Among these goodies are two Storm Talons. I rushed out to buy them when they first launched, desperate for a bit of aerial supremacy. Then, after mulling it over, I decided they were a bit of a points sink for something that wasn't really that good. Marines can't really keep up with Guard or Necrons when it comes to airpower, so my view is that they should stick to anti-air (Telion on a quad gun, I'm looking at you).
With that in mind, I've been putting off unboxing my Storm Talons for a while, until a few days back, when the horde of unopened boxes reached a critical mass, and I got a thorough ear-bashing.
So, on to the model itself. Despite the bad rep it gets on the internet, I don't dislike the shape of it too much. However, since we're doing a pre-heresy army, I didn't really want to just put it together as per the original build. So, once again, ebay to the rescue!
This one was relatively simple, just requiring the typhoon launcher and the assault cannons from the Storm Raven kit.
There's a large hole where the assault cannon was, which needed to be filled in with plasticard and greenstuff. I made a bit of a botch up with it, but I'm confident that next time I'll make it look a bit more swish.
As mentioned, the Storm Talon doesn't feature in the list which I'm currently considering for tournaments later this year, so it may be a while before I get this baby painted.
For now, its time to put it back in its box, where it was originally. Just don't tell my wife.
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