Fire Raptor : Step by Step
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These are the posts I made during the making of Fire Raptor in chronological order
Fire Raptor
I'm putting together a scratchbuilt Fire Raptor gunship , based on a template which I downloaded from papermodelers.com . It is mostly papercraft, but I ...
Fire Raptor, wip
Making some progress on the Fire Raptor. The template i have is a good base to work from, but there are several errors and issues ...
Greeblies
Adding some greeblies to the interior of the Fire Raptor: There's more over on the build log ...
Cockpit
Working on the cockpit. Someone wants to go for a ride. Buildlog entry here ...
Interior detailing part II
Further work on the interior details ...
Pilot
Been on vacation for a week, slowly starting the project back up. WIP on the Fire Raptor pilot As usual, more updates and images at ...
Finished pilot
Here is the finished space marine pilot sculpt: I'll be making a mold from him, then casting him to get the two gunners for the ...
Fire raptor interior
Here is a shot of the finished interior of the Fire Raptor, looking from the open rear hatch. The top hatch is open, letting in ...
The Emperor's new clones
Guerilla casting with silicone caulk These will be the ball turret gunners, so they don't have to be super purty. The pilot will be cast ...
Thompson & Thomson
WIP painting of the two ballturret gunners. They are essentially 35mm busts, so pretty fun to paint. The ballturrets themselves are coming along too: As ...
Cannons
The Raptor has some cannons coming: Also, a new canopy, some landing gear, engine and the ball turret gunners are done: More pictures and wip ...
Fire Raptor wip
WIP shot of the Fire Raptor: More photos and wip info at the buildlog ...
VTOLs
VTOL turbines for the Fire Raptor wingtips: A couple more pictures available at the build log ...
Engine intakes
The engine intakes on the Fire Raptor take shape: They were designed from scratch in openSCAD , and look a bit nicer than the ones ...
Engine exhausts
Nothing better than a greeblied engine The only thing it needs now is more greeblies. More photos here ...