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Well here, we are, the first shots of my Praetorian Zeppelin. It's the result of a Lego Airship, greenstuff, plasticard, forgeworld components, several GW tank kits, and too much spare time. It's meant to count as a Vendetta(as previously stated). I intend to make of three of these total.

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The Lego airship was a right to acquire. You see, it comes from a range of Lego called the Adventurer range which was limited edition, and is highly prized by collectors. (that's right, there are lego collectors) Thankfully, after much hard work, I managed to discover a place where I could buy them for a not too extortionate amount of money, and in bulk.

I've only got three pics here, as Imageshack won't allow me to upload the rest for some reason. The first two are from an earlier stage, the last one has one of the sides added. I need to undercoat the inside before adding the other side. Then a bit more greentstuff will be used to smooth out any of the gaps, and it'll be ready for painting and basing.

I really like the feel of this model, as it literally does possess the capability to transport twelve models inside the cupola, unlike most transports. Not only that, but it's a rather intimidating looking centrepiece of a model too.

My other projects which I've got stacked up to do after I've finished this one are:-

-Praetorian Steamships (Valkyries). These will have the centre body of a regular Valkyrie, but I'll be adding massive side turbines with rotor blades, and steampunking it up a little.
-Praetorian Lion Riders. These will count as Ogryns, and will have Praetorians mounted on white lions from the High Elf range, wielding modified Cadian Grenade Launchers. I'm also going to convert a Lord Commissar on a Lion to lead the pack.
-Praetorian Steam Jeeps.(Sentinel) Based on the classic sentinels body, with a modified engine at the back, and old fashioned wooden wheels stolen from a Warhammer sprue.
-Praetorian Russes-I'm basically just combing the chimera and russ sprues, something I've seen done before. I'll try and steampunk it up a little, but I'll see what I can do in the construction really.
-Praetorian Cavalry, for Rough Riders. Possibly two ten man units.
-Praetorian Stormtroopers-I'm trying to acquire the classic stormtroopers, and then mount pith helmets on them. And by the classic ones, I don't mean the inquisition style ones, I mean the ones with berets from the olden days.

Are you taking the pith?

outstanding!
whats the lego part number on that bad boy?

now i have to say its great. just i cant see how it moves as fast as a bloody vendetta ^^

wheres the crew? and is it finished?

but overall....NOICE

It's not actually finished yet. I still need to undercoat the inside, and attach the other side piece. I'm not bothering to add visible crew members, as they'd be insdie driving and manning turrets!

Not too sure about the Lego number I'm afraid. I can tell you is that it's from the Adventurers range. Hope that helps.

Cool, this is a nifty project. I too tried looking for that Lego piece and found it to cost around $30-40 on Ebay; would you mind showing where you've found it?

*shifty eyes*
I'll PM you the link once I've bought all the ones I need(tomorrow). There aren't too many about, and I'll admit that I'm slightly paranoid about some other git buying them all up.

Id love to get a ork player or two this item and let the mekboys have a go.

*doffs pith helmet*

If you're prepared for Battle for Big Toof River mark two, then you're welcome to try....

You see, it comes from a range of Lego called the Adventurer range which was limited edition, and is highly prized by collectors.

WAIT REALLY?! When i was a kid, i always loved legod and i have a BUNCH on the adventure stuff.........build and dismembered, but in time i could find all the pieces again, how much was the zeppelin thing worth?