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Any ideas how to convert an Assault Ram into a Stromraven. I have little experience in converting but this could be promising as it has missiles built in (could be Bloodstrikes) and it is used for assaults, just like BA. The only problem is the Dread anchor.

Sorry? You want to drop £92 to make a Stormraven from a Caestus when there are million cheaper, and easier, ways to do it? Cheaper because there are so many great idea out there for converting Valkyries and easier because resin can be incredibly unforgiving if you are not extremely careful.

Even if you went with it I think it would be a lot more work than it's worth. At the very least you'd need side and rear doors as well as the guns. Those weird booms really don't seem large enough for a decent set of doors along their flanks. I'm not saying it can't be done, just that there are better choices than the Caestus.

^ QFT

A Valkyrie is a fraction of that, and it's sized better. Waste of money/

I must say using a Caestus would make for a pretty tough looking Stormraven. A problem with this is that in my thinking, Stormravens are pretty light and speedy so Maybe a Caestus wouldnt work in that matter... I could be wrong though. If pulled off well It would send Stormraven conversion into a new era because I think the idea just hasnt been done, For reasons Explained by Sanguinary Dan. Expensive.

I was thinking along those same lines myself at first. I'm not sure though. I think it'd be probably be better to convert a stormraven from cheaper vehicles, but get a Caestus too. And use it as a Caestus. Because ramming things from across the board is fun, especially when you can then disgorge a unit of terminators at them.
Blast melta sounds fun too...

I see no problem using the Caestus virtually as is as long as the stormraven is armed with a meltacannon, bloostrike missiles, and maybe lascannons.

The Casestus comes with the meltaweapon already as well as what looks like missile pods. You could reasonably approximate a cluster of missiles to be roughly the same as a single bloodstrike missile. The only thing you would have to do is add lascannons. I would do that using magnets, probably on the bottom of the Caestus, so as to not have exposed magnets if you run it as a Caestus instead of a Stormraven.

You wouldn't even really have to convert it to carry a dread. If you look at the rear of the model, you could reasonably explain the secondary/maneuvering thrusters as magnetic field generators or some other sci-fi tech-y sounding thing that could carry the dread.

The only problem with that idea is that Blood Angels don't have access to the Caestus. I guess GW/FW decided BA didn't need two scary flying transports.

Lets not forget that the Caestus is as i believe a resin model isnt it? sad to chop up such a beautiful model i thinks.

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The only problem with that idea is that Blood Angels don't have access to the Caestus. I guess GW/FW decided BA didn't need two scary flying transports.

And your point is....?

You're using it as a storm raven(which doesn't look like anything because it doesn't exist), not a Caestus. You're just converting it so that you can use it as a Caestus in the event that there is a stormraven model... and you want to use it as a Caestus in whatever situation calls for it.

i don't see much of a problem using the two interchangably, especially since the pics of the caestus were initially thought to be the storm raven. the caestus is armed with a big melta weapon (the storm raven can take a twin linked multimelta) and wing mounted missles (the storm raven has missles also). the only thing weapon wise you'd have to add somewhere via magnets is a twin linked assault cannon (easily obtainable from the ravenwing sprue). the extra access points can also be magnetized onto it by using rhino or landraider hatches onto the sides. the only problem modelling-wise would be the rear dread compartment.

warboss wrote:i don't see much of a problem using the two interchangably, especially since the pics of the caestus were initially thought to be the storm raven. the caestus is armed with a big melta weapon (the storm raven can take a twin linked multimelta) and wing mounted missles (the storm raven has missles also). the only thing weapon wise you'd have to add somewhere via magnets is a twin linked assault cannon (easily obtainable from the ravenwing sprue). the extra access points can also be magnetized onto it by using rhino or landraider hatches onto the sides. the only problem modelling-wise would be the rear dread compartment.

just tie the dreadnought on to it with some baling twine

i would build a frame from balsa wood or sumthing. then insert a magnet into the frame and the top of the dread, done. if you are only using one storm raven i say go with it, it would make a nice centre-piece