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Khaine - Nov 04, 2003 - 10:14 AM
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I am personally a big fan of secret weapons but I'm having a hard time finding a chainsaw I actually like. Well upon looking through my bitz box I kept bringing up Orc Chainsword and began looking at them as perhaps being the answer to my problems. Is this a reliable option to making a chainsaw wielding looney out of an existing BB mini, or would this give it too much of a future feel to it? OR has anyone come across a bit at GW or any other company in plastic that looks better then a standard chainsword? I have been looking for an old mini or bit of a <I believe they had this at one point as I have a mini that has one but can't remember if it was a conversion or not> a chain halberd... It is a two handed chain sword in essence but I think it might be a conversion and if that is the case it might be a pain to reproduce.... Also When adding something like a pipe to an existing weapon or an exhaust port is it bets to use green stuff rolled to shape and bent or to use a sprue piece to try to get the desired effect?

BlanchPrez - Nov 04, 2003 - 10:45 AM
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I, personally, like the idea of using 40K chain swords as chainsaws for the loonies. It's easy to convert and easy to get ahold of them. Plus, everyone knows what the are supposed to be.

Chris

Khaine - Nov 04, 2003 - 10:54 AM
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Thanks for the response I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get laughed out of any conventions I attend in 2004 if the weapons rules are made official.

drowgamer - Nov 04, 2003 - 11:01 AM
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i would recomend either using and ork or chaos chainsword. They are both easy to convert and have a less " tecky" feel. Just my ideas Smile

Lazerus_101 - Nov 04, 2003 - 12:22 PM
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How about the necromunda Eviscerator.

Mordredd - Nov 05, 2003 - 04:39 AM
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Or perhaps the chainsaw attachment from the Catachan Sentinel crew sprue, if you really want plastic for the ease of chopping.

Darkson - Nov 05, 2003 - 11:24 AM
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Lazerus_101 wrote:

How about the necromunda Eviscerator.

I think Torg used that one for the NBA team on TBB.

Tutenkharnage - Nov 05, 2003 - 12:08 PM
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Thanks for the tips! Those suggestions look good.

-Chet

BlanchPrez - Nov 05, 2003 - 01:47 PM
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Mordredd wrote:

Or perhaps the chainsaw attachment from the Catachan Sentinel crew sprue, if you really want plastic for the ease of chopping.

Oh, forgot about that! Yeah, that's an excilent bit to use as a chainsaw.

Chris

Colin - Nov 05, 2003 - 04:49 PM
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Darkson wrote:

Lazerus_101 wrote:

How about the necromunda Eviscerator.

I think Torg used that one for the NBA team on TBB.

No, used a different one (a 40K Deamonhunter model), but this one looks good too.

Charger - Nov 06, 2003 - 10:02 AM
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There is a decent chainsword on the Chaos Marine sprue with the Chain exposed all the way around, plus it's got a funky curve to it. Looks fairly menacing.

Khaine - Nov 07, 2003 - 01:28 AM
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heh actually have a catchatan sprue i don't need to cut apart and use as a looney Smile

cataphract - Nov 08, 2003 - 10:45 PM
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I used a 40k Ork chainsword and pit it in the waiting arms of a goblin fanatic... looks great! He's spinnig around with two hands on the end of it. the large size of the orc chainsword helps as it gives the impression of weight

Squiggoth - Nov 11, 2003 - 02:47 AM
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I've used the new plastic 40K Ork chainsaw. It looks ancient and primitive enough to be designed by a Dwarf, and it's twice as big as an Ork Chainsword Orc

Torpor - Nov 11, 2003 - 05:35 AM
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If you want a BIG chainsaw, there is an Inquisitor add on pack that includes a number of chain weapons. If you added one of those, there would be no confusion whatsoever that the model was a loonie...

Link to the UK GWMO page for the pack-

http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=99061399056&orignav=300808

BlanchPrez - Nov 11, 2003 - 10:29 AM
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Nice, Torpor.

Chris

westonwyse - Nov 13, 2003 - 10:08 AM
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I just used the regular Space Marine sprue, and I don't think it looks bad at all. Of course, I'm using it for Dwarfs, not goblins, so I think the cleaner style went better with it. What do you think:

Ithilkir - Nov 23, 2003 - 04:00 AM
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There's also the Necromunda Pit Slave chainsaw arm bit, and it's only £1 Smile

Clicky Click

Squiggoth - Dec 01, 2003 - 04:05 AM
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That's one of the arms I'm gonna use for my Clan Skryre Cybork Skaven team (which will probably not get painted before the end of 2004 or so Wink

)
There's also a Neromunda Pit Slave arm with a drill tip, kinda like the one on the Inquisitor Tech-Priest. Very cool as a "counts as" chainsaw.