kanan Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 hey rossco, glad you managed to get hold of the LAV. youre going to have a lot of fun building and painting it. hey im curious, what colour scheme are you giving the vehicles in your army? as i think some kind of jungle type camo would look great on the LAV. are you going to use it as a fast attack choice in your force? i have some stats for the LAV. Ravenwing Light Armoured Vehicle: points - 100, front armour - 11, side armour - 10, rear armour - 10, BS - 4, type - fast vehicle, special options - transports 5, boosted engines, weapons - heavy bolter x 1, vehicle catagory - transport or fast attack, structure points - N/A. hope this might be of some use. post up a message here letting me know how youre getting on. cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Hi kanan, do you know I was so tied up with just how cool the model is I hadn't even thought about how I was going to use it, so I owe you another thank you ! I'll use the stats you've provided so long as my regular opponents agree. As for the colour scheme, I'm not sure as yet. I have to agree that jungle DPM would look very good, one consideration is that the rest of my army are all based for city fight and I'd really like to tie my LAV to the rest of my force. all my other vehicles are standard consul black with plenty of road dust and minor damage, but the LAV does kind of scream for more attention than that doesn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 hey rossco, glad youre going to use the stats although feel free to modify them. i think the stats i produced are pretty fair but the trick would be when equipping the LAV with say a razorback turret system or maybe even the twin linked assault cannons from the crusader, to factor that into the points cost and also the vehicles fast speed. it will make it expensive but the ability to move rapidly into position while still packing a punch and being able to transport 5 marines should make it worth it. with regards to colour scheme. black vehicles do look good and all you have to do is just spend a more time on highlighting and painting chapter iconography to make your LAV stand out. but you could also utilize an urban camo scheme on the whole vehicle if youre going to use it with your scouts. that would really look good but be careful on colour choice and camo pattern. try out your ideas on some white card just to see what the scheme will look like and help you figure out how to paint it. heres a link from GW for some ideas GW camo schemes hope ive been of some help. keep me posted on what youre doing with the LAV. im really happy im not the only one to be using it in games now :blink: anyways talk to you soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Nice, very nice my friend, though more Chainsaws wouldn't hurt. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 ah yes i agree with that also eliza. and by that you must mean some of my special extended chainfists like those on my deathwing. oh and thank you for the comment. when im back from bristol ill be sure to post up some more pics of some of what i have done. anyways speak to you soon and take lots of care. adios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 yea the extended Chainfists and the swords, gotta love chainswords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 yah toothy goodness drools lol but will GW ever make a plastic terminator model with a multi melta? thats what id like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Do you know what I think your work is quite amazing. I love the HBs on the speeder and the MM termy. I am a great fan of Tamiya models (used to use M113 APCs for my Rhinos) and that LAV is just the ticket. Â Keep up the good work there. Â Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 thanks Isiah i really appreciate the comments. sorry for the late reply as i have been real busy with other stuff, like wizzing up to bristol for several weeks to see my gf. im back till the 10th of this month then im off till the end of july. and yes i am working on some new conversions. i will post up pics very soon so check my topic thread sometime this week. for now i will leave you guys with a pic of a crusader im gonna be painting this week. http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC02579.jpg hope all of you guys are doing ok. takecare. Â a little teaser for all of you at B&C. im working on a crusader with 2x twin linked multi meltas. im hoping to have it made before i go on holiday. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 Well guys the end of the year is approaching and we are all making plans for xmas. as for me i had sidelined a couple of projects in recent months due to other commitments but now i am making time to finish my squadron of landspeeder Tsunami's and my growing Dark Angel/Fallen Dark Angel army. over the next few weeks pics will be forthcoming. anyways just want to wish all of you guys a great holiday and good luck with all of your Warhammer 40K endevours. take care guys. peace. kanan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 i just found the spare landspeeder heavy flamers i needed for my predator conversion. might also use some of the ablative armour from my unassembled 1/35th tamiya M60A1 to give it the appearance of extra armour.  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03144.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03146.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 ok ive just managed to add the extra armour and all that remains is to add the tracks and the targeters for the heavy flamer sponsons. i hope you guys like my novel approach and i would appreciate any comments and criticism. thank you.  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03156.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03158.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03160.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03161.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGC Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Hi Kanan, thanks for the p.m  I am loving the heavy bolter landspeeder and will follow them to completion, almost certainly going to poach this idea.  A quick remark re; your predators ablative armour. For myself I would try and keep the extra arour more to the shape of the turret, unless you are planning on giving it some support bars or something  Here's a link for 'reactive armour' on an old school predator. It might give you some ideas  http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6900/bild027ka2.jpg  Hope the comment are inline.  Here is 'extra armour' on my razorback. I just used the side panels and tailgate from another rhino and some plasticard strip (costs less than FW stuff) and you get bits left over.   http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/DGC_album/DSCN0157.jpg  http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/DGC_album/DSCN0156.jpg  http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/DGC_album/DSCN0155.jpg  Catcha - DGC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Librarian Swintha Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I really like the feel of this army. They're set up pretty much the way each army should be set-up. With their own personal look and sort of like they have their own background story. Â The LAV in my opinion looks a bit big...but nonetheless still awesome. >_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 DGC, i like your razorback with extra armour alot. it looks like how a space marine vehicle should look. i think i will invest in some plasticard or 4mm foam board from my local art shop. they also sell architectural model making stuff so theres plenty of choice. My MKII was just an experiment using components from non GW kits. i had a tamiya 1/35th M60A1 which i hadnt got round to building and i wanted to use some of those bits on that predator. Â it doesnt look nearly as professional as yours but i like it as it seems like a hasty in the field conversion done by a space marine tank commander and a tech marine with access to rudimentry ceramite and plasteel weave armour plates. imagine they are just on the brink of leading an assault against a heavily entrenched and fortified enemy and they will be spear heading the assault, imagine these space marine tank crews hastily retro-fitting these armour plates to their vehicles as the materials are being airlifted in by thunderhawk from an industrial manufactorum outside the battle zone perhaps on another continent. time is the critical factor here. Â this after all is the prototype and the next few versions will have a more cohesive look to them. you have given me some good ideas which i hope you dont mind me incorporating them in my next few vehicles. let me know if you need some assistance with your speeder conversions as over the next few days i will be building another two more. i hope you make at least a squadron. i use them at my local GW store on game nights and my opponents generally dont mind me using them with my rules, but some people i havent played against before i use the "counts as" rule and field them as tornados. anyways thanks rob for the comments and the help. Â Brother-Librarian Swintha, thank you for your comments. i just wanted my army to have a character and look of their own. and the whole back story of the Dark Angels and their Fallen brethren appeals to me greatly. some time in the future when i have finished around 3500 pts, i will play a joint force of my Fallen and regular DA. the total points for my side will be split evenly across both forces. Â initially the DA will start the game on their own then from the second turn onwards depending on the roll of a D6 the fallen will appear randomly to assist the DA force in prosecuting their foe, then at the end of the game it will be assumed that they will leave the battlefield via thunderhawk and thunderhawk transporters, leaving the system in their fleet which includes a battle barge on their quest to atone for the past and stand once more at the Emperors side. Â oh and before i forget the LAV is a vehicle that has a crew of 2 and transports 5 power armoured marines so it will be big. but i have yet to find a scale of model kit that really looks right for the perposes of W40K games, 1/48th seems too small for marines and 1/35th is a teeny bit too big but tamiya makes great 1/35th kits so i guess they will be the ones i would use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 ok just finished these 4 guys. they are additions to my veterans and i may paint them up as Fallen Dark Angels. i probably wont start painting till tommorow night but ill post up pics as i go. comments and criticism welcome. cheers  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03181.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The Pred's extra armour looks like the kinda hasty field 'improvements' often carried out. It looks a bit raw at present, but the painting wil bring it all together no doubt.  Those Vet squad additions look very neat – the poses of the plasmagunner and strom shield guy being particularly dynamic.  Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Cadente Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 looking good, the Pred armour seems a little big to me, or maybe just a tad too much of it, other than that looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 hey thanks Isiah, i have this thing about not having enough veterans so, and this is the truth, i have two tactical squads and 5 veteran squads so far lol. they are attached to my 3rd Battle Company led by the legendary Company Master Ariel and Interrorgator Chaplain Uriel (holder of 2 Black Pearls).  Oh i undercoated the MKII predator and you know what? i am liking it even better. it somehow manages to look more purposeful with a coat of GW spray. thanks for the vote of confidence on that. i also have 9 Deathwing which will be joined by 2 more squads when i go to GW to buy the teminator box sets i need. half the terminators are going to be made up as Fallen and the other half Loyal Dark Angels. i just need some ideas on the look for those Fallen guys. so any assistance would be welcome, i will consider any ideas that are thrown around.  Long time no see, Stella Cadente! i was thinking maybe using 4mm or 5mm foam board and or plasticard for the next 2 ablative (extra armour) MKII's i will be rolling out. oh and i have two tornado kits with 2 sets of predator heavy bolters waiting to be made into a couple of my heavy support landspeeders AKA Tsunami variant landspeeder  ok here a a couple of pics of the MKII with undercoat and 1 more of the veterans so you can see the posing a bit more clearly. anyways adios for now TC  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03192.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03193.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03196.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 the rhino is something my friend is working on when he comes round my place and the LAV is one that is ready for base coating. Â http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03268.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 ok i promised Jay i would post up proper pictures of his MKIIC Rhino. i need to mention this, Jay is very new to the hobby and i have been teaching him the basics. this is his first W40K vehicle that he made alongside me making my MKII predator. please comment and give him some encouragement as when he is round my place tonight he will be able to see the thread. he has started painting but he can only work on the models when he is here as he has no space at his mums to paint ect. peace  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03293.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03294.jpg  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03295.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGC Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Great start !!  That has been very well painted for someone new to the hobby, showing good brush control with good clean lines. We have all started somewhere and your friend is definately showing promise. Keep teaching him the basics, dry brushing next, maybe followed by basic shading and extreme highlighting, then through that he will start to develope his own style.  Not all of us aspire to Golden Demon but with patience and practise we can put some so called 'pro' painters to shame. I would say (for myself anyway) that painting is one of those things you always keep learning, look at your first figure compared to where you are now and you will see what I mean.  Keep up the good work  Catcha - DGC  p.s Maybe start a fresh thread for your mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Dragon Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Hey kanan  Your mates rhino is looking really nice wish mine looked that ncie (gotta admit havent tried painting it yet thought so) and i think hes doing really well for his first time painting a tank.  And i agree with DGC you might want to start a new thread for your mate,so he can get comments and criticism on his thats seperate from yours  Your LAV looks really nice too,cant wait to see it painted good luck with it.Keep us updated :D  From  The Red Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 DGC, yah i am real proud of what Jay has done so far. he has surpassed me when i first started out. ~grins~ and i will continue to teach him what i know. thanks for the good ideas as to what techniques to show Jay next as i was not sure which way to go from his great start with the Rhino which was an early xmas present from me. youre right i think i will get a thread specifically for his stuff up over this weekend. anyways how have you been? what are you upto? speak soon ok mate. Â The Red Dragon, thank you for the comment on the LAV i love the model and my local hobby store has ordered a couple more for me but i wont get them till after xmas. cheers for the encouragement. anyways talk to you on msn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanan Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 oh you guys have to get the new GW W40K basing kit! i have got 2 as theyre so good i couldnt stop at 1. ~smiles~ anyways let me know what you all think. cheers  http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t229/zrolimit88/DSC03297.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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