Bolt Pistol Magazines

[Koval]

I posed myself a rather daft question last night about modelling bolt pistols for 54mm models.

Coincidentally I was on Skype, so Marco, Van Helser and Heroka Vendile have all chipped in already.

Basically, I've an idea for getting the general "shape" of a bolt pistol right (namely, carve up a heavy stubber from an Imperial Guard Chimera and stick what I get onto the back end of a large 54mm pistol), but I'm caught a bit short as far as making a good magazine goes.

I can do a belt feed quite happily (as I carved up a Chaos Marine's heavy bolter some time ago and kept the ammo feed), and I can do a strange drum (as I have similarly carved up some Terminator storm bolters), but what if I wanted to make a box / STANAG-sickle magazine instead? I'm not particularly wild about buying a box of Orks just to chop up one shoota, so am I overlooking something here?

[Charax]

Yes, you are

Also this

More importantly - how come I don't have you guys on Skype?

[Koval]

Pass.

However, that second link is interesting. Thanks.

[Charax]

actually this one's probably closer to the STANAG, as it's enclosed: http://zinge.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=20_72&product_id=204

[Macabre]

The old metal ork nobz used to have a metal shoota with a separate sickle mag, which works well with the INQ scale boltguns. The same goes for the box mag on the old Havoc autocannon.

[Heroka Vendile]

More importantly - how come I don't have you guys on Skype?

We only really added each other because of the Dark Heresy skype group (at least it's the main reason I've ever used skype).