dbecer01 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Hi, So, what would be a cheap way to go about getting a BA captain with thunderhammer and Jump Pack (Slamguinius)? I'd like to be able to make them look good. I don't see any of the captains on the GW site with that configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Urgh really hate the name Slamguinius. I prefer Captain Smash. Anyway, I just bought the bitz I wanted and didn't have yet from bitzseller websites and ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 You should be able to mix and match bits from various kits - Death Company, Sanguinary Guard, Blood Angels Tactical Squad, Space Marine Captain, Vanguard Veteran, Blood Angels Upgrade Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallas Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 GW does have the Lord Executioner Captain (online only), which has a double handed axe - I used that as the basis for my Captain Smash. Take the axe head off and pop on a hammer head: boom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluejayJunior Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I combined Vanguard Vet and Sanguinary Guard bits to make mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbecer01 Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Thanks Kallas! I had considered that, but I was worried that since it was resin, if I did any cutting, I might mess it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallas Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Thanks Kallas! I had considered that, but I was worried that since it was resin, if I did any cutting, I might mess it up. Finecast can be an issue (when cleaning up the flash be thorough!) but it's a seriously beautiful model! Key thing for any conversion is to be careful, especially for a centerpiece model. I'll get a picture up tomorrow so you can see what I did, but it wasn't particularly difficult - one of the convenient things was that the hammer head shaft-bit (ie, where the head joins the main handle) is slightly bigger than the handle (of the hammer, of course, but also of the axe), which meant it was quite easy to just drill into the head a tiny bit to give a slightly hollow area to insert the handle: making that fit much, much more easily and with minimal seams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 GW does have the Lord Executioner Captain (online only), which has a double handed axe - I used that as the basis for my Captain Smash. Take the axe head off and pop on a hammer head: boom! That's basically what I'm currently doing as well (together with some other modifications). The only problem there is how to properly attach a stormshield without it looking weird. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 The desthwatch box has power armor appropriate thunder hammer(s) right? I think the grey knight ones would be too inquisitiony to pass for blood angels stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread05 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I used mostly death company and tactical squad bits. The thunder hammer I got it from the assault squad but I went for a left handed hammer and an inferno pistol, since you know, someone with the death visions of Sanguinius wouldnt have the proper mind to shield himself. If you want a storm shield, you should use the hammer and shield from the vanguard veterans. In fact, you can build the whole captain smash model with the vanguard veteran kit, but it wont have any BA iconography on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 The desthwatch box has power armor appropriate thunder hammer(s) right? I think the grey knight ones would be too inquisitiony to pass for blood angels stuff. The Deathcompany has some two-handed hammers as well iirc. Would fit the +1D trait even. (let us for a moment be thankful our Deathcompany doesn't actually have those crappy two-handed TH rules the Deathwatch has) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I combined Vanguard Vet and Sanguinary Guard bits to make mine. I did the same. Simple and effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbecer01 Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Very noce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Can you guys get Arty armor (artificer/ 2+) on your captains? Not that if you can't it wouldn't be appropriate, the Blood Angels are artists and Craftsmen in their spare time, I imagine to help temper and focus their rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unseen Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 We sadly cannot Trevak. I don't remember when we could last tbh, but we used to be able too. So those chiseled breastplates are aesthetic only. So it's mostly just almost all of our special characters do. Save I think Lemartes. Dante, Mephiston, Tycho, and Sanguinor all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallas Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Sorry it took me a while, got distracted. Here's my conversion (I didn't go full WYSIWYG because I felt that a Storm Shield would be very disruptive to the model's overall look). Obviously not fully painted (because I'm a slow painter, have little motivation at the moment because Marines are getting me down, and a busy personal life!) Edit: If I were to go full WYSIWYG, I'd try to source a relatively small shield to go on the left forearm, possibly even a more symbolic one (perhaps inside the Iron Halo) rather than a proper full shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Vanguard veteran box is your best bet. Loads of arms for posaibility, lots of accessories, and you get 4 other models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I used the blood angel figure Antor Delassio and just swapped out the sword for a TH and the flamer for a storm shield. No pics as I'm at work sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticon Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I had a spare shield from the Space Hulk set - the termy captain there- was really cool. Worked nicely, and was better than the standard shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbecer01 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 It looks like there is a Vanguard Veteran in the pic of the units, which already has the Jump pack, thunder hammer, stormshield already. What else would I have to do to be able to call him a captain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon Nightman Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Just an iron halo really. Probably something in the vanguard kit can be used as one, but I'm not 100% sure. The vanguard kit technically has 5 hammers, 5 shields, and 5 jump packs, so you could make 5 captains! Well except maybe the iron halos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Yeah technically only the Iron Halo would be missing. Plus any fancy bling you want to add to make him look better than just a mere Vanguard Veteran with the same loadout. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread05 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Just an iron halo really. Probably something in the vanguard kit can be used as one, but I'm not 100% sure. The vanguard kit technically has 5 hammers, 5 shields, and 5 jump packs, so you could make 5 captains! Well except maybe the iron halos 4 hammers and 4 shields :P for the sergeant it has a relic blade and some pistols. (4 pairs of lightning claws also btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon Nightman Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Oh man! I didnt even realize that. I thought I just lost a hammer haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekfud Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I put mine together for the event grotsmasha was running earlier this year - so it's several bits plus magnetised for options. There are bits of BA tac sprue, DC, sanguinary guard, a terminator shield (think iron halo was terminator as well), and several commander parts. WIP painting (although strangely don't seem to have a shot on phone with the hammer/shield loadout). Ignore the fact he is leading a squad of poxwalkers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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