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hey boys and Girls.

I play spacewolves, Thing is, i need Missile Launchers for my longfangs,
Anyone know where I can get hold of that? Need 15'ish. Anyone use any alternative for it?
Or know a good way to convert or build one? I have allready used up the missiles from my Rhino's.
So... Please help me!

Check all the different bitzs stores that are on Ebay. You should be able to find what you are looking for there. They should have both regular missile launchers and the ones from the varies SM tanks as well.

Checked many, But... I find them quite expensive. And I cant seem to access my patpal account.
Thanks for answering btw.

Ask at your local games club or FLGS? Marine players always seem to have 340934093904 spare missile launchers

Pick up some plastic tubing of 2 closely maching diameters and make your own?

Some genius on this board also came up with the idea of using a Sentinel missile launcher on a ground mount counting as 1 of the ML guys and have 4 or 5 "loaders" to take off as casualties and you get 1 shot per guy in the squad.

Use Hunter Killer Missiles. I've seen it done and it's not that hard to do.

AresX8 wrote:Use Hunter Killer Missiles. I've seen it done and it's not that hard to do.

Yeah, the new ones work pretty well, since they are basically a rocket tube with a aiming device that fits right in front of the LF's head. I use a few to buff out my squads.

I think they are a bit expensive right now on bit sites, since any devestator squad (or equivalent) worth having will be rocking four of them. I'd recommend a few of the following options. (Mix and match to taste.)

A) Scratchbuild them. Missile launchers seem pretty easy. There are lots of cylindrical objects that could be turned into a missle launcher.

B) Trade for them with other marine players. You'd be surprised how many guys are willing to let one go.

C) Convert them. Lots of 40k bits can be spruced up, stuck in a Marine's hands, and passed off as a missle launcher. Think imaginatively, and you'll be shocked what you can come up with.

Going with a mix of these options might be even better, actually, since it will give your long fangs an individualized feel that is more representative of the Space Wolves than the uniform look you get having all the same pieces.

This thread (Link) has some example conversions, including the Hunter-Killer Missile

Forge World special weapons pack and don't look back. Comes with melta too. Going to cost you though $

Same issue right now. Bunch of long fangs, need some ML.

I had a few HK laying around, and the conversion was quick and painless with a pretty good result. I'm a fan.

Plus, HK are cheaper at bit sites, so the extra bit of time clipping and gluing pays for itself in comparison.

I have 6 sitting on my desk right now - I offered them to a guy a while back but he never came back to me.
I know this'll probably break forum rules but offers??

Im in a similar position. Going on ebay be prepared to spend around $8 AUD before shipping, as for converting hunter killer missiles i like this idea but the problem is the only arms that really fit them properly are the missile launcher arms... If you have an ebay account i would recommend buying scout missile launchers, they look the same except the arms have material instead of armor and are generally cheaper when people have them in stock.
Luckily I have a FLGS that sells second hand models so i just scout it out every few weeks and pick up any they have for cheap

google let the dice decide, bitsandkits or bitzbox. pretty sure they all do shipping around the world

demyx wrote: as for converting hunter killer missiles i like this idea but the problem is the only arms that really fit them properly are the missile launcher arms...

Not at all true. I've used all sorts of arms with HKs.

You can use bolter arms and have the model at rest with the ML cradled in front of him. You can make him a lefty and use a left hand bolt pistol or chainsword arm, or do the same on the right. There are plenty of bits that you can use for it. Basically any extended arm with a fist.

Example, both of these would work:


I don't have any good sample pics of my LF that I could show off right now or I'd demonstrate.

Or you could have the guy running into position holding the ML by his side or have it stacked against a crate while the guy scratches his nose or something. Given the firing rate and ammo capacity of missile launchers, the vast majority of the time they will not be getting fired

I've used a HK missile launcher with guard bits to make a pretty sweet ML heavy for Necromunda, and I imagine it wouldn't be difficult to make it work for marines as well. It looks pretty cool, I think, the smaller size makes it look more like a portable weapon that would be carried in the field.

2nd edition Missile launchers. Need to chop the funny trumpet flare thing off the end but after that i actually prefer them. They are fairly easy to get a hold of, as hobbyists of a certain age have literally hundreds of 2nd ed. space marines.

pretre wrote:

demyx wrote: as for converting hunter killer missiles i like this idea but the problem is the only arms that really fit them properly are the missile launcher arms...

Not at all true. I've used all sorts of arms with HKs.

You can use bolter arms and have the model at rest with the ML cradled in front of him. You can make him a lefty and use a left hand bolt pistol or chainsword arm, or do the same on the right. There are plenty of bits that you can use for it. Basically any extended arm with a fist.

Example, both of these would work:

Spoiler:

I don't have any good sample pics of my LF that I could show off right now or I'd demonstrate.

I did precisely that. I used the extended lefty bolt-pistol arm for them, so that the HK was held up in a ready-to-fire position. I'll post pics later if you'd like