I've never been a big fan of open-topped models. A lot of it is sheer laziness on my part--I absolutely hate painting models in pieces, prior to assembly--but I'm also not a big fan of the 'bobsled' appearance of the stock fuselage. As a result, I've had a trio of piranha's waiting to be assembled for nearly three months... until I saw sLai's version. Inspired by his conversion skill, I came up with this:













I'm pretty darn happy with it, and it wasn't all that time consuming to do. As always, critique is welcome.

That's cute!

Looks really drone-ish (much more then mine.. ) with the same "curious" expression as the stock and FW drones. Well executed, I didn't spot the seams between the fuselage and the engines at first
Nice to see me mentioned as a source of inspiration

Seconded on the 'Cute' front, which is unfortuanate given the models designation

Great, clean modelling though, nice work!

cheers

WaR'hound

sleek, and yes "cute" could be utilized here. I like the smooth flow from fuselage to drone-disk, and the antennae do give it that puppy-like look of "whats-that-thing-over-there!!?"

My only criticism is the model length. It doesn't look as long as a stock piranha, and that might make some of your opponents stroppy, seeing as we now use literal line of sight.

I actually really like this. It's sort of like a heavier version of the Forgeworld little flyer. Most importantly.. it gets rid of the pilots that don't properly fit in the cockpit anyhow!

Amen, brutha. And thanks!