Magos Takatus Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 So I was looking at my Skitarii and considering if it would look better if I put a bayonet on the Radium Carbines of the guys that most look like they want to hit things with their guns rather than shoot but then my attention was drawn to the strange lug fitted to the barrel. I didn't know what it was called or what it did. Can you hang your gun up with it? Do you attach something to it? I was trying to upload a picture and for some reason the gallery was having a tantrum and I considered that on a larger weapon there would be a fitting there for a bipod, or maybe it's a fitting for a shoulder strap? Not being a firearms expert I don't know if it's a useful fitting or just something random a modeller put on to make the barrel look more interesting. Does anyone know what the this piece is called and what it does? Would you let me know so I can get back to finishing my current squad of Vanguard please? :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xin Ceithan Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Especially with AdMech, there is probably a huge range of possible answers. Since it appears more of a round opening for a bolt or such, I'd argue for a locking part for an attachment over a rifle shoulder strap. The bipod seems likely, though there are snap on bayonets with related fixing options - bayonets are also pretty WWI which seems more often used a design reference for Imperial hardware. AdMech is more steampunky though, so I guess all bets are off in the end. Maybe it mounts an underslung one shot sonic implosion device delivery mechanism? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyriks Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 It's a good spot for a shoulder strap or possible tripod, so I'd guess one of those. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yeah, looks like a shoulder strap mount. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xin Ceithan Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 You are probabky right. But a shoulder strap mount - That is soo...uninspired. ;P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Perhaps it's to help store them securely? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Note that Imperial Knights have similar things too and that these are a remnant of a bygone age when the Knight was used for non-war purposes. Whilst I'm not saying it's there so the Skitarii can hang his weekly shopping off it, it's likely to have some other (and as yet unmentioned) mundane purpose: so a clip for an attachment of some kind, a strap, and so on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlson793 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Note that Imperial Knights have similar things too and that these are a remnant of a bygone age when the Knight was used for non-war purposes. On a Knight, those are most likely lift points for industrial cranes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 You are probabky right. But a shoulder strap mount - That is soo...uninspired. ;P It's a special key - that no-one else knows about - to get in the front door of an Emperor Titan's leg. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokaero weaponsmith Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 It's a calibration devise. When the magos asks the Skitarii squad to present arms the magos then looks through the holes to see if they all line up ,any hole with a deviation of +/- 0.005 mm mean the Skitarii unit is sent for recalibration. Or its just a gubbin Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4591868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Its an homage to the art styles of Sci-Fi in the 40's and 50's, which is again stylised from WWII rifle shoulder sling brackets. Basically, it's a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy, etc, until the original meaning and function is lost, just like everything else the AdMech does. SJ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4593039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 It's the fing-finger, an empirically derived 'optimal entertainment:cost' device; in effect, it's a multi-purpose 'toy' (for want of a better word) that the skitarii can use for intricately described individual or communal (both competitive and cooperative) games and sports. One of the most pre-eminent is, on rare but lauded occasion, the opportunity to make cyber-hearty non-combat use of their imaginations: the classic game "what is this?", akin to the Magos's Felid, but primarily oriented towards figuring out what the fing-finger might be if it wasn't a fing-finger. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4593409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xin Ceithan Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I feel like we are finalky getting sonewhere! ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4593835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Might I introduce a concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4594198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 ...as opposed to the Transonic Razor. Just keep swinging wildly until something happens. I think that is the spirit of this thread anyway. Some of these ideas are comedy gold. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4594316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 The titans in Epic used to have an option for a devotional bell to inspire nearby troops. Perhaps this could be scaled down on an individual basis so that when the Data-Tethers are not working correctly each Vanguard soldier has his own morale-boosting module installed on his carbine? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4595180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 The titans in Epic used to have an option for a devotional bell to inspire nearby troops. Perhaps this could be scaled down on an individual basis so that when the Data-Tethers are not working correctly each Vanguard soldier has his own morale-boosting module installed on his carbine? That reminds me of Batty's knight, with a bell on the barrel of the cannon so it tolls for every shot. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4596156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegsmacht Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I think it's for when you get close enough to the enemy to assault you swing down hard and it'll cave in the opponents skull. Then merrily go on your way back to shooting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4596335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyriks Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 That'd be a lot more awkward than just using the butt, I think, and more likely to damage the gun. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4596564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 That'd be a lot more awkward than just using the butt http://65.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv1d96RlYi1r70cloo1_500.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328713-what-is-this-thingy/#findComment-4597118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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