Can heavy weapon teams be based separately?

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**MrMoustaffa**

Scott-S6 wrote:
MrMoustaffa wrote:
Esmer wrote:
IandI wrote:
It's supposed to be two guys on one base, and for morale purposes it's one model. The 60mm bases are wonky, to keep them from falling off ledges constantly I have an old metal loader glued as close to the front as looks cool and glue a couple of nickels to the front of the base to add weight. I have loads of the old metal heavy weapons but they just don't look as sweet as the mini diorama modern gun teams.

Ergo, the model can shoot both its Heavy Weapon and its Lasgun in the shooting phase?

yep, they just have to target the same unit.

Think of it as the lasgun is designating a target for the heavy weapon

Nope.

"If a model has several weapons, it can shoot all of them at the same target, or it can shoot each at a different enemy unit."

oh wow my bad, I just assumed that's how it worked for infantry. I knew it wasn't that way for tanks and monsters. Not really sure why I thought infantry were different.

**Esmer**

And I also take it that even when the HWT is down to one wound, it can still fire both its HW and its lasgun? (I mean, the lost wound is obviously meant to be the poor loader, but rules-wise, the whole model works more like one tough W2 guy wielding a HW in one hand and a lasgun in the other).

**Scott-S6**

Esmer wrote:
And I also take it that even when the HWT is down to one wound, it can still fire both its HW and its lasgun? (I mean, the lost wound is obviously meant to be the poor loader, but rules-wise, the whole model works more like one tough W2 guy wielding a HW in one hand and a lasgun in the other).

Correct.

**Infantryman**

Talk about some fuzzy reasoning, there.

M.

**KitfoxQQ**

the large bases do allow for some cool diorama work.
25mm bases only allow for so much creativity until you start fighting for realestate with the model on the base. the large bases have so much space you can really go to town on the diorama and making your HWT truly unique.