asur03 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Just finished HR and starting in on FG. They mention Stormbirds as a larger version of a Thunderhawk. Anyone have more info on these? Armament, capacity, design, etc... Could be a fun conversion from the FW Thunderhawk. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 i believe there have been numerous topics on this. just use the searchy :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2000427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AekoldHelbrass Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 In Specialist Games 2009 on page 19 there is "Space Marine Landing Craft" which looks alot like Thunderhawk but larger. Can it be stormbird? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2000502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 In Specialist Games 2009 on page 19 there is "Space Marine Landing Craft" which looks alot like Thunderhawk but larger. Can it be stormbird? I doubt it. The only Stormbirds still in use are ones that remained intact through the Horus-Heresy and those are in the Traitor Legions' forces. All Imperial forces and Space Marine Chapters exclusively use Thunderhawk Gunships now. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2001445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Fellblade Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 In Specialist Games 2009 on page 19 there is "Space Marine Landing Craft" which looks alot like Thunderhawk but larger. Can it be stormbird?  Edit: This?  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Space_Marine_Landing_Craft.gif  If it's the epic model you're talking about it's just a big thunderhawk for carrying tanks, the only thing similar to the description of a stormbird is the fact that it's a bit bigger than a thunderhawk (otherwise it looks exactly the same as a thunderhawk with the middle missing). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2002453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain_quint Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I don't think that stormbirds were vehicle transports. IIRC they were sleeker vessels than the Thunderhawk. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2003011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 the landing craft isn't a stormbird :huh: Â the tempestus fugitives have a nice datasheet for the stormbird in their pre-heresy rules packs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2007064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindicare101 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 the landing craft isn't a stormbird :) the tempestus fugitives have a nice datasheet for the stormbird in their pre-heresy rules packs.   Tempus Fugitives  The Stormbird was the transport of choice during the great crusade, before the thunderhawk came about. Holds a higher number of troops, but is less heavily armed and armoured.  We've got rules over in both our Emperor and Warmaster packs, for the forthcoming Horus Heresy event that we're running later this year. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2007298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Indeed we have the Stormbird I believe is based on the epic landing craft seen in the 2nd ed. Epic rule book (1993 I think), which we have a pic of on our data sheet or here in my gallery. Its the closed thing GW have officially printed which resembles the description in the HH books (apart from the large turbofan engines that is :P). Â I Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2008414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Your link tells me Im not allowed to look at it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2008426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Try that! hopefully it's fixed! Â I Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2008428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Ahh... yes works fine now. Thats quite a few Assault Marines dropping next to that titan. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2008433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain_quint Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 it looks a bit like the dropship from aliens, only much bigger. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2011253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Angel Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 True but the pic gives enough info to actually start work on a good model of your own. I would imagine this as a much earlier model. The Large engins being a weakness needing to be fixed in later versions of the craft. Adding large wings would improve unpowered flight charicteristics in the event of an emergency landing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2011628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Trajan Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The picture is awesome! I would say though, it doesn't really have the feel of SM's as of late. It looks like something you could pick up in walmart and spray paint. And the Aliens observation is dead on. Its on par with the classic deoderant land-speeder-thingy in akward looks. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2172049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey Kong Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 BulldogUK made a nice conversion of a Storm Bird here: Â http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...p;#entry2040913 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2172117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
satanaka Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Has anyone considered that the new Storm Eagle from the upcoming IA 8 book might be an updated version of the Stormbird? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2172143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starblayde Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Indeed we have the Stormbird I believe is based on the epic landing craft seen in the 2nd ed. Epic rule book (1993 I think), which we have a pic of on our data sheet or here in my gallery. Its the closed thing GW have officially printed which resembles the description in the HH books (apart from the large turbofan engines that is :P). Not sure if it was in the Epic rulebook or not, but that pic was definitely used in one of the two Space Crusade rulebooks (the mission one, I think?) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2172588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madman Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 a guy from Work in Progress has made a conversion of it out of a G.I joe vehicle (i think) Just follow the link straight to it. it's also got some rogue trader art of it too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2172795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor's Champion Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 a guy from Work in Progress has made a conversion of it out of a G.I joe vehicle (i think)Just follow the link straight to it. it's also got some rogue trader art of it too. Welcome to 3 posts above you. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2173887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcin Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 a guy from Work in Progress has made a conversion of it out of a G.I joe vehicle (i think)Just follow the link straight to it. it's also got some rogue trader art of it too. Welcome to 3 posts above you. Â Same guy, different forums, so perhaps he was not aware of the B&C work in progress thread; why did you have to be an ass about it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2174958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Just finished HR and starting in on FG. They mention Stormbirds as a larger version of a Thunderhawk. Anyone have more info on these? Armament, capacity, design, etc... Could be a fun conversion from the FW Thunderhawk. Â Its funny that you mention this because I was just thinking the same thing. Â Loyalists all switched to the Thunderhawk, but there had to have been some advantages to the Stormbird. Maybe it was actually better, as older technologies often are in 40k. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2174975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor's Champion Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 a guy from Work in Progress has made a conversion of it out of a G.I joe vehicle (i think)Just follow the link straight to it. it's also got some rogue trader art of it too. Welcome to 3 posts above you. Â Same guy, different forums, so perhaps he was not aware of the B&C work in progress thread; why did you have to be an ass about it? More effective way to teach people to read before posting. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2175115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcin Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 a guy from Work in Progress has made a conversion of it out of a G.I joe vehicle (i think)Just follow the link straight to it. it's also got some rogue trader art of it too. Welcome to 3 posts above you. Â Same guy, different forums, so perhaps he was not aware of the B&C work in progress thread; why did you have to be an ass about it? More effective way to teach people to read before posting. :rolleyes: Â More effective way of getting people not to come back or simply ignore you. Perhaps he read the post but didn't follow the link to see that it had the same pictures as the link he was providing, also the post on the other forum could of given different insight since there would be different people posting there. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2175705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Broken Knife Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 That black and white SM pic with the turbofans is Rogue Trader era. I seem to remember it being the centre spread in the 1st edition of the Deathwing Novel. Given the age of the original drawing it is likely that it was copied from the dropship from the Aliens film - back in the day GW were even more blatant with copyright infringments. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/169435-stormbirds/#findComment-2176595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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