Possible Plasmagun Acolytes

[Grim Dog Studios]

Hi guys, sorry if this is in the wrong section!

I love the look of the Elysian Drop Troops, but their plasma gun figures are sparse, and would be expensive to get a hold of so many, so i was just wondering if the elysian lascutter figures could pass as plasma gun acolytes?

I would paint the end of the barrel to make it look as though they were glowing blue.

 

Here is the figure in question.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/AlternativeFW/large/ElLas3.jpg

 

Link to them:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-4000...ND-SCANNER.html

 

This would give me three plasma gun equipped acolyte and a leftover acolyte, with which i would only need to buy 3 more elysian guys, possibly the command squad, to complete the henchmen squad i was going for along with 3 plasma cannon servitors (I have planned a conversion for these :o )

So, do you think I could use them?

Thanks, James!

[Reclusiarch Darius]

Yeah sure man. I got cheap plasma bitz off eBay for my Henchmen, but you can do it with Elysians as well if you want.

[thade]

Thanks to counts-as, if you dress those models up such that they're easily distinguishable from anything else in your kit, they'll be passable. If you really want to get accurate (a sentiment I want to support :yuck: ) then you'll want to consider doing something to the forestock; bare minimum I'd paint (and even scratch) that tiny slot (on the underside of the forestock) up like I do all of my other plasma weapons...a bit of bright blue and a touch of white, maybe some gloss varnish in there.

 

I do blue for my plasma, but I've seen green, red, and several other colors: just be consistent along with the rest of your army. :) You might take it a step further and just replace that gun (part or all of it) with a real plasma gun (like from the Tac Marine upgrade sprue) or the plasma-part off of the combi-plas or some such. Anything you can do to make it both stand out and be accurate (or at least cool) looking will do. :)

 

The bottom line is this: the more work you put into your conversion, the more willing people will be to accept them as what you say they are. <3

[Zeratul29]

Yea, i agree, trim the barrel down and make it more "plasmay" with the painting of it.

[Gaz1858]

I have recently (yesterday!) painted up three of these as my Plasma Gun armed Henchmen. THe Hostile Environment suits seem to go well theme-wise and as they are holding plasma guns you dont need to convert anythig,

 

The pack comes with three plasma gunner torsos and 3 normal torsos with no arms so you can make more henchmen if you want. You only need to buy cadian legs for the plasma gunners (ebay)

 

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-4000...ASMA-SQUAD.html

[Inquisitor Fox]

Really as long as the special weapon doesn't resemble anything else (so no one mistakes it for a meltagun because the other times it shows up in your collection is on a melta model, etc) you're good to go! The Imperium is a universe of infinite variety, no two plasmaguns really always look the same. If you throw those models down and tell me "These three guys are all plasmagunners" I'd give you a thumbs up and not think twice about it :D

[Zeratul29]

Then there are the WYSIWYG Nazi's....

[thade]

If you throw those models down and tell me "These three guys are all plasmagunners" I'd give you a thumbs up and not think twice about it :)

I'm the same way, and everybody I game with - in fact, most everybody I've met that plays - is the same way. People tend to get most dodgy around unpainted models, but perhaps that's a separate issue. :D

[old git]

Can't be sure from the pic but are the weapons separate? If so you could try either of these;

 

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/VOLK...ALIVER_SET.html

 

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/VOLK...HARGER_SET.html

 

They are made for crusade/heresy marines so might be a bit on the large side but they look cool.

[alex567]

I think the key here is pre warning your oponent aslong as you tell them, who cares? To be honset this is an awesome idea, and makes for some baddassery!