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Imrahil said:
Question time:

For my Isengard army I do not have the original Uruk-hai crossbow models and create my own from the basic warrior models. For the next model I have the set up as below:

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Now is the question, shall I keep the sword or do I shape it into an arrow (so it looks like he is reloading)

Technically all warrior models do carry a sword, so there is nothing against him having one.

Curious to know what you guys think.

Grrr, !mrahil
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You could cut-and-refit his crossbow wrist so the butt end of the crossbow is on the ground and he's supporting it with one hand as he fends off an attacker?
 
Imrahil said:
Question time:

For my Isengard army I do not have the original Uruk-hai crossbow models and create my own from the basic warrior models. For the next model I have the set up as below:

View attachment 156293 View attachment 156294

Now is the question, shall I keep the sword or do I shape it into an arrow (so it looks like he is reloading)

Technically all warrior models do carry a sword, so there is nothing against him having one.

Curious to know what you guys think.

Grrr, !mrahil
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I would say turn the sword into a crossbow bolt, but you'll need to rotate the hand around, say, 90 degrees clockwise to look more like he's going to reload his crossbow rather than using said bolt to hit his enemy over the head with (which wouldn't be the best way to use it even for a strong Uruk).
 
Imrahil said:
Question time:

For my Isengard army I do not have the original Uruk-hai crossbow models and create my own from the basic warrior models. For the next model I have the set up as below:

View attachment 156293 View attachment 156294

Now is the question, shall I keep the sword or do I shape it into an arrow (so it looks like he is reloading)

Technically all warrior models do carry a sword, so there is nothing against him having one.

Curious to know what you guys think.

Grrr, !mrahil
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I think you are supposed to use warriors with pikes as basis.

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Thanks all for the advise :) really helpfull.

@Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl correctly said I already converted two (broken) pike Uruk-hai to crossbow Uruk-hai. @JTSleep Exactly in the way that you proposed ;)

My thought for the new crossbow conversion is to use the warriors with shield, because there are too much of them in a box.

Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl said:
I would say turn the sword into a crossbow bolt, but you'll need to rotate the hand around, say, 90 degrees clockwise to look more like he's going to reload his crossbow rather than using said bolt to hit his enemy over the head with (which wouldn't be the best way to use it even for a strong Uruk).
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I will give this one a try, thanks I will let you guys know how it turns out.

Grrr, !mrahil
 
Family picture of all Isengard models (except 10 scouts still on sprue and a second Lurtz that I might convert into a scout captain ;) )

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Painted 748 pts of the total 1400-ish points
One of the goals I like to tackle this year is to paint all of them


Grrr, !mrahil
 
Imrahil said:
Family picture of all Isengard models (except 10 scouts still on sprue and a second Lurtz that I might convert into a scout captain ;) )

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Painted 748 pts of the total 1400-ish points
One of the goals I like to tackle this year is to paint all of them


Grrr, !mrahil
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Well, you have a full year, it should be doable ;)
 
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