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Hi Dakka - I've been modelling all my SMs as WYSIWYG lately, using spare Krak grenades from the Assault Squad box to represent their whole armament. I'm starting to run out now, though, and I don't know of any other sources for them. Where can I get Krak grenades or similar substitutes, preferably not as part of a larger kit?

eBay bitz retailers are your best bet, here's one in Australia, $1.70 for five + shipping(I can only see their international price).

Small balls of GS with a curl of plastic at one end? Krak grenades are quite simple shapes.

Maybe use green stuff putty to make IG frag grenades smooth and then add a putty band around the middle of each grenade?

If you're going the buying route there's loads of bits stores online, not to mention ebay.

If you scratchbuild, I'd suggest a small round plastic bead, piece of styrene rod and piece of styrene strip. I threw this together for demonstration, using a pinhead. Can probably get a box of pins like that for next to nothing. Alternatively just cut up a thicker plastic rod for the grenade itself. Might look more like smoke grenades we're used to though.

Tau Fire Warriors come with a whole bunch of grenade bits, and noone ever uses them. I'm not sure what official krak grenades look like - the photon grenades look nothing like a real-world grenade, but they are small enough that you might be able to just fudge them anyway?

I just looked at the Tau versions, and they're not a terrible match, but if you're fussy enough to not want to use frag grenades, I guess you want the official krak genades rather than just something granade-ish..

PMed you re some spares I have.

The only other source I've come across is the Chaos version - a single krak attached to a pistol holster - probably no use to you unless your marines have spare space on their hips to fit a holster and krak, and of course the presence of the pistol doesn't upset WYSIWYG. With a little work, the holster could perhaps be converted to a general equipment pouch, i suppose...