Blood Angels Storm Raven Conversion

[patzgcrux]

Thought I'd post my conversion of the Blood Angels new transport the Storm Raven. It is mostly built from
the IG Valkyrie model. I used some plasticard but most of the kit is the Valkyrie. It is a work in progress,
Any input, suggestions welcome. Also trying to figure out what type of crane/grapple to use for the
Drednought that is going to be located behind the hull.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm1.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm3.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm5.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm6.jpg?t=1268801938


I decided to keep the model around Valkyrie size cause GW tends to keep their transports small. In my second version I might change the cockpit to something more similar to the Thunderhawk canopy.

[therealjohnny5]

the inside if the tail section needs to be filled in. I agree a TH cockpit might look a little more marine.

[fuzzbuket]

cool I might nick this idea looks just how i imagend it !!:D

[sangrail777]

I really like this conversion better then the others so far displayed. The only thing is the cocpit. I just think a (forget what its called, the typhon landspeeder from forge world) would look just amazing on this conversion.

[the drake]

I have to agree that this is the best storm raven conversion i've seen. well, the one i've liked the most. nice work

[patzgcrux]

Thanks, I am trying to figure out how to mount the missiles, I will probably use the pods from the whirlwind. I am also trying to modify the nose section a bit so that I can use a magnetized assault cannon or laz cannon for it. Heck of a vehicle for the Blood Angels, for 200 pts. it is cheaper than a landraider and more capable. I think the cheese factor is off the scale, can't wait to get this baby finished.

[patzgcrux]

Thought I should share the latest photos. I added twin linked laz cannon on the front of cockpit. Also attached whirlwind missiles on side to represent the anti tank missile this vehicle carries. I also added another entry point at the rear of the model since according to the codex it has 4 entry points.


http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm1a.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm1b.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm1c.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm1d.jpg?t=1268801938

I am pretty happy on how it looks so far, I am still trying to figure out a proper grapple, crane for the dreadnought for the rear of the vehicle.

[Lord Inquisitor]

Of all of the Storm Raven conversions on here so far, yours is my favorite. Not only does it look good, but it looks totally diffrent than anything else.

[catalyst2]

I particularly like this conversion because the front exit is so prominent. As an assault ramp, I had envisioned something very similar to this. In adition, both the lascannons and the missile launchers are very well placed, again, very much the way I had envisioned the Storm Raven.

Just out of interest, what kind of stand, if any, are you planning to use for this? The Valkyrie one seems too high, imo. Again, I thought the Storm Raven would come hurtling in just inches above the combatants so something lower, but not as low as say, the Land Speeder stands.

[person person]

Looks ace, I gotta agree with catalsyt2 on the front exit and assault ramp. For the Dread Clamps magnetizing them would be cool.

[therealjohnny5]

diggin it man, like the placements so far.

[Faultie]

Best Stormraven yet!

[patzgcrux]

Here is the completed conversion

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm2b.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm2c.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm2d.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm2e.jpg?t=1268801938

Since I used bitz from the Whirlwind I went ahead and used the hatch for the magnet/crane piece.
I am also using the Dread from the black reach set, placed plastic card and magnets to do the trick.
I will be painting the set next.

[patzgcrux]

Honestly, why did they decided to limit images to 4 per post?

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/storm2a.jpg?t=1268801938

[fuzzbuket]

that really is stunning a fantastic bit of work

could you by any chance produce a tutorail? so others could try to badly replicate this masterpice :P

[patzgcrux]

Yes definitely plan to post a tutorial, I will have a go at it when I pick up another Valkyrie set.

[person person]

Dread magnets turned out nice, gonna put on any Blood Angels iconography?

[patzgcrux]

Yes I plan to, I will definitely paint blood angels symbol on the assault ramp doors.

[and justice for all]

It's rare I say this but I'm actually jealous! That looks so very good.

[rbryce]

are you gonna do a decal? "bug stomper" comes to mind lol. this is really good though, all i want to do is make one then find a model airplane tug to make a mobile command unil ;)

[patzgcrux]

Here is what I have so far in painting, still need to do highlights, detail, and the dread. Went with a Darker Scab red for the base.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/stormraven1.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/stormraven2.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/stormraven3.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/stormraven4.jpg?t=1268801938

[Iceman]

Definitely the best conversion I have seen. All the other ones looked like Ork attempts at a looted Stormraven in my opinion. This one actually looks like it makes sense.

[gcsmith]

It looked crap grey, looks super painted. well done nice conversion

[wittdooley]

It looked crap grey, looks super painted. well done nice conversion

QFT. I couldn't agree more. Really nice, clean look to it.

[Faultie]

Superb model! Great scheme!

[ajefferism]

This not only looks like the best conversion i've seen so far, but it looks pretty simple to convert. Any chance we may see a step by step walkthrough of how you did it?

[person person]

Beautiful work man!

[johnnyfoodmaster]

I'm gonna go ahead and clap at my computer screen, but you can't see or hear it.

When I heard assault vehicle, I thought that it should be a smallish Thunderhawk sorta thing. I think you pulled it off very well. It's a smallish Thunderhawk sorta thing, just like I thought it should be :)

Thanks for postin up the pics!

[catalyst2]

I really liked the original unpainted but painted it looks exactly on the mark. It's just my preference but I also like the darker red rather than the "cartoon" red so many Blood Angels' armies end up painted in.

[Lord Azaghul]

Wow - that turned out a lot better then I thought it would. Painted up it looks great!

[TSINI]

wow, i've been looking at all the stormraven conversion, and i havent really been sold on any of them,

to begin with i wasn't convinced on this one either, but with that awesome paintjob, i can really see the awesomeness of this conversion

Well done mate, fantastic job.

[patzgcrux]

I'm gonna go ahead and clap at my computer screen, but you can't see or hear it.

When I heard assault vehicle, I thought that it should be a smallish Thunderhawk sorta thing. I think you pulled it off very well. It's a smallish Thunderhawk sorta thing, just like I thought it should be :)

Thanks for postin up the pics!

Thank you for the compliment, I have some time to finally finish up the paint and decal work on the model. As soon as I get the next components for it I will do a tutorial. I may modify the cockpit a bit to make it more of a Space marine vehicle.

[Mr. Black]

Of all the Storm Raven conversions I saw, I liked this one due to the fact it's pretty "out of the box", meaning aside from the Valkyrie I dont have to buy much else.

Only issue I had was the backpiece, it's rather empty and just, to me doesn't look right.

I took your original design and added a back part, the link is here:


**Note: The colours are Angels Sanguine... They are backwards because I actuall tore a partmy original Storm Raven (which was just a Valkyrie)... Since basically everything got reversed on it, the colours got switched as well.


http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w350/TheGrinningMan/sr1.jpg?t=1269546670

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w350/TheGrinningMan/sr3.jpg?t=1269546706

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w350/TheGrinningMan/sr4.jpg?t=1269546721

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w350/TheGrinningMan/sr5.jpg?t=1269546741

[patzgcrux]

Cool, I was going to go for something like that but I changed my mind and opted for the open area for the dreadnought. I am glad that the design caught on.

Anyway as promised, I posted a tutorial thread:

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?t=6013

[patzgcrux]

Here is the finished Storm Raven. When I have time, I will finish up the Dreadnought. I just wanted to share these images. Again Thank you for the comments.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Storm_Raven1.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Storm_Raven2.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Storm_Raven4.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Storm_Raven5.jpg?t=1268801938

[Faultie]

I hope that you won't mind if I steal this concept. It's just too marvelous!

[Sanguinary Dan]

No only is one of the better looking conversions it one of the most profitable.:D

At $305 with only 5 hours left I'm quite impressed. Wish I could afford to bid 310.00.:(

[patzgcrux]

Thanks again for all the comments, I was inspired by one of the postings here and I decided to combine Landraider and Valkyrie to create the Storm Raven. This conversion is almost done, still deciding on the missile placement and the dreadnought crane. I improved upon an conversion that was posted so here is my version of the Landraider / Valk / Storm Raven.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm1.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm2.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm3.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm4.jpg?t=1268801938

[patzgcrux]

Honestly, 4 posting image limit is ridiculous.


http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm5.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm6.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm8.jpg?t=1268801938

Side by side comparison with the 90% Valkyrie Storm Raven conversion that I made a last week.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm7.jpg?t=1268801938

[patzgcrux]

Following images are of the complete conversion.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm9.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm10.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm11.jpg?t=1268801938

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/lstorm12.jpg?t=1268801938

Pretty much complete, I just need to paint it.

[Duke]

THis is the best one by far! tutorial and bitz list please! great job

Duke

[wittdooley]

For those of you that didn't get to see it/ go, Romeo from Battlefoam had a SWEET looking conversion at Adepticon. There has to be pictures somewhere.

Edit: Here it is!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/284421.page

[Bloodboy]

For those of you that didn't get to see it/ go, Romeo from Battlefoam had a SWEET looking conversion at Adepticon. There has to be pictures somewhere.

Yeah, looks like the Shuttle from Avatar. This conversion is more what I expect from reading the rules. Man, I can't wait to see this baby painted! Awesome job on that last conversion, And you sold it for $335 at ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110512372032&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT

[patzgcrux]

As promised, I am posting the completed Storm Raven along with the Dreadnought.
The base of the Dread is magnitized so that it can be removed when he is mounted on
the Strom Raven.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux0.jpg?t=1270445937

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux1.jpg?t=1270445937

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux2.jpg?t=1270445937

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux3.jpg?t=1270445937

[patzgcrux]

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux4.jpg?t=1270445937

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux5.jpg?t=1270445937

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux6.jpg?t=1270445937

There you have it. Hopefully I would have given you guys a good idea on how to create your own.
I really enjoyed building this conversion. Thank you again for all the kind comments.

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee359/poohbahh/Blood%20Angels%20Storm%20Raven%20Conversion%20-%20CRUX%20Pattern/crux7.jpg?t=1270445937

[person person]

Its beautiful! Looks just like a baby T-hawk.