Devastators

[Purdy81]

Do Devastators kitted out with heavy weapons retain their bolt pistols? I dont intend to get close enough to use them but was just interested so i model the troops right

[Legatus]

Yes, they only replace the boltgun with the heavy weapon. They keep the bolt pistol and the grenades.

 

Edit: It is the consensus that default weapons, especially smaller secondary ones, do not necessarily have to be modeled for WYSIWYG. If the opponent sees a Chaos Marine with a boltgun, he knows that he also has a bolt pistol and a close combat weapon, because that is his default gear and there is no way to remove it (other than replacing the boltgun with a special or heavy weapon).

It is different for units where an upgrade is only optional, because then the opponent would not know whether they had such upgrades or not, and he should be able to identify their equipment by looking at the models.

[Grey Mage]

Yep- if it doesnt say they lose/replace it.... then they dont lose it.

 

Legatus has already covered modeling- wich really is fairly lenient- and Ill note if you want to model a couple bolt pistols here and there its not hard to toss on a holster, but they dont give you nearly enough for an entire squad so I recommend only using them when it feels like a modeling needs an extra detail or two to be complete.

[Purdy81]

Cheers Guys