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As a frequenter of 1d4chan, I have seen worse than that. However, I never dreamed I'd see the day when dakka mods were posting 'Nid Rule 34.

That being said, I view melta guns as a kinda of invisible beam...you see the distortitions in the air where its firing, but you don't see a physical beam. Maybe you'll see a shower of sparks where it hits a target, but that's it. Plasma guns shoot stereotypical teardrop balls of blue plasma.