'How to' Chaos combi plasmas *Images*

[danjones87]

Hello all,

People have seen my combi plasma terminators floating around forums for some time now and after many requests, Ive finally done this guide (A load of blige it is though!).



So, what will you need?

• I find this conversion easier to complete with a 'basic' combi bolter (just the twin linked one). There is less wires and dangly bits in the way.
• Space marine Plasma pistol, its less clunky than the chaos versions.
• Bolter or bolt pistol, its just for the barrel so take any half cut up one.
• Sharp knife, VERY sharp, no 'cut job' goes well with a blunt knife.
• Green stuff and tools.

Use your knife carefully! There is alot of fiddly work.
After each cut, clean the area, smoothing out all bobbly bits and such to make sure you will have a clean fit.



So first thing is to ensure you have all the kit you need, trim all the mold lines off and drill barrels if required. Its much easier at this stage and it is not worth skipping.

Time to bring out the knife.
Cut off the arm of the plasma pistol and also chop of the barrels of the combi bolter.


Next check out the side of the combi boler you wish to cut out. Ive tried my best to mark on my image were to cut. It is to the barrel end of the face and just above the top of the arrow side.

And along the outside of the centre support.


Leaving



For the plasma pistol Cut off the hand and the underneath gizmos.
Then carefully cut along the line created and up the seam between the nozel and the casing.


Then as marked above by the brackets, cut of the end of the casing containing the cell at the very end of the coils.

This is were paitence comes in. You need to dry fit (put the pieces together without glue) the plasma to the hole and then cut a small amount of coil of at a time until the back of the nozel meets the front of the combi plasma casing. Make small cuts on this, better to take to little off than too much. repeat if needed
Dont worry if you make a little mistake it will be Green'd up later

Should look like this afterwards

You will notice the plasma pistol hangs over being to wide for the gap made. You must now tip the plasma pistol over and trim the other side.
Follow the seam up from the bottom of the plasma pistol and cut only halfway through, then cut along the coil cutting again only halfway through (This is hard to explain)

Note the above picture shows the WRONG side of the plasma pistol.

It shoul end up looking like this.


Dry fit, repeat if need be otherwise proceed.

Stick on the plasma pistol to the combi bolter, add on a barrel from the bolt weapon (im sure your capable of that on your own) and drum roll........




Finally, break out the Green, youll need a cube at the end of the coil and maybe a little under the gun depending on how tightly you got your fit.



Sweet!
Apply Terminator. paint (Chevrons Cough!), and blast away at those Imperial Fists dogs (spits).

Enjoy all

Please ask if you have any questions.

Dan


Model after chevrons and terminator have been applied

[minus_t]

Nice guide, sir, although we need to make sure those pics are under 700 pixels wide please!

-t.

[Seasonreaper]

I'd say you have a rather nice guide here, and its pretty easy to follow :ballon:. Pics are a bit blurry in places but it's still possible to tell whats going on and what you have to do, so thats OK 8Y. You got any pics of your termies completed and painted? If ya do I suggest you put one up for people to see ;Y.

[hotspike18]

Quite nice guide Dan. I also think you should finish painting a termie and then show us!

[danjones87]

Thanks guys, ill try and get one painted up for next weekend.
I was pretty sure that the pics needed to be 800X600 but ill reduce them to 700Xwhatever from now on. Should be able to changes those on wednesday.

Thanks guys.

Dan

[minus_t]

Originally Posted by King Ulrik Flamebeard, from Conversion Forum Guide

* Pictures included in the thread may have a maximum size of 600 - 700 pixels wide. Any wider and they will be reduced to links.

Basically, any bigger than this starts to push around the forum formatting, as well as being fairly chunky file sizes, which upsets those poor saps on low speed connections...

-t.

[danjones87]

Hey, updated the images. It still has resized them even though they are smaller than the size you stated -t.

Dan

[Karmoon]

Papa K - he say yes to Danjones.

[minus_t]

Originally Posted by danjones87

Hey, updated the images. It still has resized them even though they are smaller than the size you stated -t.

Dan

Yup, LO resizes things down to 525 pixels as it's max, the 700 is a mod set limit to try and save people from HUUUUGE load times (especially on guides and other pic heavy threads).

Cheers for re-sizing though =)

-t.

[danjones87]

Originally Posted by Karmoon

Papa K - he say yes to Danjones.

Thanks mate.

Originally Posted by minus_t

Yup, LO resizes things down to 525 pixels as it's max, the 700 is a mod set limit to try and save people from HUUUUGE load times (especially on guides and other pic heavy threads).

Cheers for re-sizing though =)

-t.

No worries, its no help to people if they have to keep on clicking each picture to see what it is.

Hope everyone who needs the thread finds it helpful.

Dan