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

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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

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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

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Adding some greeblies to the interior of the Fire Raptor: There's more over on the build log ... 

Cockpit

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Working on the cockpit. Someone wants to go for a ride. Buildlog entry here ... 

Interior detailing part II

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Further work on the interior details ... 

Pilot

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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WIP shot of the Fire Raptor: More photos and wip info at the buildlog ... 

VTOLs

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VTOL turbines for the Fire Raptor wingtips: A couple more pictures available at the build log ... 

Engine intakes

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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

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Nothing better than a greeblied engine The only thing it needs now is more greeblies. More photos here ...