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I just got some FW combi bolters to kit bash a few Sternguard/Command squad veterans, which don't have hands pre molded on.

Which kits still contain empty hands for Marines?

I was hoping the Command Squad kit would contain everything I need for this project, but I've seen the Sternguard kit uses the hands on guns sprues....

So any help would be appreciated!

You could always cut the guns off the hands and go that route. Otherwise I'd try to pick up some arms from the old tac box on ebay.

iirc https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Armour-Through-the-Ages contains five frames with 2x pads, L+R arms, backpack and bolter... it might be just 3 frames as now I think about it as the five backpacks come loose.

I presume these are some OOP ones made for the old tactical kit (just a guess here, I presume the newer tacticals have the Bolters attached), so you're SOL. But having said that, removing the bolter from a plastic SM hand is like one of the easiest things in the world to do.

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
I just got some FW combi bolters to kit bash a few Sternguard/Command squad veterans, which don't have hands pre molded on.

Which kits still contain empty hands for Marines?

I was hoping the Command Squad kit would contain everything I need for this project, but I've seen the Sternguard kit uses the hands on guns sprues....

So any help would be appreciated!

The Space Marine Command Squad is basically your only option. Everything else has been phased out.

Sadly GW doesn't really like us "converting" our models anymore since that encourages bitz sellers and whatnot.

But hey, we're hobbyists, don't be afraid of the knife :3

It really is pretty simple to cut bolters off of trigger hands. I don't know if many people use them but jeweler's saws make short work of them, otherwise I'm sure a knife/cutters will work fine.