Plasma weapons made easy

[wraith]

Ever wanted to have nice and powerful plasma weapons in your infantry but end up stuck with the common grenade launcher and/or flame thrower found in shock troop boxes . Well there is another way

Introducing Lasgun conversion!
(or laspistol)

Step 1: cut off muzzle of weapon

Step 2: cut off part of plastic sprue to attach to the flat end of the gun

Step 3: File off as needed to make it more fitting to the weapon. This of course means making the sprue part less of a square..

Step 4: green stuff in any gaps

Step 5: at the top of the gun green stuff in where the rod goes through so that the rod dissapears.

Step 6: Finally put some dashes into the green stuff using a knife such as a stanley, games workshop etc... or anything that is a thin blade, so that it looks like a plasma power cell.

Step 7: where the plastic sprue part is, put some dashes in use a picture of an actual plasma gun as a reference.

And there you have it! Pictures will come soon and if anyone has any questions please ask away.

[leinadyor]

Sound good but really does need some pics for reference.

[aeonian]

That sounds a little bit time consuming and difficult to do, actually...who knows, could work

[wraith]

Hey guys i tested my theory on two laspistols. And hopefully it will work on lasguns as well though i have not really tried.

Btw i have also put green stuff nozzles at the end of the pistols.

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I understand it may not look like much now... but with some good painting it will be more difficult to notice it's 'home made'.

Also do not forget to blow off any filed leftovers...

[aeonian]

That actually looks pretty good! Way to go, man! I'm liking that conversion, a lot!

[wraith]

Thanks a lot man I believe this to be both cheap and easy. I have seen other guides which suggest you buy and use parts from other boxes, but it is extremely convenient not having to do that.

[Deleted]

Hi, looks great. I was doing some Plasmagun conversions recently by my own - I used parts from the Spacemarines box. Hope you like it.

Its writen in german, but I don't think you need an explanation



When painted, it looks like this (beware, its HOT!):



Or this:

[Rolling Thunder]

Q: How did you make that banner?

[Deleted]

I removed the original one and drilled holes through the hands and base. The flagpole is a brass bar and the flag itself is made from common paper - it looks way better at the foto than it is in original

Fold the paper full length around the bar. Remove the notches (if you want some). Then use much glue and fold it into the waving shape - let it dry. Now remove the edges. The Flag should now be fixed in its shape.

The shape of the crinkles is essential for a natural appearance. The first folding ( seen from the bar) needs a short turn on the upper side and a wide on the lower. Dont use too much crinkles. The less you use, the bigger they are and the flag seems to be more ponderous. It shall catch the air.

Hope this is helping - if not, ask again - my english is not the best... I'm from germany...

[knight (M.I.A)]

Another German Guardsman!

[issith]

Both conversions looked quite nice
I'm gonna give them both a shot.

[acolyte]

better then my way, i cut 2 plasma pistols, one infront of plasma core one behind and glued together. looks more like a plasma carbine

[Deleted]

Here's a article on this exact subject over at dakka's wiki. The pic is my own conversion.

www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Converting_Plasma_Guns

www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/7/S-Plasma_Conversion_001-05133512.jpg

[thecommissar]

Yep they look great and its perfect not having to buy anything! And cost efficient

[Vice-Shogun Himura]

I cheat I pay marrines where I hate spending the points on Plasma because it goes Bang! In Guard I mind much less!

[privateflippy]

Maybe use google translator to translate the stuff