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Just finished her a good few minutes ago.

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





-Matt

great job with the exhaust and turret. it's still boxy (nothing you can do about that!) but the biggest offending design feature (the bubble turret and chimney) are fixed. nice!

I love it!How did you do the turret redesign?

Commander Endova wrote:I love it!How did you do the turret redesign?

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.

Can we get a back view so we can actually see the Dread carrier?

shealyr wrote:Can we get a back view so we can actually see the Dread carrier?

Here's a pic of it when ti was primed:

very nice cant wait to get mine!

The 5th Element :3

Wow, that obnoxious yellow color actually makes that horrible model BETTER. This is probably the least crappy GW stormraven I've seen.

Ailaros wrote:Wow, that obnoxious yellow color actually makes that horrible model BETTER. This is probably the least crappy GW stormraven I've seen.

Speaking of which, how did you do the yellow? It looks so clean and defined and and I want to paint my Space 'ulk Termies as Lamenters, as they have all the blood angel symbols already and they allied with my astral claws

looks very cool, Lamenters done right is a great scheme!

LunaHound wrote:The 5th Element :3

Hehe, does kinda look like the cab.

Paint job looks great. Fixed turret and intake look great. But I still can't stand this model. Maybe if it wasn't so stubby it would look better. Actually, if the cockpit design was different it would look better. I don't like the midget thunderhawk look to it.


Seriously though, the paint job looks amazing. The colors really pop. And you did a great job fixing the turret.

Super sexy yellow right there My one criticism is that your checkerboard pattern is a bit sloppy and uneven in some areas. It just doesn't fit with the quality of the rest off the work.

Very striking, I like it. Very refreshing change from all the red ones that've been flying about.

How'd you do the weathering? Drybrushing Boltgun Metal?

Nice model. I like the redone tail.

Also, how did you paint the pilots canopy?

Excellent Storm Raven. The weathering is fantastic and I love the yellow tone you have chosen for your Lamenters! Something about a yellow storm raven really appeals to me! Great work!

very nice

Hell yeah, that looks great...

My only 'lament' is that you didn't drill out the barrels on your hurricanes.

An excellent piece!

Like it. Always good to see second founding chapters done well.

Flashman wrote:Like it. Always good to see second founding chapters done well.

Nerd alert! Lamenters weren't 2nd Founding, they were 21st Founding.

Well done yellow!
I've painted several yellow vehicles and wow, does it suck with a brush.

nice storm raven
now defanatly thinking about converting my force to an BA susessor

Wow, that is really bad ass looking man. Good job. More pictures!!!

I like it!

great work my friend.

really cool.. good painting.. only sad about the black windscreen.. unless that was the idea ..

I definitely love the paint scheme, real orky if you ask me but awesome paintjob regardless

cheers!

Really loving the yellow. how about some bleeding harts? Great work!

That looks substantially less awful than the stock red 'un.

Really nice work - love the redesign touches and the Lamenters scheme.