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I was looking to buy a master of the forge but i couldn't find a model for him. What i did find was that if yu brought a techmarine it said you could make a motf. http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1060065 What im concerned about though is if it will come with the conversion beamer as the model in the picture doesn't have one.

No, adding the conversion beamer is something you have to do, converting the model.

As of right now, only one GW Techmarine model(in this case, it's a Forge World piece) has a Conversion Beamer.

It's the bit on his backpack.

Name is "Valthex" of the Astral Claws(you can find him under Infantry Accessories), if you'd like to see more shots of him for inspiration.

Oh, so how would i go about making my own conversion beamer?

Pretty much however you want! The thing about a Conversion Beamer is that it's simply an archaic piece of technology. The look isn't really "standardized" in any real sense.

Most of the conversions I've seen involve making it look very much like a pulpy raygun.

Kanluwen wrote:Pretty much however you want! The thing about a Conversion Beamer is that it's simply an archaic piece of technology. The look isn't really "standardized" in any real sense.

Most of the conversions I've seen involve making it look very much like a pulpy raygun.

I understand the look i just don't know what materials i would use. And is it hard to model things like this? Now i think about it this could be good as i already have a techmarine spare

One thing to consider is if you have any spare heavy weapons from a Devastator box or the like. The body of a lascannon would make for a good start I think.

In terms of materials, there's things like plasticard to work with. You'd be better off(in my opinion at least) cutting up various spare, actual bits and then using green stuff and plasticard to cover up the gaps.

For mine, I used the body of an old Techmarine, part of a psycannon, and one of the Dragon gun barrels from chaos bitz. I then Imperialized it be adding the crux-terminatus to it. I don't have any pictures of mine yet(as it's unpainted), but I'm sure if you search the Gallery you can find lots to use as inspiration.

As a sidenote, here is an older thread which was about the Conversion Beamer.

Please do not post in it, however, as the thread is beyond the acceptable timeframe for "reviving" a dead thread.

The preferable option to Thread Necromancy, if you want to solicit more concrete ideas and feedback, would be to post a thread in Painting & Modeling asking for suggestions, and include a link to the old thread in your first post.

Chapterhouse Studios make an acceptable conversion beamer stand in.

My Marines have a lot of Rogue Trader stuff in them, so I used an old Rapier Laser Destroyer:

Love the unreasonably large screwdriver. I wonder what it's name is. Power screw perhaps?

Nah with this being the future and sci fi its probably called a sonic screwdriver (insert win face here)

As agnosto already mentioned, chapterhouse studios have a conversion Beamer on there site, I suggest going and having a look.

The_mini_painter wrote:Nah with this being the future and sci fi its probably called a sonic screwdriver (insert win face here)

The Doctor would never wear an outfit that silly.

kur0n wrote:

The_mini_painter wrote:Nah with this being the future and sci fi its probably called a sonic screwdriver (insert win face here)

The Doctor would never wear an outfit that silly.

Indeed. It needs a fez for it to be silly enough for the Doctor!

Sonyca wrote:
I understand the look i just don't know what materials i would use. And is it hard to model things like this? Now i think about it this could be good as i already have a techmarine spare

A quick and dirty way to do the 50s raygun style bit would be to buy a piece of thin brass rod and then look for beads and similar to thread along it to give it the right look. Maybe add a few strips of plastic (available from Plastruct at many hobby stores) for the 'braces' along the top and bottom. The only concern would be to make sure the beads (available very cheaply from a lot of craft stores, I believe) will take paint acceptably.

A good replacement for the 'backpack' would be to dress up a Space Marine plastic backpack. Maybe use a Chaos pack and remove the overtly chaotic bits, then add in other bits. Cables (thin wire or guitar string... I got a pack of mixed guitar strings for under $7 from Amazon that will probably last me for decades) are great for hiding things, and spare vehicle parts are often great to help build up the idea that the Conversion beamer is on an articulated mount. Remember, it doesn't have to 'work' it jsut has to look like it could.