Jamafore Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I'm thinking about outfitting some marines with power fists, but I don't like the "Popeye Pattern" fists available to power armoured marines. Are there any other options available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 There's a fist in the assault marine box that has the fingers pointing at something ahead, but its still "popeye" pattern. You can't really have just a barefisted marine and say he's got a power fist, there's gotta be some kind of distinction to it. Maybe use small one handed hammers or something. In the GW range, there's nothing that I can think of off the top of my head that could represent a power fist other than the "popeyes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Cut and rotate the fist, add a little guitar wire to rebuild the power cable, and voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamafore Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 While it is always nice to see your Malevolents, Heathens, that appears to still be the large fist that I am trying to avoid. What about Guard fists? Are those more proportionate to the marine's arm? Though I do like the hammer idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 While it is always nice to see your Malevolents, Heathens, that appears to still be the large fist that I am trying to avoid. What about Guard fists? Are those more proportionate to the marine's arm? Though I do like the hammer idea. Guard powerfists are all right-handed only for the current plastics. The Catachan fist is right out, as the arm underneath is bare. The Cadian fist is usable, but it looks much more at home on a Scout. You might also consider using rod and card to build some sort of exoskeletal frame that can stand in as a powerfist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHeese Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 If power fists are an issue for you, just shell out the extra 5 points for a Thunder Hammer haha. -Dan H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Discord Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Nope, you're not going to find what you're looking for, unless you make it yourself. A Powerfist is a combination of a field generator (the thing that creates the 'power' that messes people up so completely) and lots of shielding to protect the wearer. They are therefore big and bulky. The rule that makes them an I1 weapon just reinforces that they are meant to be cumbersome. An Imperial Guard fist might work, but it's going to look too small to many people, since it's a weapon scaled down to fit a normal human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 unless you know of someone that has the RT style PF's they are a little smaller than the present one, but still big in the finger area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 easy :) The 2nd ed. metal sergeants with powerfists have significantly smaller powerfists. Old metal terminators also had smaller powerfists, although not as small as the aforementioned ones. as the old miniatures are smaller than the new one they can often be found quite cheap on Ebay. -T14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 While it is always nice to see your Malevolents, Heathens, that appears to still be the large fist that I am trying to avoid. What about Guard fists? Are those more proportionate to the marine's arm? Though I do like the hammer idea. Oops, I thought you meant a different fist, not a smaller size, lol. My fault man. Well, in that case, there's the cadian command squad ones, both the GW and Forgeworld ones, here and here. They're smaller and more compact, though you'll probably need to stalk ebay for a while to hunt down that FW one. The Catachan one looks a bit goofy to me, but hey, you might like it. If you don't mind hacking through some pewter, there's also the cadian officers, commisar w/ fist, Vostroyan officer, and if you're feeling real ambitious, Color Sgt. Kell. By far my favorite one is the Elysian Command Squad fist. All of these are more compact, but not so small they wouldn't fit on a SM model, with some cautious cutting, and possibly a tiny bit of green stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamafore Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Thanks for the responses, guys. I am going to try using guard fists. We'll see what the end result looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech-Priest Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I use techmarine backpacks like this to represent powerfists http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/9/92/Techmarine_DOW2.jpg/180px-Techmarine_DOW2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPO Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 This guy is still available on the GW website and there are a few others with the older, smaller power fists still about too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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