Chop Shop - Weapons & Equipment - Updt 06/12/09

[ReWolf]

This is the thread I'll be putting all my crazy experimental equipment conversions from now on.

I try not to go overboard with things, rather i try to refine the basic shapes to get the effect I'm after... (Eg, the Mk III Lascarbine is mostly cutting bits off of the normal lasgun...)

Index
Click pics to go to the relevant post!
(Tutorials can be found in each post, under the images)







W.I.P.

Mk III Lascarbine

This is what I'll be giving my drop troops, when I've worked out how to make proper gravshutes....









Construction:

YOU WILL NEED:

• A Cadian lasgun (or a catachan one, I suppose could work)
  
• A sharp craft/hobby/x-acto/whetever knife
  
• The plastic packaging off a blister pack, or a clear plastic box that comes in GW boxed sets
  
• Superglue
  

Cut away the sight that runs down the the top of the lasgun.

Cut away the body of the lasgun just past the second 'hump' (that the sight ran 'through, actually).

Cut a small length of blister pack to run along the top, then superglue it on (poly cement won't work).

Once dry, file/cut/gnaw/grind away the strip of plastic so it's flush with the lasgun. (This just makes it look much better imo)

Then, basically, cut the whole barrel off of the lasgun, but chop off the end of it, and just glue the end back on.

Bish, bash, bosh, one lascarbine


If anything's unclear, or if I can help with anything else, drop me a PM.

[Sen.Kerry]

Oh Lawd. You need to produce something bad. Now. Our egos need to grow too...

[aeonian]

This is a pretty good thread, Rewolf! I like it. The gun is very cool looking, and it's a great way to personalize your guard army - customized stardard weapons!

[mitrooper]

i want to see a gaurdsman dueling two of those bad boys lol taht looks sweet!!!! ive seen that gun made before but thats very professionally done 8).

[psycho]

yeah i used something like this but its different lol cant explain it
kerby

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

thats an awesome lasgun, nice and compact, perfect for drop troops.

[Rolling Thunder]

How-to? Might consider using them, but as-is I'll stick with Kantreal pattern shorts and lasgun/bolter conversions for my mercs.

[Sen.Kerry]

My guess is just whack everything off before the sights, cut the little barrel off, paste on gun. Profit.

[3ff3ct]

Looking forward to the updates! Good job on the gun, I like the little charge meter

[commissarbob]

Very similar to what I did for a converted drop troop squad I am in process of doing. I will have to post pics of mine. My guns replace the las pattern barrel end with a short length of 1/16" aluminum tubing and use a slightly resculpted grab handle from the vehicle sprues for the top bar. They look rather like autoguns.

[psycho]

wud b good to c them mate
kerby

[Deleted]

reminds me of the marines in aliens 2 the pulse rifles... i like it bro lets see more

[ReWolf]

'Melinoe' Pattern Anti-Materiel LasRifle

With the addition of the infra-red scope, the 'Leto' pattern lasrifle
becomes the Melinoe. Designed for disrupting light infantry, this lasrifle is neither weak nor subtle, and is known for obliterating unguarded limbs at ranges of up to 2km.







Creating using only bits from the heavy weapon sprue...

[ReWolf]

Also, my painting has gone horrible recently, so excuse that....

[ReWolf]

'Eurus' Pattern Officer's Boltgun

A slimmed down boltgun based upon the familiar lasgun chassis, the Eurus uses boltpistol magazines, and has a rate of fire only slightly less that that of the standard Adeptus boltgun.

The Eurus is a prototype of a slimmer, more portable boltgn designed for mass-use in guard armies. Development in on-going, and the weapon is not yet in full production.







Construction:

• Take one cadian lasgun, cut out the sight and cut off the barrel.
  
• Cut ridges into the ridges to make 'iron sights'.
  
• Cut the barrel & clip off a boltpistol.
  
• Replace power clip with boltpistol clip.
  
• Replace lasgun barrel with boltpistol barrel.
  
• Paint!

[ReWolf]

'Virtus' Experiemental GravShute

The Virtus was an experiment conducted by the Adeptus Mechanicus into modifying the Astartes powerpack chassis to house a anti-grav generator and stablisers.

The project was a limited success, and, data obtained, the Virtus was locked away in one of Mars' countless dark, frozen vaults.





See the gravshute post here for construction

[ReWolf]

'Stribog' Grav-Shute

Building on the experiences of the Virtus, the stribog is the culmination of a project to combine Astartes-based equipment with standard grav-shutes.

Refinements in the design allowed for highpower antigrav units to be safely placed inside the backpack chassis without dramaticalyl increasing the weight.

First used by the 155th, the shutes were used to land multiple stormtrooper squads in the ceremonial gardens of a rebelling planetary govenor's mansion, whilst platoons rapelled into the building from Valkyries hovering overhead. The surprise attack from the gardens enabled the stormtroopers to quickly eliminate the guards camped outside.








Constr: As the other backpack, 'cept with mroe chopped off and SM pouches added. And a SM missile launcher handle on the top.

[ReWolf]

OH MY GAWD.

The painting looks so bad in these pics. Please take my word for it that they don't look that bad in real life... :s

[psycho]

lol treble post
kerby

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

nice grav shutes, and don't feel too bad, those pictures are much closer than most people can see with their own eyes, I'm sure at the right scale they look excellent.

[Sen.Kerry]

I will stab you with a plastic spoon if you don't stop babbling about how bad your painting is. You are slowly strangling my ego...
Great job on the packs though

[ReWolf]

Eh, sorry... I just get frustrated when they don't look the same in pics as they do IRL... ;D

Aslo, fancy picture index added in post #1 (here, if you don't know)

[aeonian]

Holy <insert curse word here>!!! You put iron sights on the boltgun! And what the hell are you talking about, your painting sucking? It's incredible!!!

[3ff3ct]

I like where this is going, please continue!

[jazzadazza]

how do you make the drop packs?? post a tutriol!!!!!!!!!