alea acta est Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 13 years I got started in 40k by buying the 3rd edition space marine codex. inside of the front cover was a picture of a massive ultramarines army. In the rear of the shot was a majestic thunderhawk gunship that was made by armourcast i believe. When i asked in the store where i could buy this model i was told sadly that it didnt exist. 11 years later GW has released the storm raven and many other kits all with increased attention to detail and convertibility. With some inspiration from the web i set out on finally achieving my 13 year old dream. Granted this was no where near the undertaking Black Adder has been toiling on but i feel i have able to recreate that original thunderhawk in the old codex. and it didnt cost 700$ to forgeworld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That is extremely cool, nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus_Danseur Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Oooo nice job. I had that exact same codex and thought as a kid when I got it. Impressed with the execution all these years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Well done sir, is there any chance of a tutorial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano_Sam Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Nice job! Any idea how it compares, size-wise, to the official model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reckoning Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Nice job! Any idea how it compares, size-wise, to the official model? Id love to know this as well. I quite like the shorter design actually. Very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 This is awesome, I'd love to work on something like this but have too many other projects to work on first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alea acta est Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 regarding the comments on size comparison. Per the Forgeworld site "Thunderhawk Gunship measures 19 inches long and 17 incheswide." I think the gunship sits about 8 inches tall from the landing gear to the top of the gun turret, and I think the hull itself is 5 inches wide. my conversion measures 11 inches long. 12 inches wide. 5 inches tall. hull width of 2.5 excluding thruster jets. id say its about 80% of the mass of the forgeworld model. here is what i based my conversion off of. it gives you a rough idea of the assembly. http://www.scarboroughgames.com/files/SCRATCH%20BUILT%20THUNDERHAWK%20GUNSHIP.pdf i changed the tail fin. cannon assembly. rear engines. front wings. and used predator heavy bolter sponsons not land raider because of the ammo drum and more compact nature. each heavy bolter has its own servoskull targeter to represent the increased accuracy of the weapons. aka twinlinked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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