How to make/procure spent Shell casings for Knights

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**Lathe Biosas**

I am working on a Knight Castigator and some other stompies for 30k and I think the base should be littered with spent shell casings.

My issue is I can't find anything in the right scale. Any advice? I will buy them, make them, or if worse comes to worse, just imagine them on the bases.

**Flinty**

What size of shell? Small arms or cannon scale?

If you know someone with a resin printer then making an empty casing model is the work of whole minutes, and you can get basically an infinite number. Otherwise there are a few vendors like Zinge Industries.

Failing that, if you just roll out green stuff over a flattened-off stick of the right diameter you should be able to make some quite easily.

Or even buy a length of plastic tube, cut to length and add a bit of GS on the end to close it off. This might be to a best way to get consistent looking large calibre shell casing.

**Lathe Biosas**

Oh, sorry I wasn't specific.

I meant the Castigator Bolt Cannon, it looks like those twin gatling style guns would toss out shells like rain.... in a monsoon.

I've seen guys who sell Marine sized bolter shells, but wasn't sure if they'd look right on the base.

I'm sure I'm overthinking this.

**SirDonlad**

On the Castigator the barrels on the Castigator Bolt Cannon are 1.85mm ID and the rounds you can see on the ammo bin are 1.5mm OD.
Your choice!

I would do the same as Flintys plastic tube idea.
If you want the casings to have an extraction rim you could get a belt-punch

**Lathe Biosas**

Thank you very much for the help.