40k Flashback- Rogue Trader Thunderhawk / Stormbird

By Rob Baer | February 1st, 2014 | Categories: 40k Flashback, Space Marines

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Welcome to 40k Flashback, where I dig deep for something cool that I have or have seen from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday…

This is an old illustration of the first documented Astartes Drop ship, which could be the precursor to the Thunderhawk / Stormbird aircrafts. See how that design finally landed in metal, resin and plastic across every 40k Thunderhawk gunship model.

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