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I just started an IG army recently and i was trying to figure out how to build a Vendetta Gunship i figured out where to put two of the LC i just do not know where to put the third. Any help would be appreciated. thanks

Under the ship?

I guess i am not sure though if there is enough LC to do that. And i prolly need to Magnetize them so i can turn it into a Valkeryie also. So if any one has any extra Bitz to help me make my Gunship ill happily buy them off of you.

I dont have IG bitz, sorry. Good luck anyways. Try the swap shop for that

is that another forum on here or a website?

here on the website. Look at the forum index. Its near the top of the list.

awewsome thanks didnt know about it.

alabamaheretic wrote:is that another forum on here or a website?

We do have a 'Swap Shop' here but we tend to want posters to get more and more acquainted with the forum as a whole before going into beginning trades.

Now, as for your question here about the Vendetta Lascannons--have you looked at Forge World's Vendetta conversion kit for inspiration?

If not:


http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Navy/VALKYRIE-VENDETTA-CONVERSION-KIT.html also has some other photos on there.

Dont really have the money for forge world. where did those LC come from thats pretty awesome

Those Lascannons could probably be easily replicated using the Predator tank or Land Raider sponson Lascannons.

Basically, the price breakdown(from what I'm seeing) is gonna be this:

$11.99+S&H for the Predator sponson sprue from The Warstore and Battlewagon Bits.( http://www.thewarstore.com/product38032.html )
$17.00+tax/S&H for the Land Raider Terminus Ultra conversion kit from Games Workshop directly( http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440335a&prodId=prod1280042 )
and
$23.34+S&H for Forge World's Valkyrie Vendetta conversion kit.

Of those, the LRTU and Predator parts are gonna require some finnicky converting while at worst the Vendetta may have some miscasts that Forge World will replace.

So might just need to just bite the bullet and order the forge world parts?

Not necessarily, it's just up to you based on how much work you want to do.

If your very keen on having 3 lascannons/guns, yes.

well im fairly lazy and i think three tl lc is awesome on a fast so yea off i go into forge world land. thanks guys

Or you could find yourself two Land Raider lascannon sponsons and one dreadnought twin-linked lascannon and be done with it.

never thought of that sounds good to me

I used MEanBob's tutorial to convert my Vendetta.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/292066.page

It requires six lascannons from the IG Heavy Weapons kits and two of the track guards from the IG vehicle accessory sprue (which sadly is only available separately from GW. It used to be included in the IG vehicle kits). Fortunately I had all of these parts in my bitz box.

I didn't magnetize mine but in hindsight, it would have been easy to do so and I had the magnets on-hand already. Oh well, c'est la vie.

You could also spring for the Rakalnar resin kits off of EBAY, but to be quite honest, they eat gak.

Awfully brittle resin, poor casts, TONS of bubbles...very poor quality.

You really don't need to buy any bitz for the cockpit las cannons.



I cut off the tip of the multilaser then glued it to the sight over the lascannon. It looks fine, takes 10 seconds and costs nothing.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:You really don't need to buy any bitz for the cockpit las cannons.

I cut off the tip of the multilaser then glued it to the sight over the lascannon. It looks fine, takes 10 seconds and costs nothing.

I did this as well, worked perfectly! (Mine is magnetized, just in case I ever want just the single las for valk or the ML.)

i was thinking that for the cock pit LC thanks for the idea i got two lcs from a butchered lr so thats the next step now i need magnets and a tiny drill...*notes to self to invest ina dremel)

There's always the LC with heavy weapons teams

For the wings the land raider las cannons work best, www.bitzbarn.com or www.thewarstore.com should be able to sell you them on their own.

If not you could always get some plastic rod and attach them to a suitably techy bit (the rocket launchers might work).

Thanks for the sites to check out.

I mounted all 3 around the cockpit. 2 mounts on the side and one in the nose. More concentrated fire pattern that way

Flinty wrote:I mounted all 3 around the cockpit. 2 mounts on the side and one in the nose. More concentrated fire pattern that way

That base is a true work of art Flinty!

That base is awesome how did you achieve that effect i might have to steal that from you. i like what you said about the concentrated fire pattern, but i already glued the sensor array into its slot. I think I will magnetize the weapons so i can swap em into a Valk or the Vendetta. Thanks for the insight. when i get a camera ill post some pic of my work so you all can see what i been working on.

Thanks

The smoke is pretty easy to do. I started with a roughly trimmed foam former as seen below. This was followed up by gluing a whole load of woodland scenics clumpy foliage to the foam using a generic gel-type glue stuff. Don't use superglue as the foliage is insulating enough to set itself on fire when the superglue heats during drying (it stinks)

Spray black and then add firey details and a couple of drybrushing layers of grey for interest.

Very cool and sounds pretty easy to do also. so would elmers glue work or would i need to go hunt down some gel glue?

I tried PVA and wood glue first and they didn't work that well. I would recommend going to a hardware store and picking up some UHU or Bostik multi-purpose glue (or equivalent).