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http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440167a&prodId=prod1710128a&rootCatGameStyle=
The upgrade pack in the link. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, the upgrade ONLY contain the bits in the picture, right? Even though the item description says "Weapons, backpacks and heads(indicating more than one of each item).
I hope I'm wrong, as I'm aiming for 30 Noise Marines, and wow, that's going to be expensive with only 1 model per pack :-(

Since it says its a 10 piece pack and there's 10 pieces in te picture...

You get exactly what is pictured.

Only so many models per 10 csm can take noise weaponry, hence why they aren't available in larger numbers, as most folk would only need 1 / 2 upgrades.

The majority of the squad will be totting bolters.

I don't think it's the weapons he cares about, but the backpacks, etc.

And every Noise Marine can replace his bolter.

 kitch102 wrote:
You get exactly what is pictured.

Only so many models per 10 csm can take noise weaponry, hence why they aren't available in larger numbers, as most folk would only need 1 / 2 upgrades.

The majority of the squad will be totting bolters.

Every Noise Marine may exchange his bolter with a Sonic Blaster at the cost of +3 points per model.


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rigeld2 wrote:
I don't think it's the weapons he cares about, but the backpacks, etc.

And every Noise Marine can replace his bolter.

Correct. There is an upgrade pack with just weapons, containing 6 weapons + arms at the same price. But I also want the heads and backpacks. But hell if I want to pay that much for it...

Looks like the same bits that I have in storage. Nothing new here.

Sonic Weapons Pack gives you 1 Blastmaster and 5 Sonic Blasters

Noise Marines Upgrade Pack gives you 3 heads 1 Blast Master 1 sonic Blaster...

Basically the old lead Noise Marine upgrade pack from the box.

I would go for just the champion getting this pack and then trade or ebay for the nice super spikey backpack from the CSM box.

If you want to give your Noise Marines a unique Noise Marine look a cheaper alternative to those backpacks is going to the Dollar store and buying yourself some ear buds and green stuffing them on their shoulders and then painting them to fit the marine..makes it look like they have giant speakers on the models

I haven't begun the process on my marines just yet but I have an ambition to one day make a functioning noise marine hopefully with some AC/DC or maybe Cult of Personality or Freak on a leash blasting from them..that would be pretty sweet!!

just a suggestion...hopefully I'll get around to it after my Dark Eldar are done

Almost seems like it'd be cheaper to build a Plague Marines army entirely out of Finecast.

Yeah it was a total rip off when I got them, thankfully 2 packs (1 from a friend). They at least made it down to the sacred number. So I can take my two (bl)Ass(t)masters in 1 squad now.

Otherwise, I'd never use all 20 perv marines that I have....

If you want em, buy em. But lets face it. Proxy them first before throwing even more money down "GW that thirsts for your money"'s throat.

G

Someone suggested buying just one set and a mold cast to copy them. I might consider that...

 TedNugent wrote:
Almost seems like it'd be cheaper to build a Plague Marines army entirely out of Finecast.

Yea.. But Plague Marines are a pretty poor option for a Slaanesh inspired army, though....

I have a few metal blasmasters and sonic blasters lying around that I inherited from a friend. I sold a few on ebay for a decent amount of money. I should really sell them but it's such a mission...

I've seen some very good noise blaster conversions using regular bolters with the ammo clip removed, that gargoyle-head bit that comes in most chaos vehicles fitted to the barrel of the gun and a couple of guitar strings connecting the gun to the backpack.

 Sephyr wrote:
I've seen some very good noise blaster conversions using regular bolters with the ammo clip removed, that gargoyle-head bit that comes in most chaos vehicles fitted to the barrel of the gun and a couple of guitar strings connecting the gun to the backpack.

Hey, that's exactly what I did, I do like the result. Blastmasters were made out of dirge casters.

Try the Forge World Volkite Charger/Calivers. I've been thinking of using them to proxy some Noise Marines in my Word Bearers army for a while now....



http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/HORUS_HERESY_INFANTRY_ACCESSORIES/VOLKITE_CHARGER_SET.html


http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/HORUS_HERESY_INFANTRY_ACCESSORIES/VOLKITE_CALIVER_SET.html

 greg0985 wrote:
Try the Forge World Volkite Charger/Calivers. I've been thinking of using them to proxy some Noise Marines in my Word Bearers army for a while now....



http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/HORUS_HERESY_INFANTRY_ACCESSORIES/VOLKITE_CHARGER_SET.html


http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/HORUS_HERESY_INFANTRY_ACCESSORIES/VOLKITE_CALIVER_SET.html

I like the muzzle of these, but other than that, they're way too plasma-like for my taste.

the games workshop do sell these http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1710130a is a set of 6 weapons 1 being a blast master and the other 5 being the Sonic Blasters again for £9 so its not cheap