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Post by Russell on Jul 13, 2015 11:02:36 GMT -6
missile pods 4 lyfe
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Post by Nick P on Jul 13, 2015 11:59:59 GMT -6
I feel like the missiles pods will just look really cool too, so I'm leaning that route. Granted, railgun bits are much cheaper since no one uses them haha
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Post by Nick P on Jul 23, 2015 9:01:31 GMT -6
I finally got all my bits together yesterday to start converting up some Beastman Firewarriors. Here are the first two models, and I'm semi-pleased with the result...the biggest issue I'm seeing is that the Tau bits are much more slender than I anticipated relative to the gors. The waist sizes are very different, so I'm going to have to get creative with green stuff and grenade packs to hide that aspect. The arms are also much larger on the gors than on the firewarriors, so I'll have to either give them all firewarrior arms so they'r consistent, or source some catachan or marauder arms to hold the plasma rifles in a more natural position to give them the bulk I think they need. Another option is to just source some of the spare pulse rifles, the ones without hands attached, from the firewarrior kit and have all of my models holding hand weapons (ironically), with the pulse rifles attached to their backpacks instead. In any event, let me know what you think!!
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jul 23, 2015 9:34:55 GMT -6
I think that general look will serve you well. As for pods vs railguns... just magnetize. Both would look boss side-slung, and magnets are always the answer.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 23, 2015 9:58:40 GMT -6
Meh, since this is more of a "for fun" project than a "competitive list" project, I think I'll just go with whatever looks the coolest - once I get a handful of broadside weapon bits in from ebay, that is. Chances of me using turret mounted railguns and side-slong missile pods is about 89% lol
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Jul 23, 2015 10:01:17 GMT -6
Got a bunch of those Space Marine waist packs if that'll help you pad out your waistbands.
Also, for some reason, I can't see the pictures. Blue balls like wow.
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jul 23, 2015 11:27:04 GMT -6
same on piccies... not seeing a link (AND I TRIED!!)
I assume you meant "side-schlong missile pods".
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Post by Nick P on Jul 23, 2015 11:34:17 GMT -6
Edited with different source link for pics. enjoy!
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Jul 23, 2015 11:37:22 GMT -6
Ah those fucking rock. I'd actually say that the chest might be a little thin, but I think the smaller arms are fine. Only when compared to the beefy arm do they look a little dinky.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 23, 2015 11:44:58 GMT -6
I ordered a few pulse rifles that don't have any hand attached, in the hopes that I can glue/pin them to normal gor arms and make them look a lot more symmetrical and consistent. When those come in, I'll make another couple of test guys before sticking to a design and rolling forward with the 2-3 units I'll end up having in the army list.
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Post by Russell on Jul 23, 2015 20:32:12 GMT -6
I stand by my initial statement: Beastmans are so fucking cool.
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Jul 23, 2015 20:45:02 GMT -6
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Post by Russell on Jul 23, 2015 21:11:47 GMT -6
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Jul 23, 2015 21:13:22 GMT -6
chocolate goo
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Post by Russell on Jul 23, 2015 21:35:11 GMT -6
in somebody's butthole probably
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