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Replica Venerable Brother

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I'm noticing a lot of strong reactions to this model, and I'll be honest, I too had some initial misgivings about the model.

 

But please bear with me, I'm going to outline several points that I think may sway people in favor of seeing this model in a more appealing light.

 

http://spacewithinspace.net/images/projectlog/november12_stockstormraven.jpg

 

I've highlighted in yellow the 3 parts of this kit that should not exist. I think they look atrocious on the Storm Raven, and the aesthetics of it makes the Storm Raven's profile almost twice as tall, which gives it a caricature Boeing 747 look to it, almost like something you'd see from the likes of Fisher Price or Mattel or Hasbro.

 

Additionally, you will notice that the model itself is on landing gear, and hence adds extra height that would not normally be visible when the kit is suspended a-la Valkyrie style (re: on a tall flying stand).

 

The width of the model is curiously mysterious, but we can extrapolate a general width based on two factors. The first is that the boarding ramp looks identical to a Rhino's rear access hatch (no puns intended), and the second is the width of the Space Marine bases.. Using the existing width of the Rhino, and eye-balling the perspective of the various extrusions on the hull itself, I would hazard a guess that the base chassis (sans wings) of the model is about 3 1/2 to 4 inches in width. Remove the aforementioned yellow parts above (let us never speak of them again), and the height of the Storm Raven can be estimated to be about 4 to 4 1/2 inches tall. That actually isn't a very large profile.

 

Again using the marine bases as a broad unit of estimate, i would hazard that the wings of the Storm Raven are approximately 4 to 4 1/2 inches in width EACH, giving the Storm Raven a total wing span of anywhere from 11 1/2 inches to about 13 inches in width, which is along the same lines as the Valkyrie.

 

Now reference the following image. I've yoinked Xeorxe's Photoshop'ed image and done further tweaks myself to remove...well remove parts... I've also replaced the barrels of the Heavy Bolter with those of the Lascannon.

 

http://spacewithinspace.net/images/projectlog/november12_modifiedstormraven.jpg

 

I'll be honest. That looks DAMN sexy to me, along the lines of the US Blackbird.

 

EDIT: I should also note that, eyeballing the perspective, the kit looks about as long as it is wide. So it'll have the same proportions as a Valkyrie, only reversed (where the Valkyrie has the wings in the front, the Storm Raven has the wings in the back).

 

 

DV8

 

GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL, HE HAS FIXED THE STORMRAVEN! honestly, it looks 10 times better without the turret and tail. If it were my model, id give it a lower profile tail, and put the turret somewhere else, maybe off the sides or something, bit you're 100% right, its the height that makes it look (IMO) ridiculous...this has changed my mind on buying the model, very nice work mate!

 

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DV8 REALLY deserved a medal! :HQ:

His update on the Stromraven patterns really rocks! While I kinda like the original model, the one thing that bugged me was that ridiculous turret, that reminded me of Eldar tanks and had nothing to do with Imperial or Astartes vehicles.

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TheMouth Battle-Brother

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Here is a 3D mock up someone did on warseer

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=100851&d=1289860390

It looks like we were seeing it from a bad angle. B)

 

 

HA! I KNEW IT!!!

 

And everyone told me I was craaazy for liking the bloody little mini hawk!

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Overall, I like the model. There are some bits that could go away though...

 

1). The top turret just looks out of place and an after thought.

 

2). The intake on the top of the vehicle already makes a tall vehicle taller, and what's the point of having a turret in front of it that can't rotate 360 degrees?

 

The model with the intake removed and the turret replaced with the razorback turret looks much, much better.

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Overall, I like the model. There are some bits that could go away though...

 

1). The top turret just looks out of place and an after thought.

 

2). The intake on the top of the vehicle already makes a tall vehicle taller, and what's the point of having a turret in front of it that can't rotate 360 degrees?

 

The model with the intake removed and the turret replaced with the razorback turret looks much, much better.

 

I second :) Just hate that turret :)

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All Hail DV8!

 

i am So building a DV8-pattern Stormraven :P

 

Xenos deserves a decent amount of credit with DV8:)

 

+3 brownie points for sticking up for me. -1 brownie point for spelling my name wrong! ;)

Seriously guys, a little credit for doing the majority of the work on that redesign would be appreciated --though not to discount DV8's removal of the tail or swapping the lascannons back into the design!

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All Hail DV8!

 

i am So building a DV8-pattern Stormraven :)

 

Xenos deserves a decent amount of credit with DV8:)

 

+3 brownie points for sticking up for me. -1 brownie point for spelling my name wrong! ;)

Seriously guys, a little credit for doing the majority of the work on that redesign would be appreciated --though not to discount DV8's removal of the tail or swapping the lascannons back into the design!

 

least i knew you did somehting in it:) spelling it right would have required me to look it up:)

 

Stormraven: XeoDV8

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Judaz Battle-Brother

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Considering the average attention span of todays youth, I could post a picture of Xeones/DV8's SR and claim it to be mine. Suddenly the community would hail the 'Judaz Raven'.

 

And I do believe that the Raven would look very strange without any tailfins.

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Morticon Venerable Brother

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All Hail DV8!

 

i am So building a DV8-pattern Stormraven :lol:

 

Xenos deserves a decent amount of credit with DV8:)

 

+3 brownie points for sticking up for me. -1 brownie point for spelling my name wrong! :huh:

Seriously guys, a little credit for doing the majority of the work on that redesign would be appreciated --though not to discount DV8's removal of the tail or swapping the lascannons back into the design!

 

 

Damn dude..totally missed that you did the initial mods on that!!!!

 

Xeones DV8 Pattern it is :P

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All Hail DV8!

 

i am So building a DV8-pattern Stormraven :D

 

Xenos deserves a decent amount of credit with DV8:)

 

+3 brownie points for sticking up for me. -1 brownie point for spelling my name wrong! ;)

Seriously guys, a little credit for doing the majority of the work on that redesign would be appreciated --though not to discount DV8's removal of the tail or swapping the lascannons back into the design!

Just like Mort, I missed your version of StormRaven.. Sorry dude, I should have looked through this topic more thoroughly. 

Indeed Xeones-DV8 Pattern it is!  B)

 

edit: spelling

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Seriously guys, a little credit for doing the majority of the work on that redesign would be appreciated --though not to discount DV8's removal of the tail or swapping the lascannons back into the design!

 

Agreed, though I think the removal of the top elements was a no brainer in any situation (my immediate reaction to seeing the model was to do just that...you just happened to have Photoshopped the image first...so why do extra work? :blink: ).

 

 

DV8

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Seriously guys, a little credit for doing the majority of the work on that redesign would be appreciated --though not to discount DV8's removal of the tail or swapping the lascannons back into the design!

 

Agreed, though I think the removal of the top elements was a no brainer in any situation (my immediate reaction to seeing the model was to do just that...you just happened to have Photoshopped the image first...so why do extra work? :D ).

 

 

DV8

I agree with you there. I would have done the same in your place too. Why re-invent the wheel, eh? I'm not accusing you or anyone else of intentionally snubbing me or something. It was just a little misunderstanding. It happens sometimes when you've got lots of people reading lots of pages of posts. We're cool. :blink:

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TheMouth Battle-Brother

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Overall, I like the model. There are some bits that could go away though...

 

1). The top turret just looks out of place and an after thought.

 

2). The intake on the top of the vehicle already makes a tall vehicle taller, and what's the point of having a turret in front of it that can't rotate 360 degrees?

 

The model with the intake removed and the turret replaced with the razorback turret looks much, much better.

 

I second B) Just hate that turret :P

 

Did anyone else think of taking the turret and moving it to the underside like a B-17? How awesome would that look? LOLOL

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