Thunderhawk Gunship WIP by NobleDragon
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Okay, this is the big huge project I've been working on, on and off, for the past few months. As you can see, it's nowhere near finished, but it's definitley taking shape.
The Thunderhawk gunship is the Imperium's equivalent of a HIND helicopter. Heavily armed, heavily armoured, and capable of carrying numbers of troops into the firefight, before supporting them with its own weapons.
As with any fictional vehicle, especially one that has been around as long as the Thunderhawk, designs have been subtly (and less subtly) altered over the years, small design changes have crept in, sometimes major redesigns have changed the overall look of the vehicle completely. In the Warhammer 40,000 Universe though, every individual world tailors its armed forces to fight in the climate and environments present on that world, resulting in hundreds of variants on a theme, with vehicles from one planet being sometimes vastly different to the same vehicles on its neighbouring planet. With this in mind, this has allowed me to mix and match the features I find most appealing through the various versions of Thunderhawks that have been shown, along with a healthy load of my own personal flights of fancy. This vehicle, while based heavily on something, is fundamentally different from anything you'd find anywhere else, and I suppose that's down to the artist's interpretation.
I've been working on the project for the past few months, always in great secrecy, terrified (if I'm honest) that someone else will see what I'm doing and take off to design their own thunderhawk. While I spose that might have been a little immature of me, I've not wanted to expose all my hard work until it was ready.
However, a change in my personal circumstances means there's a chance I might actually not get the thunderhawk finished, at least not finished to the point where I'm happy with it, so while I intend to continue working on it, here is the work in progress for you to look at and see what you think.
This is my magnum opus folks, the only other thing that comes close for hours invested, is the drum kit which you can see in various incarnations elsewhere in my gallery.
See what you think - I hope you like it!
Comments (7)
FCLittle
Excellent model...lots of great details!
badbug
Cool! Looks great so far and got nice details. I'll wait to see the finished one.
Tsalmaveth
Not only is the excellent, it's the "Bee's Knees"! If you have a chance, please stop in at http://3dheretics.infinitedreamers.co.uk/forum/ It s community of fellow 40K fans that are modeling items from the 40K universe to be used in images. I know they would be excited to see your work.
DocMikeB
Very well modeled and interesting starship! 5+++++!
DukeNukem2005
It is very beautiful! Fantastic! I am pleased with this artwork! Five stars!
ultim8
Possibly the best thunderhawk i've seen... I can't wait to see it textured and rendered. Top, Top work! :-)
Annihilator-6
It would be a grave sin to not continue this noble work!