My Officers

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Hello!
oK, for my army i need a HSO with a bolt pistol and power weapon, and a JO with a laspistol a CCW, but when i looked at the online store the officer models are metal?
What do i do? (without spending too much money)

[Rolling Thunder]

errrr...

a) build a model out of a guard sergeant body (remebering to file off the sergeant's stripes) and a tank officers head.
b) clip off and glue the respective gun hands (and maybe use some greenstuff to be sure).

[mardaddy]

Yep - RT has it right.

I'm in the middle of doing that for my HSO. Shaved the stripes off, chopped off the chainsword, added on a powersword blade from an SM, and you have a multiple of IG arm poses to put a bolt pistol on.

For your requirement any of generic "shouting" IG heads can work for the HSO & JO, bare or helmeted - their weaponry sets them apart enough..

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well remember just because the model has a power sword doesnt mean you cant just paint it boltgun and call it a ccw

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Google is your friend in this instance. There are a bunch of great websites that show you exactly how to convert models into officers, commissars and such.

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

the cadian HQ box set comes with a HSO armed with a powersword and has a gun holster on his hip for the boltpistol

and one of my metal officers came armed with a boltpistol and chainsword,cut off the hand holding the bolt pistol and use a tiny bit of superglue and greenstuff to stick a plastic laspistol on his stump.

swapping weapons is really easy to do, even when your working with metal,but if your looking for an all plastic army then the tank commander head is great for officers, you can even cut off the hat and glue it to another head if you want.

ask your friends for extra weapons they might not need, surely you must know someone who has some spacemarines.

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despite the different armies many of the weapons the imperium use is the same no matter what army it comes from be it the sobs, marines, guard, inquisistion.


a bolters a bolter and a flamer is a flamer despite the coolness of the guards

[fatuous]

other alternative is get some catatchans, the machete's make nice power swords with minimum fuss. But only able to get fill boxed sets so if no ideas how to use the other bits, may be and expensive option.

Converting isn't hard (but it does takes some practice), is fun, and gives ur army some nice character. not to mention the cool factor, knowing that u are the only person on the planet with that model