Well true believers, I have managed to just about finish up my Stormraven Conversion. I know, I know, it took like two months but to be fair I did open up a gaming shop in there someplace!
I really tried to put a lot of detail into this puppy and actually rebuilt it twice, as you can see below. I think the second version really catches the “mini thunderhawk” theme I was going for originally.
Now I’m sure by now you’ve taken a closer look and seen the Chaos iconography, and started screaming heresy. Heh, don’t worry this baby isn’t necessarily chaos per ce, its just a “counts as” Blood Angels Stormraven Gunship.
The difference between my MKI and MKII Stormraven Gunship is quite striking. As you can see I cannibalized a large amount of kits on my project including both a Land Raider and Valkyrie kit- which acted as the base of the model. However in hindsight I’m not sure I actually needed the Land Raider’s “guts”. I also used front of a Pre-Heresy Land Raider from Forge World, and the FW Razorback Twin Lascannon to get the look I was going for.
While all this was costly monetarily it wasn’t really necessary, as the same efffect could be obtained with scratch building or even using different components. Regardless I used what I did mostly cause I had it already, and it was quick both of which work for me!
The rear Dreadnought bay is still intact, and functional. I also left the rear stabalizer intact, as I think it flows nicely with the height of the twin lascannon turret.
I had intended on doing a conversion guide, but with the redesign and the amount of people selling these things on e-Bay I decided against it. However as always I’ll answer any questions you may have about the work I did.
Well what do you think? Did I capture the design and spirit of the newest Astartes warmachine?
About the Author: Rob Baer
