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I'm looking for a cheap way to convert some DE raiders into venoms. The pic in the new codex shows the venom as basically a hybrid raider with the front end of an Eldar vyper. I've been racking my brain and can't come up with anything that might look decent without having to purchase $100+ of Eldar vypers to chop up.

Sorry if this is in the wrong location. I wasn't sure. Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm thinking of the same idea, except that I'm thinking of taking a Vyper, removing the gun and DE-fying the crew, and adding some passengers from the Raider kit, essentially the models which hang off the hull. Hope that idea helps.

http://www.40konline.com/community/index.php?topic=207004.0

really nice conversion from raider and vyper

Wow, that's awesome, but my problem is a cash problem. I have the raiders, but don't want to purchase the same number of vypers to do the conversion with.

Reaver Jetbikes looks like it could fit the bill, and they come 3 per pack, making them alot cheaper than Vypers.

Interesting little vehicle, there....should be an interesting codex...
Anywho, perhaps going through a Bitz store might be an option? Pick up a Vyper off of somewhere like Ebay or The War Store to get a little bit of a discount, then check for the back railing and the back half of the vehicle on a bitz store. I can't imagine the conversion running more than $50.
Good luck!
Granesh

I was looking at the reavers, but I think they will be too small and end up looking like a car towing a buss. I'll take a look at them and see what I can do. Thanks.

It says in white dwarf "when we get round to bringing out the venom model". So it seems like there will be a proper kit at some point. you could just use a normma raider as a "counts as" for the meantime.

Sweet. I hadn't read that at all. I'll use markers for the raiders to indicate which is which then since I've been mixing and matching. Thank you.