Purdy81 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Im making my own count as Shrike cause I dont really like the model but Im having trouble finding both left and right power armour lightning claws, I know the commander plastic set comes with the left claw but not the right. Any ideas? Does any one know if the shrike metal model comes with arms attached or separate? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The SW kit has several pairs of PA lightning claws. There is SW iconography on the right hand claw and a wolves skull on the left. These shouldn't be too difficult to remove or cover up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2747694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 one of the MKII vets has twin Lcs, they both come sperate and would be perfect. i made my own shrike too, but the big bear hands Lcs bother me too, so i made my own lightweight versions Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2747735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemal Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 One of the Veterans boxes (sold as Vanguard on foot I think now..) has a model with two power claws attached to shoulder pads which could easily be transferred to another model. There are also models such as the Te,plar Sword Brethren with twin LCs but these are fixed and would have to be cut off... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2747811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d@n Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The SW kit has several pairs of PA lightning claws. There is SW iconography on the right hand claw and a wolves skull on the left. These shouldn't be too difficult to remove or cover up. The iconography is a pain to get rid of. it would be much easier to get a pair of termy lightning claws and trim down the arms so they fit into power armour shoulder pads. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2747821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The SW kit has several pairs of PA lightning claws. There is SW iconography on the right hand claw and a wolves skull on the left. These shouldn't be too difficult to remove or cover up. The iconography is a pain to get rid of. it would be much easier to get a pair of termy lightning claws and trim down the arms so they fit into power armour shoulder pads. Except that TDA claws are larger in the fist area than PA claws. Your claws end up looking like hamfists by the time you're done. ^_^ The Space Wolf claws aren't super-tough to clean up, if you've got a sharp blade, and some fine grit sandpaper. Add purity seals, Crus Terminatus, or some other decoration to the area nad it looks just fine. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2747910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 one of the MKII vets has twin Lcs, they both come sperate and would be perfect.i made my own shrike too, but the big bear hands Lcs bother me too, so i made my own lightweight versions Mind sharing a photo of your lightweight claws? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2747919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 sure no worries, ill post all the pics for different angles http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww87/greatcrusade08/127.jpg http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww87/greatcrusade08/128.jpg http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww87/greatcrusade08/129.jpg http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww87/greatcrusade08/130.jpg http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww87/greatcrusade08/131.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2748899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdy81 Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 They look fantastic! how did you make them? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2748923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d@n Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 The SW kit has several pairs of PA lightning claws. There is SW iconography on the right hand claw and a wolves skull on the left. These shouldn't be too difficult to remove or cover up. The iconography is a pain to get rid of. it would be much easier to get a pair of termy lightning claws and trim down the arms so they fit into power armour shoulder pads. Except that TDA claws are larger in the fist area than PA claws. Your claws end up looking like hamfists by the time you're done. :P The Space Wolf claws aren't super-tough to clean up, if you've got a sharp blade, and some fine grit sandpaper. Add purity seals, Crus Terminatus, or some other decoration to the area nad it looks just fine. the problem is that the wolf skull goes into the housing of the blades, so even if you clean them really well there will still be a big lump missing out of the housing. You could always use the right space wolve wolf claw and the space marine commander left claw. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2748960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRhino Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 the problem is that the wolf skull goes into the housing of the blades, so even if you clean them really well there will still be a big lump missing out of the housing. You could always use the right space wolve wolf claw and the space marine commander left claw. True. The Wolf right, and Commander left was the method at which I was aiming. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2748978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayeL Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I converted a Terminator Lightning Claw for my magnetised Lamenters Captain. I took a Terminator Claw, cut it off the terminator arm, hollowed out the fist slightly and put a small magnet into the hollowed out part which allowed it to slip over the right arm of the Captain and give him the option of twin lightning claws. Go here for a montage of him with all his wargear: http://www.coolminiornot.com/277217 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2749153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 They look fantastic! how did you make them? i took one TDA claw arm, and cut them off at the knuckles, taking care to keep the 'lumps' on the back of the hand attached to the claws.. i then cut it in half and filed down the claws to be of equal size and dry fitted it to the back of each of the hands. after that theres a lot of fiddling with shaving and refitting til i was happy, i then pinned and used greenstuff to rebuild thumbs and whatnot that was shaved down. i guess you jut have to be brave and go for it ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/229096-pa-lightning-claw/#findComment-2749374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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