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Hey everyone, I've been working on my friends and my armies for our Team Tournament army for WAR Games Con, and his list contains two Asscan/Heavy Flamer Dreads. Being the AoBR junkie he is, he has three of the Dreadnoughts, which as we all know have the standard Multi-Melta/Heavy Bolter arms. This technique adapts the kit Dreadnought arms to fit the AoBR Dreads, as the AoBR ones are cheaper, and you can pick up the additional arms on any major bitz service!



Alrighty, lets get started!

Materials:
AoBR Dreadnought
Any Dreadnought Arm (I'm using the Assault Cannon arm)
Superglue
White Glue
X-Acto knife
An old ratty paintbrush

(1) Cut a strip of paper the same width as the nub for the dreadnought arms to fit on, and about 3 inches long. If you want a really snug fit for your arm, increase the length of the strip accordingly.



(2) Put a small drop of White Glue onto the nub of the arm and begin wrapping the paper around it. Carefully paint white glue onto the strip as you wrap, as it will glue and seal the paper snuggly. Let the glue sit for just a minute.



(3) Carefully slide the paper off of the nub. Take your superglue and glue the paper roll into the dreadnought arm socket. If the paper warps a bit, don't worry, just use the back end of the paintbrush and push it back against the sides.



(4) Allow the superglue to dry. You now have a new Dreadnought arm for your AoBR!

A couple notes: I used paper instead of plasticard tubing as the paper allows you to avoid tiny measurements and make the ring as tight as you need it. Plus its cheaper than plasticard!
You can pick up additional Dreadnought arms on any major bitz store, and I'm sure this project would work on the Ironclad and Venerable arms as well!
I'll have a little more in-depth tutorial up on my blog (smellslikewargaming.blogspot.com) tomorrow, so if you want more pictures and additional tips, they'll be up there!
Hope this helps someone out!
Granesh

Why not trim off the post and use magnets?

I'm not sure on this, but depending on the magnet you use and the weight of the arm, there will be some 'slippage' and the arm will rotate downward. I think this would be especially prevalent with Rifleman arms. I've heard of some people using a kind of friction tape to prevent this though.

@Gavin Thorne: I've thought about using magnets, but seeing as the tournament is coming up here in a little over a week, and I don't have any lying around right now, I had to improvise. Plus everyone loves a cheap way to get the job done!

@TwilightWalker: Yeah, I'm sure the longer arms could cause some troubles using the magnets. Haven't heard of the tape though, I'll have to look that up.

Granesh

I double the magnets, placing them side-by-side like this: oo

I don't need to use as large a magnet overall and the two magnets have sufficient draw that the arm's not going anywhere.

@Granesh: I totally appreciate the cheap! I wrote the tutorial on it! What's more is that if it works good for you and there's no need for the extra expense, then go for it. If you're looking for a short term solution, blue-tac would likely hold it in place temporarily (it's not a metal arm which would give blue-tac some trouble) and still allow a magnet to be added later without the need for cleaning up the paper...

I glue a galvanised washer that fits over the pin onto that side and use TWO 3x2mm neo magnets fitted into the arm which hold it in place and stop slippage even with METAL arms.

I have a mix of metal and plastic arms for all of my dreads and they all have this system. Makes it easy to swap arms around as needed.