I've never liked the old style flamers, with the 'sprinkler attachment' on the end, so first thing was to convert one of these to look like the newer ones:
First, remove the 'sprinkler' end from the weapon, being careful to leave the hand holding the grip intact (shown below):
Then, simply cut a plastic flamer (I used the one from the Catachan sprues) at the point where the 'barrels' attach to the main 'body' of the weapon, and re-attach it to the metal body. Simples!
I'm working on a Plasma gun conversion at the moment as well, made from a basic lasgun wielding trooper and greenstuff. I would use Col. Gravis's method for plasma gun conversions, but I don't have enough melta guns to spare! (I'm blaming you for that Gravis ;) ) I'll post pics for the plasma gun when I've finished it tomorrow - at the moment, I'm waiting for GS to cure!
I'll take that blame lol, though in fairness I did sell off several suplus Meltaguns a while back ;)
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing the Lasgun conversion.
The flamer is indeed a ncie simple conversion, but it makes a major difference and improvement to the models. I not huge on using flamers but I have a few done using the same method.
I must admit, I never used to include flamers that often, preferring plasma or melta guns in my units, but realised rather quickly that with BS 3 they weren't really worth the points cost. Even with a low AP value, I find flamers more than make up for their points cost, even against power armoured enemies.
ReplyDeleteI've still got a little bit of detail to do on the plasma gun, but I'll post it as soon as its ready!