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Wow you have loads of men it will be good to see them painted in a unifying scheme, i think the commisar look perfect, although i would swap out his gun for a boltpistol, or plasma pistol.

i think i can do that...

will post some conversion ideas later for my struggle to get vets with shotguns...


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so today i converted a regular lasgun cadia style to work as a shotgun...in a nutshell...

as seen in the below pic i took a standard lasgun, scrabbed off the second hand and remodeled the longer part of the gun by adding a oart cut antenna of a tau drone...
this part now serves as a new barrel...
after that i took a secend edition SM bolter and cut off the mag and glued it on the shotgun. after that whole procedure i used a special glue for mending ceramics... it is somehwhat more ticker and thus i could use it quite good for gapefilling...

then for the show up effect i simply basecoated/primed the whole bit with chaos black and added afterwards some metal color...then badab wash...end result is here to be seen...



above the wooden cutting mat^^ i show a different aproach of the shotgun search...again a secend edition SM bolter that i cut off its barrel entirely and added a double barrel bit i created out of two parts from a spear form elves sprue...

so which design looks more suitable?

vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:so today i converted a regular lasgun cadia style to work as a shotgun...in a nutshell...

as seen in the below pic i took a standard lasgun, scrabbed off the second hand and remodeled the longer part of the gun by adding a oart cut antenna of a tau drone...
this part now serves as a new barrel...
after that i took a secend edition SM bolter and cut off the mag and glued it on the shotgun. after that whole procedure i used a special glue for mending ceramics... it is somehwhat more ticker and thus i could use it quite good for gapefilling...

then for the show up effect i simply basecoated/primed the whole bit with chaos black and added afterwards some metal color...then badab wash...end result is here to be seen...

so which design looks more suitable?

vik

hmm...the top one looks like a kind of semi-auto one like the AA-12, while the bottom one looks kinda like a pump-action...both look good, but depends what role...semi-auto or pump-action?
BTW what's the commissar from? I might get one with dual-bolt pistols and a DKoK head...

Both of your shotguns are cool vik. I suppose you could have a mix as i guess shotguns would be more easily customisable by the troops.

he´s from warzone minis.... might be bauhaus style don´t know really...

i have also thought of adding a round mag for the lower gun...or the upper don´t know...probably the look i wnat is something like:
the hackhammer fully auto shotgun...deadly as sin and perfectly for anti riot...

Shotguns are looking good Vik...keep up the great work.

Viktor von Domm wrote:he´s from warzone minis.... might be bauhaus style don´t know really...

i have also thought of adding a round mag for the lower gun...or the upper don´t know...probably the look i wnat is something like:
the hackhammer fully auto shotgun...deadly as sin and perfectly for anti riot...

lol...the muzzle looks like a lasgun muzzle...
If you're trying to go for rapid-fire, go for a drum mag.
maybe about 5 guys with riot helmets, batons (CCW's) and those..perfect riot guardsmen...
if you did, I'd pay for a few of those to go in a diorama...maybe even swap my diorama imperial fists for a few...
hmm...maybe I could slot in my favorite models into the diorama slots whenever I want...thanks for the (unintentional) idea, vik!
but yeah. Drum mag on the top one is a must.
BTW link to the commissar stand-in?

Spiffing army old boy! You could use a stormhammer with the commander taking tea and crumpets on a deck while ordering a broadside and admiring the view. (I think that tank is just a navy battleship with wheels)

top one looks better imo , but you should get rid of the ammo clip

neil101 wrote:top one looks better imo , but you should get rid of the ammo clip

and have a drum mag!

thanks FiTZZ, i am really trying as hell to ghet the look right...the left one is my favorite so far but tehre is still something tahts still not filling the bill...

at shrike:

here some links:
http://stevegibsongames.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/warzone-bauhaus-in-los_20100130.pdf

http://wargamesfactory.lefora.com/2009/01/29/sci-fi-greatcoat-infantry/page12/

and some additional pics:




definatly rapid fire shotguns, i am all for loud and deadly^^
sound like a good plan.

whats riot helmets for you? those with shiled as a visor?
and all thumbs up for a swapable diorama man^^

hope i could help ye^^

rapid-fire FTW!!!
yes, the shield-visors.
I'll go check out those links...
care to bump my blog?

consider it done^^

The warzone minis are pretty funky, they suit your airship steampunk style very well.

on coincidence i aquired 10 more today^^
and also some hounds i want to remodel as they are a bit zomby looking for now but will be like a hunting flock of my HQ... what rules could work for these then?

Viktor von Domm wrote:on coincidence i aquired 10 more today^^
and also some hounds i want to remodel as they are a bit zomby looking for now but will be like a hunting flock of my HQ... what rules could work for these then?

dunno...there aren't many fast infrantry units...and I don't think rought riders suit hounds...
make up your own:
Unit- 10-20
hound- WS4 BS- S4 T3 A2 W1 I4 Ld7 Sv-
move through cover
rending
12" movement
6pts each

hunter- WS3 BS3 S3 T3 A2 W1 I3 Ld7 Sv5+
lasgun/laspistol/shotgun
counts-as rough rider (lance and one of the above weapons)

i meant dogs, like a pack of dogs, about five of them... for now they look like zomby dogs but i gess that can be fixed...

shrike wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:on coincidence i aquired 10 more today^^
and also some hounds i want to remodel as they are a bit zomby looking for now but will be like a hunting flock of my HQ... what rules could work for these then?

dunno...there aren't many fast infrantry units...and I don't think rought riders suit hounds...
make up your own:
Unit- 5 hounds, one hunter. (wow that sounds like a euphemism)
hound- WS4 BS- S4 T3 A2 W1 I4 Ld7 Sv-
move through cover
rending
12" movement
6pts each

hunter- WS3 BS3 S3 T3 A2 W2 I3 Ld7 Sv5+
lasgun/laspistol/shotgun
counts-as rough rider (lance and one of the above weapons)
30pts

ok so i guess no misstake on you part then^^

drum mag shotgun:

i made a drum mag out of those things the curtains roll on the rails if you use those at all...will show you tomorrow... the scale is for me perfect...


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and best thing is i could use the grenade launcher psraer mag pouches that you get in abandon on every sprue then too.,..

eah, those mags really are useful for stuff like that.

If your looking for Victoriana old boy Copplestone Castings have some nice bits and bobs. I also rather like whats been showing up on the Lead Adventurer forums. Are you aware of the Wargames Factory British Firing Line as well?

this will look so cool, if i can pull it off my vets will look like aussi bushwackers and have their shotguns and of course some nice flamers to go with them ...so takje heed hordes armies^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:this will look so cool, if i can pull it off my vets will look like aussi bushwackers and have their shotguns and of course some nice flamers to go with them ...so takje heed hordes armies^^

these rapid fire shotguns better be wielded by the proper aussies of 40k- catachan.

only those^^, be sure of that^^

i am off for now, getting a nights sleep matey, see you tomorrow, have a good night too

vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:only those^^, be sure of that^^

i am off for now, getting a nights sleep matey, see you tomorrow, have a good night too

vik

g'night.

so small update time for my soon to be built up vets with shotguns...

continuing the discussion and work on how a shotgun should look like i have worked some more on the bolter like shotgun and added a grip and a round mag...

seen below...



then i worked on two catachans to look like aussi bushwackers...hats are from fantasy epmire musketeers and i added on the one bloke a grenadelauncher mag pouch...

hope you like the very easy conversion of lasgun to shotgun, the conversion is now without the further need of tau parts and for me looks like i hit the nail on the spot so to speak...

enjoy the pics...






vik

the bushwackers are spot on, but I'd think about cutting off the second grip handle- it looks too crowded IMO.

well it is just a sideproject...the standard issue shotgun is still the lasgunconversion...

thanks for the recognition of the bushwackers...

vik, off for now... we go now into/ onto the green^^