adeptuscustodus Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hello brothers, I got the stormraven kit for my birthday in July and finaly got around to it a bit, Did not really like the original design completely although it has some very nice detail. So decided to bring it more in line with my thunderhawk and other marine vehicles. So I added canard wings, moved the hurricane bolters (to keep the doors operational) stretched the hull etc. It's still not finished but the design is set, Now have to make the dreadnought clamps which will be more like the Thunderhawk transporter graples instead of a flimsy cable. also thinking of adding an extra armour plate on the nose and offcourse chapter badges.... Here are some pictures: http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00191.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00192.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00198.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00200.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00205.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00215.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Mekboy/Novamarines/DSC00195.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic??ME?? Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 By the Throne!!!!! Looks very nice this is what it should have looked like. Can't wait to see it painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Looks a hundred times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 *stands on a chair and claps like a madman* Superb work, thats how it should have looked in the first place GW - take note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Tiberus Satio Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 And now I await the tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbabyjesus Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 agreed, this is how the stormraven should look, like a miniature thunderhawk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassill Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Great model! :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Very impressive work! It looks a good bit more intimidating than the basic model. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHunters Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Oh Bravo, bravo old chap, the perfect Stormraven! As mentioned, tutorial is a must! FTE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbringer Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Looks amazing, i agree on Tutorial is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Dear god, that is awesome !!!! How about some templates to match the tutorial? Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexington Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Dear me, my eyebrows seem to have jumped off of my skull and plastered themselves to the ceiling. Seriously fantastic work. It's the first SR "mini-Hawk" conversion I've seen that actually manages to pull off the look from all angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Dear me, my eyebrows seem to have jumped off of my skull and plastered themselves to the ceiling. Seriously fantastic work. It's the first SR "mini-Hawk" conversion I've seen that actually manages to pull off the look from all angles. The first part has kept me laughing for the past couple of minutes and I couldn't agree more with the latter part ;) Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coopervisor Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Just to echo the other comments, fantastic work on improving on the original. Especially like the positioning of the hurricane bolters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxyogi Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 :) Awesomely gOOd!! :) Tut required or better till.........resin in some make. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 And now I await the tutorial. Yeh, stick up a tut to keep this lot happy! :) Looks a fairly simple conversion when you look at the pics - no doubt it took a few hours of your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 That is spot on, fantastic work! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
company veteran Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 tutorial and templates please please please please!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olgerth Istaarn Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 That is a great-looking Babyhawk! Top-notch plasticard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army310 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 First off great job!! A+++ Do you have a template or tutorial to make that? because I would love to make one myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher in the Dark Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Very good looking Thunder-Raven variant. A tutorial would be most fascinating. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Xeones Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 First of all, excellent work! Not only do you have a very nice design there, but you've pulled it off very cleanly from a technique perspective as well. I'm working on my own extensive conversion of the Stormraven kit and I'm amazed at how many of the changes you've made to yours are changes that I've either already done myself or plan to do as I continue working. My only real criticism is that I wish you had carried the angle of the nose down without changing to the steeper angle at the tip. Like so: You'll also notice I also have a preference for getting rid of some of that canopy glass too. :tu: Anyway, it's a beautiful conversion even so. In the end, it's your design, so I hope you don't find this friendly critique to be out-of-place. I'm really looking forward to seeing how you do the grapple assembly. What you've done in the back thus far is great and its so close to what I have planned so I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. It might give me some ideas of my own! As to those of you who are begging for a tutorial, I'm certainly not speaking on behalf of adeptuscustodus, but in my opinion, this is a complicated and advanced build. If you are a good enough scratch-builder to pull off this type of conversion, then you should be competent enough to look at the pictures he's provided and make your own without a template. If he's kind enough to make a tutorial, he's a much kinder man than I am. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Tiberus Satio Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 As to those of you who are begging for a tutorial, I'm certainly not speaking on behalf of adeptuscustodus, but in my opinion, this is a complicated and advanced build. If you are a good enough scratch-builder to pull off this type of conversion, then you should be competent enough to look at the pictures he's provided and make your own without a template. If he's kind enough to make a tutorial, he's a much kinder man than I am. ;) We ask for a tutorial because it is a fabulous piece or work as stated since the beginning of the thread and wish for the owner to leave a piece of his creativity for future gamers and collectors alike. As some of can create such a thing out of scratch, there are some that lack in the motivation to do so without details and images to boot. As for the competent enough comment, I didn't seem to understand why you seem to put that this was an insult in asking him for a tutorial, more of an honour that people enjoy the work and wish it to be documented for others as I stated above. Let's try to not poke each other on what they are "competent enough" at and just enjoy the work of art and work together on getting this guy cemented in an awesome tutorial for the B&C forum for history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexington Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 As to those of you who are begging for a tutorial[...] The hell with a tutorial - I want him to go all Chapterhouse and make this into a mass-produced conversion kit! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher in the Dark Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 If he's kind enough to make a tutorial, he's a much kinder man than I am. ^_^ Let's hope so! ;) Some people learn better from "some" instruction, even if it is just the thicknesses of plasticard he used or measurements that worked for him. Now, while you may have been born with an innate talent to look at a photo and scratchbuild something to utter perfection while sipping brandy and smoking your pipe, I'm willing to bet adeptuscustodus at some point learned via a tutorial or someone showing him how to build something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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