A large limiting factor that most people have with their leftover heavy weapons from the squad is that there are not enough bodies to put on the guns. Well, I have come up with a temporary solution that allows you to put heavy weapons teams in your squads without having to buy a whole bunch more legs and torsos for the job!
Step 1: Make a base. I cut mine from a garage sale sign, purchased at walmart for 2 dollars. You will need to double them up if you do this, to get the right rigidity. Even when doubling them up, there is enough material to make at least 6 bases. Plenty for the leftover weapons on the sprue.
Step 2: Cut a lot of sprue. Cutting up the sprue into small chunks resemble small bricks. These bricks will be strategically placed later to create a nice rubble effect, as well as contain the bases of the minis you use as the gunners.
Step 3: Construct the weapon. If you have the tripod, use it. If not, it is possible to build a brick wall from the rubble and mount the weapon on it. The trick is to leave two spaces that can accommodate a regular miniature base. I find it easiest to do if you construct the gun the farthest forward you can fit it on the base.
Step 4: Use your infantry as the gunners! They also work great for representing wounds. When the gun team takes a wound, simply remove one of the infantry models. When you finally get the extra bits, you can glue them into the spaces you left, completing the model. In the meantime, though, add some LAZE to your gunlines!
As stated before, this is a temporary fix. What other ways have you found to utilize all the weapons that come on the sprue?
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