Before 6th edition came out I have 90 boys with SC and a small (20 boy) mob of shootas. I find that 20 is a good amount because you can load them up in a battle wagon and have some fun. Before the year of the bug came in I played some games with my orks and just used my SC as shootas and all was good. No one ever looked at the horde of models and even if they did a xenos player can usually get away without issue just saying what the model is because people only really know marine options.
This was all good for fun games or new 6th editon games but now I have had plenty of time to actually switch the models (and by switch I mean make more boys) I think I would be too guilty to play with SC as shootas.
A long time ago (last year or longer) I found a great deal on some SC from the black reach box. I think I got all orks plus extra for $10 but I really didn't do much with them. Slowly I used them for commandos (before they became useless) and some became stormboyz. I even made the deffkoptas into missile buggies. I still had some boys laying around and a buddy of mine (thanks Alex) sold me the shoota arms from his boyz box cheap. I am now finally getting around to fixing them up.
Step one: cut off existing arms.
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| evidence that a mad doc has been around. |
Step two: gather arms in pairs.
Step three: attach new arms.
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| The one on the right needed a whole new bicep made. I am happy with the outcome. |
I had some grots that never got a base so now they are ready to man the big guns!
I will be heading back to IL this weekend and hopefully I will bring my paints back with me so my bugs and orks can get some color on them. Until next time.
Questions? Comments? Dakka Dakka Dakkkas?
