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Sticking of pointy things!
Topic Started: 3rd April 2006 - 09:23 AM (355 Views)
Polymphus
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So here's the plan. I plan to use in my upcoming Skaven army 10 night runners, eight gutter runners and an assassin. I want to convert the assassin to be throwing something spikey into the face of an Empire soldier but I'm not sure what to stick. I'm between a throwing knife and a circular serrated shuriken but I'm up for suggestions.
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Chyttering
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I'd go with a throwing knife, personally. You can find both throwing knives and shurikens on the night runner sprue, but all the shurikens are going to be in the hands of night runners. While this isn't too much of a problem for your conversion, since half a shuriken lodged in a guy's face will look pretty good, it seems like you'd be wasting a good throwing star arm... On the other hand there are loose knives EVERYWHERE in the skaven sprues.

Plus a long knife sticking out of a man-thing's neck will look much more dynamic, I expect, since it will be much longer. It's possible that using a shuriken would result in a model that looks like it has a massive fungus coming out of its head.
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Yeah go with the knife, people will know at a glance what it is whereas with a shuriken it might not come out as dramatic. Plus it's just easier
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I'm inclined to say knife, as it makes more sense to be using a knife at very close range, cause you can use it to either throw or stab.


also, you may want to check out thrask vilepaw's conversion for his triad, it had a similar idea, but with the empire man's throat being cut, i'll have a look round for the thread its in at some stage.
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