Converting the Storm Raven (KSons)

[isotope99]

My Storm Raven arrived today and I have been putting it together. I decided to go with only minor conversions to the structure (+some KSons detail), as follows:


I cut down the side thruster covers and added front stabilisers from the tail of the valkyrie.
I put the landing gear in the up position and used the rearlegs as the dread grapple (it doesn't function but my dread is going to be too big anyway).
I kept the top turret and ditched the air vent, but shrunk it down by omitting the servitor cabin



http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/DSC02148.JPG
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/DSC02151.JPG
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/medium/DSC02152.JPG
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/DSC02153.JPG

I'm going to paint it this weekend and will follow up with some painted shots later.

[Spy_Smasher]

Much improved.

Getting rid of the vent and lowering that turret is a major improvement. I had the same thought about going "wheels up" and using the gear as Dread grapples. I also had a similar idea about putting canards on the thing but I was going to go completely tailless and use the elevators as canards.

Yours looks great from the top and even the front -- it's that side view that is still a killer. Even so, MUCH improved and it will help me make decisions about mine.

[isotope99]

And my work in progress dread.

The idea is to have a full length gold sarcophagus cover (egyptian style). To accommodate this I made the dread taller with old leman russ track wheels above the feet + extra leg covers and a big high elf banner.

as you can see it wouldn't fit under the storm raven :eek:

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/DSC02154.JPG

[fuzzbuket]

fantastic conversions!!! cant wait too see theser painted up nicely!! BTW is the dread piloted by a sorcerer or is that a sarcophagus?? if you are doing another dread how about looking round a museum shop for a miniture egyptian one?

[isotope99]

Thanks,

The idea is that this guy is a proper dreadnought with someone under sarcophagus cover that is an image of the pilot before their interrment.

When the GK codex comes out I am going to do a cataphract robot from the book piloted psychically by remote to represent the rumoured dreadknight.

[plawolf]

Interesting work.

Technically, the 'front stabilizers' would count as canards.

On the dred grapple, does that actually allow you to hold a dred there?

[Mr.Pickelz]

How easy or hard was it to get the Glaive to fit in the fist? i wanna get one of those for my grey knight dreadnought to carry around.

[miteyheroes]

I love the look of the super-tall dread! Where's the fist from? And the loin-cloth?

[isotope99]

Interesting work.

Technically, the 'front stabilizers' would count as canards.

On the dred grapple, does that actually allow you to hold a dred there?

I bow to your superior knowledge of aircraft jargon, I was too lazy to llok it up.

The dread grapple sadly isn't functional :(. There's barely room for a regular black reach dread back there.


How easy or hard was it to get the Glaive to fit in the fist? i wanna get one of those for my grey knight dreadnought to carry around.

It actually fits pretty well. I had to shave the thumb slightly and fill a very small gap but I thought it was going to be harder.


I love the look of the super-tall dread! Where's the fist from? And the loin-cloth?

The fist holding the plasma cannon is from the new furioso, the other is from the venerable dreadnought kit.

The loincloth is from the IOB elf prince on griffon that I got for a different project.

[Tynskel]

Interesting Stormraven Conversion for the Thousand Sons. I like it.

The dread is AWESOME!

[Bigred]

Loving it Isotope!

I think the removal of the horrid top vent and using a standard marine razorback turret will end up being a fairly common Stormraven conversion. It is so simple and really improves the lines of the kit.

I love your Egyptian take on the dread. The one piece of advice I would offer, is to somehow break up the hard flat edge of the cloth that extends between the legs of the front figure, where it would normally meet the base. That articifially harsh horizontal line doesn't go with the flowing lines of drapery everywhere else on the model. A tiny bit of greenstuff and some subtle dremeling/shaving should do it.

-Larry

[isotope99]

Loving it Isotope!

I think the removal of the horrid top vent and using a standard marine razorback turret will end up being a fairly common Stormraven conversion. It is so simple and really improves the lines of the kit.

I love your Egyptian take on the dread. The one piece of advice I would offer, is to somehow break up the hard flat edge of the cloth that extends between the legs of the front figure, where it would normally meet the base. That articifially harsh horizontal line doesn't go with the flowing lines of drapery everywhere else on the model. A tiny bit of greenstuff and some subtle dremeling/shaving should do it.

-Larry

Cheers for the advice, I do need to blend the marine into the structure a bit more.

The turret is just the storm raven turret trimmed down to use onle the base trimmed to a circle shape (which fits the turret ring) and the weapons. Saves having to buy a separate razorback turret.

[Legoklods]

Best. Dread. Ever!:eek:

What codex do you use to field them?

[isotope99]

Best. Dread. Ever!:eek:

What codex do you use to field them?

Thanks, am going to be using the new GK codex when its out to field my thousand sons as grey knights. Seems appropriate given their tendency towards psychic powers and force weapons.

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?t=11823

[isotope99]

My light box is still a work in progress but here is my partially painted storm raven in heresy KSons colours, lots of red and gold blended together. It's slightly less orange in real life but I haven't yet found any daylight bulbs.

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/DSC02162.JPG
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/DSC02163.JPG

[plawolf]

That's coming along quite nicely. :)

Nice work on the base, is that a space puppy getting pawned down there?

[isotope99]

Finished, fastest painting of a centrepiece model I've ever done

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/SR_Finished_2.jpg

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/sr_finished_3.jpg

The base is indeed a space puppy getting souljacked

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/stormravenbase.jpg

[fuzzbuket]

thats really good painting !!! thats the best from you ive seen !!

[Herald of Nurgle]

Very nice conversions, man... Just one request.

Do a Thousand Sons LR Achilles. Cmon. It's Canon.

[isotope99]

Just to close the loop on this thread, finished my super-sized dreadnought. I'm thinking with a trygon base and a replacement for the plasma cannon, which is magnetised, it would make an acceptable dreadknight if I let the banner count for TLOS.

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/ksonsdread1.jpg
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/ksonsdread2.jpg
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/575/ksonsdread3.jpg