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Since I have received a few requests on how I made my power klaws for my Black Reach Nobs I thought I'd make a tutorial on how I did them. If this isnt the right place for this please let me know. Some of the pics are a bit fuzzy due to the pieces being a bit small for my cameras macro setting, if there's a photo or step that you cant make out please let me know.

Materials:
7/16" - 8mm styrene tube
.060 x .156" - 1.5 x 4mm styrene strip
3/64" - 1.2mm styrene rod
Piece of outer sprue from any GW plastic Kit (its roughly 1/8" wide)
All the plasticard was from my flgs.


Tools:
Sharp hobby knife
Plastic glue
Cutting board
Optional - Hobby saw


1. Cut a piece of 7/16" tube to the length you want the body of the Klaw to be (5/8" for me).


2. Shave one angled side of the sprue till its square.


3. Mark the piece of 7/16" tube for the elbow recess and the Klaw bar recess (I went 1/8" in on either side).



4. Cut the recesses out, making sure that the one for the Klaws is no deeper than the piece of sprue.

4a. Trim sprue to 3/8" and glue in recess


5. Mark 1.5mmx 4mm strip with desired Klaw length. I used 5/8" for the 2 long klaws and 1/2" for the short one. Mark in 1/8" on either end.


6. Cut bevel off end of klaw and carve blade BEFORE cutting of of strip. You can carve it after but its a pain and you are more likely to cut yourself. make all 3 klaws the same way.


7. Mark end of Klaw body with Klaw placement. Mark small groove for bottom Klaw.



8. Forgot to take a pic here, cut out groove for bottom klaw, make it 1.5mm wide so its a snug fit for the klaw. Glue bottom klaw in desired psoition.

9. Trim top 2 klaws to match bevel on sprue and glue in place.


10. Cut small slices off of 3/64" rod for rivets.


11. Glue rivets where desired, I like one on either side of the pice of sprue to make it look like the klaws pivot on it.


12. Add details as desired, battle damage can be done with a knife or saw, you can add glyphs, wires or whatever you wish.

Here is one of my Black Reach Nobs with his klaw.


Feel free to ask any questions or comments!
EDIT: Tube I used is actually 7/16, sorry about that folks, have corrected guide.
Hope you will find this useful!

Wow. Thanks for this small and soooo useful tutorial. I will use it to convert mine Nobs from Assault.

that's a great and simple guide, should be stickied, either here or on thewaaagh perhaps?

Incredible! I am LOVIN' THIS! I am going to try this out with my Blackreach Nobz as well. Can never have enough PKs!

Solorg

Excellent - thanks so much for posting this up!

Super!! I love you man, you're a hero of WAAAAAGH!!

yea i really think im going to use your technique on my nobs as well. specially seeing as the guy i play 90% of the time(my older brother) uses space marines, i attack last in CC anyways so i might as well make them really feel the pain when i do attack.

very nice and simple its a great custo, built PK and looks good to =)

support!!!
real nice and simple way to make Power Claw, I will steal the idea to make my own one later...

Thanks for all the replies folks, hope you find this useful, can never have enough klaws for krumpin stuff!!

Thank you for this useful tutorial.

i'm going to do a similar work so now i don't have to think .

thinking is hard for orks...

KingCracker wrote:yea i really think im going to use your technique on my nobs as well. specially seeing as the guy i play 90% of the time(my older brother) uses space marines, i attack last in CC anyways so i might as well make them really feel the pain when i do attack.

Do it!!! PK's are worth their weight in gold against marines... 1 nob vs 3 sternguard and a chaplain (ok, the chaplain had already taken a wound)... all dead in one round of CC!!! the look on that guys face and the despair that set in from that moment on made that a properly awesome game!!!

He who strikes last, strikes hardest

BTW, where can find these materials??