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Eldar player here. Just had a few questions regarding Wave Serpents and their weapons.

What is the firing arc of the serpent shield?
Where do I measure range from?
Where do i check LoS from?

Also regarding the chin cannon, it seems to be mounted on an underslung turret, but does not rotate very far. The twin linked catapults IIRC do rotate 360 degress? (dont have the model on me at the moment)
I'm really just looking for someone with a protractor to give me a firing arc for my chin cannons as I am not completely confident in my assembly skills and dont want to play it wrong!

Page 67 of the Eldar Codex tells us that the shield counts as a hull-mounted. The BRB page 72 tells us hull-mounted weapons have 45 degrees of movement (22.5 in each direction).

The other two points aren't really explained, I'll see if I can google-fu up the previous thread on it.

Don't know about chin cannons, I don't use them.

{Edit} Whilst there are alot of threads arguing various things about the Shield, the only relevant one was fairly short and I'll give you the same answer I posted there: I measure range, LoS and arc from an imaginary point between the two front prongs of the Serpent.

The chin-catapult is mounted so it can rotate 360 degrees if you don't glue it.

 Shandara wrote:
The chin-catapult is mounted so it can rotate 360 degrees if you don't glue it.

I would agree about the catapult being 360, but im more concerned with the Shuriken Cannon upgrade. Due to the increased size, I cant seem to get mine to rotate very far without bumping into the sides and such. (10 degrees maybe?) Just wondering if I assembeled it correctly because that seems like a pretty narrow firing arc.

The cannon should be able to swivel under the hull , mine does at least. Shoots my enemies at their ankles it does.

For some reason they removed it, but per the old codex FAQ, the underslung weapons were/are hull-mounted. That is how I play it.