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Greetings. You’d have to be silly to overlook the Vendetta in the 5th edition of the Imperial Guard. Relatively cheap, decently armoured, and armed with three twin-linked lascannons, there really isn’t much lacking there. One problem though: the only official model is Forge World. Darn. But with some elbow grease and bitz, your very own converted Vendetta is not far away! This post will not have the detail of the previous post (mostly because I did most of this conversion well before the idea of starting a blog even began to percolate), but I think the simplicity of the conversion speaks for itself. Happy tank hunting!

Shopping List:

1. Four lascannons and their power cells from the Cadian Heavy Weapons sprue.

2. Two of the medium sized track guards from the IG Tank Accessories sprue.

3. Twin-linked lascannon arm from the Space Marine Dreadnought sprue

4.Green Stuff

5. IG Valkyrie (obviously)

HOW TO:

1. Assemble the Valkyrie as instructed, with the following exceptions: Do not assemble the wing weapons (That’s what we are converting) and do not glue the hull mounted weapon on (the multi-laser or single lascannon that goes on the right side of the nose). I also chose not to glue the wings onto the hull: they fit there quite nicely without glue, and it will make storage and transportation much easier.

2. Cut the weapon (I used the lascannon) from the hull-mounted weapon that comes with the Valkyrie. This should leave you with the flat base that will fit inside the cowling. Glue this in position.

3. Trim the twin-linked lascannon arm so you have the weapon seperated from the shoulder. Insert and glue this into the cowling on the side of the hull. I wish I had a picture of where I cut it, but I hope this picture suffices:

4. Grab a pair of the Cadian Heavy Weapon lascannons, and file down the sides so that they lie flush next to each other. Then glue the track guards on top, filing as necessary to get a good fit. Repeat, to get a total of two sets.

5. Glue the lascannon power pack onto the sides of your TL mounts. I chose to mount them towards the outside of the gun. On one side, the power pack will cover the hole that you see in the pictures above (where the power cable would usually go). On the other side, use a little green stuff to cover the hole.

6. Glue your lascannons onto the wing struts. I put a thin roll of green stuff inside the strut (it is U-shaped to allow the standard weapons to glue in more easily, but would otherwise leave a gap with our lascannons). Repeat for each side.

7. You are now finished with your Vendetta! Here are some pictures:

++THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Blessed are the Gun Makers. ++

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