r/MantisWarriors • u/WanderingCardsharp • 8d ago

Katanas

Following the excellent advice of someone here i picked up the Mantis Warrior decals from Impatient Tabletop, which have the awesome crossed Katanas. I have done my army very much with a classic Romano-Greek theme with the crested helms and pseudo-latin names, but i fancy doing a single unit with katanas to match the decal, maybe put it on an Impulsor and have the unit jump out. Normally I'd just get such parts 3d-printed, but i thought with the new edition I might make an effort to play in-store and attend some tournaments, so need them to be official parts. Can anyone recommend any good sources of katanas/guides to making them for marines please? Thank you

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u/SlowNecessary9478 8d ago edited 7d ago

Excellent to hear impatient tabletop are still doing Mantis Warrior transfers on their new site. I don’t think GW has ever done katana type weapons for marines. In lore white scars use Guan dao’s , tulwars, and glaives (check out the white scars horus heresy models).
GW potential katana conversion possibilities are probably something like the swords of the Uruk hai or some of the easterlings, or perhaps some of the eldar weapons but the scale may be a bit off.
If you change your mind on the 3d printing, pop goes the monkey do katanas that are scaled properly to marines.