#xiphon interceptor

[jet-teeth]

Had this critter sitting in my folder for a while, decided to finish up some of the sketches and throw together a half-baked ref sheet hah Combo refpage, yapping and greyscale lineworks:

More heldrakes! This one based on the Xiphon interceptor. This specific one ends up with the False Ravens by accident, very "oops it followed me home ma what the heck do we do with it now" and it's been shoved into the mix with their warptalons, which have a similar enough disposition to get along with it to keep it entertained & have it refrain from shredding warband members. It's been put under raptor captian Vron's care, much to his utter dismay, hehehe I have some oldies somewhere based on other 40k vehicles I should finish... but my beef with the canon heldrake designs is that they just look like metal dragons. Which is cool, but doesn't visually story-tell the whole "pilot + daemon + fighter fusion" thing. (I think I've written about that before but I'll say it again!!)

This could go for daemon engines in general too, though there are some cool ones out there. It always delights me greatly to see people make weird custom designs of 'em. I get that you need standardization for tabletop-toy-production reasons, but I wanna see more variety and weirder designs for Chaos especially! (Fellow chaos & weird critter enthusiasts please feel free to send me stuff if you've seen any bangers, I'm not online enough these days to catch most things so I'm sure a lot of cool stuff out there is flying under my radar!)

[warsmith-wolf]

++ Legiones Aeronautica tactical inload: =[WINGS OF IRON]= ++

Steel thyself all ye wish. It shall not stop the Iron...

[typicalwarhammer]

Space Wolves Xiphon Interceptor

[jlmgrimdarkness]

GMod/SFM: Xiphon Interceptor by Joazzz2

[theironwarsmith]

My Xiphon Interceptor, ‘Apollo’, is now ready for combat. I partially painted it like a Colonial MkII Viper, basically because it looks like one. It will make an effective addition to my IV Legion forces, providing great air cover and some nasty tank hunting ability (possibly not as good as the pair of Lightning Strike Fighters in their tank hunting ability).

[theironwarsmith]

So, I've managed to pick up a Xiphon Interceptor for £50. I can't wait until this arrives as it is my first serious interceptor, this will hopefully neutralise the Imperial Fists' airforce quite nicely. That is now seven aircraft. Two Heldrakes (one needs painting), two lightning strike fighters, the fire raptor, the Valkyrie and, now, the Xiphon. What I would love to do is to paint it up as a Colonial MkII Viper from Battlestar Galactica, I might even reference Husker or Starbuck or, to keep in reference to my vehicles names of ancient Greek mythological beings/gods, Apollo. Ahhhhh so excited.

[lonewind]