Dog_Soldier Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Well I needed some more plasma guns for my Chaos army. My bitz box was running low on them, but I had plenty of plasma pistols and bolters. I remember seeing a tutorial here or some other place on making plasma guns from bolters and plasma pistols. However Searchy failed me, the tutorial I found wasn't quite what I was looking for. So I tired making one and it was really easy, went to make another and though hey why not make a tutorial of my own. Here it is my first tutorial with pics. Tools Needed Xacto/hobby knife a file (I use a nail file) super glue blue/poster tack Bitz Needed http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Dog_Soldier/garage%20plasma/001.jpg My first plasma gun is at the top of the pic. 1. Start by cuting the plasma pistol and bolter apart. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Dog_Soldier/garage%20plasma/002.jpg I use burte force when cutting through parts. I find it easier to put some blue tac on the other side from where I'm cutting. So when I cut through the two parts don't go flying across my work area. 2. Sand the parts so they glue together flat. Those of you who are better at cutting stuff apart might not need this step. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Dog_Soldier/garage%20plasma/003.jpg 3. Glue the parts together. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Dog_Soldier/garage%20plasma/004.jpg 4. That's it. I still need to fill the gaps with some green stuff. Here is the plasma gun with one of the older plastic chaos plasma guns. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Dog_Soldier/garage%20plasma/005.jpg And a marine holding the plasma gun. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Dog_Soldier/garage%20plasma/006.jpg That's it except for the gap filling. It took me as long to make this tutorial as it did to make a plasma gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulushoax Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Those plasmaguns are looking the part! Have a ton of plasma pistols myself, gonna have a go at this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1reeper Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Oh my god! I did this exact same thing except with loyalist bolter over the summer. Great minds think alike I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa_ritchie Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Now i know where my chosen squad's 4th plasma gun is coming from ^_^ Nice tutorial simple and effective. Medusa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigismund Himself Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Can we articilise this for the Librarium, Dog_soldier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherDamascus Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I love this! what a cheap, effective way to make lots o' plasmaguns ;D ... always a good thing! i would defintaly recommend uploading this to the librarium - everyone in the world deserves to see this tut! if you excuse me, sir, i have plasmaguns to make :P <<Damascus>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Soldier Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 Can we articilise this for the Librarium, Dog_soldier? Sure, Like I said I thought there was a tutorial like this here already. That's why I made the tutorial so everyone can use it. So go ahead and add it to the Librarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Narfanet Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Very nicely done! That's one of the things I love about this hobby: you never know who's going to come up with a killer (and simple!) idea like this. Great stuff. Hopefully you'll post a pic of a finished (GSed and painted) version. I'd be especially interested to see a side-by-side of finished models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigismund Himself Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Thanks Dog_Soldier. Now it gets... ^Click to view article^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresiloth Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Thanks a lot Dog_Soldier, good method! Here's my attempt for my Plague Marine squad: http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/ashbeyj/All%20Shall%20Rot/plasmagun.jpg Only mistake is that I cut off the whole handle on the Plasma Pistol (oops!), so I'm going to have to GS slightly when it comes to glueing it to a marine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stayscrunchyinmilk Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I have been working on a undead imperial guard army (Old tomb kings style skeletons / zombie sprue mixed with mostly cadian torso's and spare helmets etc) I had the problem of plasma guns - i was able to scrounge 3 chaos ones, as standard marine one's are just too big (CSM look good enough if posed correctly, as they are smaller and have iconography) I was wondering what to do, as anyone playing guard knows you want about 10+ squads, mostly with plasma's. This is genius. and the handle's slightly smaller, and what's more after a 6,500 point DA company i have fistfuls of plasma pistols (3x total used in entire full company) and lone bolt pistols knocking about. Sweet. Now i just need yo work out a shoulder mounted autocannon on old mini's without trying to source 1987 G/S hybrid sprues. (A pain.) Thankyou sir, for your services to kit bashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.