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What is the best way to get 6 or more meltaguns? It is $15 for 1 Plasmagun and 1 Meltagun from Games-Workshop...and I am looking at 3 meltaguns per squad.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440339a&prodId=prod1710020a

Those are 5 for $17, so probably $12 or something over there, which isn't too awful, but maybe an online bits seller will be able to do you one better on that pack? If not, it's not terrible value for one of the most useful weapons in the Imperial arsenal

Can I just get the 5 pack of meltaguns for $10? Would that work for imp guard?

J0kerrMT wrote:
Can I just get the 5 pack of meltaguns for $10? Would that work for imp guard?

Yeah they work fine.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1710020a



You can do a few things to make them more IG if you want. Cut off the marine hand of course, run a wire from the gun to a backpack to make it look bulkier and cruder, but they work fine as is.

I just convert them. There are some good threads on this in dakka.

Yeah, there's no real reason not to get the 5-pack anymore. Back when they were in metal, I was definitely willing to pay more to get them in plastic, but now that they're in resin they're an awful lot easier to hack down to fit into a guardsman's arms.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/smooth-on-starter-kits/

Just be absolutely sure never to ever...ever use it on a GW product.

I just used suggestions from Snrub's special weapons conversion guide. They look the part when painted up! I make mine by chopping some russ multimelta guns I had (I have quite a few spares for some reason) in half, sticking them on the end of a Lasgun and then using the barrel I cut off as the fuel cannister. As an added touch I use the cabling on the servo-skulls you get with the command pack for the tubes on the meltagun. Took me like 10 minutes to whip up a squads worth and most of that time was spent bending the cables.

Also don't forget these...

+1 for the forgeworld guns. Have the plasma guns as well.

I would say go to 3rd parties:

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_104&product_id=223

 Hedgehog wrote:
Also don't forget these...

I used the forgeworld plasma guns with my vets and they work fine so the meltas should be good too. I plan on getting some at some point.

Plus, they look better than the standard GW ones in my opinion.