My brother gifted me a Heldrake kit for my birthday a month ago, and I wanted to make sure I had it ready when I see him around Christmas. I already have on drake built standard, so I wanted to do a conversion. I bought some Lizardman Carnosaur parts (head, spine, and tail) to help make this more drake like. The rest of the back I sculpted in w/ Milliput. Also added some exhaust pipes to the back and sides.
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WIP of the back |
For the wings, my original inspiration was a TIE interceptor.
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At first I was like... |
As I played with them it changed to more of a barn swallow. All the wings and legs are magnetized for ease of travel.
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but then I was like... |
For colors, I knew I didn't want a black or red Heldrake. Nor a golden yellow, as that is the 3rd color of my Chaos army. I decided to desaturate the electric blue I use as contrast in my army to get a color closer to that of actual fighter jets.
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteIf I've one criticism, and it's just a personal opinion, I wouldn't have added the gun in it's mouth.
Completely understand where you are coming from, I had the same debate internally. My first drake is magnetized and I was going to do the same w/ this one, but then thought I have one magnetized... will I ever need 2 w/ the cannon? I didn't magnetize it but kept the weapon in. I'm sure GW will make me regret this decision in time...
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