Fire Raptor

Published on 2020/02/12 by vigilante sculpting

Step by step (blog posts related to this project)

This is my mixed-media scratchbuilt Fire Raptor.

It is put together using paper, card, bits of plastic straw, greenstuff and lots of glue. I started with a template and modified it as I went along.

I tried to stay fairly true to the stock Forge World Fire Raptor look, but there are some subtle and some not-so-subtle modifications.

The build has a fully decorated interior, and has a number of working hinged features, including

  • the rear ramp,
  • top hatch,
  • cockpit canopy,
  • wingtip VTOL jets and
  • ailerons.

Also:

  • The ballturrets can swivel left & right and can angle their barrels up & down. The landing gear is removable.
  • The base is scratchbuilt using a shaped plexiglass rod.
  • The pilot and gunners are cast from a master model I made out of greenstuff.

No kits were bashed in the making of this model.

In all this build took me the better part of 2019, and is now finally finished in a Blood Raven 9th Company color scheme.