Space wolves Thunderhawk

[Darius]

I hope u like it, its made of cardboard, an a little plastic. 99% GW bits free :D

The beggining; i downloaded some sheets, saw then for a minute, throw them and built it as i pleased
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/045/e/4/churru_by_Darkdarius.jpg

The main body. NEVER throw away that little toys of your childhood. nor those old notebooks. They are a gold mine!
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/051/b/c/thunder2_by_Darkdarius.jpg

The glorious reactors, made with a cardboard tube and some GW empty paint bottles
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/057/e/a/thun_by_Darkdarius.jpg

[Darius]

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/057/0/b/thunder_by_Darkdarius.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2008/063/2/0/dghd_by_Darkdarius.jpg

colour, colour... grey rules, but black is so charismatic... (and it covers the flaws)
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/063/c/1/thunderg_by_Darkdarius.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/063/d/7/ryur_by_Darkdarius.jpg

[Darius]

Finally i chose spacewolves grey, the sons of fenris would not have forgave me if i hadnt
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/065/f/8/qtr_by_Darkdarius.jpg

Dont be mean, you will hurt his inners!:D
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2008/065/d/0/adfarre_by_Darkdarius.jpg

¿Will it break if i shake it?... (luckily it didnt)
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/065/f/6/adsf_by_Darkdarius.jpg

[Darius]

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/067/e/d/lakjd_by_Darkdarius.jpg


Tadaaa! it looks far better than what it is really;)
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/067/5/5/asgdac_by_Darkdarius.jpg


Answering the ¿could it be better built? question.. Yeah, no doubt, with more time, materials, tools, skill etc it could be much better, but i wanted a thunderhawk (or something identifiable as one) without spending almost 600€ and spending less than 20€, and i think i got it ^^

Glory to the cardboard and my cutter... :D

[Aldramelech]

Goodbye

[Stormlord Aeirling]

That is just awesome

[rkiviman]

This is an awesome project!! Bet you it didn't cost you 600 dollars! Excellent job!!:eek:

[Lord Inquisitor]

Extremely awesome. That looks great. It looks as good as the Forgeworld one I'd say.

[gilbert93dt]

Woooow. That is really good. On par with the 600 dollar Forgeworld model. One of the best scratch built models I have ever seen.

However, there is room to be improved. It could use a little more details, as it looks somewhat plain in my opinion. Just simple constructive criticism, but do not overdo the details. EVER

[person person]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

Honestly not trying to highjack your thread or anything but this guy (http://www.ironhands.com/thawk.htm) used some old Pod Racer toy bitz for his engine and used lots of odd sci-fi toys, although he was trying to recreate something that wasn't very well "established" like the FW model and basically opposite to the FW model . TBH the only thing your T-hawk needs to me is some more rivets and armour plating.

Nevertheless you got skills that I could only dream of.

[Aldramelech]

Goodbye

[fuzzbuket]

That is 900% epic win:D:D:D

I tried to scatchbuild a dread but it failed :(

-fuzz

[Darius]

Personx2, i cant be but grateful for that pics. Really. Its nice to see that kind of proyects. Its really inspiring.

My thunderhawk was made fast and with no preparation, i just got the cardboard, printed a pair of pics and began cutting. The finished models talk about the time and the preparation. I just have not the patience :D


fuzz, i made a rhino and failed too :rolleyes:

[Mystery.Shadow]

A few work-in-progress pics of another Scratch Built Thunderhawk:

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee221/Mystarian/Pic-ThunderhawkWIP1.jpg

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee221/Mystarian/Pic-ThunderhawkWIP3.jpg

[http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee221/Mystarian/Pic-ThunderhawkWIP14.jpg

Tee hee hee....

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee221/Mystarian/Comic-ScratchBuild2.jpg




Scratch Built Thunderhawk used as an Objective, to see the scale and how it turned out.

http://album.warpshadow.com/v/HiveFleetMysteryShadow/ApocalypseHalloween09/

Enjoy!!

[MarshalAdamar]

Amazing, I would love to try and build a scratch built anything.

I might just give it a try!

How long did it take you to make the Thunderhawk?

[snikrot]

i cant believe you made that out of cardboard. how sturdy is it

[Darius]

The truth is... its very sturd :D

[Vepr]

Very nice scratch builds. Thumbs up guys. :)

[MarshalAdamar]

Wow makes me want to buy 20 boxes of fruit loops and get to work!

Thats great!