Dunadan
12-04-2010, 09:16 AM
I submitted this guide to BoLS as a guest editorial a while ago, but they seem rather busy at the moment. In the meantime, here is my guide to converting plastic Adeptus Arbites for 40k, Necromunda, Confrontation, Dark Heresy, etc., etc., ad nauseum. I'll be posting it in steps so I can include as many of the images as possible as images, rather than links.
Hi everybody, combox lurker Dunadan here. A while back (http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/11/play-aid-adeptus-arbites-mini-dex-from.html) BoLS released their Adeptus Arbites minidex, which I thought was one of the coolest fandexes at the time. However, I didn't have the resources back then to convert a full army, so while I was building dream lists in my mind, that is about as far as I got towards an army of enforcers. Flash forward about a year, and I discover this brilliant little game called Necromunda (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3072/necromunda). What's this? There are rules for Enforcers? And I only need 10 to start with? Sign me up! Of course, I didn't want to have to special order the metal models (and I didn't like the look of the sarge), so I decided to embark on what has so far been the most extensive conversion work I have ever done. I humbly present to you: Plastic Arbites-A How to Guide.
What You'll Need
•Green Stuff/Epoxy Putty
•Plasticard
•Space Marine Scouts Box
•Some Space Marine arms and special weapons
•Stikk Bomz or Dwarf axes
•A Heavy Stubber and Imp. Guard pintle-mount Stormbolter.
•Any other bitz you want to use
STEP 1
Don't assemble the whole model at once, as it is much easier to do the conversion if you build the model up as you go. To start with, just glue the legs to the base. After that is dry, make two small balls of putty, and two slightly larger ones. Press the larger ones onto the front of the boots, and stretch them out to bulk the front of the boots up. Then, using a wet X-acto knife, press three lines into the putty. Press the other balls onto the knees, and put three lines in each one:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0059.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0058.jpg
STEP 2
Glue on the torso and arms. If you want a basic Enforcer with a boltgun or shotgun, just glue on the arms as usual.
•For a Power Maul:Cut the blade off of a Scout knife arm, and glue a stikk bom or Dwarf axe in its place. If using the latter, clip the blades off, leaving only the round nub at the top.
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0009.jpg
•For a Plasma Pistol:I used a Chaos Space Marine Arm with a Plasma Pistol glued onto it. I just shaved off the Chaos iconography before glueing it on.
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0063.jpg
Hi everybody, combox lurker Dunadan here. A while back (http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/11/play-aid-adeptus-arbites-mini-dex-from.html) BoLS released their Adeptus Arbites minidex, which I thought was one of the coolest fandexes at the time. However, I didn't have the resources back then to convert a full army, so while I was building dream lists in my mind, that is about as far as I got towards an army of enforcers. Flash forward about a year, and I discover this brilliant little game called Necromunda (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3072/necromunda). What's this? There are rules for Enforcers? And I only need 10 to start with? Sign me up! Of course, I didn't want to have to special order the metal models (and I didn't like the look of the sarge), so I decided to embark on what has so far been the most extensive conversion work I have ever done. I humbly present to you: Plastic Arbites-A How to Guide.
What You'll Need
•Green Stuff/Epoxy Putty
•Plasticard
•Space Marine Scouts Box
•Some Space Marine arms and special weapons
•Stikk Bomz or Dwarf axes
•A Heavy Stubber and Imp. Guard pintle-mount Stormbolter.
•Any other bitz you want to use
STEP 1
Don't assemble the whole model at once, as it is much easier to do the conversion if you build the model up as you go. To start with, just glue the legs to the base. After that is dry, make two small balls of putty, and two slightly larger ones. Press the larger ones onto the front of the boots, and stretch them out to bulk the front of the boots up. Then, using a wet X-acto knife, press three lines into the putty. Press the other balls onto the knees, and put three lines in each one:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0059.jpg
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0058.jpg
STEP 2
Glue on the torso and arms. If you want a basic Enforcer with a boltgun or shotgun, just glue on the arms as usual.
•For a Power Maul:Cut the blade off of a Scout knife arm, and glue a stikk bom or Dwarf axe in its place. If using the latter, clip the blades off, leaving only the round nub at the top.
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0009.jpg
•For a Plasma Pistol:I used a Chaos Space Marine Arm with a Plasma Pistol glued onto it. I just shaved off the Chaos iconography before glueing it on.
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp347/eontai/Arbites/DSC_0063.jpg