++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[hushrong]

The land raider came out awesome. I love all the extra details like the winged skull on the tread and the covering of the lights. Now I am excited to see it painted up!

 

And as for the fire raptor...I wish you could have been there when I had to build my storm eagle. I could have used a seasoned guru with that psychological disorder of a kit.

[Augustus b'Raass]

@ Honda: Bless you! Wait, what's wrong with the storm eagle?

 

@ Wolf_Priest_Dantay: What happened to the _xv ending of your name? ;) Glad to see my earlier tips paid off for someone!

 

@ hushrong: Dude! You totally missed the finished Land Raider!

[gaurdian31]

The Land Raider came out amazingly! Well done and in such a short time too! The Fire Raptor is looking good as well. Keep up the great work.

[hushrong]

 

@ hushrong: Dude! You totally missed the finished Land Raider!

WHAT THE HOW!?

 

Well, I need new glasses because I do not know how I missed such glory. Then I will need laser eye surgery after having witnessed how awesome the Land Raider came out! 

[malcharion]

Well mate this Night lords Land raider is amazing ! I love the idea of flayed skin on the light !

Good luck with the fire raptor !

 

Malchy

[Augustus b'Raass]

Wow, with KrautScientist and Brother Heinrich returning, the forum feels like some kind of reunion! 

 

 

However, I also read that BCK is leaving us. #SAD

 

Anyway, I did some more work on the FIre Raptor: it's ready for chaosification!
 

 

The cockpit window is painted red on the inside with Tamiya Clear Red X-27. Notice that I still have to sculpt a Night Lords symbol on the front, where the Aquila used to be. 

 

I've also been strenuously sanding the Nigh Lords symbols from two Rhino front doors and three Land Raider and Rhino side hatches:

 

Which I prceeded to use on the sides of the Raptor:

 

...on its wings...

 

...and on its rear ramp!

 

All that needs to be done now is add spikes, sculpt a Night Lords symbol up front, and perhaps some flesh... which would look very coo, but I'm not sure how it would hold up in higher altitudes or in space.... I guess rool of cool? Ranker, I could use your input: it's going to be your Fire Raptor: do you want flesh or not?

 

Cheers!

 

@ guardian31: thanks, buddy! Hobby juices are flowing again!

 

@ hushrong: Lolz! Wait for the fire raptor. I don't want you to need a two-fer on the laer surgery.

 

@ malcharion: Thanks! It came from a hate for painting lights

Edited December 21, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Flesh will freeze, become brittle, and break off when the Fire Raptor ascends to high altitudes and/or enters space; what remains will burn up during atmospheric reentry. Unless the Fire Raptor is Possessed, i.e., it's TRANSFORMING into a flesh-and-blood creature, it's best to put such decorations in the vehicle interior.

[Panzer]

Flesh will freeze, become brittle, and break off when the Fire Raptor ascends to high altitudes and/or enters space; what remains will burn up during atmospheric reentry. Unless the Fire Raptor is Possessed, i.e., it's TRANSFORMING into a flesh-and-blood creature, it's best to put such decorations in the vehicle interior.

I wanted to agree and say that not even Space Wolves put fur on their Stormwolfs...then I re-checked and saw they have a bunch of bones and chains and stuff on them which would get destroyed during atmospheric reentry as well. I guess rule of cool trumps all. :P

[The Traitor]

The Fire Raptor is coming along nicely, though I would have used press molding instead of sacrificing full FW doors :P... Spikes would be great, but I don't know how well flayed flesh would maintain in space? Or even at high speeds on the surface?

[hushrong]

OHHHH I love that red stained cockpit! That looks great and it's going to look glorious when the rest of that beast gets some Midnight Blue put on her. Thanks for that heads up about seeing this thing completed before trying to restore my eyesight haha.

 

The re-purposed legion symbols also up the ante in the coolness factor.

[Ranker]

As a former engineer, I feel you guys on the “flayed flesh would burn up on reentry” but rule of cool applies here. Who says the Legion doesn’t staple on new flesh after each pillaging session right?!

 

Flay away!

[Augustus b'Raass]

@ Bjorn FIrewalker: Those are exactly the reasons why I didn't put on any fleshy trophies on the first fire raptor (also because I hadn't learned how to do them back then). 

 

@ sfPanzer: They do look cool, for sure. That's the whole reason I'm even considering it. 

 

@ The Traitor: Press Molding - oh right.... Space and Speed are all not particularly good for trophies...

 

@ hushrong: Cheers, buddy. Rememember, after this raptor, I will paint a Mars pattern Land Raider and a Spartan, all in Night Lords colours. so you might wanna hold off laser surgery for those too

 

@ Ranker: I was hoping you'd say that. But you've also given the best, most fluffy reason why those skin trophies would be there despite burning off each time the ship enters space or accelerates to high speeds: they just slap on new stuff after each raid!!! 

 

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/388236/knife-man-o.gif

Edited December 22, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Bjorn Firewalker]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but "A Daemon possessed the gunship and is mutating its airframe into a flesh-and-blood body for itself," actually makes more sense than "The Night Lords waste time mounting fresh bodies onto their gunships, to replace flesh-and-blood decorations that were lost every time the gunship flew faster than 400 km/h."

[Augustus b'Raass]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but "A Daemon possessed the gunship and is mutating its airframe into a flesh-and-blood body for itself," actually makes more sense than "The Night Lords waste time mounting fresh bodies onto their gunships, to replace flesh-and-blood decorations that were lost every time the gunship flew faster than 400 km/h."

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[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

@ Honda: Bless you! Wait, what's wrong with the storm eagle?

 

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, final stages of the Fire Raptor build. 

 

I added skull and helmet trophies:

 

 

 

And a daemon skull up front, ....

 

...which together with the rectracted landing gear 'feet'....

 

...will receive some bat wings, so as to make them into Night Lords icons. 

 

Additionally, I will add a few Fleshy trophies. Just for the ROOL OF COOL

 

Cheers!
 

@BCK: Really? Damn. I hope someone commissions me to do one (@Ranker: hunch hunch, wink wink) so I can dispell this.

Edited December 22, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[BrotherJim]

Fantastic content Augustus! Really enjoying the Fire Raptor build.

 

So glad i dropped by, this is a great day, the old band is getting back together again! Merry Christmas. 

 

I have many questions for you but I will ask only two:

 

Who do you use to host your images?

 

and secondly, 

 

are you on instagram?

 

Good to see you again.

[malcharion]

I said chain up a Dark angels on that rooftop so that he can enjoy the vue and all ;)

Nice placement of the spikes and sigils as for the flayed skin I'm for the rule of cool..but for me there is no need ..first you Land, then you flay, you parade with you pimped Fire raptor casting the scream of the desperat citizens, smelling the sweetness of Burning bodys in the morning and Finaly you fly away and do it all over again... Life is so beautiful :D

Edited December 24, 2017 by malcharion

[Augustus b'Raass]

Haha true dat, malchy!

 

@ BrotherJim: I nowadays use Imgur to host my pictures. I used to use Photobucket, but they screwed everyone over majestically and their service is abismal. I still need to transfer all my pictures over to Imgur, but seeing as my thread is 150+ pages long, I doubt I will get to that very soon. 

 

Anyway, flesh trophies and Night lord symbols done!

Here's the flesh trophies:

 

 

 

And the last one, on the right wing tip, and the beginnings of the base:

 

Here's the frontal NIght Lords symbol:

 

and lastly, the -by now mandatory- retracted landing gear with Nigh Lords 'stamps' :D

 

Hope you like! Thanks for looking and commenting! 

[Atia]

But Auggi, that's not a daemon skull. It's actually a Nostramian Lion. Learn your lore, Night Lord!    

[hushrong]

Looking like the killer it is meant to be! The skull and helmet trophies are a great touch. I added some spiked skull trophies to a deredeo I have and want to keep it up with my chaos vehicles but I need to learn how you got the ends pointed so nicely. I really want to add those trophies to my vehicles, terminators, and some marines but I am struggling with getting a nice point. The fleshy bits are cool too and I one should never argue with the rule of cool...especially in a realm like 40k.

[gaurdian31]

That Fire Raptor is looking great. Those sculpted bat wings are superb. 

[Scribe]

 

@ Honda: Bless you! Wait, what's wrong with the storm eagle?

 

 

 

This gif is perfect.

 

For any flaws the Fire Raptor has, the Storm Eagle is (or was) noted as being worse.

 

It is by far, BY FAR, the worst kit I have ever built, the most frustrating kit I ever built, and the ONLY kit in over 20 years of hobby life that I had to walk away from MULTIPLE times, out of fear I would grab a hammer, and destroy it before I finished building.

 

You may not find it now as its old, but there used to be threads discussing how soul crushing that kit was to build.

[Ranker]

Love the little touches, especially swapping the landing gear symbols. It’s these little touches that make Augustus’ work stand out.

 

Heck yeah, I’m in for a storm eagle and spartan :D

[hushrong]

 

For any flaws the Fire Raptor has, the Storm Eagle is (or was) noted as being worse.

 

It is by far, BY FAR, the worst kit I have ever built, the most frustrating kit I ever built, and the ONLY kit in over 20 years of hobby life that I had to walk away from MULTIPLE times, out of fear I would grab a hammer, and destroy it before I finished building.

 

You may not find it now as its old, but there used to be threads discussing how soul crushing that kit was to build.

 

 

I thought you pulled those words straight from my mind (minus the amount of years). I remember getting the kit and two pieces of paper that served as "instructions" and constantly going online to see how others went about theirs. There were many times where I thought to smash up what I had built and then turn it into a crashed flyer for terrain.