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I was painting up my AoBR Tactical Squad and I noticed my one marine was missing his boltgun and it was nowhere to be found. I can only suspect my cat carried it off somewhere do to it being shiny after painting it gun metal. So what Im asking is there a place online I can buy a AoBR boltgun bit, I can't seem the find a site on my own. Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Might be a lost cause - most bits sites sell the squad or individual models from the set, but not as separate bits. You might get luck with an ebay bits service, but that's doubtful.

Personally, I'd recommend converting the lone marine with some extra arm bits and a spare bolter.

Look around, you might find something better.

I agree with Gavin. Get a set of arm bitz and a bolter, and remove the existing arms. Replace with new bitz and bolter, and you are done.

Careful use of a utility knife should do the trick.

Argh
I was hoping in wouldn't come come to do that as I'm a klutz and will end up slice my finger off.

Boy, are you in the wrong hobby.

Paint him black and cut off his legs too

grankobot wrote:Paint him black and cut off his legs too

r3n3g8b0y wrote:

grankobot wrote:Paint him black and cut off his legs too

Breotan wrote:Boy, are you in the wrong hobby.

Ain't that the truth. *snickerfit*

I'm sure I can find a single boltgun in my bitz box to send you, if you're in the US - if you want, PM me your address.

If that doesn't work out, you need two Troops to play anway so you'll have Bolters left over from a box of Tactical Marines if you use the special weapons. They build up over time

Ouze wrote:I'm sure I can find a single boltgun in my bitz box to send you, if you're in the US - if you want, PM me your address.

That's awful nice of you!

... Say, come to think of it, I think *I* have an AoBR boltgun, because MY cat made off with a whole frigging Tac Marine body. If you don't mind it being already half painted.

Frigging cats. They're like giant furry Carnifexes, waiting to om nom nom their way through your armies.

Candroth wrote:Frigging cats. They're like giant furry Carnifexes, waiting to om nom nom their way through your armies.

Thats why I keep mace on my work bench. Just a little spray as soon as fluffy walks in and no more kitty problems for a month!


Please don't call PETA. :(

Candroth wrote:

Ouze wrote:I'm sure I can find a single boltgun in my bitz box to send you, if you're in the US - if you want, PM me your address.

That's awful nice of you!

... Say, come to think of it, I think *I* have an AoBR boltgun, because MY cat made off with a whole frigging Tac Marine body. If you don't mind it being already half painted.

Frigging cats. They're like giant furry Carnifexes, waiting to om nom nom their way through your armies.

That be great if the one Ouze has isn't a AoBR. Yes cats are but mine are very odd the one only steals hairbows the other only takes bottlecaps but they both like shiny things. They take them and stash them somewhere.

Commander Endova wrote:

Candroth wrote:Frigging cats. They're like giant furry Carnifexes, waiting to om nom nom their way through your armies.

Thats why I keep mace on my work bench. Just a little spray as soon as fluffy walks in and no more kitty problems for a month!
Please don't call PETA. :(

I keep a spray bottle but I wasn't there when they stole it.

Commander Endova wrote:

Candroth wrote:Frigging cats. They're like giant furry Carnifexes, waiting to om nom nom their way through your armies.

Thats why I keep mace on my work bench. Just a little spray as soon as fluffy walks in and no more kitty problems for a month!

Please don't call PETA. :(

Har har. Don't make me sacrifice you to Bast.

I've found that after spraying them with a can of compressed air, a cat will learn that any loud, quick hissing noise is the cue to GTFO. It's better than squirt bottles and handy to have around no matter what you're doing! Anymore all I do is make a quick hiss and my furry Carnifex goes O.O and runs off (:

To avoid cuts, I've taken to wearing a leather glove on my non-cutting hand when doing any modifications above and beyond simple flashing removal of plastic parts.

Even when removing flashing on metal parts I wear the glove.

Edit: At the Original Post, I'd modify it and slap on some other arms if you have them.

Damn Kronk you must of had one nasty cut to think of wearing a glove.
Which by the way is a really really good idea.

The fingertips of my left hand are all covered in cuts most of the time. Maybe a glove wouldn't be a bad idea...

Try a bits place and see if you can get a body and the bolter.

Ahha I have found the piece my along with some spare change, bottle caps, and hairbows that my cats have stolen they hid it all behind the entertainment stand in my living room.

But thanks to everyone who offered to help.

esinhorn wrote:Damn Kronk you must of had one nasty cut to think of wearing a glove.
Which by the way is a really really good idea.

Yes. My exacto knife (hobby knife) is very sharp, and metal bits take a lot of pressure to trim the flashing properly. It only takes one slip to convince yourseld that a glove is worth the investment.

I lost the cm at the end of my left pinkie after a friggin cat jumped on me in the middle of a cut. As of yet I have not returned the favour.

This is why I don't have a cat...It just leads to me cutting myself?

Yeah, I kick the cat out of the room when i do modeling but the bastard thing always gets back in...

I can't help but notice how many dakkaites have cats...

I have a dog, so far the only miniature damage I have suffered is a slightly chewed beakie DCCW arm

Cats... Cats never change.

My cat is called Ninja and is the biggest pain in the backside, when im trying to paint he wants food or jumps on my lap and wants a fuss.

Leigen_Zero wrote:I can't help but notice how many dakkaites have cats...

I have a dog, so far the only miniature damage I have suffered is a slightly chewed beakie DCCW arm

I have both but the dog is too short fat and clumsy to get onto my desk.

I own both a cat and a dog. To date my cat is 15 and the Dog 0. I hate my cat. She comes equipped with litenies of hate and a pair of master crafted lighting claws.

rdlb wrote:This is why I don't have a cat...It just leads to me cutting myself?

I always knew emo kids had cats.

Now I know why!