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Work in Progress Tutorial, I just wanted to post the prototype for the second version of Blood Angels Storm Raven that I built a month ago.









I hope to update it frequently till I can replicate the prototype in an easy follow instruction. This is a bit more
challenging conversion since it makes use of more plastic card. Anyway I hope to update the tutorial through out the week
till it is finished.



Components needed from Landraider, mainly the hull for the front portion of the conversion



I used a trimmed 1/4" plastic tubing to help in connecting the inner and outer hull



Use clippers, saw and hobby knife to carefully shave the pieces to connect the outer and inner portion of the hull.



The floor portion of the raider in then cut at these point





glue the hull as so to start with, a strip of plastic card is used to support the hull, this will also be used as a resting spot for the
Valkyrie canopy that will be used.



Glue the front Landraider hull to the crew compartment hull of the Valkyrie. I made use of plastic card
'L' beams for added support, you can also use the sprue frames if you don't have this bit.



Trimmed down the front canopy, cockpit of the Valkyrie and carefully cut it to fit to the front.



Decided to get rid of the Landraider headlights and used plastic card and green stuff to fill the hole.



Made the front weapon mount from cut plastic card and drilled a 1/8" hole to be able to place a small
rare earth magnet for the weapon mount.





Side profile of the completed hull so far.



Use the Valkyrie wing and tail support for the wing mount. I cut it in one of the grooved and glued it to the side of the
troop compartment. I had to shave down a bit of plastic to get it flushed.



Use the rest of the wing support and trim it down so that it can be attached on the lower hull.



This will aid in gradually bulking up the lower portion of the model.



Use plastic card to cover up the cut marks and to fill in the unsightly holes.



I trimmed down the small wings (canards) that will be used on the front of the Storm Raven





I used the front cockpit hull as rear wings and also as a engine mount



With the aid of trimmed downed 1/8" plastic tubing I went ahead and glued the engines on top of the body.



Storm Raven so far, nearly at its completion



Decided to make use of the void/space in the under belly.





Just makes better sense that the missiles are carried internally since it needs to be protected when reentering atmosphere.
I will build the proper doors for the underbelly later on.

I hope to complete the model in the next two nights, I apologize for the long delay since other priorities came up.

Update: May 20, 2010





Just wanted to post comparison pictures of the scale of the model compared to the hull of the Forge World Thunderhawk.

First deep striking Land Raiders, now flying Land Raiders?

What will the Blood Angels think of next?

That looks amazing. It looks cooler than your original design. Looking forward to a guide.

I like it. Best storm raven I've seen so far.

Updated, sorry for the delay. Will finish off the next two nights.

Updated tutorial May 15, 2010 suggestions welcome.

You're awesome, Thats awesome.

Pslotha wrote:First deep striking Land Raiders, now flying Land Raiders?

What will the Blood Angels think of next?

A titan made of Land Raiders, just you watch!

I believe that would be the "Norris Class" Titan.... LOL!

I can just see that "Norris Class" Landraider-titan do a roundhouse kick as it gets Deepstriked in by 8 or so thunderhawks.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:I believe that would be the "Norris Class" Titan.... LOL!

Lloldrin wrote:I can just see that "Norris Class" Landraider-titan do a roundhouse kick as it gets Deepstriked in by 8 or so thunderhawks.

In the 41st Millennium, The God-Emperor Fears no being... except for Chuck Norris!!!

I love Chuck Norris jokes, if you guys can start a separate thread for it, it will be appreciated.
I will finish up tutorial over the next few nights. I might have a go on creating a Norris Type
Titan later on.

That looks pretty sick man, can't wait to see it painted. I only wish that there was something like that for vanilla marines...

Turalon wrote:That looks pretty sick man, can't wait to see it painted. I only wish that there was something like that for vanilla marines...

I have a feeling that they will eventually make a it available for all other chapters limited to only one. Similar to what they did with the Landraider Crusader. I know they stated in the Blood Angel codex that the Grey Knights also make use of them. When they produce an official model, they will likely let it be used by all the Space Marines so that they can boost sales.


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Hi all, tutorial might be slowed down a bit since I just got one of my dream kits in the mail yesterday and will probably look the kit over since I want to do a plastic card replica of it. Yep, I folded and shelved out $550 and purchased a Thunderhawk Gunship from Forgeworld.

i imagine they'll get the flyer and he dread librarian much like the crusader land raider.