Seeker Models?

[jaxom]

Am I crazy or are there no official models for Seeker Squads? I could find Recon and Head-Hunter on the Forge World site and various Google searches, but not Seeker.

[Harrowmaster]

There aren't any right now, seeker bolters used to be sold by FW but I think they've been OOP for a while. If you want seekers you'll need to kitbash them atm. 

[MARK0SIAN]

The only place to get official seeker bolter models currently is the alpha legion head hunter models but obviously if you don’t play alpha legion it’s probably not realistic to buy an expensive squad just for their bolters. 
 

If you don’t want to give them seeker bolters then you can still buy combi-weapon sets from FW and there’s even a plastic one in the mk3 or 4 plastic kit, I just can’t remember which kit right now. 

If you do want to give them seeker bolters then one solution I used is to take the scoped/fancy bolters from the 40K sternguard squad and use those on some plastic heresy marines. It makes them stand out enough for you and your opponent in the game and they don’t look too out of place. 

 

[LameBeard]

The headhunters have combi-bolters so I don’t think those are right. The old forge world seeker bolters had a scope and a chunkier magazine. Since they are now “kraken” bolters, maybe Deathwatch is a source?

[MARK0SIAN]

Yeah, looking closer Lamebeard is right, but they’re still visually closer to seeker bolters than any other model they currently produce so if you can get them they might be an option just not your best :)

[jaxom]

Aha, yep, Google search shows Seeker bolter upgrade used to be a thing. They look like MkIV (Tigris?) bolters with a wired sight and chunkier box magazine. Deathwatch, with their shot selectors, could definitely work. If they were armed with Nemesis bolters, then I imagine they'd look like a Recon Squad?

[LameBeard]

I guess so. 
 

Also I recommend Anvil Industry who used to produce some great scopes and magazines (and suppressors if you wanted to go Nemesis) - might still be available or might be a little upscaled now for the Primaris era.

[SlickSamos]

If I recall correctly, for my converted Sternguard squad I used the magazines from Storm Bolters and I think a few Scout kit bolter scopes.  Hope the idea is helpful as you might have those kind of bits lying around...

[Astartes Consul]

They're very rare and OOP, but there also used to be this Umbra-Ferox pattern bolter kit, that was also included in the Raven Guard tactica squad upgrade set. Always thought they would suit Seekers.

 

[Xenith]

I've been sticking biro ink tubes on the end of bolters. I've rounded up some DW shot selector bolters and will use some of them as Kraken bolters. 

 

[Dont-Be-Haten]

Its irritating they don't have models. Sternguard bolters are the easiest and cleanest fix since seekers are fundamentally sternguard vets.

 

I have some recast RG Umbra Ferrox pattern bolters I won in an eBay lot that I can get mass produced if I need them in a pinch.

 

Another cool conversion is taking the auto bolt rifle canisters from primaris and attaching them to your tactical bolters

Edited October 25, 2022 by Dont-Be-Haten

[jaxom]

2 hours ago, Xenith said:

I've been sticking biro ink tubes on the end of bolters.

 

*Blinks slowly* That is brilliant. I was going to clip the end off some Scout sniper rifles, but that's a lot more economical.

 

55 minutes ago, Dont-Be-Haten said:

Another cool conversion is taking the auto bolt rifle canisters from primaris and attaching them to your tactical bolters

 

That's also a good idea. The scopes and straight magazines would work well for making nemesis bolters, too.

[Xenith]

2 hours ago, jaxom said:

*Blinks slowly* That is brilliant. I was going to clip the end off some Scout sniper rifles, but that's a lot more economical.

 

Yea, seen it on another groupsomewhere and it's a great conversion?! For the Mk6 you just need to cut the bayonet fixing off. I've also learned to sand the ink tube a little with fine sandpaper/emery to give something for the paint to key onto, it's very smooth and has flaked off a couple of models before, even with undercoat. 

[Ripper.McGuirl]

I have used the umbra ferrox originally, but now I am using the box mags from the intercessor’s kit.

[Sothalor]

Today I learned that Brits call ballpoint pens "biros." 

 

That was completely new to me. Real neat idea to use the ink tubes.

[Iron Lord]

On 10/25/2022 at 7:42 PM, Sothalor said:

Today I learned that Brits call ballpoint pens "biros." 

 

That was completely new to me.

This is why:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen

 

László Bíró, a Hungarian newspaper editor (later naturalized Argentine) frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages, noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge-free. He decided to create a pen using the same type of ink.[5] Bíró enlisted the help of his brother György, a dentist with useful knowledge of chemistry,[14] to develop viscous ink formulae for new ballpoint designs.[4]

Bíró's innovation successfully coupled ink-viscosity with a ball-socket mechanism which acted compatibly to prevent ink from drying inside the reservoir while allowing controlled flow.[5] Bíró filed a British patent on 15 June 1938.[1][15]

In 1941, the Bíró brothers and a friend, Juan Jorge Meyne, fled Germany and moved to Argentina, where they formed "Bíró Pens of Argentina" and filed a new patent in 1943.[1] Their pen was sold in Argentina as the "Birome" from the names Bíró and Meyne, which is how ballpoint pens are still known in that country.[1] This new design was licensed by the British engineer Frederick George Miles and manufactured by his company Miles Aircraft, to be used by Royal Air Force aircrew as the "Biro".[16]