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So whenever I'm browsing space marine lists online and they run dev squads I always see them running 4 missile launchers but only one comes in the dev squad box !

So I'm wondering where is everyone getting these missile launchers ?????

Don't know about everyone else, but my four missile launcher Marines come from two Black Reach Marine detachments, Macragge, and a Devastator kit. If you have the time and money it's worthwhile to get a couple of Devastator kits and a spare Tactical squad box to build a bunch of heavy weapon Marines to swap out between squads as needed.

Mine all came from the old 10 man Tac Box or Ebay.

The havoc kit has the same problem. Bought some loyalist bits on the cheap on ebay to throw on some normal chaos marines to make havocs.

I made some out of hunter-killer missiles.

Most of my tactical squads were picked up when they only came with MLs and flamers, so I've always had to scrape up everything else. But I have more missile launchers then I need.

What is the end goal for your collection? Are you a build to a specific list guy? Or a collect a foce, like a battle company, or what looks/plays well? If you are working towards a large collection, MLs will eventually trickle in from all the tac squads you pick up. If you are just building a list, ebay or bits sites might be your option.

While 4xMLs might be one option, it is not the only one. I like 2xML, 2xHB or 2xPCs. 3xML, 1xLC works for tank hunters.

Assuming a conventional list, you probably have two tac squads. If you buy another tac squad box to help fill out your dev squad to ten marines (and build all the weapons) that's a third ML. You got one from the dev box, so there are your four. Now if you aren't useing tacticals for your troops, or want to field multiple dev squads, you have problems. But for a normal marine force, getting enough bodies for a average sized army should yeild enough MLs for a squad.

You can swap with friends, buy the forgeworld old school missile launcher set, buy bits from online retailers, use Guard missile launchers that come 3 to a box in the HW squads, convert hunter killer missiles or if all that fails, buy some narrow plastic tube for not very much money and make your own.

you might be able to get them from here:

http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/

I found a few for around 3 bucks on Ebay.

Find them on E-bay for dirt cheap...
...or what Locrian just said.

My bits box is full of them,
One thing a long term SM player has is missile launchers.

All 9 of mine are 2nd ed metals, when we could buy em seperately

Out of the 3 squads in my army two are the old style missile launchers which I got from a Games Day some years ago. The other is probably from old SM command sprues (The ones that also have Sergeant bits). Also a GD purchase.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Legiones_Astartes/Space_Marine_Legion_Army_List/LEGION_HEAVY_SUPPORT/Legion_Heavy_Support_Squad/LEGION_MISSILE_LAUNCHER_SET.html

Most of my Havocs use Hunter-Killer Missiles.

My devs missles came from 4 boxes of tacticals, and 2 dev boxes used the bodies from a tactical box as was mentioned and made up multiple HWT's

look for a tutorial on how to turn Hunter-Killer missiles into ML's. it's surprisingly easy and looks pretty good. Plus everyone has HKMs laying around.

Mine look like a history lesson...1 ML from the 2nd Edition boxed-set marines, 2 from the 3rd edition boxed set, and 1 from the AoBR box set. If only I still had those old Rogue Trader marines

You can buy them from 3rd party sellers : http://eurobitz.com/fr/warforge/2228-decoupeur-a-fusion-warforge.html

 Minus wrote:
You can buy them from 3rd party sellers : http://eurobitz.com/fr/warforge/2228-decoupeur-a-fusion-warforge.html

I support this idea

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_78&product_id=272

tommse wrote:
I made some out of hunter-killer missiles.

I made some out of CSM Rhino havoc missiles.
I made some out of IG catachan infantry missiles.
I made some out of terminator cyclone missiles.


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superfox wrote:
So whenever I'm browsing space marine lists online and they run dev squads I always see them running 4 missile launchers but only one comes in the dev squad box !

So I'm wondering where is everyone getting these missile launchers ?????

nevermind the fact that unless you are building SW long fangs, you dont actually want a dev squad with missile launchers

 Exergy wrote:

tommse wrote:
I made some out of hunter-killer missiles.

I made some out of terminator cyclone missiles.

CML are precious!

I have an AOBR missile, two Tac squad missiles and a HKM missile. I also have a few in bits from the Devs I bought later. And of course, as soon as I got to that point, I decided I liked autocannons better and made 4 of those!

To summarize:

1. If you want the plastic GW missile launchers: Ebay or make a post in Dakka's Swap Shop.
2. If you like the Heresy Era missile launchers: Forge World Legion Missile Launchers

3. If you like third party missile launchers:
a: Anvil Industries Missile Launchers

b. Bitspodlo ML

Well, I hope there's no harm done if I hijack this thread for a quick question.

So, we know about missile launchers, but does anyone know any good 3rd party Lascannon and Plasma cannons? The things I find are Heavy Bolters, Autocannons or Multi-Meltas or the mentioned Missile Launcher.

Depends on how much you care about fluff.

Back in 5th, when I started my Space Wolves, I had the novel and utterly original idea of running three squads of Long Fangs decked out with missile launchers. Well, it's even trickier for Long Fangs to do that since they get an extra heavy weapon in each squad (5 + sarge vs. 4 + sarge) so I got creative and just modeled most of my Long Fangs using discarded or stolen weaponry, almost like Ork Lootas. I've got guys with Deathwind launchers mounted on their backs, more than a few guys holding hunter-killer missiles like bolters, one guy just throwing a missile like a football (with a screaming mouth, of course ) and my personal favorite, a guy standing on the corpse of an Ork holding his Rokkit Launcha.

Of course, you could just go with buying bits on ebay or any other bits site, but that's boring.

I picked up another 3 missile launchers (including the dev backpacks) on fleabay for about £10. I begrudged paying it, because I'd already paid £20 for 5 tiny plastic spacemen, however, it means I can use the other heavy weps for my tac squads.

Incidentally, worth going with 3 ML and a Lascannon for the big kills - with the seargant's signum thing, you can target something else with the las.