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Nice love the gun! We should get all of our home-made weapons together and sell tham as a combo-pack!

The DakkaDakka custom arms sprue? $19.99?

Sounds like a plan!

SO, if we had to make a list of the 4 or 5 MOST-Needed weapons for IG to include on a sprue, what would they be?

Nice looking LMG vik

And nice rider there J3r03n.


Hmm, 5 most needed? 4 shotties and a sniper rifle

blunderbuss grenade launcher
steam punk fashion plasma gun
steam punk fashion a melta gun
steam punk fashion flamer steam gun

those are the guns that are difficult to find in a steam punk like fashion or that are just really expensive.

my 2 cents

snipers and shotguns are both needed (for regular guard) IMO, as well as IG-sized power fists and (why the hell not) gatling guns and canes.


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snipers and shotguns are both needed (for regular guard) IMO, as well as IG-sized power fists, bolt-action rifles and (why the hell not) gatling guns.

I love the look of the Las-Lock, but it makes no sense to me, How the hell does a flintlock system work like a lasgun? I could dream up a bolt-action weapon of some sort, but how to 40k-ify it? Add the iconic flash supressor and then what?

I've made a standard lasrifle into a long-las sniper rifle already, let me dig it up and take a pic....

Not much, very simple conversion.

i work with empire bits. they have a hochland long riffle (sniper) and a double barreled gun (shot gun).

you can see my models in my tread (see sig)

love thr RR jeroen! tho i have to admit, that the sitting legs look a tad akward in that position...tho i am not the one about to complain here^^ gift horse and all^^

also i think he needs a means to stear the wheel ...some joystick or stearingwhell...

but the whole arrangement screams classy already^^

at dave... 5 much needed weapons...hmmm...steampunk of course...

i have to give that to fatty´s top five... they all sound very good choices... but what about the design? the need...i would totally agree...but do some of you have ideas how to make them? some screenshots of games or internet finds?

by the way...i am working currently on a doublebarreld shotgun... glue is curing atm for the stock to really set then the carving will happen ...pics will follow later on...

not been on much yet again, but I still have a shotgun I made as a test for vik back at something like page 10 and never actually took a pic with it
It's a pretty simple conversion, just a bolter minus the sights and clip, added a drum mag to the side and the barrel was replaced by two smaller ones. Next pic update I'll take one of it (if I can find it)

dsteingass wrote:I love the look of the Las-Lock, but it makes no sense to me, How the hell does a flintlock system work like a lasgun? I could dream up a bolt-action weapon of some sort, but how to 40k-ify it? Add the iconic flash supressor and then what?

Not everything on the weapon needs to have a purpose it could just be for visual design, the sniper rifle looks pretty good though.

The control mind interface for the wheel is in his helmet! Why else would it be so big >.>

dsteingass wrote:I could dream up a bolt-action weapon of some sort, but how to 40k-ify it? Add the iconic flash supressor and then what?

Ok, so let's explore this idea. Steampunk...What is it?
or more importantly, what aesthetic characteristics make things instantly recognizable as "Steampunk"?
IMHO...
Hard things
1. Victorian era materials and styling (brass, gold,iron,finished wood, RIVETS)
2. Coils, valves, analog gagues, gears, cogs, and other mechanical or pneumatic things, ray guns, tesla coils, etc.
And soft things
3. Ornate filigree, gildings, inlaid pearl and ornamental hardware usually framing fine woodwork.
4. Never bright in color, but colorful fabrics, clothes, silks, carpets, and red velvet cushions


It is always the mix of the hard and soft things in Steampunk that make me dig it. But I think what really makes Steampunk are the makers. The craftsmanship and style is a reflection of the person who crafted, by hand, their creation.



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shrike wrote:

dsteingass wrote:I could dream up a bolt-action weapon of some sort, but how to 40k-ify it? Add the iconic flash supressor and then what?

well there have been solid rounds mentioned in 40k fluff, so the gun could simply fire solid ammo.

at jeroen...lol...and me, i thought the pith helemt was for the better cooling of the head and giving also some sort of minimum protection...silly me...


at shrike... would love to see that shotgunny version of yours... always my weapon of choice... a nice (little if needed) shotgun...pumgun for preferrence by the way but double barreld for the classic look... by the way... look downwards...


at LDD...

Not everything on the weapon needs to have a purpose it could just be for visual design, the sniper rifle looks pretty good though.

lol...sounds like a reasonable try to come up with a new wording for the rule of cool...^^

at dave... nice book show of yours... that book seems to be full of nice things...
and the summary of all that is steampunk sounds pretty sound to me...the charm of steampunk is exactly your short list of things... the true essence...the materials we nowadays don´t see too often and the individuality we seldom see...i-pod looks like any i-pod... it is trusty but it is just a template product... without any soul... i prefer soul any day of my life over standard template products...

as for the shotgun remark of mine..:







double barreld shotgun... some work still on the barrels...and also i would like to do hammers on the thingy...(dunno how it is called...) and maybe some carving on the wood... i am considering to GS certain areas too...


vik

Looking good there...

*bows*

Hey Vik , Love the shotgun guy , good colour choice, and superb weapon build. Its great to see some of your steampunky guys coming to life mate. Hope you and yours are well . ;-) happy belated new year.

aye! tho i have to say... that guy is just perfect for showing sclae atm... the brushes are gathering dust atm... i have come back to building...and building now my own stuff^^ the fun and love of glueing plasticcard^^

and yep i think new year was quite good... celebrated it just the four of us and same with the chrimbo...but well new year now has yet to prove it´s shinyness to me^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Nice work! I feel like I need to run to the FLGS to get some styrene and custom build some dakka

When you say "just for scale", do you mean that your new boomstick doesn't actually go with this guy? Otherwise I'd say that the pose isn't so natural...

that guy will definatly not be wileding said boomstick...he is the plasma gunner of the squad...

the shotgun was a mere exercise... i have yet to start a real project to get all this potentiality into something...it is totally new to me to make things out of plasticcard so i tried myself in some technigues...

That is fantastic Vik! Love the Double Barrel action! The stock is niice too, my stocks never seem to look right.

oh tanks dave, i was pretty unsure with the stock...also i think i am a bit out of scale with this one still... just a few odd mm here and there... next built should be better... needs to getting used to too... i have a lasgun nearby for referrence tho but somehow the different parts have an urge to get bigger by themselves^^

Looks really good, and I think some swirly carvings on it would look good:

maybe not as detailed, though

lol...if i get the GS out tomorrow we´ll see what can be arranged about that...if^^

^^

Hmmm, I wonder if you will be doing shorter barreled trench shotguns?

hmm... good idea... but then the not beside barrel shotgun but rather then above barreled guns...like:



or possibly this:

Like the Stevens