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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 5, 2014 7:13:18 GMT -5
Does anyone know if any of these foreign compaies are making a version of the forge world Vulture Gunship?
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 10, 2014 13:56:29 GMT -5
I doubt it. What you might find are similar-ish military helicopter model kits, or even toys, that can be rearmed with spare bitz from your leftover vehicle parts.
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Oct 12, 2014 2:32:01 GMT -5
You should checkout the Warhammer Proxies Facebook group. There are some pretty awesome conversions of toys and outright scratch builds there...
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 12, 2014 12:06:41 GMT -5
Not been to that site yet but I think I'd prefer to just make my own version of a vulture from a Valkyrie.
A knock off Forgeworlld Vulture will be about £30. We can get a Valk for that money.
I'm happy with my kit bashing attempts so I think I'll just do that when I have the time.
Still wonder why one has not been cloned by the dubious economies yet,
I thought it'd be quite the demand item.
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Oct 12, 2014 12:53:54 GMT -5
Yeah building a Vulture from a Valkyrie shouldn't be too difficult. All you need is the big turbo fan part and a suitably large exhaust nozzle, and the rest can be adapted from the Valkyrie and plastic card.
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 12, 2014 15:30:01 GMT -5
I might not even bother with going that far.
I reckon I'll just reduce the profile of the cabin.
I've plenty of projects to finish first so It'll be a while yet.
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Post by AshotNINJA on Oct 17, 2014 16:36:23 GMT -5
Check out my vulture conversion on my plog. .. its a restructure of a Valk but leaving off the crew hull... EDF page proberbly page 7 or 8 I reckon.
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 18, 2014 15:32:39 GMT -5
Yes .. That !!!
Page 11
I will make something like that !!!
Yes !!!
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 27, 2014 18:05:02 GMT -5
I've ended buying a Tau Barracuda.
Because it's a beautiful looking model, I've liked it from the first time I saw it and it beats me why GW made the Sunnuts bomber when there was the barracuda waiting to be forged as a plastic model.
It arrived the other day and I have assembled it.
All I can say is ...
yes
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 28, 2014 14:40:52 GMT -5
So; you bought something even more expensive than the Vulture, to make a Vulture?
Pictures, please!
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 28, 2014 15:35:38 GMT -5
Ah-ha,
I can see how you may have come to that conclusion.
And if it were the case it would be true testament to my genuine idiocy.
However no ... not the case.
I bought a knock off Tau Barracuda to be a ...
Tau Barracuda.
No pictures as yet but if you want my opinion on its quality
I refer you to my previous statement.
Yes.
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 28, 2014 18:19:29 GMT -5
So is this the start of a new army or are you counting your stormtrooper horde as fire warriors (which is feasible, you know...)?
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 29, 2014 14:23:18 GMT -5
New part of an old Tau army which once belonged to one of my sons.
Stormtrooper horde will remain just that.
I was considering using a load of Kroot as penal legion. But that idea has been blow out since the new codex.
But back to the barracuda. Always liked it but never willing to pay £80 odd for one.
£33 however is reasonable.
Still beats me why GW made the "Sunclart Bumber" when the gorgeos barracuda was there already.
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Oct 29, 2014 20:19:30 GMT -5
Ah-ha, I can see how you may have come to that conclusion. And if it were the case it would be true testament to my genuine idiocy. However no ... not the case. I bought a knock off Tau Barracuda to be a ... Tau Barracuda. No pictures as yet but if you want my opinion on its quality I refer you to my previous statement. Yes. Ooooh... BARRACUDA!  |
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Post by cheminhaler on Oct 30, 2014 15:29:44 GMT -5
New part of an old Tau army which once belonged to one of my sons. Still beats me why GW made the "Sunclart Bumber" when the gorgeos barracuda was there already. For the same reason they made a Wyvern when there were already Medusas and Griffons in the old guard codex and on the FW site. It's cool that you commandeer these things. My stepson bought me a new Librarian and Stalker tank for my last birthday - still have to finish painting them; but they're in a long queue. |
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 31, 2014 20:30:13 GMT -5
I watched that video ...
and sang the chorus in my head for the rest of the day ...
oooh *"^"_^"*^** barracuda ... !!!
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Post by RedCuffs on Oct 31, 2014 20:33:20 GMT -5
Odd isn't it?
We start 40K because of our sons ...
then inherit their stuff and the legacy of their stuff when they lose interest
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Post by yvain on Nov 1, 2014 17:30:04 GMT -5
Ah-ha, I can see how you may have come to that conclusion. And if it were the case it would be true testament to my genuine idiocy. However no ... not the case. I bought a knock off Tau Barracuda to be a ... Tau Barracuda. No pictures as yet but if you want my opinion on its quality I refer you to my previous statement. Yes. Ooooh... BARRACUDA! Heart has some sweet riffs. |
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Post by cheminhaler on Nov 3, 2014 15:11:55 GMT -5
There's a song for the Riptide too, but I'm not linking it.
Actually I started collecting from a young age, even if I wasn't playing much except the odd game of BloodBowl or Fantasy 3rd/ 4th edition. The only game of 40k I had with a school friend ended with him quitting the game because the close combat rules were too complex (2nd ed I think) and because my Mordian guard were whooping his Eldar quite badly.
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Post by fullmetaljacket on Dec 14, 2014 13:58:39 GMT -5
convert a valkyrie! it might be a fun projetc!
FMJ
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Post by RedCuffs on Jan 24, 2015 16:13:28 GMT -5
Someone asked for pictures. Here they are.  Now they may look like Forgeworld products but if you you look carefully ... they're actually nothing like anything Forgeworld have ever produced. They are, in fact, totally different from the very expensive Tau models that Forgeworld produce. You can tell that they're not Forgeworlld for the following reasons. No mass amount of Flash or lumpy sprue blocks. No warping or non-fitting parts. Absolutely nothing like Forgeworld at all. So think carefully before you buy guys !!! I extended the cockpit with green stuff to make the cockpit escape pod easier to remove.  Then you could take the escape pod out, open it up and look at the cockpit interior detail.  As you can tell I've not finished the painting yet and I've a really optimistic camouflage design in mind. I just need to find someone good enough and kind enough to do it for me. All three models cost me less £135 ($202) and were free shipping. |
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Post by RedCuffs on Jan 28, 2015 15:22:29 GMT -5
Postie delivered a big box the other day. With four items within ... direct from China. Two of those items have these pilots.   I'm scared to paint them in case I make a botch job of it. I'll hope to paint them like RAF pilots. That means black boots and white gloves. When I find the courage to try. |
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Post by RedCuffs on Jan 28, 2015 17:20:43 GMT -5
There was something I meant to say about the two resin aircraft I got from China that bear NO RSEMBLANCE AT ALL to the Forgeworld Thunderbolt. This is a pic of the parts I got  The producers seem to think their model only needs ONE of these.  Actually you need two. I only got one with each model. I did a bit of research and a few of sellers only provide one of these landing skids. Not a problem if you want to build it "undercart up". But if you want it down then you'd better figure out how to get a second skid. Or model it with wheels? |
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