Contemptorifying Mk. V DCCWs?

[Brother-Librarian Haegl]

   My fellow converters, 

 

  Due to having repositioned the DCCW on my AoBR Dreadnought rather drastically, I have had trouble figuring¹ out how I can make the Stormbolter's ammo feed fit the new position. Seeing how I do neither possess any GS nor would have a snowman's chance in hell of sculpting a satisfactory feed if I would, I have been considering other methods, such as cobbling together a feed of exposed Bolter rounds, and making that fit. However, with magnetising in mind, that would have been a rather brittle solution.

 

  Then it struck me. 

 

  If I use the same method as FW has used for the Contemptor, with the barrels mounted within the PF and an ammo/promethium supply affixed under the wrist, I could make the secondary armament easily exchangeable,  a heavy Flamer would be a very straightforward conversion, while also looking waaay cooler than the stock solution.

 

  The only problem I have come to think of thus far would be whether the DCCW is too small for this to be pulled off well. While I just can drill it out the centre deep enough to stop the muzzles from obstructing the "fingers" of the fist, I'm afraid the smaller diameter of the DCCW would hide too much of the barrels.

 

  So do I ask you, fellow Scions of the Omnissiah; what are your thoughts about the matter?

 

¹No pun intended

 

+++ Edit: I should start re-reading my posts properly before submitting +++

[Hemal]

Why show an exposed feed at all?  stands to reason if the stormbolter is internally mounted, it is likely to be fed from a wrap-around belt built in to the powerfist itself.  You only need to show an ejection port for the spent links.

 

The other alternative would be to have a box feed like the assault cannon, possibly cut out from one side of the DCCW. 

FInally, I really recommend getting greenstuff. You'll need it for gap filling anwyay, whenever you want to ocnvert something.  And making an ammo feel out of GS is easy enough, especially the armoured belt type feeds (the feeds shells themselves live inside the feed, they are not big square block :-) )

I've not done this myself, but in theory...

1) roll out a tube of GS and press flat, wrap in cling film you kep your fingerprints off the surface if you need to, and make sure it doesn't stick to the surface you are working on (use vaseline)

2) let it cure slighlty (maybe 10 mins or less under a lamp)

3) use a sharp knife to trim to a recatngular shape - use a metal rule to help if needs be..

4) using the back of the knife blae or a credit card, push down at regular intervals along one side, then the same intervals on the other side, and finally press in alont the thin edges at the same points to give the articulated structure

[Grotsmasha]

Some companies (I think Chapter House Studios is one) sell metal bolter feeds that can be bent into shape, which could be one alternative. Another alternative could be to get a Contemptor arm and use the lower half, magnetizing the SB and Flamer.

 

Cheers,

Jono

[Brother-Librarian Haegl]

@Hemal:

Actually, the box mags were precisely what I thought of when I wrote "ammo supply" earlier, just like the Contemptor DCCW (as can be seen here). I think it just looks more sensible engineering-wise than a complicated flex-feed, as well as that it is a visual marking of the secondary weapon, making it easier to recognise. For an Ironclad, for example, one could simply attach a converted melta-bomb to depict the power source, making the built-in meltagun easily identifiable as such.

Regarding gap-filling, I happen to have a bottle of marble dust filler by Vallejo (it's not the best, far from it, but better than nothing), which I can use for emergencies. Other than that, I have little need for sculpting.

@Grotsmasha:

I appreciate your advice, however, being impatient and... economic when it comes to buying stuff, I want to try to use the bitz I have at hand. Also, if I were to buy the Contemptor DCCW, I would have to redo the entire arm....