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I'd sure like one of those Ork fightas, that's for sure.

Looking foward to see what it will be!

well, they have the thunderhawk in the current WD....and they speak of FW thunderhawk in the past tense...

"...the old thunderhawk was very heavy and problematic to move on the board..."

Something like that would clue me into a lighter plastic version on the horizon (?)....

We will see soon enough....

krazynadechukr wrote:well, they have the thunderhawk in the current WD....and they speak of FW thunderhawk in the past tense...

"...the old thunderhawk was very heavy and problematic to move on the board..."

Something like that would clue me into a lighter plastic version on the horizon (?)....

We will see soon enough....

They're talking about the ridiculous metal one.

Yup, the one that came with the 'purchaser is straight-up insane' certificate lol. No joke.

I remember someone telling my brother and I about the metal one. He ran bracing rods down the middle of the hull and pinned the gak out of it, and it still fell apart regularly.

-Loki- wrote:I remember someone telling my brother and I about the metal one. He ran bracing rods down the middle of the hull and pinned the gak out of it, and it still fell apart regularly.

The metal Thunderhawk was well documented to collapse under its own weight.

MajorTom11 wrote:Yup, the one that came with the 'purchaser is straight-up insane' certificate lol. No joke.

Does something that needs to come unassembled in a sturdy WOODEN CHEST!! still qualify under the term "miniature"? Yeah, I remember seeing that bad boy in the old 3rd edition codex as well as a few white dwarf magazines and thinking... who is crazy enough to buy all that? I had trouble enough back in the day with my metal dreadnought, lol. I still get a kick when some of the teenagers who play 40k first pick up that bad boy and their hand phsyically stutters under the unexpected weight.

MajorTom11 wrote:Yup, the one that came with the 'purchaser is straight-up insane' certificate lol. No joke.

The advert for it in the journal said "you have to be mad or American to buy a thunderhawk".

Insanity!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/426510.page

What the devil are these?? They look like wheeled land speeders.

Snrub wrote:What the devil are these?? They look like wheeled land speeders.

Flying land speeders....flying really low.

No... they look like some kind of armored vehicle. APCs?

Carnage43 wrote:

Snrub wrote:What the devil are these?? They look like wheeled land speeders.

Flying land speeders....flying really low.

Look closely, they have wheels.

Out of myth and legend, from the depths of the Dark Age of Technology comes ... the wheeled hover rhino!

Kazwulf wrote:Insanity!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/426510.page

That's a pretty awesome case, regardless of the stupidly expensive contents.

Kazwulf wrote:Insanity!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/426510.page

From a modelers viewpoint, this looks like a fairly challenging, but fun build whith a great reward after finishing.
But ~700€ for this is just way too much, even with this awesome wooden chest

Kazwulf wrote:Out of myth and legend, from the depths of the Dark Age of Technology comes ... the wheeled hover rhino!

actually, there was a card for this in the CCG, gift of the emperor I believe it was called.

They are fully armored Land Speeders like the Forge World one with a Assault cannon in it the wheel belongs to the bike next to it.

^You clearly aren't looking at the picture. We can see the bike. If you look under both vehicles there are clearly....WHEELS.

The stuff on the cover of "The Hunt for Voldorius" is the artist taking liberties with the Rhino and Thunderhawk designs.

The Metal Thunderhawk came with it's own decal sheet? I never knew that. I love the Eagles over triangles and Wreathed skull with thunderbolts. They need to put those on a new decal sheet somewhere.

Kanluwen wrote:The stuff on the cover of "The Hunt for Voldorius" is the artist taking liberties with the Rhino and Thunderhawk designs.

Pretty much - and we certainly went over that back when the book was released... in 2010!

This is very, very thin, barely a hint of a rumour, but I've been meaning to mention this for a while, and unofortunately have remembered to while at work and so don't have a copy of Deliverance Lost to look it up, and can't remember.

Near the start, three different models of drop ship are mentioned, Stormbird, Thunderhawk and x, I want to say something like Firebird/Hawk, but pretty sure that's wrong.

Anyway, not something I'd heard of before, and its order in the list suggests it is smaller than the other two (assuming decreasing size)

Perhaps someone could grab their copy and give it the right name, but this could be a hint at what to expect?

azreal13 wrote:
Near the start, three different models of drop ship are mentioned, Stormbird, Thunderhawk and x, I want to say something like Firebird/Hawk, but pretty sure that's wrong.

I am looking and not seeing anything? Are you thinking of the Firesprite that other people have mention, or something else? I'll keep reading through. Any idea of when or where it is mentioned?

quickfuze wrote:Yeah I wouldnt hold your breath. With Tau in the hopper, and the 6th ed starter set rumored to be CSM vs Eldar, I dont think your going to see any ultramarine love anytime soon....and honestly it doesnt need redone at this time...

You're shrooming hard-core if you think they will release a core set without Space Marines (Imperial Space Marines).

Kazwulf wrote:

azreal13 wrote:
Near the start, three different models of drop ship are mentioned, Stormbird, Thunderhawk and x, I want to say something like Firebird/Hawk, but pretty sure that's wrong.

I am looking and not seeing anything? Are you thinking of the Firesprite that other people have mention, or something else? I'll keep reading through. Any idea of when or where it is mentioned?

I've searched myself now and can't find it!

Perhaps someone with a digital version could search for stormbird or thunderhawk, and it would occur right next to it? I suspect it is when they are arriving at earth, but not able to locate, sorry.

azreal13 wrote:

Kazwulf wrote:

azreal13 wrote:
Near the start, three different models of drop ship are mentioned, Stormbird, Thunderhawk and x, I want to say something like Firebird/Hawk, but pretty sure that's wrong.

I am looking and not seeing anything? Are you thinking of the Firesprite that other people have mention, or something else? I'll keep reading through. Any idea of when or where it is mentioned?

I've searched myself now and can't find it!

Perhaps someone with a digital version could search for stormbird or thunderhawk, and it would occur right next to it? I suspect it is when they are arriving at earth, but not able to locate, sorry.

Thread in Background:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/423518.page#3796460
where this reqested line in Deliverance Lost can be found.

spiralingcadaver wrote:

Kazwulf wrote:Insanity!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/426510.page

That's a pretty awesome case, regardless of the stupidly expensive contents.

And it even came with instructions, beats the current FW version.

Gav Thorpe short story about the Dark Angels mentions the Harbinger Drop Ship, the Castellan bomber and the Deathbirds aircraft too




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The HAWKING
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A civilian-pattern Hawkwing, registered to Fancile et
Cie, operating out of the Zeon-Ind orbital, it was just another
transport coming in along the signal pulse of the Planalto Central
traffic beacon.
The flying machine, an orbit-capable bird, wore a burnished
metallic skin, and was a wide, elegant shape, like a giant ray or a
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