. So it is the same as we bought 20 some years ago.
Always love seeing these range reviews. It’s so interesting to me to see all these models and hear and see them in a bit more detail. I’d love to see a Guard range review. Throw some love to the common Guardsman!
Master Lazarus was actually the first model i attempted to "convert" with since I really wanted him to wear his winged helmet. Was rough but proud of it none the less.
Please make the next Range Review about the Eldar
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The best ever "terminators" are the Dark Angels Legion Inner Circle Knights Cenobium. They're 30k/Forge World, but I think they'll be my first ever FW purchase.
Love it when you get excited makes me giggle,
Flying purging burning black and green angels of death, what could be more beautiful!!!!!!
Never got to comment first! I love these range reviews but they are dangerous...starting an as mech army and thinking about some light conversions. By the way I’m Jem Duducu on Twitter.
Good for you
The Dark Angel range has a variety of models that still draw me when I see them. I'm still assembling and painting the Dark Angels side of the models from Dark Vengeance. I immediately assembled and painted the Death Wing Terminators. It would be great if the Chaplain was among the Made to Order models from Christmas 2019.
Maybe its just me, but Dark Angel terminators in general look less stout than your average everyday terminators. Their shoulders dont look like they are attached to the sides of their heads like with some other sculpts.
8:40, those robes on the terminators
Make for excellent Word Bearer conversions for that sweet added religiosity flavour
*space wolf growls intensify*
New drinking game: every time Kirioth grunts you take a shot
My biggest complaint about Sammael is that the little decorative white angel wings on his bike's little wings are backwards. The part that would connect them to the body if they were actually real wings is pointing away from the body. And it's pissing me off.
Belial looks different because his body is correct in terminator armor. His head is above his should where all others look like hunch backs
Only just noticed that the deathwing terminators have wonky shoulders, I think it must just be the picture on the store because I never noticed that when assembling mine
Belial is standing all the way straight up meanwhile every single other terminator is permanently taking a shit
Great review, I wasn’t expecting alpha legion right after the space marine review
Sammael is around 2007. It was metal for a long time before the finecast switch. But you're right in that it has aged fantastically.
Lieutenant Zakariah seems to have a bit of a cheeky smile
The best way to play Dark Angels is to paint them black and red and watch as the local Chaplin goes crazy
DA, BA, and SW suffer the most because of the Primaris relaunch, I wanted to come back to DA but there is no real cohesion between the models to me. Some are really old, some are finecast, etc. The three iconic charatcers are Azazel, Ezekiel and Asmodai but the sculpts are ancient. It's the same for BA and really puts me off collecting.
Bradley Smith the asmodai sculpt isn’t ancient, I had the original one
The Deathwing Terminator Knights are just glorious. The only Terminators that I love more than the Deathwing are their predecessors, the Companion Deathwing Terminators in Cataphracti armor from the 30k set. Oh how I wish I could run them in 40k.
I still remember picking Dark Angels as my army like it was yesterday. The new plastic Space Marine bikes had just launched, and I thought they were the coolest things I had ever seen. I had just started collecting a Ultramarines army(standard bearer, assault marines, and a Vindicare). I was picking up two boxes of bikes when the guy behind the counter said: “Well, if you like the bikes, did you know there are two chapters that run dedicated bike units? Entire companies of bikes!” As this was all anyone really knew about White Scars at the time, I bought the Angels of Death Codex and never looked back. I do still miss when the lore was ambiguous though. “Can’t be a traitor if you were never loyal!”
Lifelong Blood Angels player, but the Dark Angels are becoming so much more appealing every year, but using heresy colours and armour
Re: Azmodai, I couldn't think of any name for the things on the backpack, too, while you were mentioning it. Best I could come up with was "chimneys" lol
exhausts? Vents?
@@MrJara1018 lantern? I cant think of the right word either.
I have the OG asmodai....in the metal. That and the Ezekiel model are still among my favourites.
I've taken that DA sword and converted Voldus into a Belial model.
Also converting the Deathwatch commander into an Azrael figure.
My DAs are all black...because green was the colour of Luther's traitors. I don't get why GW has them the other way round ( yes I know black was hard to photograph in the 80s and 90s) but lore wise, this needs sorting out.
Love all your vids, really helpful to find what to buy for armies
First question on the Dark Angel application form..."Do you like A) Robes B) Skulls, C) Anything With Enormous Wings Stuck To It, D) All Of The Above."
And there it is. DA model range is badass and for maximum blend of church and death you can ally DA and Sisters for the win.
"He's looking pretty decent for his age" he says about Asmodai, one of the newest character models before Primaris.
Azrael is really small compared to later work. Also, the Lion Helm contains a force field generator that makes a large bubble. Not sure if it actually can be worn.
I have had the metal Azrael since 2nd edition. He might be smaller than current stuff, but apart from that, he's stood the test of time very well, and still looks amazing.
Ezekiel is definitely a Dwarf. Those proportions are 100% dwarf. He just needs an axe and a beard.
If not for the faction itself, these older kits are a goldmine of additional stuff to use, the maces on the knights and their robes look gave me an idea to make Word-Bearers out of them perhaps, like say the annointed terminator bodyguard of Lorgar.
What I like about the older models is the older style. They look dated when compared to today's models but there's a certain charm to older models that give them a classic look to me. I think the focus of new models now is a lot of detail and more realistic proportions, which I love, but older models seemed to ave a more cartoony feel to me which is nostalgic to see
I could be wrong but I think the reason they don't wear the winged helm, Azrael at least, is because it was The Lion's. I would think he would look like Dark Helmet from Space Balls. That being said I bought the wargames exclusive version of the lion and use him as Azrael.
I love the dark angels asthetic. Awesome future grimdark tech knights. So cool.
If only I didn't hate their personality, they may be one of my fav chapters.
Hm I don't know, those separat wings on Lazarus do look like you should be able to attack them to just any helmet, no...? I've never seen that model in the flesh though.
The Asmodai and Belial models are still fairly new. Only having been released in the last edition or 2. Where I still have that same Samiel, Ezekiel and Azreal modesl in metal, same for the Company Master.
I have to say, it's always been a gorgeous range. Only marines I like better are the 30k Dark Angels; Forgeworld knocked that range out of the park !
My problem with Azrael is he’s got this robed angel on the banner, then there’s a little one on top of the banner, and then it appears again on the breastplate. They just repeated the same motif in a vertical column one too many times for me.
The banner bearer was a full remould based on brother Bethor as with Asmodai and came out around 6 ed where as Belial and Sammael and the two company masters were our last characters brought out in metal in 4/5 ed before we all went finecast. The company master with the sword was also an up date of a model from 1st and 2nd editions
The darkshroud shines are part force field part warp stuff that leaves anyone near them feeling disturbed and for ever unsettled.
I think the word your looking for is braziers for the parts on the power packs.
Interesting story, the original model for Asmodai was in fact ment to the high interrogator and grand master of chaplains Sapphon but a mix up with lore and art work ment it became Asmodai, his newer model is a more true representation of him.
The jetbike Sammael is so much better than the older landspeeder Sammael. It's basically just the current speeder model with a book on the front and a pilot with sword. One day I'll buy jetbike sammael, but a bit put off by the fact it's finecast.
I'm currently in the process of painting my 2000 points of deathwing/inner circle. I'm using the IC model for Asmodai, I've got Ezekiel, but might just use the dark vengeance psyker since he's kitted the same and it's better model. I've got Belial and I don't get on well with the resin, but hopefully I can make the paintjob work.
Otherwise I've got 3 deathwing terminator squads, 3 deathwing knights, deathwing ancient, deathwing champion, deathwing apothecary. Made from dark vengeance kit, deathwing kit, close combat terminator marines and the regular terminator marine box as well as parts from dark angels command squad.
The Asmodai is a newer sculpt than the Azrael or Ezkiel they're both from back in 96 when his original one came out, think the banner bearer is an alteration on a mini that was out with the company master/captain from early days of 2nd ed chainsword arm and molded banner being the newer parts.
The best Legion and Chapter.
Ann's with Asmodai, you are not allowed to have complaints. Seriously, Asmodai will smite and that is so terrifying even the Emperor wants him to calm down.
I can confirm that uber-flail of deathwing knight does not work at all. That's why there's always a Watcher carrying a sword for a substitute.
Ravenwing Black Knights are basically in the same kit as the RW Bike command squad, you just don't use the banners/etc
As a RG player I was always jealous of the DA model line. It's aged incredibly well.
sammael is so old he was origionally diecast, in fact if you buy an azreal or an ezekiel youll get them in diecast. the banner bearer and generic company master are also diecasts redone as finecast, the company master came out in 2006 with an alternate model that is now gone from this world.
the banner bearer is even older hes like 4th editon, in 6th with the finecast migrating they replaced his arm from a bare stick to an actual standard flag
good video, I would really like to see your view on the Astra Militarum range
5 hours long lol
Samael is much older than you think, he predates finecast entirely, mines metal :) Azreal is though muuuuch older than the rest (in fact hes the oldest model in the DA range (and one of if not THE oldest in the Marine range in general (at time of makling this comment of course.. were getting a shiny new one finally!)
All termies suffer from not being big enough to fit a big burly marine in them but with Belial it seems worse. The armor is just not chunky enough and combined with his narrow stance makes him look like only the fraillest of inquisitors would fit in the suit.
I like my Dark Angels. The only one that I don't like are some of the robes (I like that Lazarus style), and the feathered helmets.
Been itching to make a trio of a custom Ravenwing Grandmaster and 2 Talonmasters ever since I saw a killer conversion of Vertus Praetor Jetbikes. I want to have 54 heavy bolter/assault cannon shots spittin death at the enemy before we close to charge range.
Azrael needs to cross the Primaris Rubicon
that azrael model is like 3rd edition, he really needs an update
21:08 Grimaldus sends his regards
The banners on models... Really bugs me, yeh sure it looks cool. But, it makes the leaders stick out like a sour bad apple, and nothing would stop any enemy in any battle to just call in artillery right ontop of the bastards position.
I think the level of detail on Azrael is still very good, its just the proportions and age of the model that is wearing it down.
Now that Luther has escaped the rock gw should do a box of updated dark angels and the lion Vs. Cypher, updated fallen and Luther
So much heresy in one chapter, and oh my god the veterans in the robes, takes me back about 10/15 years to when I was a kid painting my first minis, playing with my brother and his mate in the garage on an old board we made out of anything we could find, Sony Ericsson in hand playing green day, haha ahhh youth
I'd love some new robed Primaris for my dark angels and a new Azrael model. if they don't come out with one relatively soon I may just convert one to use since I don't want to use the old one :)
I want to start a space marine army but I'm between dark angels or black templars, you make the desicion making process easier
Deathwing stuff looks awesome! Is my favorite marine color scheme in 40k
The biggest problem with the range is that GW don't seem to know how to paint them. The ravenwing stuff looks great, but the rest of it? Yuck. That anyone one would look at the deathwing terminators and think "Ya, that's how I want mine to look" just seems impossible to me.
Dark Angels were my first ever army and were mostly metal. Didn't the standard bearer have a name? Brother something. My asmodai didn't have the incense burners on his back pack either.
"It's a flying shrine" great summary of WH40k air units.
i own most of these models and i thought id mention. many of the ones you called resin either are metal or used the metal pose/cast so they are probably older then you think.
edit: i use my darkshroud almost any game i take ravenwing ( so almost all the time)
"How would it work? I don't know. It feels like it wouldn't, but I don't care." This perfectly sums up 40k for me.
Sam is like 15 years old i still have the metal one. Got him after my second deployment is my favorite da model
Azreals helmet that the little dude is carrying is supposed to be lion el johnsons helmet is it not?
These guys were and still are my first and only 40k army, couldn't have picked a cooler Space Marine Chapter.
Ah yes the 6th edition first releases.
Those chosen chaos marines were the shit.
Dark angels were great too with their Mace knight terminators (forget the name and too lazy to look it up).
Regarding Adeptus Astartes flyers and their aerodynamic legitimacy... ‘strap a strong enough engine on anything and the fucker will fly’
The weird thing about Ezekiel is that he got a new model in the Dark Vengeance Box Set, but it wasn’t used again later on.
It wasn't Ezekiel, it was Turmiel.
The Swedish saab tunnan J29 flys for real so the dark angel fighter can fly for sure
One of the hooded flail terminators had a helmet hood combo just like how you wanted it
The best looking DA HQ models are the ones that came in the Dark Vengeance boxed set
3:18 I love this model but I wish it was a terminator model given the relative size of the cuirass, gorget and powerfist arm.
Another Chaos army review? Ebic.
*Range review suggestion* how about a review of the forgeworld 30k non-primarch charaters and the praetors?
Serious question ive not found the answer to anywhere for the several years ive asked, .... Why did the DA change color from black to green? & one thing I like about the DA is they have so many colors to them - black, green, red, white, bone, purplish,.... makes them very much their own thing, pretty neat.
I'm not totally sure, but quite certain in lore they changed their color in order to distinguish themselves from the fallen