"Furious Abyss question" Topic

I'm thinking about making a ship based in the furious abyss of the horus heresy series.

do you think that i could pick a dindrenzi dreadnought from firestorm armada and reshape it so it would look like a tident? You can see what I mean here: link

The fluff says that is a trident shaped ship with a book at the prow: The gargantuan ship, christened by the Word Bearers as the Furious Abyss, had been forged with such heavy armour that it could withstand even a concerted assault from a defence laser battery. Its blunt bullet prow, and the way its flanks splayed out to encompass the enormous midsection, spoke of strength and precision. Three massive crenellated decks extended from it like the sharpened prongs of a stygian trident. Twin banks of laser batteries gleamed in dull gunmetal down its broadsides. A single volley would have annihilated the loading bay and everyone in it. Cannon mounts sat idle on angular blocks of metal filled with viewpoints that hinted at the myriad chambers within. The rapacious bristle of the defensive turrets along the dorsal and ventral spines, and the dark indentations of the torpedo tubes, shimmered with violent intent. Spiked antenna towers punched outward from multitudinous sub-decks, interspersed with further weapon arrays and torpedo bays. The ship's ribbed belly shimmered like oil and was replete with dozens of fighter hangars.

At the stern, the huge cowlings of the exhausts flared over the deep glow of the warming engines, primed to unleash enough thrust to force the warship away from Thule. Like chrome hexagons, the engine vents were so vast and terrible that to stare into their dormant hearts was to engulf all sense and reason in a fathomless darkened void. Finally, sheets of shielding peeled off the prow, revealing a massive figurehead: a book, wreathed in flame, wrought from gold and silver. Words of Lorgar's choosing were engraved on the pages in letters many metres high. It was the greatest and largest vessel ever forged, unique in every way and powerful beyond reckoning.

Sheesh. And people criticize Doc Smith's writing style for being florid?

Black Library editor Laurie Golding said the Furious Abyss was based on the old trident-like Space Fleet Imperial ships, specifically the Gothic Battleship:

I'd also incorporate some of the look of the Ironclad Heavy Cruiser:

And the Dominator Battleship:

I'd replicate the basic shape in balsa wood and skin it in sheet plastic, then add lots of details from the BFG plastic Chaos sprues.

For the book, I'd use the open book from Reaper (P03284B):

For the prow Plasma Lance, I'd use either the old Titan Plasma Destructor:

Or the smaller Plasma Cannon:

Yes, they're over-the-top, but I think that's the way to go for this monster of a ship. Plus, the other gamers get to play "identify the gubbins."