Another one of my first blog articles back in 2009 was this converted Vendetta.
I converted up two Vendetta “Choppas” for my Orky Guard army, and they seemed to go over well.
I figured I’d share these again since flyers are out, and some readers may have not seen them yet.
To make it I started out with the normal kit, and supplemented it a bit. I had a few pieces left over from some Valkyrie jet conversions I did a while back.
So I splashed a few extra bits from another Valkyrie kit in here. The wings are actually the rear tail stabilizer cut in half, with magnets for the weapon mounts.Once that was done I noticed the body was a little unstable sitting on the ground so I added an extra landing skid from the removed wings.
As you can see the rear vertical stabilizers have been removed for the prop to have clearance to spin. A lot of people comment on the lack of a rear prop, but the Orks don’t care it all flies the same for them.
The propeller itself is from a fake GI Joe toy I got from Wal-Mart for $10. Pretty good price for just the right bit I needed if you ask me. The propellers actually fold up into a smaller “x” for storage as well.
The overall details were just a good splash of plastic card triangles and glyphs all over to make it proper Orky. I also used a leather punch to make rivets in the plates so they blended in with the overall theme.
When I was working on my list I wasn’t sure if I was going to go with Vendetta or Valkyrie, so lol I decided to do both, and magnetized up all the weapon options. Last but certainly not least was the Gretchin pilots. I just used some spare heads from the Stompa and Grot boxes to give them that Top Gun look.
So that’s pretty much it. I ended up doing a lot with this army, and won my first Grand Tournament with it.
You can checkout all the posts I made about my “Looted Imperial Guard” here http://blog.spikeybits.com/search/label/Looted%20Guard
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