John Rainbow Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 So I decided to make my own Storm Raven based on the Terminator Salvation Hunter Killer. First off, it's not my original idea. I think a guy called Cain posted something similar on his BA blog and I thought it was badass so went for it. It's going pretty well so far, I've used drop pod bits to model some ceramite plating but still have a long way to go. I want to do some more plating - maybe using plasticard - and need to smooth it all out and fill gaps with green stuff later. Getting it onto a flying base so I can actually use it in games is the next step but I'll continue working on it for the foreseeable. Any thoughts/comments guys? I'll add more pictures as it progresses. http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m616/John_Rainbow/photo-14.jpg The original Terminator HK model looks like this: http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/File:Hunt...r.playmates.jpg ... and yes I have left the spring loaded and fully functioning missiles in the side of it! Can't wait to pop a Tervigon with a Bloodstrike missile at some point by actually shooting it across the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokhar Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I've seen this idea before, and was somewhat tempted to scavenge the model a bit for the VTOL thrusters on the side. The drop pod plating on the top looks ok to me. I have to be honest though, the "tail fins" look pretty atrocious. Its way too obvious that those are just the fins off a drop pod, so it looks like your "Raven" suffered an improbable mid-air collision with a falling pod. Moving beyond that, I'd look to 40k it (yes, that's now a verb) up more, particularly getting proper weapons for it. Spring-loaded blood strike missiles sounds pretty sweet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rainbow Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Agreed that I need to 40k it up! It's too 'smooth' at the moment, hence why I want to do some more armour plates with plasticard. I actually have a turret underneath with magnetised weapons (only using assault cannons so far) and the multi-melta bit from the actual Storm Raven is on the nose in this image. I would like to reinforce the fact that this is no where near finished yet though! As for the tail, I actually quite like the drop pod struts. I'm not sure whether to remove the circular sticky-up bits at the base of the tail though as I agree that these look a bit silly. My other 'big' current issue is what to do with the engine pods as they're way too circular for a Space Marine unit. I need some way to introduce some hard edges and extra bits without going too Orky and it just looking like I bolted various bits onto it. I guess I'll just have to be careful with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axira Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looks alot like a Tau Ship! So it will be intresting how you will de-xenos it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killax Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 If it doesn't look like a brick it's Xenos. Purge it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 If it doesn't look like a brick it's Xenos. Purge it. :( Although that's a really cool conversion brother, it can only be so sleek through one of two means: It's archeotech, or it's xenos based. Hmm. That said, I'd tow the archeotech route. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Tiberius Kondrad Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Nice to see someone using my idea ;) Just Ignore the haters bud. I had the same comments when I did mine. Funny thing was I got all kind of comments about it not being Imperial and looking Tau. But everyone who's seen it in real life has had nothing but good comments about it. I even find it funny that GW then used a similar idea for their Talon. Anywho, you're doing a great job so far :( If you need any more inspiration for it, mine is on my BA Blog linked in my sig. CTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rainbow Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Thanks Cain. I really liked the look of the one you did. I'm currently adding some armour plates with plasticard to the body of the HK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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