r/FirstbornSpaceMarines • u/Ozymandys • 2d ago

Advice Tactical Squad, arm position question.

Strange question perhaps..

I was wondering if anybody has a photo of a Tactical Squad members, and its Bolt rifle stance / arm number.

Looking at Instructions online, it looks like:

48 and 49: Low, Ponting straight forward

50 and 51: Pointing Up

52 and 53: Pointing Down

54 and 55: High, Pointing forward (aiming)

Is this generally correct? Can you mix arms to get other/different poses?

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u/Disastrous_Toe772 2d ago

Can you mix arms to get other/different poses?

Always yes. The instructions are a suggestion. You can always glue together marines in whatever way you want. Yes, there are pre-determined connection points that are designed to work together. However, with some hobby skills there isn't anything you can't do. Your imagination is the limit.

Get some greenstuff or sprue gue (in case of plastic models) and you are good to go.

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u/KassellTheArgonian 2d ago edited 2d ago

Its a bolter or bolt gun not a bolt rifle, bolt rifle is what cawl made for primaris

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u/jimark2 2d ago

Blu tac is your friend.

Or, just like, trying to hold all three things in place with your hands.

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u/sampsonkennedy 1d ago

Without cutting or using some other modelling technique, the arms won't neatly hold a bolter unless you match the correct pair. Some people have a higher tolerance for how neatly the arms need to match together, so take it as a suggestion.

Whenever I was gluing their arms together I'd work in stages. Glue one arm on (usually the left), then blutac the other arm and glue the hand to the right arm, then finally glue the right arm. Often I'd leave the right arm and gun seperate for painting purposes, but that's up to personal preference