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Alright, ladies and gents, so with my Lamenters officially now over 60 models, I thought it was appropriate to give them a little airborne reinforcement. While I'm waiting on a pair of Land Speeder Typhoon kits to arrive, I'm busying myself with the new Storm Raven.

Now, I like the kit, but I wasn't too big a fan of the turret, the weird little spoiler on the back, or the ridiculously large air duct. That, and the lack of a cool looking Dreadnought carrier hoist in the back. So, like any hobbyist, I improvised.

I took the base of the servitor turret, the lascannons and covers, a Cadian Vox Caster(Cut down), and some plasticard to make a new turret with a much more sleek profile. Its as simple as laying the lascannons down onto a cut down turret bottom, throwing the cut down Vox in between, and overlaying the front gap with plasticard. Following that, I cut down the air duct by about 50% with a the humble Hobby Saw, and them into place.


Now, as we move to the back of the Storm Raven, I decided to copy an idea I saw photoshopped onto the Storm Raven when it was first announced. I wanted it to be more in line with a Landspeeder type of spoiler, while still looking like a big 'ole flier. To remedy the situation, I took some plasticard, cut out a pair of squares, and then cut them diagonally across and attached them for a much more sturdy appearance in the back.


Lastly, we have the Dreadnought Carrier System (DCS). To make the DCS, I took a pair of extra mid-toe joints leftover from my pair of Warhounds and slapped them into place along the weak little tow cable system to beef out the back of the Storm Raven, in addition to making it look like it can actually carry a Dreadnought without it falling off mid-flight. I was initially going to do the exact same system with a pair of cut down Sentinel legs, but the extra Titan pieces gave me an excuse to save money.



Current progress. She be PIP at the moment!



-Matt

Very nice! Your new turret looks a lot better than the stock one, and I really like the look of the Dreadnought Carrier System.

Nice, the turret looks great. I would have swapped the places of the two LCs though.

Asrodrig wrote:Very nice! Your new turret looks a lot better than the stock one, and I really like the look of the Dreadnought Carrier System.

Hah, thanks man!

ph34r wrote:Nice, the turret looks great. I would have swapped the places of the two LCs though.

Thanks bro. I also considered the turret idea too, but it made it look a little too wide for my liking.

I DIG IT MAN! you took something i dislike, and made it presentable without making a massive aesthetic overhaul, well done!

Hah, thanks Alex. You'll be able to shoot it down soon enough!

You know, you almost make me want to own one now, amazing job.

I've been wanting to see a Lamenters Storm Raven since I heard about them.
This is the first one I've seen
It needs the black and white checkers on the wings

Also lovin those conversions.

Capt. Rex wrote:I've been wanting to see a Lamenters Storm Raven since I heard about them.
This is the first one I've seen
It needs the black and white checkers on the wings

Also lovin those conversions.

Lol, that's what that tape is there for on the wings and turret. It's leaving a perfectly white area for my checker patterns.

megamarines wrote:Hah, thanks Alex. You'll be able to shoot it down soon enough!

Nice changes on both parts. Seems this model has potential if worked enough.

Mad4Minis wrote:Nice changes on both parts. Seems this model has potential if worked enough.

Yeah, that's definitely one thing I like about the model. It has potential everywhere.

Wowza! How do you get that awesome yellow?

ph34r wrote:Nice, the turret looks great. I would have swapped the places of the two LCs though.

The turret looks fine except I don't like the barrel ends being sideways. i would cut and rotate them 90 degrees...

Baron von Felixton wrote:Wowza! How do you get that awesome yellow?

Just airbrush a watered down Sunburst Yellow, and then wash it with a watered down Ogryn Flesh, followed by hand highlights of Sunburst Yellow with a little Skull White, increasing the amount of a skull white little by little with each highlight.

Also, Checker patterns are done!

I love the modifications you did. It makes it look less like a chibified Thunderhawk and an actual gunship. The painting is also very crisp and clean. Awesome job!

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:I love the modifications you did. It makes it look less like a chibified Thunderhawk and an actual gunship. The painting is also very crisp and clean. Awesome job!

Thanks man!

I would do something different with the canopy - I would have kept it transparent or maybe painted it blue instead of black. Right now it just looks the same as the black checkers on it.

Canopy aside though, this Stormraven looks totally badass. Clean checks and yellow are two hard things to pull off, and you managed to succeed in both. You also made lemonade with that model and made it look much, much better than the stock kit. Great work overall.

Dude, that praise is killin me. Lol

Also, just finished her a good few minutes ago.

Nice and weathered for the table and ready to wreck some shop!

pretty nice checers

Saw this posted on /tg/ when I thought to myself: "Hey, I remember seeing someone making a less derpy looking stormraven for his lamenters on....."

EDIT: Oh yeah, awesome looking ship!

Hah hah, I love /tg/ too much.

Very nice, I would love to see a photo with a Dread hanging off the back (if you can).
I know you said you have finished, but the engines still look too shiny when compared to the rest of the model. (IMO)

I'm still waiting for my local GW to restock so I can get one.
All the little kids beet me to them on release day and they don't even play BA or GK.

Amazing job, the turret mod looks so much better than out of the box! And the dcs is impressive...