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Author:  Honda [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:57 am ]
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I recently scratch built a space marine landing craft for my chapter (The Apocalypse Lords) and I thought I'd share the WIP and a couple finished shots.

This started out as a doodle while listening in to a phone conference and not really having much to contribute. The first couple of mock-ups didn't look anything like what I ended up with. However, one of the things I wanted it to do is look intimidating and appear as if it could actually carry all the vehicles inside it's body vs. how the standard LC works.

So, off we go...

Sketches





The construction














Ready to take to the table
Author:  BlackLegion [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:56 am ]
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A Mega-Thunderhawk! Very cool :D
Author:  iblisdrax [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:20 pm ]
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Nice scratch build!   Sweet!  :)



ib
Author:  Vermis [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:21 pm ]
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Um, yes.  That's quite large. :p  Nice one!
Author:  vanvlak [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:42 pm ]
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S'big! Nice work, and nice assembly guide too. :D  :D  :cool:  :cool:
What could it carry?
Author:  Honda [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:32 pm ]
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Up to 12 infantry and 6 vehicles (rhino chassis) or 4 Landraiders...and they would all fit.  :cool:
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:30 pm ]
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I bow to your talent, Honda. Well done!
Author:  Honda [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:22 pm ]
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@DS,

Well, thank you. What amuses me is the fact that the original project was supposed to produce two of these puppies (for really big games). However, as I got deeper into the construction and things got more complicated or went pear-shaped, it quickly became an exercise of "get one built before it kills you".

I rather naively got into this with the mistaken impression that all I had to do was draw the outline on the sheet plastic, etch it, and snap the pieces out, and it would then be a pretty straight forward exercise to build. In reality, the construction of the fuselage became a serious endeavor as nothing lined up the first time, gaps developed, etc.

Also, I had a deadline to get it completed before the Specialist Con in Memphis (October), so as the struggle continued, I had to face the facts that there wasn't going to be enough time to make two.

However, the exercise was not in vain as I am really happy with how it turned out, it wasn't "that" difficult to build (relatively speaking), I've had a lot of fun playing with it in my games, and at some point, I will use what I learned to construct a 40K Thunderhawk for my chapter.

Thanx again!
Author:  consectari [ Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:12 am ]
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Very nice work, but you forgot the mandatory comparison photos.  :D
Author:  Legion 4 [ Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:29 am ]
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Looks great !  Good work !  :D  And nice pics !
Author:  Honda [ Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:37 am ]
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Ask and ye shall receive...




This was the force that I used in the Memphis Specialist CON tournament.

Btw, the red Dreadnought with my terminators is my Supreme Commander stand. I don't stick dreads with termies for obvious reasons...
Author:  vanvlak [ Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:40 am ]
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Big! And now of course we will want more close up pics of the army...  :p  :D  :cool:  :cool:
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