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

[list] [] the rear ramp, [] top hatch, [] cockpit canopy, [] wingtip VTOL jets and [*] ailerons. [/list]

Also:

[list] [] 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. [/list]

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.