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So i was thinking, wasnt Valkyrie supposed to be transport ships too? But from the look of it
it doesnt seem to have any capabilities to land vertically ( it would be convenient no? )

So i thought wouldnt this be what the Valkyrie should have been?
( Or vendetta )

What is that and where is it from? Assuming you didn't make it yourself of course.

I was just playing Ninja Guiden 2 and this looks like the helicopter Sonja rides around.

Take a closer look at the ends of the Valkyrie wings Luna
There's little mini turbines there to assist in VTOL, if I had to guess.

I love helicopters... I'd definitely do something like this if I were to ever make a guard army (which I wont)

That would make an awsome valk , but yeah the valkrie has small turbines under the wings for such landings

That turret cannon look very stupid - too long. Apart from that very cool model.

Where did you find this? I need to know!

Is it a HIND? and @ holycrusader, in reality, rotary cannons with far longer barrels exist... The A-10 warthog is practically a plane built around a rotary cannon...

Is that the gunship from Patlabor by any chance? Personally though, I'd say that'd pass as more of a Vulture than Valkyrie...

Holycrusader wrote:That turret cannon look very stupid - too long. Apart from that very cool model.

Yeah, the cannon looks really too long, but apart from that, it is a cool thing

Doesn't look very imperial. Too rounded and smooth.

Nephilem wrote:Is that the gunship from Patlabor by any chance? Personally though, I'd say that'd pass as more of a Vulture than Valkyrie...

I agree, it would make an excellent Vulture. But it's hard to judge the scale of the model without a 28mm mini mext to it. If it's a huge model then it could be used as a Valkyrie, but I'd keep it as a gunship. The long gatling gun would be a perfect proxy for the punisher gatling cannons they are going to get in the new codex.

I don't think it's exactly Imperial design (as previously stated due to the curves), but if all the vultures/valks in your army were made from this range of model then they wouldn't look out of place. They'd only look odd by comparison if you had them in the same army as GW vultures/valks.

Where do you keep finding these amazing models?

The valkyrie model looks fine as it is.
Although this hekicopter looks really good, maybe something for a conversion?

I'm pretty sure it's from Ghost in the Shell. Anyway, eeeeeerm....I think it'd be a great conversion.

were did you get this i realy want one for an orky conversion

Avrik_Shasla wrote:I'm pretty sure it's from Ghost in the Shell. Anyway, eeeeeerm....I think it'd be a great conversion.

Not from Ghost in the Shell, but this kit is: Jigabachi



I wish there was a kit for the sniper helicopter from the first movie:

i voted no simply because there's no place to put 12 embarked guardsmen unless you model extra sleeping bags on top of the wings, lol. it'd make a great forgeworld vulture, though!

i think its a good choice

Moz - First thing I thougt when I saw that model was Tau, that could make a great weapon platform or something for apoc!

GW valkyrie models, we need no stinken GW Valkyrie model.
that is probably cheapier than the GW model.

I had thought about converting the patlabor model to be used as a vulture, I like the look and style of it, but I think its in 1\72 scale and it realy wouldn't translate well. If I could find one in 1\48 or 1\35 I would do it.

I believe its 1/48 scale.

Patlabor Hell Hound

The only version of that I can find is 1/72nd scale, and is $49.99 with Entertainment Earth having just one of them left.

Which for something that'll end up being out of scale, but the same size as a Valkyrie is meh.

Wait kanluwen is right 1/72

am i the only one here that knows about vectored retro thrust?

they have air craft now that are just like the f-16 that can land and take of strait up!!!!!

also has any one red the imperial armor book?
the ports on the wings siphon exhaust from the engine to lift off.

pcon426 wrote:am i the only one here that knows about vectored retro thrust?

they have air craft now that are just like the f-16 that can land and take of strait up!!!!!

also has any one red the imperial armor book?
the ports on the wings siphon exhaust from the engine to lift off.

The valk doesn't have have vectored engines. If you don't know why look at the model.

And those pathetic little things on the wing tips could NOT lift something as massive as the valk. I've always thought thte valk should be more like a v-22 Osprey, but with jet engines instead of turboprops.

Meta.

This is why the imperium invented suspensors, so they could get away with having aircraft who's wings have the same airfoil shape as a 2x4..

meta-ridley wrote:

pcon426 wrote:am i the only one here that knows about vectored retro thrust?

they have air craft now that are just like the f-16 that can land and take of strait up!!!!!

also has any one red the imperial armor book?
the ports on the wings siphon exhaust from the engine to lift off.

The valk doesn't have have vectored engines. If you don't know why look at the model.

And those pathetic little things on the wing tips could NOT lift something as massive as the valk. I've always thought thte valk should be more like a v-22 Osprey, but with jet engines instead of turboprops.

Meta.

F-16 is not VTOL, you're probably thinking of the Harrier.

Also on the subject of the Harrier they also have relatively small vector nozzles and maneouvering thrusters at the wing-tips so its not toooooo outlandish. Mix in some super duper sci fi suspensor tech and away you go

or the F22

anyway i can only find 1/72 scale versions of this thing. any cahcne you can throw a shop link our way?

1/72 would be to small for 40k wouldn't it?