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Offline Hrothgar

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"Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle: Updated-Mech Support Added 4/01
« on: March 26, 2014, 02:58:52 AM »
Hi all,
    I am not much of a fan of 40k gaming,  but I do really enjoy some of the models and often incorporate them into my own home grown sci fi rulesets and campaigns.  Having just finished uan upgrading an old 1 st edition Dark Eldar force with replacement heads and trimmed down shoulder guards- they will now serve as a force of human space reavers for a current game- I decided that they needed some heavy support.  That said,  I detest the ascetic of Dark Eldar vehicles.  I wanted something in keeping with the look and feel of my force, so I ultimately decided to scratchbuild what I wanted.

Thanks to the enthusiastic and thoroughly supportive response from everyone here to my previous homebrew projects, I decided to post my efforts here.  So without further ado, here is my Deadlines Reaver Grav Sled. Thanks in advance for looking! :-)






« Last Edit: April 01, 2014, 01:43:26 PM by Hrothgar »

Offline Gun bunny

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2014, 03:45:33 AM »
 :o now that is a grav vehicle to fear, i love it. it screams rouge trader creativity to me. well done , very well done!  ;D :)

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2014, 03:50:39 AM »
Nice shading, its just lovely.  :-*

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2014, 04:57:11 AM »
Thanks guys!  It was a quicky project that started with  kid's pool toy- it's hull is an upside down ski jet - and I'm pretty pleased so far. I plan to do a few mechs and some smaller Grav transports in the same vein.

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2014, 07:24:35 AM »
I like that  8)

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2014, 07:41:44 AM »
I love the vehicle and think it definitely looks nice...but I don't think it matches the Dark Eldar aesthetic (something which I've always hated).  The Dark Eldar are way too obnoxiously chaos-looking to me.  I like your vehicle better than any DE model I've ever seen though.  lol
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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2014, 07:43:59 AM »
That's very cool.  Is there a step by step how to video? ;D
Smile!  It's not that bad!

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2014, 08:06:33 AM »
The whole force is a thing of old-school beauty.  The Sled is inspired. 
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Offline Mr Tough Guy

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2014, 08:24:16 AM »
That's brilliant work, great build. I've never been a fan of the Dark Eldar, but you definetly make them work.

Looking forward to waht you come up with next

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2014, 11:01:01 AM »
Very nice, what was the basic chassis?

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2014, 03:37:29 PM »
very nice :)

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2014, 03:46:06 PM »
Looks good to me :)
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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2014, 04:32:08 PM »
Thanks everyone!

Dijit, the chassis is a kid's pool toy (a jet ski) turned upside down.  You can see it if you flip the side view of the Grav Sled over.

As for  a how to video,  am thinking about doing a quick vid showing how I  used the basic components to build the sled.  If I can do so,  will post a link here.   :D

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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2014, 04:34:27 PM »
That looks great!
Proper RT feel to it.
Better than them Reaver/Rapier/Rubbish GW floaters.
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Re: "Dark Eldar" Grav Vehicle
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2014, 04:37:51 PM »
It was a quicky project that started with  kid's pool toy- it's hull is an upside down ski jet
Great idea!!
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