Update on Shoota on Beastboss conversion: Gunhammer! (name pending, taking suggestions)
Very appreciative of all the great ideas on my last post about this. I ultimately decided to go for sticking the shoota on the hammer, custodes-style. It made sense to me that this guy wouldn't want to put his hammer away to shoot, and it feels like the sort of kustom weaponry that a boss would get made.
I'm imagining he'd toss the whole thing over the klaw to aim, and fire it with the throttle at the back (which was originally on there because it used to have a deff dread saw for a head before the hammer.)
I also really like the final look of the hammer. I think I managed to arrange the shoot bits in a way that distributed the details nicely as well as keeping the overall shape interesting and not just one solid block of stuff. I got the idea for the lever handle from one in the Wrecka Crew/Breaka Boyz kit.
I'd love some suggestions on a more proper name for this as well, as I can't decide on what sort of amalgam of the words kustom, kombi, shoota, hammer etc. to use.
I'll also take this time to do a proper bits-breakdown on this whole guy:
- Base kit: Megaboss (AoS)
- Head (Upper): Big Mek in Mega Armour/Meganobz
- Head (Lower): Rockgut Troggoth (AoS)
- Klaw arm: Warboss/Grukk Face-Rippa 2014
- Klaw arm shoulder pad: Mangler Squigs. Face armour (AoS)
- Boss pole: Warboss in Mega Armour
- Tiny skull glyph: Meganobz
- Bolts: "Micro Rivets - Hexagon" (greenstuffworld)
Hammer:
- Throttle: Boyz 2018. Boss Nob choppa
- Hammer head: Ufthack Blackhawk
- Battery pack: Boyz 2008. Rokkit Launcha
- Shoota: Boyz 2018. Front and magazine from one boy, the back from another
- Barrel/heatshield: Plaguemarines (Dark Imperium) Backpack smokestacks
- Lever: Beastboss on Squigosaur
