awilden Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Hi guys, just curious, do you drill the barrels of your lasguns/pistols? I've managed to find some pretty small drill bits for bolter barrels (and the smaller ports on the side), but I'm wondering if doing it for lasguns and whatnot would be going a little silly. Do you think it would make more sense that it would have a lens on the end, so you'd leave the barrel end un-drilled and say put red on the end and 'ard coat (or another gloss varnish). For my las cannons i have drilled out the barrels, but those were huge and it looked like it needed the holes (and you could say the lenses are in-set inside the barrel maybe). Just putting the idea/question out there, I have a thing for drilling all my gun barrels (little ocd with it, it becomes really noticeable when i see un-drilled barrels lol), seeing what everyone else does. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 No, the barrels are very small and arguably lasguns don't technically have one as they fire their space future lasers rather than bullets. Mostly it's a modelling thing though, that's a lot of tiny barrels to drill out :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4285907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsacon Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I always drill them. Just like with lascannons, the lenses are probably on the inside, as that would offer much more protection than having them all the way at the tip. Also: Yay! I'm not the only only who is OCD about gun barrels! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4285909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 After working on my mordians Ive been wondering the same thing On my lascannons yes because they look odd not to But on my lasguns/pistols no because I think it would look equally odd. On my scions I have gone through the extra step of giving the tips a glow similar to plasma guns I found that a good compromise. Your lens idea isn't a bad idea either. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4285915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismogrendel Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I drill them. I normally take an xacto and cut that little 'lens' piece off. Then I score the center with the xacto tip. I use the citadel drill to make the hole... think I use smallest bit, but I can't remember at the moment. I drill everything. Not sure if Melta is supposed to be drilled but I drill that too. I drill the Chimera lasgun ports too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 You're all crazy people, I should probably shoot you all before it spreads... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I drill mine but only to a very shallow depth with a 0.8mm drill bit. It's one of those times where it doesn't really matter either way because you can always turn the tip of the barrel into a painted lense instead... so it's good either way :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
morroccomole Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I just started playing around by drilling flamers, meltas, and grenade launchers with a drillbit, by hand. Unless I come into a windfall and get the fancy Citadel drill, I don't think I'll ever drill out my lasgun barrels, since they are far too small to do freehand. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I don't think I ever saw a lascannon with a hole in the end of the barrel until maybe 5th edition...and not at the beginning of that era, either. I think in my entire collection, I have 1-3 models with that style...and I have dozens with flat tips. The idea that the lens is recessed to protect against environmental hazards makes sense...but I'm not moved to modify any of mine...and I've grown obsessive about drilling my boltguns, I have the technology and plenty of practice. The un-drilled lascannons just don't seem wrong to me, drilled flashlights would have me scratching my head, and about multilasers?!? I just started playing around by drilling flamers, meltas, and grenade launchers with a drillbit, by hand. Unless I come into a windfall and get the fancy Citadel drill, I don't think I'll ever drill out my lasgun barrels, since they are far too small to do freehand. Er...I have that fancy tool, and the bits that it includes...the lasgun barrels are too small for even that kit, you'd need an even smaller bit from a third party, and even then you'd ruin half of the barrels you drilled. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I do happen to have .45 and .75mm drill bits but you would have to be as crazy as a sporran full of claustrophobic ferrets to drill barrels to that size... ;) I have mine for a fibre-optic project I did once I always saw (and believe I read somewhere in a Gaunt's Ghosts novel) that the end of the barrel was a focussing lens but I could be wrong :( I am with WarriorFish on this one... now where is my bolt pistol?? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inso Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I do happen to have .45 and .75mm drill bits but you would have to be as crazy as a sporran full of claustrophobic ferrets to drill barrels to that size... I must be worse than that then... I shorten, drill and pin all of my lasguns :D : http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/GW%20Squats/Squat%20How%20To/HTG6_zpsxbevrbnf.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Do you own a sporran?? ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 As I feared, the madness is spreading. Not only that but seems to be getting more severe... I fear bolt pistols may not be enough elmo. We need Plan B - to go to the Commissar mobile! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4286989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamansky Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 No! No, no, no, no. If i'd need a hole there, i'll paint it there. I did not drill my Temlars' bolters, just cut some not very deep holes with a knife. and i won't drill lasguns. no no no. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 As I feared, the madness is spreading. Not only that but seems to be getting more severe... I fear bolt pistols may not be enough elmo. We need Plan B - to go to the Commissar mobile! Virus bomb as you leave orbit? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 The B stands for Baneblade If you lunatics really are painting and/or drilling your lasguns I want to see a model. No, in fact I want to see models - I want proof that you have indeed drilled/painted the ends of every lasgun in your army. For brevity's sake I will accept pictures of a couple of squads and trust that the rest of the army is the same... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icepick Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I am with WarriorFish on this one... now where is my bolt pistol?? As I feared, the madness is spreading. Not only that but seems to be getting more severe... I fear bolt pistols may not be enough elmo. We need Plan B - to go to the Commissar mobile! Virus bomb as you leave orbit? The B stands for Baneblade If you lunatics really are painting and/or drilling your lasguns I want to see a model. No, in fact I want to see models - I want proof that you have indeed drilled/painted the ends of every lasgun in your army. For brevity's sake I will accept pictures of a couple of squads and trust that the rest of the army is the same... LOL you guys are... KILLING ME *badumm-ts* So far, i didn't drill the barrels on my lasgun equipped troops and i don't plan on doing so; I don't mind not-drilled-out barrels on the trusty flashlight. The mighty bolter however... that's literally a whole different caliber Bolters and similarly sized guns just look better with drilled out barrels in my opinion... of course i do drill mine (god, that sounds wrong in my head right now). I guess i fall somewhere in the moderate spectrum, there's certainly no need to execute me Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 In the interest of full disclosure, I must confess that I picked up the drilling habit relatively late, at least half of my DA are not (yet?) drilled, but all of my LEGIOXX are, since I just started them a month or two ago (hey, I've drilled 30 bolters for them so far!) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
morroccomole Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 What about using a sewing needle or pin heated up over a bunsen burner or stovetop? Too crazy? Not that I'd ever go that nuts. Too many lasguns, and too many other codex choices requiring my attention Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greycat Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 You guys who are drilling out lasguns are nuts! Absolutely bonkers! It is just so much effort for something barely anyone will see Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsacon Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The B stands for Baneblade If you lunatics really are painting and/or drilling your lasguns I want to see a model. No, in fact I want to see models - I want proof that you have indeed drilled/painted the ends of every lasgun in your army. For brevity's sake I will accept pictures of a couple of squads and trust that the rest of the army is the same... http://www.itsacon.net/wp-content/gallery/necromunda-van-saar/Juves-1-Front.JPG More pictures here Hell, I even drill all six barrels on assault cannons: http://www.itsacon.net/portentimage/40k_da_dw_terminators_misc1.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4287937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Drilling bolters and assault cannons and the like is fine, that's good and normal. Lasguns on the other hand... :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4288006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismogrendel Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Drilling bolters and assault cannons and the like is fine, that's good and normal. Lasguns on the other hand... Laspistol and Plasmagun. Cannot see Lasgun barrel, but it is drilled I promise! :p Lasgun: I have about 30 partially painted in-progress troops on my table, they are all drilled. I'll get a pic of those tonight :p Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4288527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I'm gonna have to call shenanigans. you didn't drill a hole into the barrel tip, you drilled a hole into the flash hider (odd thing to have on a gun that doesn't have flaming gasses following a projectile out the barrel, but that's another issue), removing the tip of the barrel! The holes you drilled are bigger than the holes in boltgun barrels, so we've really been talking past one another here, lol...your solution is perfectly fine, but it's not at all what the rest of us were talking about (not to speak for the others, lol) Look at these pics of a lasgun and a multilaser...I'm sure that like me, everyone else thought that "drilling out the barrels" of las weapons meant drilling a hole into the tip of the bit that protrudes from the suppressor thingie (the blue bit on the tip of my lasgun below), not drilling the end of the barrel away entirely and drilling a recess into the suppressor thingie! Obviously, the plastic lasguns are slightly different on the tip, but they do have that rounded nub sticking out of the suppressor thingie, drilling a hole into that, not obliterating it and drilling a much larger diameter hole in the suppressor thingie...that's what we were thinking...hence, our amazement at the idea of drilling out lasgun tips...what you're doing, again, perfectly acceptable, is actually less and easier work than drilling out a bolter, not more and impossibly small work! /edit/ I just noticed that you said you cut the rouded nub off, it makes sense now! /edit againt/ What itsacon did with his green suited guys is what I was thinking of...doing what he did to the guy in the middle across an entire guard army! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4288717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamansky Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 The B stands for Baneblade If you lunatics really are painting and/or drilling your lasguns I want to see a model. No, in fact I want to see models - I want proof that you have indeed drilled/painted the ends of every lasgun in your army. For brevity's sake I will accept pictures of a couple of squads and trust that the rest of the army is the same... Well i did not. And will do only if i must Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318581-silly-lasgunlaspistol-question/#findComment-4289176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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